Health Screenings

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Screenings uncover health problems within a community. This is done in an efficient and economical way by analyzing the specific population within a community as having a high prevalence of a disease or health problem. The effectiveness of screening can promote a positive outcome for the population at risk. Screening instruments are valid and reliable and offer identification and prevention of many diseases within a given community.

Tasks:

Consider one of the primary diseases seen in your community. What screening tests could be done to detect this disease early? How could you implement community-wide screening in your community? Knowing that you cannot have both sensitivity and specificity in a screening test, which will be most important? Justify your response with the readings or journal articles from the online library.

In a minimum of 200 words, post your response to the following:

  • Identify one of the primary diseases seen in your community.
  • Identify screening tests used for early detection.
  • Describe how to implement community-wide screenings.
  • Discuss importance of either sensitivity or specificity in screening test.
  • Justify response with scholarly references.