Florida National University Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease Research Paper

Research Paper #1:

Please, review the following case study. The following questions with guide your research paper.

Lorrie is 16 years old and 75 pounds overweight. Her father is a school bus driver who was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Her mother works for a sewing company. She is overweight with high LDL levels. She is taking two antihypertensive medications at present time. At a recent health science fair at Lorrie’s school, a student-led screening clinic documented Lorrie’s blood pressure at 140/92 mm Hg. The family immigrated from Honduras 5 years ago and they do not have health insurance.

During health science fair, the following data was recorded: 55% of the students with BMI 25.0 to <30 and 15% of the students with BMI 30.0 or higher.

Consider yourself a community health nurse.

(The research paper is not a question-and-answer document / format. Use the following questions as a guidance for your research paper).

• Is obesity a major health issue in the United States?
• According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NCHS, CDC; BRFSS, 2012), how is obesity defined?
• What is your role as a community nurse?
• What risk factors should be explored for Lorrie’s family for cardiovascular disease? Mention social determinants of health in this case. Incorporate the concepts of health promotion and risk reduction.
• Would you apply any of the behavioral change models to address health promotion and risk reduction in this case (theoretical frameworks of behavioral change / models discussed on Chapter 5 of textbook). Describe your selection.
• Public health nurses use statistics to demonstrate the need for obesity program development and community interventions. According to the most recent CDC data: What data were identified about obesity in children and adults?
• Is there a necessity of planning a community nursing intervention? How will you do that? Will you work alone or in collaboration / teamwork? Will you look for funding? How?
• If you decide to do a community intervention. How would you evaluate the community-level intervention(s)?
• Will you use social marketing to change health behaviors or beliefs, social or cultural norms, or community standards to improve health or benefit society. Which resources will you use?
• Mention research studies that support any of the above (1 through 9) (mention at least 3 research studies in the paper).
• General directions:
• You will submit one (1) paper as part ofthis assignment (individual assignment).2.Your research paper must follow APA formataccording to Publication Manual American Psychological Association (APA) (7thed.). Include a cover page and reference page per 7^th edition APAguidelines.3.The research paper should be minimum of 3 pages(not including the title or reference pages) – maximum of 6 pages (notincluding the title or reference pages), double spaced, Times New Roman, Size12, and 5 references related to the topic (3 must be peer-reviewed journalarticles).
• research paper:
• Includethe following components in your research paper:
• a.Title Page
• b.Introduction
• c.Problem Statement
• d.Population of Interest
• e.Key concepts such as: obesity, socialdeterminants of health, health promotion and risk reduction, role of community healthnurses.
• f.Theoretical frameworks of behavioral change /models
• g.Planning community intervention / Funding
• h.Evaluate the community-level intervention
• i.Social marketing / resources
• j.Research studies (at least 3 peer-reviewedjournal articles)
• k.Conclusion
• l.References Page