Norfolk State University Heart Disease Intervention Discussion

Description Outcome Assessment Johnson County Community Hospital would like to see whether their Community Intervention Program, which was designed to improve the health of their community, has been effective . They are concerned that they are not going to have funds for the next year and need to decide which interventions they should continue and which they need to consider removing based on the effectiveness toward improving the health of the community. Below is some information about the community: Population equality divided by age with the following numbers: Total Population Under 5 years 5-14 years 15-24 years 25-44 years 45-64 years 65-74 Years 75+ years 177,560 12,154 25,076 23,421 53,010 38,130 15,333 10,436 Health Conditions in the community: 22.2% of adults are smokers and 24.3% of grades 9-12 are smoker 31% of ages 18-64 and 42% of ages 65+ received a flu immunization 83% of ages 45+ have evidence of heart disease 17% of ages 15-24 have or currently utilized opioids 5% of all ages have disease of the blood such as sickle cell Johnson County must prioritize their efforts. They must select two activities as a focus. Given this information, What do you think would be the priority for the Community Intervention program. Describe your a complete rationale for your suggestion Respond to the suggestion of ONE classmate. Remember this is a conversation, so you need to respond with more than just agreeing and repeating you suggestion