Community teaching proposal for primary prevention and health promotion

Community Teaching Proposal for Primary Prevention/Health Promotion

The objective of this study is to create a community teaching proposal for primary prevention and health promotion. The work of Kulbok, wet al (2012) reports that public health nursing practice is "population focused and requires unique knowledge, competencies, and skills." (p.1) Public health nursing makes the requirement of working with communities and populations "as equal partner and focusing on primary prevention and health promotion." (Kulbok, et al., 2012, p.1)

Community Teaching

Community teaching for primary prevention and health promotion involves educating community members about what is required to address primary prevention and promotion of health. This can be accomplished through community-wide meetings held at a central location in the community. As noted by Kulbok et al. (2012) "In the 21st century, public health nurses practice in diverse settings including, but not limited to, community nursing centers; home health agencies; housing developments; local and state health departments; neighborhood centers; parishes; school health programs; and worksites and occupational health programs. High-risk, vulnerable populations are often the focus of care and may include the frail elderly, homeless individuals, sedentary individuals, smokers, teen mothers, and those at risk for a specific disease." (p.1) This specific community teaching program is such that focuses on the African-American population in a city in North Alabama where there is a high level of poverty, individuals are poorly educated and families are comprised by primarily younger mothers and fathers, many who failed to graduate from high school and many with two or more children whom they are supporting on a poverty level income.

Summary and Conclusion

This study has proposed a primary prevention and health promotion community educational project in a city in North Alabama that is populated by primarily low-income and poorly educated African-Americans with multiple children in the homes who are in need of information about primary prevention and health promotion to improve their lives and the lives of their children as well as their community-at-large. The program has set out the topics to be discussed and that the community will receive educational information to inform them of how they can focus on primary prevention and health promotion in their community to improve their health. As the project develops should other areas arise that demonstrate the need for information and education for this community, the project will make those adjustments to ensure that the necessary educational information is provided to this community.