#1 Discussion Discover which agencies, in your state, are responsible for public health of citizens.

· Research if there are centralized or decentralized management of state responsibilities?

· Determine minimum 3 key indicators of health.

#2opics- from Learning by Experience and Reflection:

· Develop your vision of the ideal health care system.

· List some of the characteristics that constitute such a system. What would be the goal or goals of your ideal system?

· Think about how you would go about implementing your ideal system.

· Consider some of the problems you are likely to encounter
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#3Develop your vision of the ideal health care system.

List some of the characteristics that constitute such a system. What would be the goal or goals of your ideal system?

Think about how you would go about implementing your ideal system.

Consider some of the problems you are likely to encounter.

#4Develop your position about the individual rights to control the spread of communicable diseases for the good of society.

· Survey the role of boards of health in your community and state to determine how communicable diseases are prevented and controlled.

·150-word minimum/

#5 Topics- What was the last communicable diseases effecting your community and what were the primary, secondary and tertiary prevention that the community health nurses have undertaken to prevent the spread of the disease?

#6 Review The Nursing Process in Practice: Formulating a Family Care Plan, chapter 13, page 364.

Utilize the Box 13-7 Family Assessment Guide, pages 364-368.

Make sure to use all of the VI steps of the assessment.

· Must address all of the topics.

· 100-word minimum/

Research Articles- for Community Assessment: Presentation

Ten minute presentation in cass, at least one qualitative and one quantitative research article.

Articles must be peer reviewed, research studies and related to the community assessment.

Articles must have been published within last 3-5 years.