Ask a peer an open-ended question about the topic they have chosen and how it has been addressed in their community
NU474 Community Health Nursing
Unit 4 Discussion
Community Health Issues
In this unit, you are learning about health issues that may affect your community. Your community may already be addressing some of those issues. For this discussion, you are asked to select one of the issues presented in the unit that has been addressed in your community.
Please complete the following steps for your discussion post and response.
Select one of the following topics:
Children’s immunization
Adolescents’ risk-taking behaviors
Mental Health and/or homelessness
Migrant health
Substance abuse
Domestic violence
Describe how the issue is currently being addressed in your community.
Using the literature, describe one other approach to handling the identified issue.
Be sure to include whether the chosen approach represents a primary, secondary, or tertiary level of prevention.
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.
Estimated time to complete: 2 hours
This topic is valued at 40 points. Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria.
Peer Response: Unit 4, Due Sunday by 11:59 pm CT
Community Health Issues
Please respond to a minimum of 2 peers. Include at least 2 of the following in your responses:
Ask a peer an open-ended question about the topic they have chosen and how it has been addressed in their community
Discuss what is currently being done in your community related to that topic.
Comment on whether the alternative approach suggested would work in your community. Why or why not?
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.