HPA 430 Joliet Junior Strengths and Weaknesses Essay
Your assignment is to write a 2–3-page self-assessment of your strengths and weaknesses using the ideas on leadership competencies from our textbook, NCHL, and ACHE. You should discuss at least three areas of strength and three areas of weakness. Your essay should explain with reference to behaviors and life experiences why you think you have a strength or weakness in these areas with personal experiences. In other words, what have you done that shows your competence in this area or that shows you have some challenges?
You should do some research on healthcare leadership Competencies if you’d like but here’s the link on ACHE
https://www.ache.org/-/media/ache/career-resource-…
Health Promotion in Minority Population Paper
Select an ethnic minority group that is represented in the United States (American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian American, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander). Using health information available from Healthy People, the CDC, and other relevant government websites, analyze the health status for this group.
In a paper of 1,000-1,250 words, compare and contrast the health status of your selected minority group to the national average. Include the following:
Describe the ethnic minority group selected. Describe the current health status of this group. How do race and ethnicity influence health for this group?
What are the health disparities that exist for this group? What are the nutritional challenges for this group?
Discuss the barriers to health for this group resulting from culture, socioeconomics, education, and sociopolitical factors.
What health promotion activities are often practiced by this group?
Describe at least one approach using the three levels of health promotion prevention (primary, secondary, and tertiary) that is likely to be the most effective in a care plan given the unique needs of the minority group you have selected. Provide an explanation of why it might be the most effective choice.
What cultural beliefs or practices must be considered when creating a care plan? What cultural theory or model would be best to support culturally competent health promotion for this population? Why?