Go to the following sites and choose a health promotion topic of interest that will help you in your practice:
Topic chosen is Mental health and mental health disorder: Increase the proportion of adults with serious mental
illness who get treatment-MHMD-04
Healthy People 2030 (Links to an external site.)
National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (Links to an external site.)
Find out about what is being done to promote health in your topic at the federal and state level. Your final
paper, due in Week 5, should be five to seven pages long, including the title and reference pages. APA format
is required.
Include a minimum of three peer-reviewed articles to support an intervention that meets your objective. These
sources must be no more than five years old, except for a landmark study. You must use scholarly sources that
are directed at providers. Nurse practitioner journals are excellent sources because you will see what your
peers are doing in this area.
Your paper should follow this format:
Section 1: Health Topic
Provide a brief overview of the issue/topic.
Explain the significance of the problem to the patient and healthcare community.
Define your patient population.
Section 2: National and State Goals
What is the National Healthy People 2030 goal for your objective?
Describe where your state is in reaching the national goal.
Section 3: Assessment of Resources
What resources are currently available in your area to help your patients with this problem?
Provide three examples of evidence-based support for these interventions.
Evaluate whether these resources are adequate to address the problem.
What are your recommendations for additional resources?