NURS FPX 6011 Assessment 2 Evidence-Based Population Health Improvement Plan

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Capella University

NURS-FPX 6011

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Evidence-Based Population Health Improvement Plan

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This presentation will highlight a population health improvement plan of obesity reduction in the Non-Hispanic Afro-American community, which will entail enhancement of access to healthy foods, promotion of physical activities, and diversity. Poverty, malnutrition, and insufficient spaces to engage in safe exercises are some of the contributing factors (Wang et al., 2023). The intervention will help to improve health equity, bypassing food deserts, and diminish obesity.

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Environmental and Epidemiological Data

The prevalence of Non-Hispanic Afro-American Obesity is a significant population health issue, as more than 49.9 percent of the adult population is obese, as compared to the national statistics of 41.9% (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2024). The situation is influenced more by the increase of food insecurity, when 19.3% of the residents live in the area without proper access to healthy and affordable food products, unlike the national prevalence of 10.5% (Feeding America, 2024).

The level of walkability of 42/100 is not favorable to make healthy choices (Telega et al., 2021). These are interdependent issues that depict the requirement to apply community intervention to solve obesity and poor health among the citizens.

The sources utilized in this paper are credible secondary information provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and scholarly research papers. A different meta-synthesis study by Aldaz et al. (2022) determined the connection between food insecurity and obesity and the built environment. They highlight obesity as a major area of concern in health disparities in Jacksonville and determine that the predisposing factors of the environment and social settings are potential areas for prevention initiatives.

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An Ethical Health Improvement Plan

As the prevalence of obesity among Non-Hispanic Afro-American is high, the ethical and viable population health change initiative consists of three interventions, namely, raising the availability of healthful foods, fostering physical activity, and improving health literacy. Mobile markets are one of the strategies that focus on food-insecure and food desert neighborhoods in order to offer fresh fruits and vegetables to the intended communities through local farmers and nonprofit organizations (Hammon and Goralnik, 2024). The plan also includes exercises that are free in the air, like aerobics, Zumba, yoga, and walking clubs in parks, as well as conveniently available green areas. They are planned and enforced to provide alternatives for improved life, empower individuals, and motivate them to concentrate on a healthier lifestyle in the communities.

Its success within the immediate environment is, however, hampered by poor walkability, unsafe neighborhoods, and high costs of food and nutrition that keep immigrants away. The solutions to these concerns include the city spending money on sidewalks, lighting improvement, and finding green spaces in the form of community gardens based on the knowledge of the different neighborhoods (Patterson, 2023). The community will be equipped with multilingual wellness programs comprising the traditional food practices, through culturally appropriate community health workers.

Outcome Criteria

The measures of success that will be applied to the intention of reviewing the plan are the reduction of obesity levels to lower levels, higher access to fresh produce, health literacy, and community involvement. It is also guaranteed that these criteria support the core goals of the intervention and measurement principles, and are acceptable to ethical, comprehensive, and sustainable enhancement (Coughlin et al., 2020). They are non-invasive, physical, and quality improvement-oriented.

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Collaboration Plan with the Community

The 100 Black Men of America, Inc. is the stakeholder that can be approached to assist in implementing the population health improvement plan among the Non Hispanic Afro-Americans. As an organization in the community that has existed over a relatively long period, and with the main mission of empowering the marginalized groups that comprise the Black and Hispanic communities, The 100 Black Men of America, Inc., will be an ideal partner in outreach, education, and engagement (The 100 Black Men of America, Inc, 2025).

They also possess better customer relationships with customers who frequent these community health workers, hence are helpful when it comes to mobilizing the people to visit mobile farmers markets, fitness, and nutritional education classes. The 100 Black Men of America, Inc stands out the most due to its multicultural focus, which is the most timely consideration given the multicultural population with significant interest in African American, Hispanic, and Haitian patients.

The other ones are the local healthcare systems, schools, corporations, Duval County Health Department, park and recreation departments of the local government, grocery stores, and faith institutions (Petkovic et al., 2023). To deal with this inclusiveness, information relayed will be translated to Spanish and Haitian Creole to ensure the people of these origins can understand it as well, and documents will be typed in both braille and large fonts to accommodate them (Khatri et al., 2025).

Furthermore, the privacy of the data will not be compromised via informed consent on data collection and data protection policies, and their use by any technology during the implementation of the program. These are aimed at promoting trust and the provision of equitable allocation of health resources to the various sections of society.

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Value and Relevance of Evidence and Technology Resources

The tools and evidence that were applied to the development of the population health improvement plan among non-Hispanic African Americans are limited in explaining the effectiveness and feasibility of the intervention. Diet tracking and exercise tracking apps, social networks, and exercise sites promoting the exercise apps will add to health interventions, hence making the program readily accessible and interesting to the community (Basto and Ferreira, 2025). The literature on studies of the impacts of accessibility to healthy foods, physical activity in the context of obesity, also supports the application of mobile farmers’ markets and fitness programs as sustainable approaches.

Studies have found that the presence of good, healthy food and possibilities to do physical exercises significantly improve the healthier lifestyles of the unprivileged population in those disadvantaged regions (Ziso et al., 2022). The participants will also use mobile technologies that entail the use of technology like the fitness trackers to monitor their progress, thus increasing the objective of the program. Therefore, the task to incorporate best practices and technologies to serve the stated goals is to attain lasting enhancements of the quality of the lives of the residents and their health, specifically in Jacksonville.

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Communication of the Evidence-Based Population Health Improvement Plan

To make sure that the evidence-based population health improvement plan of the non-Hispanic African Americans is seen to be community-based, a number of preventive measures can be implemented as follows. To begin with, the residents of this region, as well as other interested individuals in society and their groups, ought to be involved in the planning and decision-making process. Open sessions, like conducting open forums, Town Hall, and collaborative meetings, provide a platform on which the stakeholders can give their requirements and assist in the formulation of other implementation strategies.

Having a community health ambassador is practiced as a method to encourage individuals in a particular region to participate in various methods like mobile farmers markets, fitness, and nutrition trainings (National Academies of Sciences, 2023). Therefore, it is implied that possibilities like allowing local organizations like churches, schools, and other enterprises to have the main part or co-participation in the hosting of the events will contribute towards sharing the loads as well as promoting increased concern and commitment.

It is also possible that the stakeholders can integrate various solutions that are culturally appropriate in their programs, such as selecting the food that their culture enjoys, or even conducting culturally appropriate fitness classes. In addition to this, the application of surveys or a suggestion box to gather the opinion of the community and utilizing it demonstrates that the community’s opinion matters. Lastly, the availability of the materials in various languages and formats will take care of children with disability being locked out (Krystallidou et al., 2020). Such moves promote teamwork, confidence, and devotion in a manner that not only forms a supportive community that propagates change.

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Conclusion

It is through the prevention of obesity, a process that should be implemented by increasing the availability of healthy food and encouraging the population to engage in physical exercise, that the improvement of the health status of the population is to be delivered. The strategy is informed by the facts and research findings on food insecurity and obesity among the low-income groups, with special attention to the youth.

These results provide certain goals to be attained by the intervention, and they can be used to measure the results. Through this plan, efforts are made to enhance the well-being of the residents living within Jacksonville’s by ensuring that life becomes healthy in this city.