NHS FPX 8002 Assessment 2 Personal Leadership Portrait Part 1
NHS FPX 8002 Assessment 2 Personal Leadership Portrait Part 1
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Capella university
NHS-FPX 8002 Collaboration, Communication, and Case Analysis for Doctoral Learners
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Demonstrating Effective Leadership
Obesity, a multifaceted medical condition, is a critical public health concern worldwide. It is an excessive accumulation of body fat that poses significant health risks and exerts a considerable economic burden on healthcare systems. According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, an estimated 14.7 million children and young adults are suffering from obesity. This population is at high risk of developing chronic health diseases in the future due to this complex medical condition (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2023).
Addressing this complex issue requires an interprofessional approach involving individuals, communities, healthcare providers, policymakers, and governmental agencies to implement sustainable solutions and mitigate their adverse impacts on society. This assessment delves into demonstrating effective leadership skills to lead interprofessional collaboration for addressing obesity in the Princeton, West Virginia adolescent population.
This assessment covers an in-depth analysis of factors that contribute to adolescent obesity, followed by the formation of a coalition team to address the problem within the concerned population. Furthermore, the paper elaborates on the potential issues within the collaborating team and strategies to mitigate these issues. Moreover, the paper describes ethical practices and principles that cover diversity and inclusion in interprofessional collaboration. Lastly, we present a literature review and best practices to address adolescent obesity.
Contributing Factors
According to the State of Childhood Obesity (n.d.), obesity is common in one out of six young children in the United States nationally. The rate of childhood obesity in West Virginia exceeds the national rate of 17%, residing at 24.8%. West Virginia is one of the seven states that have significantly higher childhood and adolescent obesity in the United States. The impact of factors contributing to adolescent obesity is profound, influenced by socioeconomic determinants of health, genetic, behavioral, and environmental. Social determinants of health, such as income and education, may impact specific populations’ ability to access healthcare services and nutritious food, eventually increasing the risk of developing obesity (Javed et al., 2022).
As with the concerned population, most people (52.3%) in Princeton, WV, work as labor class with an average household income of approximately $42,000. The poverty rate within the area is 18.2%, indicating minimal access to healthier lives, such as high-nutritious foods and recreational parks for physical activity. Thus, this minimal access leads to poor dietary habits among the adolescent population (United States Census Bureau, n.d.).
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Another contributing factor is genetic predispositions. Research specifies that hereditary factors influence approximately 40-70% of individuals’ body weight and fat deposition (Li & Qi, 2019). Different genomic composition that regulates an individual’s metabolism, appetite, and fat storage increases the likelihood of weight gain and obesity among adolescents. These genetic factors, combined with environmental and behavioral factors, may augment the risk of obesity as a chronic health concern, creating a complex relationship that ultimately determines an adolescent’s weight status.
Environmental factors such as social, cultural, economic, and physical environment influence an individual’s behaviors and lifestyle choices, contributing to obesity. For example, the paradigm shift from traditional to an obesogenic environment where sedentary lifestyles, limited physical activity, lack of nutritious food, cultural norms, urbanization, food deserts, lack of education, socioeconomic disparities, and unhealthy habits in the surrounding encourage adolescents to get involved in high-risk behaviors, eventually gaining weight and increasing obesity risk (Li & Qi, 2019).
Moreover, behaviors like emotional eating, irregular meal patterns, poor sleep habits, and lack of physical activity due to increased screen time can also impact weight gain in adolescents. Thus, prevention and management strategies such as community awareness, school health education, unlimited healthcare services, and environmental modifications are imperative to target socioeconomic differences and environmental and behavioral factors (Deal et al., 2020). Implementing these strategies requires an interprofessional coalition between community organizations, healthcare providers, and governmental agencies within Princeton City, West Virginia.
Coalition to Address the Population Health Concern
An interprofessional coalition team has been established in Princeton City, WV, to address adolescent obesity and its associated factors. These team members bring diverse expertise to fulfill the shared goal of addressing socio-economic, environmental, and behavioral characteristics to alleviate obesity and improve health outcomes for adolescents within Princeton.
