Overview
This assignment is intended to challenge healthcare professional learners’ critical thinking skills. Learners will examine the similarities and/or differences and think critically about the health assets and resources available in an urban versus a suburban area. Learners will evaluate the impact of the availability of assets and resources on health among the populations. Learners will analyze how the healthcare member’s role might differ while delivering care and serving groups in urban and suburban areas.
Pre-Brief
1. Review course textbook and/or assigned readings if assigned
2. Review the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) Community Health Improvement Navigator(https://www.cdc.gov/chinav/)
3. Review: Schnake-Mahl, A. S. & Sommers, B. D. (2017). Health Care In The Suburbs: An Analysis Of Suburban Poverty And Health Care Access. Health Affairs 36:10, 1777-1785. ArticleHealth Care In The Suburbs: An Analysis Of Suburban Poverty And Health Care Access | Health Affairs
4. Concept Exploration Questions: (keep answer brief)
Assignment Instructions
1. Tour both Sentinel City® and Sentinel Town®
2. What are some of the challenges a healthcare member might encounter when practicing in a suburban community compared to urban communities?
3. How might vulnerable and underserved populations be different in an urban versus suburban community?
4. As you tour both communities, write down observations pertaining to the strengths (assets) and limitations that align with three (3) of the following subsystems:
* Communication
* Economics
* Education
* Health & Social Services
* Recreation
* Safety & Transportation
3. Compare and contrast two communities regarding specific community subsystems.
4. Identify two assets and available resources in each community.
5. Identify how each of the selected subsystems impacts the health of a community.
6. What resources are lacking (in each community) that can have an impact on your selected subsystems?
7. State key similarities and differences between suburban and urban communities.
8. Compare and contrast the healthcare members’ role in suburban and urban communities.
9. Use correct APA format when citing your references that support your rationale.
10. A minimum of 2 references is needed.