Posted: February 2nd, 2015

Week 2 Discussion Version B

Paper, Order, or Assignment Requirements

 
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.