Goal and outcomes in Context

Week 3 Discussion 1: Goals and Outcomes in Context

In the Riverbend City: Community Health Needs Assessment media piece you completed as part of this unit’s study, you had the opportunity to prioritize the public health issues voiced by the citizens. Now, apply what you have learned to a real-life community based on the Hennepin County Medical Center Community Health Needs Assessment, linked in the

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Utilize the Initial List of Health Needs for Consideration section of the Hennepin County Medical Center Community Health Needs Assessment (pages 14–21) to complete the following:

• Review the 7 listed health needs, and select one. Be sure to identify your selection.
• Relate your selection to 2–3 of the key qualitative themes from interviews for that health need. Use the data provided for the county, HCMC community, and specific neighborhood/population to further describe the health need you selected.
• Align the health need and the key qualitative themes you have selected to the most significant health outcome you would expect to achieve at a community level. Be sure to explain your rationale.

Response Guidelines

Read and respond to your peers’ posts according to FEM guidelines. Review the data for the health need chosen. Then, evaluate the strength of the evidence your colleague has used in making their selection (for example, consider the prevalence of the health need chosen). Based on the additional data provided, what second significant health outcome could also be expected at the community level?

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• Discussion Participation Rubric.