NURS-FPX 4060 Practicing in the Community to Improve Population Health

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Health Promotion Plan Presentation

Good afternoon, everyone. I hope you’re all doing well. My name is —– and I work as a community nurse in San Francisco, California.  Thank you for taking the time to join this session. Today, I’ll be presenting a health promotion plan. We’ll have a Q&A session at the end to address any questions, so please hold onto your queries until then. Before we dive into today’s topic, I’d like to get to know you all better. I have introductory questionnaires for you to fill out, which will help me understand your background. The questionnaire includes your name, gender, age, educational qualifications, hobbies, employment status, and personal learning needs related to our discussion topic: tobacco cessation. Once we’ve completed this introductory activity, we can start with our main topic.

Health Promotion Plan – Cessation of Tobacco Products

The focus of my presentation today is on developing a health promotion plan for quitting the use of tobacco products. These products include cigarettes, electronic vaping devices, hookah, and chewable tobacco. Roughly 4.7 million middle and high school children use tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, and about 28.3 million adults in the United States smoke cigarettes. Approximately 1600 American teenagers smoke their first cigarette (CDC, 2023). These statistics highlight the widespread issue of tobacco use in our communities and the significant health implications for our young generation. Heavy use of tobacco products often leads to a dependency on medical care due to health deterioration. 

In California, 10.9% of adults aged 18 and older use various tobacco products—6.3% smoke cigarettes, 3.5% use vapes, 1.4% smoke cigars, 1.3% use little cigars and cigarillos, 0.7% use smokeless tobacco products, and 0.5% use hookah (California Department of Public Health, 2023). Smoking is a leading cause of preventable diseases in the state, including lung cancer, COPD, cardiovascular diseases, and various other cancers. The financial toll is high because of the high cost of healthcare, lost productivity, and early mortality brought on by tobacco use.

Therefore, there is a pressing need for tobacco cessation programs to improve the health of our community members and enhance the community’s economy by reducing the extensive costs associated with medical treatments. Some of you might currently use these tobacco products, which is why this health promotion plan is designed to meet your needs and support you in your journey to quit tobacco use.

The Plan Based on Specific, Identified Health Needs and Goals

Given the health consequences and statistics on tobacco use, developing a health promotion plan tailored to participants’ specific health needs and goals is crucial. Evidence-based plans for tobacco cessation interventions are available, and one effective method is the 5A intervention. This method includes five components: Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, and Arrange. 

– The “Ask” component involves engaging participants to identify their tobacco use, frequency, and willingness to quit.

– The “Advise” step involves encouraging individuals to quit tobacco use.

– The “Assess” stage evaluates participants’ needs and readiness to quit.

– The “Assist” phase helps them find suitable methods for quitting.

– The “Arrange” step involves monitoring the cessation efforts and their effectiveness during follow-up meetings (Chai et al., 2018).

Other community-based health plans for promoting tobacco cessation include educational campaigns through mass media, increasing tobacco product prices, and school-based programs that identify social factors promoting tobacco use and educate on reducing them. Increasing awareness and knowledge of the negative consequences of tobacco use through community health workers can also bridge gaps between primary healthcare providers and the community, leading to positive outcomes in tobacco cessation (Zulkiply et al., 2020). These strategies are effective in preventing tobacco use and fostering healthier communities.

SMART Goals Setting

We utilized the SMART goal approach to establish objectives with the members of the Joseph Community. The agreed-upon SMART goals with the community members are as follows:

-Goal 1: By the end of this educational session (time-bound), we will identify (attainable) two major reasons (measurable, realistic) that promote tobacco use in teenagers to prevent them from becoming tobacco users in the future (specific). This goal was attained by