NR 394 Transcultural Nursing
Week 3: Course Project Part 1Check-In
Directions: Prior to completing this template, carefully review Week 3: Course Project Part 1 Check-In Directions paying attention to how to name the document and all rubric requirements.
Your Name:
Choose a specific cultural/ethnic population that is in your area, clinical practice, or community but different than your own culture.
The chosen population for this project is Hispanics.
Identify a health problem or need for health promotion from your chosen cultural population, based on the Leading Health Indicators (LHI) priorities from Healthy People. (See the HealthyPeople.gov Leading Health Indicators website link in the Assignment Guidelines for this assignment). This might include a specific age or gender. You will use the specific cultural focus to complete your assignment.
The identified health issue is obesity. Obesity is defined as a disorder characterized by excessive body facts that increases the risk of getting health issues. According to Healthy People 2020 (2021), lack of proper diet, physical activity, and healthy body weight can be attributed to the dramatic increase in obesity. Today, nearly one in three adults has obesity and one in six children and adolescents are obese. Obesity is a risk factor for many serious health conditions and chronic diseases such as many forms of cancer, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease and stroke, and osteoarthritis, which are among the top causes of death. Other than dire health consequences, obesity and overweight can also lead to increased medical costs and heavy burden on the health care delivery system. As such, the issue of obesity is timely and need to be focused on.
According to (CDC 2021), ethnic groups such as Hispanics are disproportionally affected by obesity than other groups with about 44.8% of Hispanic adults having the highest age-adjusted incidences of obesity. CDC also reported that the incidence of Obesity is 40.0% among adults aged between 20 and 39, 44.8% among adults in the age range of 40 to 59 years, and 42.8 among the adults in the age range of 60 and above. As such, the focus of this course project will be adults aged between 40 and 59 years since they are the most affected age group (CDC, 2021).
Ask at least one question of your instructor that could help you do your best on the Course Project Part 1 Assignment.
Does the chosen topic sound appropriate in the course project? Is it necessary to include specific age for study given that individuals get more mature and also the occurrence of many life events in these years that can possible change variables?
Statement from instructor on cultural/ethnic population and health problem/need based on LHI priorities from Healthy People:
Accepted
Accepted with revisions needed
Not accepted.
*Any required revision will not alter your grade for this assignment. *
References
CDC. (2021). Adult Obesity Facts. Retrieved 2021, from https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html
Healthy People 2020. (2021). Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity. Retrieved 2021, from https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/leading-health-indicators/2020-lhi-topics/Nutrition-Physical-Activity-and-Obesity
