Briefly summarize your project: How was the assessment completed? I did a community health assessment by reviewing CDC data, state and local health stats and interview of some members of the targeted population. Who was your target audience and how many were in the audience? Members of my predominantly African American congregation and about 25 attended. What was your topic? The topic was how to reduce the prevalence of type-2 diabetes in the African American community through awareness and life-style changes How did you determine what your topic should be (justification)? Through my research and interviews with members of the target population. When and where did you present the community education project? At my place of worship on Tuesday, January 21st, 2020. Was scheduled for Sunday January 19th but cancelled due to inclement weather. Who gave you permission to present at the location, was the permission form completed? The community outreach coordinator give permission and she did sign the permission form. How did you advertise your presentation? Announcements and word of mouth. What educational materials did you use or provide to the audience? I did a PowerPoint presentation and gave the audience infographics. Evaluation Explain how you would evaluate whether the efforts to improve the health concern were effective. Include in your explanation the tools you might use to do this evaluation. Also, critically appraise your performance of the activity/project for this population. How did the population respond? What aspects were you most satisfied/least satisfied with? What went well (at least 3 things)? What changes would you make in the future (at least 2 things)? Conclusion For nurses, reflection is integral to higher-level thinking. You should be able to critically analyze scenarios and possible outcomes as opposed to simply asking the right questions. Acute perception of the entire situation will be obtained because you are open to dealing with the contradictions that may challenge your initial bias. Reflect on how your perspective of the community’s health and the national, state, and local efforts toward a healthier population has changed as a result of your fieldwork. Discuss the health of the target community population compared to national, state, local health findings. Discuss how the interventions used would impact at the local, state, and national level (include information on your chosen Healthy People 2020 goals). Finally, what impact did your project have on your target population?
