The Community Health Plan For Richmond, Virginia

The community has a huge effect on the health and wellbeing of the residents that live there. Therefore, it is vital for residents to be aware of the community resources available and take advantage of the opportunity to benefit them. Assessment of a community for health care purposes revolves around the goal of treating the community as a client and improving its overall health. This entails knowing the customs of the community, identifying their needs and the optimum usage of their current resources (Arredondo, 2014). By using these methods, the goals of health promotion along with treatment can be established and used by the community. The primary intent of this paper is to review the community health plan for Richmond, Virginia and analyze

One of the Model Standard incorporated in the Richmond Health Plan is the assessment of community needs (Arredondo, 2014). According to the plan, the major health problems that threaten the community have been clearly identified from data sets with information derived from the community’s perceptions of which problems are the most crucial. For instance, the plan has outlined cancer and other lifestyle diseases such as diabetes type 2, obesity and stress as major health problems that pose high risks to the residents of Richmond. In addition, the community health plan outlines the health problems faced by children with asthma. Besides generating information on the possible health concerns, the Richmond Health Community also identifies the resources available to the community so as to ensure healthy living and wellbeing of the residents in the

According to Richmond’s community health plan, some of the intervention strategies outlined are screening programs that will be conducted on women to identify cases of both cervical and breast cancer. Also, the health plan outlines on intervention strategies to reduce lifestyle diseases caused by poor nutrition. Due to the abundance of fast food chains and restaurants in the community, the health workers as indicated in the plan are required to educate the residents about the adverse effects of eating fast foods on a regular basis (Vojta, Koehler, Longjohn, Lever, & Caputo, 2013). By educating and providing constant updates on healthy living, the residents in Richmond will become knowledgeable on the services provided by the community health