Read the Mini-Grant Project Assignment Links to an external site. and identify the chronic or communicable disease or condition and vulnerable population you would like to utilize for this mini-grant project. What level of prevention (primary, secondary, or tertiary) will be your focus for the grant? Provide a rationale for your decision. Brainstorm some ideas for how you would like to cultivate health promotion, health protection, and risk reduction in your interventions.
This week you will be creating a foundation of knowledge regarding public and population health. You will review public and population health and the role of nursing in the provision of interventions to promote health, protect health, and reduce risk in populations and individuals. With the wealth of vital public health information and resources available, we will be creating an annotated resource guide for you to reference as you work on assignments throughout the course. Finally, you will be introduced to the basic components of grant writing, as the major project for this course will be writing a mini-grant proposal for a health promotion project to benefit a selected vulnerable population. Let’s get started.
In this lesson we will review public and population health and the role of nursing in the provision of interventions to promote health,
protect health, and reduce risk in populations and individuals. Understanding the significance of nursing in the provision of proactive care and the promotion of health and wellness in the population will ultimately help individuals achieve optimal health.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
Apply various key terms used within the context of public and population health.
Analyze key roles and responsibilities of nurses in public health promotion, protection, and risk reduction activities.
Before attempting to complete your learning activities for this week, review the following learning materials:
Learning Materials
Read the following in your Public / Community Health and Nursing Practice: Caring for Populations textbook:
Chapter 1, “Public Health and Nursing Practice” (pp. 1–19)
Chapter 2, “Optimizing Population Health” (pp. 23–51)
These materials will help build your knowledge of the basics of public health nursing and population health.
Grant Topic Rubric
Criteria
Ratings
Pts
Quality of Content (10pts)
10 to >8 pts
Fully Meets Expectations
Content is clearly stated and comprehensively discussed.
8 to >5 pts
Nearly Meets Expectations
Content is stated and adequately discussed
5 to >0 pts
Does Not Meet Expectations
Content is not clear or is poorly discussed.
10 / 10 pts
Content (5 points)
5 to >4 pts
Fully Meets Expectations
The submission includes all of the following criteria: Disease or condition, vulnerable population, level of prevention and rationale, and ideas to cultivate health promotion, health protection, and risk reduction in interventions.
4 to >2 pts
Nearly Meets Expectations
The submission includes 5-6 of the following criteria: Disease or condition, vulnerable population, level of prevention and rationale, and ideas to cultivate health promotion, health protection, and risk reduction in interventions.
2 to >0 pts
Does Not Meet Expectations
The submission includes 4 or less of the following criteria: Disease or condition, vulnerable population, level of prevention and rationale, and ideas to cultivate health promotion, health protection, and risk reduction in interventions.
5 / 5 pts
APA Formatting and Professionalism (5 points)
5 to >4 pts
Fully Meets Expectations
No APA formatting and unprofessional elements are present.
4 to >2 pts
Nearly Meets Expectations
APA formatting and/or unprofessional elements are present.
2 to >0 pts
Does Not Meet Expectations
Egregious and/or excessive APA formatting and/or unprofessional elements are present.