What do you believe is reducing the quality of life

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Approved Topic List: Choosing Your Field Project Topic with a Primary

Prevention Focus

Note: You may not log any work on your field project until you are enrolled in Community Health and Population-Focused Nursing Field Experience/Community Health and PopulationFocused Nursing Clinical and have selected your topic.

What is a Primary Prevention?

The Community Health Nursing practicum requires a field project. The project focuses on primary prevention. Primary prevention is the prevention of disease, injury, disability or premature death before they occur.

First Steps in Choosing a Field Project Topic

First, consider what might be an issue of public health concern in your own community. The pertinent questions to consider are:

What is the biggest contributor to disease (morbidity) and premature death (mortality) in your community?

What are the controversial community health concerns discussed in your local newspaper?

What do you believe people in your community are most concerned about related to health?

What is generating the most visits to the emergency room or hospital admission in your community?

What do you believe is reducing the quality of life in your community?

Possible Topic Areas to Choose for Field Project

Access to Healthcare

access to mental health services

access to dental health services

access to health services

promotion of health literacy

Alcohol and Drug Use

responsible alcohol consumption

prevention of drug abuse, including

- IV drug use

- prescription drug use

Child Health

prevention of neonatal mortality

prevention of unintentional childhood injuries, including:

- sudden unexpected infant death (SUID)

- poisoning

- drowning

- motor vehicle related (child safety seat and seat belt use)

- sports related

- pedestrian related

prevention of child abuse

promotion of vaccination

Disabled

promotion of health and well-being, including

- access to disability related services and devices,

- limit barriers to participating in home, work, school, or community activities

Disaster Preparedness

prevention of adverse health consequences caused by natural and human caused disasters

HIV/AIDS

prevention of HIV/AIDS, including

- sexual transmission

- prenatal transmission

- IV drug use transmission

Oral Health

prevention of dental caries

Obesity/Nutrition

prevention of overweight and obesity through healthy nutrition and physical activity

prevention of food deserts

Physical Environment

promotion of healthy physical environment, including

- air quality

- land quality

- water quality

Seniors

prevention of falls

prevention of social isolation

promotion of vaccination

Sexual Health

Prevention of sexually transmitted infections.

Social Environment

safe, affordable, quality housing (prevention of homelessness)

Tobacco

prevention of tobacco use

prevention of smoking

Unintentional Injuries

prevention of workplace injuries

prevention of motor vehicle related death/injuries

- prevention of pedestrian injury and death (includes bicyclists)

Violence

prevention of domestic violence/intimate partner violence

prevention of dating violence

prevention of gang violence

prevention of community violence

prevention of bullying/cyber-bullying

prevention of suicide/depression

Prevention of human/sex trafficking

Women's and Maternal Health

prevention of unintended pregnancies

lack of breastfeeding/promotion of breastfeeding

promotion of vaccination

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