Nursing

Part 1:
Question 1

Why is proving the cost effectiveness of a program so difficult when the program concerns health promotion or disease prevention? (375 words)

Question 2

Why is an understanding of the epidemiology models essential to work in community and aggregate health care? (375 words)

Part 2
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention Website Review

Review the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention use of the Social Ecological Model (350 words):

http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/crccp/sem.htm

Question 3.  Write a 350-word summary explaining how this model could be used in a different aggregate.

Textbooks used for this course (NUR 544).  You can use these as part of the reference list:

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Nies, M. A., & McEwen, M. (2011). Community/Public health nursing: Promoting the health of populations. (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier/Saunders.

Stanhope, M., & Lancaster, J. (2010). Foundations of nursing in the community: Community-oriented practice. (3rd ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby/Elsevier.

Use of Models in Health Assessment and Promotion
Readings:
•    Cheadle, A., Schwartz, P. M., Rauzon, S., Beery, W., Gee, S., et al. (2010). The Kaiser Permanente Community Health Initiative: Overview and

evaluation design. Journal Of Public Health, 100(11), 2111-2113.
•    Coke. L. A. (2010). Cardiac risk assessment of the older cardiovascular patient: The Framingham global risk assessment tools. MEDSURG

Nursing, 19(4), 253-254.
•    Marrs, J., Trumbley, S., & Malik, G. (2011). Early childhood caries: Determining the risk factors and assessing the prevention strategies for

nursing intervention. Pediatric Nursing, 37(1), 9-15.
•    Todahl, J. L., & Walters, E. (2009). Universal screening and assessment for intimate partner violence: The IPV Screen and Assessment Tier

(IPV-SAT) model. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 21(4), 247-270.