Community health profiling

Using epidemiological data and speaking to local health care workers, if possible, develop a community health profile of the community in which you are/were working during your community placement.

The profile should:

1. Introduce the geographical locality and provide an overview of the key health and social issues found within the locality; support this with evidence.

2. Briefly discuss the benefits of profiling the health of geographical communities and the difficulties of doing so with accuracy.

3. For one specific key issue you identify, briefly discuss its importance as a public health issue and explore and debate causation and health implications as relevant.

4. For the chosen health issue detail services, policies and initiatives in place to address this issue – nationally and locally.

5. Critically examine and appraise the effectiveness of these interventions, using both evidence and your own reasoned arguments.

Specific guidelines for the sub-headings:

The community I chose to discuss about is called Erewash, in Derbyshire County (United Kingdom). Below are links to find all the necessary info needed about the community for the research.

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http://fingertipsreports.phe.org.uk/health-profiles/2017/e07000036.pdf

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https://observatory.derbyshire.gov.uk/IAS/

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http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/health-profiles

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http://www.northderbyshireccg.nhs.uk/locality_north_dales

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https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile-group/mental-health/profile/dementia/data#page/4/gid/1938132811/pat/6/par/E12000004/ati/102/are/E10000007/iid/92949/age/27/sex/4

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Public health England website

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NICE (National Institute for clinical excellence website)

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Alzheimer society UK website

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Dementia society UK website.

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Please also use other credible academic journals.

Section 1: Introduction:

This section should focus on the objectives of the study;

Introduce the topic and what areas you will focus on.

 Below are the major areas of discussion.

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Exploring the dementia services in the area of public health perspective.

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Analysing data on the prevalence of wider health issues within EREWASH community.

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Focus on dementia and strategies, initiatives and services implemented both locally and nationally.

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Make comparisons with nearby geographical areas.

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Critically appraise findings to highlight the good & shortcoming of the policies and services to suggest recommendations for improvements.

Section 2: Community profiling:

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This section should briefly explain and define community profiling/health needs assessment.

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Talk briefly about the advantages and disadvantages and the need for community profiling.

Section 3: Key issue (Dementia):

This section should discuss and critique :

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Government challenges in response dementia

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Risk factors and causes of dementia

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Types of dementia

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Prevalence and economic cost of dementia

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Estimated dementia financial cost to the UK

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The need for public health initiatives

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Evidence based interventions for dementia (NICE recommendation and non-pharmacological intervention).

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Section 4: EREWASH (the community chosen for the research)

This section should discuss

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Population, description and geographical location description of the town.

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issues like the life expectancy  etc

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Health issues in Erewash community (Give statistics of physical and mental health).

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Compare the percentage of people living with dementia in Erewash community with other parts of England.

Section 5: Policies and initiatives.

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Using dementia UK report (or other evidence) to discuss about the national dementia strategies, discuss the Dementia UK’s 3 major themes (increasing awareness, early diagnosis and intervention and ensuring a high quality of care).

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Discuss the 5 year Derbyshire dementia strategy or other government policies related to dementia.

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Discuss the effectiveness of public health initiatives related to dementia

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Critique government’s policies on dementia.

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Discuss dementia diagnosis rate in Erewash community and compare to other cities in England.

Conclusion

References.

Please use credible academic journals as references using Harvard style. I have attached the guideline for my school’s referencing style.

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