TOPIC: Benchmark – Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
The purpose of this assignment is to discuss the importance of evidence-based interventions to the design of health promotion and disease prevention. In a 1,250-1,500 word paper, provide detailed descriptions of disease prevention and health promotion, as well as the role of evidence-based interventions in the success of this practice.
Refer to the assigned reading, “Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Through Population-Based Interventions, Including Action to Address Social Determinants and Health Inequity,” to assist in completing the assignment.
Include the following:
- A description of disease prevention.
- An example of an existing disease prevention model at the three levels of practice (community, systems, and individual).
- An analysis of the benefits and concerns with utilizing this model.
- A description of health promotion.
- An example of an existing health promotion model at the three levels of practice (community, systems, and individual).
- An analysis of the benefits and concerns with utilizing this model.
- A discussion of the role evidence-based practice plays in the success of disease prevention and health promotion.
- A discussion of the role of health teaching in disease prevention and health promotion.
Cite two or three additional resources in your paper.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
Benchmark Information
This benchmark assesses the following programmatic competency:
MSN Public Health Nursing
6.1 Evaluate theoretical frameworks in public health nursing useful for assessing the health status of populations and promoting health and preventing disease for individuals, communities, and populations.
RESOURCES
Read Chapter 1 in Public Health Nursing: Population-Centered Health Care in the Community.
Read “How Public Health Nurses Use Sources of Knowledge,” by Weum, Bragstad, and Glavin from Sykepleien Forskning (2017). URL:
Read “Evidence-Based Clinical and Public Health: Generating and Applying the Evidence,” by the Secretarys Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020 (2010), located on the the Healthy People website. URL:
Read “Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Through Population-Based Interventions, Including Action to Address Social Determinants and Health Inequity,” by Organisation Mondiale de la Sante, located on the World Health Organization (WHO) website. URL:
Read “Defining Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,” located on the Rural Health Information Hub website. URL:
Explore “Chapter 1. Our Model for Community Change and Improvement,” located on the Community Toolbox website (2018). URL:
Explore the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Strategies page on the Rural Health Information Hub website. URL:
Explore the Evidence-Based Practices and Programs page on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) website. URL:
