obesityResearch paper

Write a narrative description of your field project by doing the following:
A. Assessment
1. Describe the Clarendon County, S.C. by identifying each of the following items:
• geographical area (e.g., county, city, town)
• area size
• population size
• demographics
• physical and social environment
2. Discuss Obesity in Clarendon County.
a. Provide background information in relation to Healthy People 2020 and local public health data that characterizes the health concern.
b. Provide data from national, state, and/or local levels related to Obesity.
3. Describe the target population affected by obesity, including each of the following components:
• gender
• age
• demographics, including socioeconomic status and educational level
a. Explain how obesity is linked to a health inequity/health disparity for the population of interest. Provide specific data to support the health inequity/disparity conclusion.
4. Discuss the primary community resources and partners currently involved with the health concern.
5. Discuss aspects of the population health concern not being addressed despite the efforts of the partners involved.
B. Outcomes Identification
1. Explain the desired outcome(s) or goal(s) for improvement related to obesity.
Note: This outcome or goal should be in alignment with Healthy People 2020 objective.
C. Planning
1. Create a nursing action plan to address the identified population health concern.
a. Recommend two population-focused specific objectives.
Note: The recommended objectives should be measurable ones.
b. Recommend two population-focused specific nursing interventions to improve obesity.
2. Discuss potential public and private partnerships that could be formed.
3. Create a specific timeline for your population-focused nursing interventions.
D. Evaluation
1. Explain how you would evaluate the effectiveness of the nursing action plan created in part C.
a. Identify the measurable tools necessary to perform the evaluation.
E. Conclusion
1. Reflect on how your perspective of the community’s health and the national, state, and local efforts toward a healthier population has changed as a result of your research.
F. Appendices
1. Include appendices if necessary (e.g., charts, graphs, copies of any surveys, maps).
G. When you use sources, include all in-text citations and references in APA format.