Addressing our nation’s health challenges requires leadership and collaboration across all sectors—and the kind of innovation that none of us can achieve alone. – Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, President and CEO of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Our health is greatly influenced by factors other than what happens inside a doctor’s office. Where we live, work and go to school are also factors that affect our health. Communities need leadership and action to create solutions that result in better health for the people who live there.
The Community Health Project you have worked on throughout the 10 weeks of your first course, was designed to help you look closer at the people who live in a specific community and think about what they need to live healthier lives. The Windshield Survey allowed you to observe the community through a specific filter and better understand the environment. The Gap Analysis required you to research and identify the health concerns that are likely to be found in the population living in the community, and then determine if the health care services that exist in the community are sufficient to address those concerns. Finally, based on your observations and research, you were asked to recommend new or additional health care services that will lead to better health for the community.
Your Community Health Project should be approximately 5 pages in length (not including the title page, reference page, and appendix) and include references to support your analysis and recommendations from at least 3 scholarly or professional resources. Be sure you follow APA guidelines throughout.