What Sources Say about the Pediatric Population
Among the population that can be employed in assessing a community one can name pediatric aggregate. This population is easily found in diverse places such as centers, volunteer organization, and nursing homes among other locations. The pediatric group is mainly composed of children and adolescents as well as infants with a particular age limit of 18 years and below. Therefore, it is significant to carry out a community assessment to identify some of the challenges this group is likely to face as well as offer solution where possible. Several methods and resources should be employed for data gathering as well as data generation that assist in discovering community needs. After the correction of information, it is crucial to analyze the data to identify trends as well as themes of the pediatric population. This paper will focus on community assessment methods and resources that will attempt to uncover the differences between what published sources say about the pediatric population and actual research that has been carried out in a known community surrounding to identify the challenges and solution faced by the said community.
Phase One
Pediatric aggregate refers to an individual population that can be employed in evaluating a community. This population can reside in diverse places such as in nursing home, volunteer organizations, and citizens centers as well as community activity centers. In essence, pediatric population refers to a population composed of children, infants, and adolescents with a trailing age limit of between birth and 18 years of age. In this case, the particular population will be adolescent. The age bracket is composed of the group that is not very vulnerable to chronic diseases. However, the pediatric population is composed mostly by developing nations where the age group falls below 18 years of age. However, the adolescent age being the most important in the growth of a nation is the most sensitive one since children are dependents as they are still under the care of their parents. The pediatric population exists in all neighborhoods since nearly every family has children below 18 years of age. Therefore, it is unfortunate that there are no geographical boundaries that separate the pediatric population from other populations. The community assessment will be performed to identify some of the challenges facing the pediatric population and to come up with solutions that will assist in overcoming the challenges. The assessments results may widely assist in identifying trends of chronic diseases that mostly target the pediatric population in different geographical areas of a community. The community assessment will be carried out during the school holiday. The choice of the evaluation timeline is because a large number of the pediatric populations live with their families during the school recess. The assessment will be carried out for duration of two weeks. The project funding will primarily rely on the municipalities for sponsorship since the data will assist in the better planning of the council for the pediatric population. The assessment will attempt to uncover the differences between what published sources say about the pediatric population and actual research that has been carried out in a known community surrounding.
Phase Two
The assessment of pediatric population involves the use of resources as well as methods to achieve the objectives. This phase will be the starting point for data generation as well as collection during the community assessment. To achieve the desired results, a variety of methods will be applied to discover the community needs, although availability of time as well as monetary resources may influence the methods to be employed. This may include data gathering of the existing information.
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In 2015, CDC released a report citing a tremendous increase in behaviors that put teens in a state of risks. The report cited that most of the behaviors were cultivated in the early stages of the childrens development and later, they became catastrophes when the transition to adulthood occurred. The survey uncovered that even if risks like cigarette smoking had drastically reduced from 28% in 1991 to the current figure 11% in 2015, there was a sudden rise in e-cigarettes smoking within the pediatric adolescent stage. Not only had CDC aimed at condemning the youth but it also offered several remedies that would help reduce the elevated state of risk behaviors among the adolescents. Some of the measures included identifying and monitoring critical events that influenced youths health based on their behavior and related policies. Moreover, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (20016) seeks to make a summary and apply the findings obtained from the research to increase the effectiveness of the measures and to ensure monitoring of the progress to achieve the set goals of health standards.
The Healthy People 2010 was a nationwide promotion spearheaded by the Department of Human Service and Health in a bid to help prevent the spread of diseases. The campaign was designed and put in place to act as a framework that would contribute to improving the health of the people living in the United States of America in the 21st century. The promotions primary aim was to increase the quality and the years of healthy life to eliminate health discrepancies and serve as a measure of progress for the citizens of the United States. This program will assist in decreasing the mortality rate and putting the correct measures in place to ensure that adolescents would live longer and have a more qualitative life than the previous generation. The research showed that adolescent were t