Cancer is a major public health concern, affecting different health populations. The condition negatively impacts the quality of life for the individuals affected. Following assessing a population’s health concerns, nurses should propose professional solutions to these problems. The solutions should be well developed and use different considerations of the problem, such as its impact on the population.
The population problem of focus in this project is cancer among African Americans. The previous assessments assessed the problem from leadership, change management, communication, policy, costs, care quality, technology, community resources and care coordination considerations. These considerations informed the development of the intervention solution, which will be analyzed in this paper. The different aspects that influenced the development of the intervention will also be explored.
The feasible solution developed to address the cancer health concern among the African American population is population education. The population education will be presented to the group in their community while working together with other players in cancer care to ensure the health concern is addressed holistically. The population educational intervention will entail awareness creation of cancer, its risk factors, prevention and early detection, and the appropriate management of the condition. The intervention addresses the issue by improving population knowledge of the condition, thus enabling population members to take the relevant actions to prevent and manage the condition effectively.
I selected cancer as the health problem of focus after experiencing its adverse effects on individuals. Having lived and worked among the African American population, I understand the magnitude of the health concern among them, having borne a disproportionate burden. In addition, the problem is relevant to my professional practice, considering we are trained to care for patients with different healthcare conditions across the health continuum. The population also needs a solution to health concerns, thus improving patient outcomes and quality of life.
Leadership plays a crucial role in addressing population health concerns, while change management enhances a smooth transition after implementing the solutions, leading to sustainable change. Using appropriate leadership strategies in developing and implementing an intervention promotes success since the leaders support it. In addition, it attracts buy-in from leaders and the population in which the intervention is being implemented, thus promoting intervention acceptance and sustainability.
Different leadership strategies influenced the development of the population education intervention. These strategies include having a clear vision and employing a collaborative approach. Cummings et al. (2021) note that having a clear vision and sharing it with the team are essential leadership strategies that enhance success since they know what they aim to achieve. In this case, the vision addressed the cancer concern among African Americans. All players in cancer care were informed of the vision, thus enabling them to work together towards achieving it.
Furthermore, using a collaborative leadership approach influenced the intervention’s development. According to De Brún et al. (2019), collaborative leadership entails developing an environment whereby stakeholders work together towards achieving similar outcomes. The collaborative leadership approach was appropriate since cancer care entails different stakeholders. The relevant stakeholders in this intervention include the cancer patients from the focus population, healthcare providers (nurses, physicians, oncologists, pharmacists), community health workers, and social workers. The collaborative approach enabled the collection of data and perspectives of different stakeholders, thus incorporating them into the intervention to strengthen it and enhance its acceptability.
The change management strategies influencing the intervention’s development include open communication and active stakeholder engagement. Open and effective communication enables team members to effectively implement an intervention by providing feedback and seeking clarifications (McCarthy & Eastman, 2021). In addition, open communication encourages stakeholder participation. In this case, active stakeholder engagement was employed to involve stakeholders in decision-making.
For instance, the population members were asked what they would want to learn about cancer, informing the population of the educational content developed. Nursing ethics also in
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