community teaching work plan proposal

Running head: COMMUNITY TEACHING 1

Community Teaching Work Plan Proposal

Student’s Name:

Institutional Affiliation:

COMMUNITY TEACHING 2

Community Teaching Work Plan Proposal

Planning and Topic

Primary Prevention/Health Promotion

Planning Before Teaching

Name and Credentials of Teacher:

Estimated Time Teaching Will Last:

20 minutes

Location of Teaching:

Local School

Supplies, Material, Equipment Needed:

Pamphlets, Brochures, Laptop,

Projector, and Snacks.

Estimated Cost:

$1000

Community and Target Aggregate:

Children between 6- 11 years of age in a local community school.

Topic: The importance of washing hands.

Identification of Focus for Community Teaching

Scientific studies have shown that handwashing can play a huge role in the prevention of

infections in a community. According to the CDC, Handwashing education can help to reduce


the number of children who will get sick in schools, which will play a huge role in preventing

school absenteeism. Apart from getting a yearly flu vaccine to protect oneself, the CDC also

recommends that daily preventative actions such as frequent handwashing with soap and water

(CDC, 2019). In Oak Lawn, Cook County in Illinois, the Flu season always causes huge numbers

of school absenteeism. There is, therefore, a need to teach school going children in this region

how they can better prevent themselves from the Flu virus and other viruses through frequent

handwashing, which can help lower the infection rates in these institutions. This community

teaching plan is therefore assigned for children between 6- 11 attending an elementary school in

Oak Lawn, Cook County in Illinois.

Epidemiological Rationale for Topic

According to Moncion, Young, Tunis, Rempel, Stirling, Zhao (2019), handwashing using

running water and soap or antiseptics will reduce the cases of diarrhea by nearly 50%. This is

because handwashing will help in killing and washing away of disease-causing microorganisms

and ensure the prevention of the spread of infections from an individual to another. Handwashing

has also been shown to reduce the risk of contracting different respiratory-related illnesses such

as asthma attacks, pneumonia, and Flu by nearly 16 %. This specifically important as the CDC

has estimated that influenza results to 9 million to 45 million illnesses every year and at least

140,000- 810000 hospitalizations (Wong, Cowling, & Aiello, 2014). The use of hand sanitizers

to supplement handwashing has also been known to be an effective method of preventing the

passing of diseases causing germs from one individual to another.


Teaching Plan Criteria

Nursing Diagnosis

For infectious diseases such as influenza and other diseases that can easily be passed from

one person to another, the risk for infections increases among children and among elderly people

who have weakened immune systems (Ejemot-Nwadiaro, Ehiri, Arikpo, Meremikwu, &

Critchley, 2015). Most people who are infected with Flu and cases of diarrhea in Oak Lawn,

Cook County, Illinois are, therefore, 4- 10 years old, and elderly people above 8- years show

have weaker immune systems.

Readiness for Learning

To determine if the target audience, which included children who were between six to

eleven years, was ready to learn questions, would be posed to the kids. These questions would

include the discussion of what the children know about disease-causing germs and the ways of

preventing themselves from disease-causing germs. Through answering the questions related to

disease-causing microorganisms, the learners would, therefore, verbalize their understanding of

the topic and the importance of handwashing and appear ready to engage in conversations around

handwashing while being attentive to the learning session which would indicate their readiness

to learn.


Learning Theory to Be Utilized

The community teaching projects would be founded on the experiential learning theory.

The utilization of this theory would, therefore, be based on the experiences of the learners with

the topic of interest, such as hand washing. The experiential learning theory is, therefore, be

based

on the role that experience plays in learning (Hoque, 2017). As a teacher, I will, therefore,

encourage the children to share different experiences related to handwashing and exhibit the

right method of washing hands, which can help reduce the transmission of germs such as

influenza of diarrhea-causing germs.

Goal: Healthy People 2020 (HP2020) objective(s)

The promotion of respiratory health through prevention, early detection, and better treatment.

The teaching project will be based on this HP2020 objective as this objective highlights the

main goal of preventing respiratory infection such as influenza. The HP2020 objective thus

supports hand washing as it will help reduce infection rates, which arise from poor hand hygiene.


How Does This HP2020 Objective Relate to Alma Ata’s Health for All Global Initiatives

The ‘Alma Ata's Health for All Global Initiatives' aims at reducing health disparities

across the world. The HP2020 objective relates to Alma Ata’s Health for All Global Initiatives

because by educating children on the importance of handwashing in reducing the transmission of

diseases as this will help reduce the cases of influenza and diarrhea especially among local

communities such as in Oak Lawn, Cook County in Illinois and therefore help reduce health

disparities.

