East Austin Community Health Nursing Intervention

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Health & Medicine

26th Aug, 2023

Introduction

East Austin is a community in the state of Texas, and its lifestyles and health depend on the environment and the level of individuals’ professionalism. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the peculiarities of community health by investigating the risks of alcohol use disorder and diabetes and developing interventions for the population. Addressing observation results and the findings by Yang et al. (2018), alcohol use disorder is diagnosed in 14-29% of the population and is provoked by low cognitive control and negative emotions. Poor dietary habits and no physical activity are associated with obesity and diabetes risks among more than 13% of Americans (Davidson et al., 2021). Both health problems need specific interventions, and East Austin citizens should know how to protect their health and predict diseases following nurses’ interventions.

A Problem and a Nursing Intervention

CHN Diagnosis/Problem

Risk of alcohol use disorder

Rationale for Selecting the Problem

Not many people are ready to admit they have alcohol use disorder. They believe they control their drinking habits and predict serious health damage. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2022) informs that excessive alcohol use, which is more than four drinks per occasion, provokes serious chronic diseases over time. Although many programs help people deal with dependence, alcohol instigates millions of lives. Risks for alcohol use disorder have to be analyzed and explained to help the population protect their health and identify threats at an early stage.

Goals and Objectives

Goal 1: To improve the community’s level of knowledge about the risks of alcohol abuse.

Objective: To create brochures about drinking and alcohol misuse.
Objective: To provide information about the effects of alcoholism at any age.
Objective: To give actual information, statistics, and findings on the topic.

Goal 2: To reduce the prevalence of alcohol use disorder in the community.

Objective: To assess the triggers of alcohol drinking.
Objective: To examine current patients about their attitudes toward alcohol.
Objective: To organize meetings where people can talk about their problems.
Intervention Objectives Timeline.

Interventions and objectives

Present Date	Objective( Number and Statement)	Anticipated Completion Date
Enter Date	Ex. Eighty percent (80%) of infants seen by health departments, neighborhood health centers, and private physicians will have developmental levels assessed.	Enter Date
1/11/22	At least 50% of the community will be provided with brochures about alcohol misuse	5/11/22
1/11/22	About 35% of the population will get access to open meetings where professionals talk about the risks of alcohol and mobilize personal awareness of the problem (Mathre, 2016)	13/11/22
1/11/22	Five billboards that contain critical numbers about the problem will be placed in different regions of the community	13/11/22
8/11/22	The level of evaluation and preventive services will be improved by 70%	1/12/22
1/11/22	Seventy percent of adults will be interviewed about their attitudes toward alcohol (Mathre, 2016)	13/11/22
1/11/22	Fifty percent of café/restaurant visitors will be invited to specialized meetings	13/11/22

Plan of Intervention and Evaluation

Date	Intervention Activities	Responsible Agency/Person	Evaluation Measures	Target Date of Completion
Enter	Ex. Community Health	Ex. Community	Ex. • Lay advisors will	Ex. Lay advisor
start	Nurse identifies and	Health Nurse	be able to verbally	training completed
date.	trains lay advisors in	(CHN)	describe case-finding	by
	community as case finders		methods to CHN Number of new WIC	enter date of estimated
			cases will be tracked	completion.
			by CHN on monthly
			the basis for one year to
			determine if the goal of
			80% has been met
1/11/22	A community health nurse (CHN) provides research volunteers with information for brochures	CHN and two volunteers	The participants will distribute brochures to 50% of the community	Brochures are created and distributed by 13/11/22
1/11/22	CHN organizes a one-hour meeting for ordinary citizens to talk about alcohol effects	CHN	About 35% of the community population will get the information	The meetings are organized for two weeks by 13/11/22
1/11/22	CNH works with a local publishing agency to create five billboards	A local publishing agency	Five billboards will be located in the neighborhood	13/11/22
8/11/22	CHN participates in patient assessments	CHN	The level of assessment will be improved by 70%	The examination of services occurs in one month by 1/12/22
1/11/22	CHN communicates with local citizens	CHN	The opinions of 70% of the population are gathered and analyzed to prove/disprove the alcohol problem	13/11/22
1/11/22	Several volunteers visit local bars and invite to educational meetings	Nursing volunteers	Fifty percent of bar visitors are aware of meetings	The information will be distributed by 13/11/22

Conclusion

This project focuses on preventing alcohol use disorder in a local community through education and awareness mobilization. Nurses cannot affect a person’s desire to drink, but they can create an appropriate informative background, increase involvement in healthy volunteering, and strengthen communication (Mathre, 2016). East Austin’s citizens have access to various alternatives to alcohol drinking, but open bars and restaurants on the streets make them vulnerable. Thus, the major community public health outcomes include reducing alcohol use disorders and improving knowledge about the existing risks.

References

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2022). Excessive alcohol use. CDC. Web.

Davidson, K. W., Barry, M. J., Mangione, C. M., Cabana, M., Caughey, A. B., Davis, E. M., Donahue, K. E., Doubeni, C. A., Krist, A. H., Kubik, M., Ogedegbe, G., Owens, D. K., Pbert, L., Silverstein, M., Stevermer, J., Tseng, C. W., & Wong, J. B. (2021). Screening for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes: US preventive services task force recommendation statement. JAMA, 326(8), 736-743.

Mathre, M. L. (2016). Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug problems. In M. Stanhope & J. Lancaster (Eds.), Public health nursing: Population-centered health care in the community (9^th ed., pp. 803-824). Elsevier.

Yang, P., Tao, R., He, C., Liu, S., Wang, Y., & Zhang, X. (2018). The risk factors of the alcohol use disorders – Through review of its comorbidities. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12.