teaching experience paper
Community Teaching Plan: Teaching Experience Paper Angie Rees
Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V
May 30, 2015
Introduction Over 600,000 people die annually from heart disease in the United States. This comes out to be one in every four Americans will die from heart disease every year. Which break it down even further, means every 43 seconds someone in the United States is having a heart attack. (CDC, 2015). This paper will discuss a teaching experience in a community that needed education on heart disease. Furthermore, this paper will include a summary of the teaching plan, the epidemiological rational for teaching heart disease, an evaluation of the experience, the community’s response as well as the strengths and weaknesses in the teaching process.
Summary of Teaching Plan After assessing the educational needs of the community of Wake County, North Carolina, the topic of heart disease, primary prevention and health promotion, was decided as an area that the local population needed to be taught. Wake County has a higher population of elderly people (Wake County Community Health Needs Assessment Report, 2013) who don’t have the means to obtain preventative education. Many of the elderly have co-morbidities with chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, obesity and renal failure. The Community Teaching Work Plan Proposal was completed, an outline was prepared and both were reviewed and discussed with Reverend Sue Halford of First Christian Church. Reverend Sue Halford granted approval for the community teaching experience and assisted with the scheduling and invitations to the heart disease information forum.
Epidemiological Rationale for Topic In Wake County, heart disease is the second leading cause of death (Wake County Human Services Public Health Division, 2014). While the majority of Wake County has health insurance, many of the smaller surrounding communities do not. These small surrounding communities receive their health care
Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V
May 30, 2015
Introduction Over 600,000 people die annually from heart disease in the United States. This comes out to be one in every four Americans will die from heart disease every year. Which break it down even further, means every 43 seconds someone in the United States is having a heart attack. (CDC, 2015). This paper will discuss a teaching experience in a community that needed education on heart disease. Furthermore, this paper will include a summary of the teaching plan, the epidemiological rational for teaching heart disease, an evaluation of the experience, the community’s response as well as the strengths and weaknesses in the teaching process.
Summary of Teaching Plan After assessing the educational needs of the community of Wake County, North Carolina, the topic of heart disease, primary prevention and health promotion, was decided as an area that the local population needed to be taught. Wake County has a higher population of elderly people (Wake County Community Health Needs Assessment Report, 2013) who don’t have the means to obtain preventative education. Many of the elderly have co-morbidities with chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, obesity and renal failure. The Community Teaching Work Plan Proposal was completed, an outline was prepared and both were reviewed and discussed with Reverend Sue Halford of First Christian Church. Reverend Sue Halford granted approval for the community teaching experience and assisted with the scheduling and invitations to the heart disease information forum.
Epidemiological Rationale for Topic In Wake County, heart disease is the second leading cause of death (Wake County Human Services Public Health Division, 2014). While the majority of Wake County has health insurance, many of the smaller surrounding communities do not. These small surrounding communities receive their health care
References: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2015). Heart Disease. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/index.htm Wake County Community Health Needs Assessment Reports. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.wakegov.com/humanservices/data Wake County Human Services Public Health Division. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.wakegov.com/humanservices/data/documents/public/healthquarterlyreport