Develop Behavioral Objectives (Including Domains), Content, and Strategies/Methods:

Behavioral Objective

and Domain

Content

Strategies/Methods

1. The children will

identify the occasions

during which it’s necessary

to clean hands.

(Cognitive Domain)

(Hoque, 2017).

1. The occasion which

during which its necessary

to wash hands include, after

visiting the toilet, before

and after taking meals, after

blowing one nose and after

contact with people with

Flu or untidy people.

1. A short educational video

which explains the

occasions during which one

should wash hands. At the

end of the videos, the

learners will be asked to

states the occasions during

which they wash their

hands.

2. The children will be

taught on the ideal ways of

washing hands

2. The content will include

a short instructional video

showing the learner how to

2. An initiative will be

taken to have all the

learners wash their hands


(Psychomotor Domain)

(Hoque, 2017).

wash hands well. A live

demonstration of

handwashing will also be

conducted.

with soap and running water

and make corrections where

necessary.

3. The children will need to

identify the diseases which

will be prevented through

the washing of hands

(Cognitive Domain)

(Hoque, 2017).

3. Handwashing helps

prevent gastrointestinal

infections such as diarrhea

and respiratory infections

such as influenza (Liu, Ou,

Zhang, Shen, Hong, Ma,

Zhu, & Fontaine, 2016).

3. A wheel cart

highlighting the benefits of

handwashing and the

diseases it prevents will be

presented to the children.

Creativity

a) The flipped classroom strategy was also utilized in the classroom with the children being

asked to highlight the instances they washed their hands in the past and how they

intended to improve on handwashing in the future.

b) Visual aids, such as short educational and instructional videos, were used in the

classroom.

Planned Evaluation of Objectives


1. I will pose questions to the learners to evaluate the knowledge they gained relating to the

importance of handwashing.

2. I will observe the children after the learning session to see if they improve on their

handwashing frequency.

3. I will ensure that each child can demonstrate the right way of washing hands.

4. I will evaluate the time each child takes to wash hands and the thoroughness and technique

they use.

Planned Evaluation of Goal

I will observe the handwashing techniques of the children after the first three classes. I

will thus compare the improvement for the techniques before and after the classes and the

frequency of handwashing among the children.

Planned Evaluation of Lesson and Teacher

An independent observer would be allowed during the learning session. After the session, the

observer would be required to provide feedback for some review questions, which would

include:

How would you rate the learning session?


How would you rate the teacher?

Do you think the learner's expectations are met in the presentation?

How would you rate the usefulness and the relevance of the information presented in the

lesson?

What is the suggestion for future improvement of the session?

Barriers

Low attention span - Children will have low attention spans with a short session being

needed in the cause of the session so as to maximize their short attention span.

Lack of interest - The learners may generally lack interest in the session, which would

be a big challenge.

Therapeutic Communication

4.2 Communicate therapeutically with patients.

Beginning:


The session will start with the learners being asked to highlight the common diseases in

the schools. The leaners will then be informed on how such diseases such as Flu and diarrhea can

be prevented with the washing of hands.

Ending:

To end the session, I will highlight the steps the learners can take to avoid diseases such

as Flu and diarrheas by effective hand washing. Different resources, such as instructional and

educational videos, will help the learners retain more information and utilize it to wash hands

and avoid infections in the future.


References

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2019, April18). Disease Burden of

Influenza. Retrieved from: h https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/index.html

17/02/2019.

Ejemot-Nwadiaro, R. I., Ehiri, J. E., Arikpo, D., Meremikwu, M. M., & Critchley, J. A. (2015).

Handwashing promotion for preventing diarrhea. The Cochrane database of systematic

reviews, 2015(9), CD004265. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD004265.pub3.

Hoque, Md. (2017). Three Domains of Learning: Cognitive, Affective, and Psychomotor. 2. 45-

51.

Liu, M., Ou, J., Zhang, L., Shen, X., Hong, R., Ma, H., Zhu, B. P., & Fontaine, R. E. (2016).

Protective Effect of Hand-Washing and Good Hygienic Habits Against Seasonal

Influenza: A Case-Control Study. Medicine, 95(11), e3046.

https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000003046.

Moncion K, Young K, Tunis M, Rempel S, Stirling R, Zhao L. (2019). Effectiveness of hand

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD004265.pub3


hygiene practices in preventing influenza virus infection in the community setting: A

systematic review. Can Commun Dis Rep 2019;45(1):12-23.

https://doi.org/10.14745/ccdr.v45i01a02.

Wong, V. W., Cowling, B. J., & Aiello, A. E. (2014). Hand hygiene and risk of influenza virus

infections in the community: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Epidemiology and

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