Tips and Tricks for Reducing Childhood Health Issues NURS FPX 4060 Assessment 4 Health Promotion Plan Presentation

In many healthcare setups, the staff are unable to care for an ill child because of staff limitation or space constraints and in some healthcare setups, the child can be made comfortable and make room for him to be well rested or sleep in a place that has been contaminated with the previous sick child. When a sick child gets excluded from the healthcare area, it is important that the child does not make contact with the other children who have not been infected with the same infection. Keeping the child in the same place in times of infection to prevent infection from spreading to other kids is necessary and advised. To prevent such scenarios, it is important that a child has completed his immunization plan and maintains a healthy diet and be away from foods with added sugar and sleep well.

NURS FPX 4060 Assessment 4 Health Promotion Plan Presentation

Following are some of the tips to reduce the health issues in children and promote health:

• Educating expecting parents about what to do after their child is born and how to keep him healthy and disease free.
• Spreading knowledge about EPI program for prevention of diseases in early childhood
• Running awareness campaigns regarding childhood health and how to prevent diseases when the children are developing their immune systems
• Use of media to spread the knowledge about the childhood immunizations (Puri et al., 2020)
• Making a vaccination staff (Home Visit Programs) assigned only for the vaccination in infants and young children at homes (Cataldi et al., 2020)
• Directing the schools to only admit the students who have acquired their vaccination (Healthy People 2030, 2019)
• Keeping the healthy diet and avoiding unhealthy things in early childhood such as items with too much added sugar, soda etc (Koletzlko et al., 2019)
• Inculcating the habit of washing hands many times a day for example, after toilet times, before having a meal, after outdoor play etc.
• Attaining the healthy lifestyle in family so children can attain healthy lifestyles as well

Outcomes of the Session to Achieve the Healthy People 2030 Goals

We decided some practical solutions in our session to achieve the Healthy People 2030 goals. Amongst these strategies, the most important plan is to spread awareness about childhood immunizations and its benefits especially targeting the parents of the newborns and future parents as the parents’ attitude towards childhood vaccination plays a major role in initiating, continuing and completing the childhood immunization. We need to assess the public knowledge and their behaviors regarding immunization and to implement the required interventions to change perceptions and thinking about childhood immunization such as persistent educational awareness campaigns. (Alshammari et al., 2021).

NURS FPX 4060 Assessment 4 Health Promotion Plan Presentation

Other strategies to achieve the objectives of Healthy People 2030 include interventions targeting the providers such as providers’ education, reminders, feedback, nurse assessment, use of flow sheets and tracking system to monitor the childhood immunization program being provided. Interventions related to clinics and hospitals include Standing order protocols (SOPs), electronic health record (HER) and computerized interface registries (between clinical practice and the state) are also promoting childhood immunization.

Additionally, providing vaccinations free of charge, getting vaccination done at after hours of clinic and enhancing the labor- and resource- intensive are few other ways of increasing vaccination rates in children. Community level interventions are the most challenging ones as they need ample amounts of time, labor and financial sources. Collaborations can be done between the healthcare setups and stakeholders including pharmacies and daycares to ameliorate the childhood vaccination. (Siddiqui et al.,2022).

Revisions 

As we can see from its execution, there is always some need for modification and revision in a good plan. Due to the changing states of resources, it is likely to make some changes in strategies for improving childhood immunization up to the mark of the Healthy People 2030 objectives. We should keep the resources in mind and the current availability of the staff, changes in awareness plans can be made and ways of spreading awareness can be updated according to the resources available.

A revision could be made to address the cultural and sociocultural factors that may impact a parent’s or caretaker’s decision to vaccinate their child. By understanding the cultural beliefs and practices of the community, healthcare providers can tailor their educational sessions to be more effective in promoting childho