Description
Overview
For this Performance Task Assessment, you will compare and contrast health problems and healthcare system data from the United States to health problems and healthcare system data from one other country that is demographically different from the United States.
Instructions
To complete this Assessment, do the following:
Be sure to adhere to the indicated assignment length.
Review the Compare and Contrast Template and the List of Health Concerns/Problems.
Complete the Compare and Contrast Template.
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Rubric
All submissions must follow the conventions of scholarly writing. Properly formatted APA citations and references must be provided where appropriate. Submissions that do not meet these expectations will be returned without scoring.
This assessment requires submission of two (2) documents: Compare and Contrast Template and Narrative. Save your Compare and Contrast Template file as GH4004_CompareandContrast_firstinitial_lastname (for example, GH4004_CompareandContrast_J_Smith). Save your Narrative file as GH4004_Narrative_firstinitial_lastname (for example, GH4004_Narrative_J_Smith).
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You will compare and contrast health problems and the healthcare system of United States to one other country that is demographically different from the United States with regard to one health problem that is present in both countries.
This Assessment has two parts. Click each of the items below for more information on this Assessment.
PART I: COMPARE AND CONTRAST TEMPLATE
In the Compare and Contrast Template, address the following:
Explain the health problem you selected and why you chose that problem.
Identify and record the health data for each country for the health problem selected.
Identify the following for each country:
Population and demographics
Annual per capita spending on healthcare
Describe the prevalence of the health problem in each country.
Describe the healthcare system of workers/professionals who are available to serve the population for the health problem in each country.
Explain the following list of factors that may contribute to the existence of the health problem in each country:
The elements of the epidemiological triangle, if applicable.
Environmental impacts (including the healthcare delivery system) that may apply to the health problem.
Explain the multifactorial relationships for the health problem in each country:
Nutritional considerations, if applicable.
Economic considerations.
The costs of medication and/or treatment in the healthcare system.
Explain at least two current efforts for containment/mitigation of the health problem by the healthcare system in each country.
PART II: NARRATIVE EXPLANATION
Synthesize the information you gathered for each country in the Compare and Contrast Template into a 2- to 3-page response. Your response should address the following:
Summarize how the health problem you selected is currently addressed by the healthcare system in each of the countries. Be specific and provide examples.
Explain at least one approach each country’s healthcare system uses to address the selected health problem.
Explain the role of the nurse leader in improving global health.
