Nurses as Change Agents in the Community
In the chapter, “How Community-Based Organizations Are Addressing Nursing’s Role in Transforming Health Care,” the authors describe the community as the focus of advocacy action for change. They list a series of questions that help community teams develop organizing principles to guide their interventions, and the aim is to attack social determinants of health to make community change. Suppose a community team identifies lack of access to exercise modalities as a public health issue. If the team were to determine that pedestrian walkways need to be constructed: principles to guide their initiatives, with the goal of addressing socioeconomic determinants of health in order to effect community change. Assume a community team identifies a public health issue as a lack of access to exercise modalities. If the team decides that pedestrian pathways are required, the following steps must be taken:
Discuss at least two factors that would facilitate the development of the walkways.
Discuss at least two factors that would hinder the development of the walkways. Include in your discussions ways that the team might work to overcome those hindrances.
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A Sociological Perspective on Deviant Behavior
Social Science – Sociology Critical Reflection Assignment 2. Two contrasting views of the general nature of deviant behavior have been discussed in readings for the first part of this course. On the one hand, early sociologists and many contemporary researchers in psychology, psychiatry, and criminology have viewed deviant behavior as a product of individual pathology. […]
