NU 645 - Population-Focused Care

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: None

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following: 

• Use a community assessment tool to identify the strengths and weaknesses of a given geographic area. 
• Locate relevant population-related health data consistent with existing benchmarks, using local, state, and national Internet resources. 
• Recognize a population group or geographic community as the client or partner and recipient of ethically- and legally-principled health promotion strategies and activities. 
• Integrate relevant population-health data into the development of goals and a multi-level, evidence-based intervention plan to influence the health behaviors of a specific population group. 
• Apply social marketing strategies in developing a health promotion program for a specific population group. 
• Complete an Internet search for an appropriate funding source or agency compatible with the goals and objectives of the evolving health promotion program. 
• Integrate the combined elements of this course into a grant application for financial support of the population-focused health promotion activity.