NURS FPX 6011 Assessment 2 Evidence-Based Population Health Plan

NHS FPX 6008 Assessment 4

[Student Name]

Capella University

[Prof. Name]

September 2025

NURS FPX 6011 Assessment 2

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I am XYZ, and I am presenting a proposal in NURS FPX 6011 Assessment 2 titled “Evidence-based population health improvement plan” to fight diabetes in our society through an evidence-based approach.

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It is estimated that over thirteen million persons in California have undiagnosed diabetes or prediabetes. An additional 2.5 million persons have been identified as having diabetes. One risk factor for diabetic patients is age, and California has been found to have a high prevalence of diabetes among younger people between the ages of 18 and 29 (Babey and others, 2019). Cardiovascular issues, kidney failure, end-stage hypertension, thyroid gland illness, chronic bronchial asthma, heart attack, obesity, neurological disorders, blindness, amputations, and mortality are already more likely to occur in people with diabetes (Nowakowska et al., 2019).

As stressed in NURS FPX 6011 Assessment 2, diabetes is influenced by a variety of environmental factors, including dietary practices, physical activity, air pollution, and walkability. Although the weather in California is generally pleasant, wildfires and poor air quality are frequent during the hot summer months. People who spend more time indoors and less time outdoors are more prone to leading inactive lives. According to earlier studies, diabetes rates are lower in locations with more green space and walkability than in areas with less. Applying evidence-based practice in public health can help address these issues and enhance community well-being. Although most of California is not green, some parts of the state are dangerous places for walking because of high crime rates or low socioeconomic status, which leads to unkempt communities. Californians’ socioeconomic standing has a big impact on what

they consume. Comorbidities are said to be more common in lower socioeconomic areas because people lack opportunities to enhance their standard of living (Dendup et al., 2018).

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Making nutritious, healthy food more affordable for our low-income neighborhoods will help us to enhance the standard of living for Californians. Many times, members of our impoverished communities and cultures are compelled to provide for their families by either paying the rent or providing food. A nursing evidence-based practice project will address the lack of mobility, support, and knowledge about lifestyle changes that can help manage diabetes. This makes the elderly one of the primary groups in our communities that has trouble accessing our services. A mobile food bank would be suggested as a way to promote the health of our people. These will be cars that go to areas where a large number of people are old and assist them with grocery shopping. According to NURS FPX 6011 Assessment 2, mobile food banks could be a redeeming element of illness-preventive programs that enable lifestyle benefits through consumption. Food banks offer aid to low-income communities that are more vulnerable to health issues. Because people in need who use the local food banks may interact with food bank employees more frequently than medical professionals, there is an opportunity to combine the two to help socioeconomic groups in need (Villa et al., 2022).

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NURS FPX 6011 Assessment 2 points out that the gap between lower socioeconomic groups can be prevented when mobile food banks are connected to healthcare. One service that helps enhance population health is the mobile food bank, which distributes nutrient-dense foods to people in our communities who are most at risk of developing diabetes. Those who cannot

afford medical care are examined physically by a nurse or other healthcare expert who travels with the food bank (Villa et al., 2022).

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The representatives of the city hall should be the first community stakeholders to accept and consent to this strategy. In order to make sure that this plan is successful, they will help to facilitate the funding and assistance. Examples of this kind of resource include farmers, supermarkets, distribution centers, and local health agencies. To keep this strategy moving in the correct direction, we will need to visit some potential stakeholders, vendors, community members, nationalists, physicians, the city health department, and city council representatives to see if they can help with action.

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The term “evidence-based practice” refers to a purposeful, methodical approach that addresses problems that enhance nursing practice and produce positive patient outcomes by utilizing the most recent and up-to-date information. Utilizing healthcare funds effectively ensures that people receive the best care available and achieve results that will enhance their quality of life. After identifying the main health concerns, we can address those problems and the problems that arise from them. As stated in NURS FPX 6011 Assessment 2, we will concentrate on meals that exacerbate the condition and alter various food types to tackle the numerous diseases that are associated with diabetes difficulties (McIntosh, 2022). As part of the effort to raise the standard of living in underprivileged areas, we will ask the community for feedback. Feedback will determine whether the nutrition supply is adequate to enhance the health of the communities, or if we should even create a cookbook that would assist them in cooking healthy meals. As part of our evidence-based population health plan, we are continuously adapting our

methods and helping our groups overcome challenges that we may not have foreseen because of patient-centered care, and helping them improve their lifestyles.

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The following are my references for NURS FPX 6011 Assessment 2. Thank you.

References

Babey, S. H., Wolstein, J., Diamant, A. L., & Goldstein, H. (2019). Prediabetes in California: Nearly half of California adults are on path to diabetes. Policy brief (UCLA Center for Health Policy Research), (PB2016-1), 1–8.

Dendup, T., Feng, X., Clingan, S., & Astell-Burt, T. (2018). Environmental risk factors for developing type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A systematic review. International journal of environmental research and public health, 15(1), 78. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15010078

McIntosh, K., Collins, J., & Mick, J. (2022). Promoting a culture of clinical inquiry in nursing.

Nursing, 52(9), 31–35. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NURSE.0000854000.91255.f6

Nowakowska, M., Zghebi, S. S., Ashcroft, D. M., Buchan, I., Chew-Graham, C., Holt, T., Mallen, C., Van Marwijk, H., Peek, N., Perera-Salazar, R., Reeves, D., Rutter, M. K., Weng, S. F., Qureshi, N., Mamas, M. A., & Kontopantelis, E. (2019). The comorbidity burden of type 2 diabetes mellitus: Patterns, clusters, and predictions from a large English primary care cohort. BMC medicine, 17(1), 145. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019- 1373-y

Villa, L. K., Bharathi Murugesan, S., Phillips, L. A., Drake, A. J., & Smith, N. A. (2022). Mobile pantries can serve the most food insecure populations. Health equity, 6(1), 49–54. https://doi.org/10.1089/heq.2021.0006