Research a selected local, national, or global nonprofit organization or government agency from the document provided. Determine how the organization or agency contributes to public health and safety improvements, promotes equal opportunity, and improves the quality of life within the community.
Selected organization: National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI): NAMI provides advocacy, education, support, and public awareness to improve the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness.
Submit your findings in a 3–5 page report.
The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide, so be sure to address each point. Read the performance-level descriptions in the scoring guide for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.
- Explain how an organization’s mission and vision enable it to contribute to public health and safety improvements.
- Provide examples of ways a local and/or global initiative supports the mission and vision and promotes public health and safety.
- Evaluate an organization’s ability to promote equal opportunity and improve the quality of life in a community.
- Consider the effects of social, cultural, economic, and physical barriers.
- Be sure to go beyond simply describing what the organization does in these areas but evaluating the impact.
- Assess the impact of funding sources, policy, and legislation on an organization’s service delivery.
- Consider the potential implications of funding decisions, policy, and legislation for individuals, families, and aggregates within the community.
- Remember to actually include the policies, legislation, and funding avenues for your chosen organization.
- Explain how an organization’s work impacts the health and/or safety needs of a local community.
- Consider how nurses might become involved with the organization.
- How are nurses involved within this organization?
- Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.
- Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.
- Write with a specific purpose and audience in mind.
- Adhere to scholarly and disciplinary writing standards and APA formatting requirements.
Scoring Requirements
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
- Competency 1: Analyze health risks and healthcare needs among distinct populations.
- Explain how an organization’s work impacts the health and/or safety needs of a local community.
- Competency 2: Propose health promotion strategies to improve the health of populations.
- Explain how an organization’s mission and vision enable it to contribute to public health and safety improvements.
- Competency 3: Evaluate health policies based on their ability to achieve desired outcomes.
- Assess the impact of funding sources, policy, and legislation on an organization’s service delivery.
- Competency 4: Integrate principles of social justice in community health interventions.
- Evaluate an organization’s ability to promote equal opportunity and improve the quality of life in a community.
- Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead health promotion and improve population health.
- Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.
- Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references, exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.