Activity 3

Communication

A community assessment begins with a basic windshield survey where each community subsystem is explored.  Explore how communication influences determinants of health and how communication systems can be used to promote and support health.

Enter Sentinel City® at the top of the course homepage to continue your virtual experience by taking a bus tour of Sentinel City®.  Since this is your second tour, feel free to choose any bus speed and/or get off the bus at any time to walk around.  As you take the tour, write down your observations, specifically focused on the following subsystem: Communication.  Meet with Mayor Hill to discuss the subsystems: Communication.  Compile your observations and any demographic information addressing each item listed in the first column of the rubric.  You are encouraged to add other relevant characteristics you observe that may not be listed in the first column as you complete this activity. 

Case Scenario

There has been a recent multi-neighborhood foodborne outbreak involving E.coli (Escherichia coli) in Sentinel City®. Sixty elementary school age children were out sick this week. A number of adults and children from all four neighborhoods have presented at local clinics and the emergency room with reports of abdominal pain, sudden severe diarrhea, nausea, and fatigue. What form of formal mass communication should you use as the most effective for educating the public about the causes, symptoms, and prevention of E.coli in the city? Use government websites or scholarly literature to support your rationale for the mass communication method you select. In 150 words or less, develop a newspaper script, poster, or billboard appropriate for adults and teen. When preparing information to share with the community, consider demographics of each neighborhood and health literacy.

Reading and Resources

Harkness & DeMarco (2016) Read Chapters 18 & 19

Visit 

Scorecard: The Pollution Information Site

Visit 

CDC Minority Health: Other At Risk Populations

Additional Instructions:

Adhere to the chosen

Submission Option

for Delivery of Activity guidelines.
Submission Option

Paper

• 1 to 2-page paper. Include title and reference pages.

PopulationHealth – Communication

Description: The baccalaureate graduate nurse will apply leadership concepts, skills, and

decision making in providing care in a variety of settings.

Course Competencies: 2) Explain basic epidemiologic concepts. 6) Collaborate with a

community health nurse/professional in a community agency that serves a selected target

population. 7) Conduct a windshield survey. 8) Develop a plan to meet an identified need in the

community.

QSEN Competencies: 1) Patient-Centered Care 2) Teamwork and Collaboration

BSN Essential II

Area Gold

Mastery

Silver

Proficient

Bronze

Acceptable

Acceptable

Mastery not

Demonstrated

Subsystem:

Communication

Observations

Billboards-

Advertisements

City and/or

neighborhood

newspapers,

community

bulletin boards.

Is there evidence

of a predominant

party affiliation?

Forms of formal

and/or informal

communication.

Displays or

posters that tell

about life in the

community

TV/Radio

Stations/or other

sources of mass

communication?

All of

the listed

observations are

clearly

addressed and

discussed in a

comprehensive

and detailed

manner with 2 or

more specific

examples.

Additional

issues, not listed

are addressed.

Three or more of

the listed
observations are

not present or

discussed in

depth

Two or less of the

listed observations

are not present or

discussed in depth

Does not

address section

Develop an age

appropriate (150

words or less)

newspaper script,

poster, or billboard

for adults and

teens

related to the

Case Scenario

Develop an age
appropriate (150
words or less)

newspaper

script,

poster, or

billboard for

adults and teens

related to the
Case Scenario
Develop an age
appropriate (150
words or less)
newspaper
script, poster, or
billboard for
adults and teens
related to the

Case Scenario

that does not

demographics

and health

literacy

Develop an age
appropriate (150
words or less)
newspaper script,
poster, or
billboard for
adults and teens

related to the Case

Scenario that is

not age

appropriate

Does not

address section

APA, Grammar,

Spelling, and

Punctuation

No

errors in APA,

Spelling, and

Punctuation.

One to three errors

in APA, Spelling,

and Punctuation.

Four to six errors in

APA, Spelling, and

Punctuation.

Seven or more

errors in APA,
Spelling, and
Punctuation.

References Provides two or

more

references.

Provides two

references.

Provides one

references.

Provides no

references.