Identify a Population Group at risk, population of interest, and/or vulnerable population in your community.
Collaborate with professionals across the health care system in order to find the gap in care or social determinants resulting in poor outcomes. Begin to take the lead to advocate and collaborate for the population at risk.

During this week of your practicum begin to identify a population at risk in your community that you will discuss for the next six weeks and use to create a Population-Based Nursing Care Project. Some examples of population health problems are: obesity, teen pregnancy, diabetes, infectious diseases, and childhood immunization. Discuss with your team the prevalent health problems in your practice and in your community. How can you address these health problems at the population level (Stanhope chapter 1)? your local department of health, other professionals and agencies involved with the population at risk (9), and community groups. Read more about populations in your textbook (Stanhope Chapter 9).
Please address the following in your discussions:
Briefly describe the community where you live and setting in which you practice (I CURRENTLY LIVE IF LAUREL MARYLAND, ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY. PLEASE LOOK FOR THE CURRENT POPULATION FOR THIS SFPECIFIC CITY.
What health problems are prevalent in your practice and/or in your community-(I WILL LIKE TO WRITE ON TEENAGE PREGNANCY IN THE CITY OF LUREL MARYLAND)
For the purpose of the Population-Based Nursing Care Project, choose a population at risk. Describe the health problem and specific population ( TEENAGE PREGNANCY)
Help each other refine and clarify the health problem.

Your written assignments must follow APA guidelines. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources. Other scholarly sources may also be used to support your work.

Readings
Course Text: Stanhope, M., & Lancaster, J. (2014). Public health nursing: Population-centered health care in the community. (REv. 8th ed.)Philadelphia: Mosby Elsevier.

Chapter 1, “PopulationFocused Practice: The Foundation of Specialization in Public Health Nursing”

Chapter 1 establishes a foundation for this course by providing a definition of population-based practice. Community health nursing practice is also discussed along with the core functions of public health service.