Wgu Community Statistics Assignment

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Community Statistics
Submit this assignment by end of day Sunday of Week 1.
This assignment is worth 40 points of your final grade.

Name: Felicia Quinn Date: 02/14/2017
Student ID: Fq187816 Email:
NOTE: This assignment is about the experience of using databases to locate information about your community. Keep in mind as you complete this assignment that you may not be able to locate all data fields listed in the worksheet.
Record the data you collect into the following tables. Record the source (website) of your data in the Source Column. Collect the most recent data available (usually within the last 5 years). If you cannot find that data for a few inquiries just enter “NDA” – No Data Available. However, this should be limited to two or …show more content…

I was surprised that in Franklin county Ohio, the rate of mothers who received no first trimester prenatal care was 35.9%. There were several issues addressed in the 2020 objects to improve outcomes for mothers and babies. Healthcare has improved according to the statics in Ohio, by enrolling more qualifying mothers on Medicaid when they apply instead of making them wait until the paper work is completed allows mothers to have instant care. Columbus has established Celebrate One which includes a mobile unit that go out in the community to provide service now to expectant mothers in their first trimester (Columbus Public Health …show more content…

Use the correct format for your diagnoses: Problem, Population or location of problem, Etiology, Signs/Symptoms (***Chapter 6, pp. 102 in your textbook).
Formatting would be: Problem related to the etiology as evidenced by the signs/symptoms.
Priority Community Health Nursing Diagnoses #1
Increased risk of death among heroin addicts in Columbus Ohio, related to an epidemic as evidenced by the number of overdoses occurring in Ohio, as it leads the nation in deaths.

Priority Community Health Nursing Diagnoses #2
High risk of black infant mortality in Columbus Ohio related to inability to access healthcare as evidence by the rate of black babies that are born alive compared to the birth rate of white babies born alive.

For example: Risks of asthma complications among children in a southeast Ohio County related to poor air quality, overcrowded living conditions, inability to access health care, high number of animals living in homes, lack of knowledge regarding treatment options, and lack of access to medications as evidenced by increasing numbers of hospitalizations due to asthma

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