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Coalition Team Members and Their Contribution
| Coalition Team Members | Contribution |
| B.K. is a director at Princeton Community Hospital, West Virginia. |
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| W.R. is the school wellness coordinator at Princeton Senior High School. |
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| W.C. is a medical doctor at Prince Community Hospital, West Virginia. |
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| W.M. is a dietician at Princeton Community Hospital, West Virginia. |
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| S.S. is a public health official for chronic disease programs at the WV Bureau for Public Health. |
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Issues Affecting Collaboration
Several issues may impact the interprofessional collaboration of this coalition team. Diverse routines, knowledge, and perspectives among members, stemming from different professional backgrounds and personal beliefs, are significant challenges in interprofessional teams (Dahlke et al., 2020). While doctors and other healthcare professionals may prioritize patient care and medical treatment, public health officials may focus on population-based preventive and supportive strategies. These discrepancies may lead to potential conflicts, affecting the decisions of the coalition team.
Secondly, ineffective communication among team members due to language barriers and a lack of communication channels may hinder interprofessional collaboration (Robinson, 2020). While language barriers may restrict the comprehension of messages, a lack of appropriate information-sharing channels may lead to neglected tasks and overlooking several vital messages. These may also prevent team members from sharing their concerns and create a gap among the team. Further challenges include limited resources, financial and time constraints, and minimal expertise that may limit the coalition’s capacity to implement comprehensive and sustainable interventions. Mitigating these challenges requires evidence-based strategies to optimize collaboration and cultivate an environment with shared goals, promoting open dialogue and establishing clear roles and responsibilities within the coalition.
Strategies to Optimize Collaboration
Several evidence-based strategies can optimize collaboration and communication among coalition members.
- Regular Team Meetings and Discussion Forums: This strategy allows members to openly share updates, discuss challenges and concerns, and collectively decide on solutions. Team meetings are essential to foster a shared environment for members to reinforce team objectives, encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration and communication (Leykum et al., 2023).
- Clear Roles and Responsibilities: Defining the roles and duties of each team member ensures accountability and promotes teamwork. Knowing other people’s strengths and contributions, each member will respect others’ opinions (McLaney et al., 2022). This strategy fosters a shared understanding and mutual acceptance among the coalition team, ensuring effective collaboration.
- Digital Platforms for Communication: Using technology for communication among team members optimizes communication barriers, enhancing accessibility and real-time collaboration. This strategy is effective for remote situations where virtual interactions are fundamental to efficient communication within distributed teams (Hale-Lopez et al., 2021). Since our coalition team is scattered in West Virginia, this strategy is the most helpful in improving communication barriers.
By prioritizing effective communication, shared decision-making, mutual respect, and collective action, the coalition can substantially address adolescent obesity, promoting health equity within the community.
Ethical Considerations
Considering ethical principles is an essential responsibility of healthcare professionals. The coalition may be required to address several ethical issues while working on its goal to prevent and manage adolescent obesity. These issues include limited access to care and unfair distribution of resources.
Adolescents belonging to marginalized communities and low-income households may encounter limited access to healthcare services due to lack of insurance, commutation issues, and stigmatization (Reis et al., 2020). The coalition must address this issue using ethical principles on micro and meso levels. On the micro level, the alliance must observe beneficence (to benefit) and nonmaleficence (not to harm) by guaranteeing equitable access to care for all adolescents, regardless of their socio-economic status. On the other hand, the coalition must prioritize healthcare policies and interventions that promote access to care on the meso level.
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This action includes collaboration with local and state healthcare facilities to provide free/low-fee clinics, advocating for insurance coverage for obesity and related diseases, and executing community outreach programs. This collective action upholds the ethical principle of justice and equity, improving health outcomes for communities affected by obesity (Varkey, 2021). Another ethical consideration arises related to the fair distribution of resources to combat adolescent obesity. Implementation variances are commonly observed due to limited resources, such as finances, human resources, or community support (Taghizadeh et al., 2023).
This unequal distribution may prevent the coalition from executing obesity prevention and treatment programs across different demographic groups in Princeton City. Coalition team members must use fairness and transparency as ethical guiding principles to ensure that resources are adequately distributed at micro levels based on the needs of the population served to execute equitable health prevention programs for each adolescent facing obesity. Besides, at the meso level, the coalition must uphold distributive justice and create a diverse task force to check and monitor resource allocation. Promoting fairness and justice positively impacts healthcare interventions, fostering trust among community members (Varkey, 2021). It will also build trust among coalition members, encouraging them to work responsibly.
Collaboration, Diversity, and Inclusion
Diversity and inclusion are essential principles for forming the coalition. While diversity involves team members representing various disciplines and perspectives, inclusion is an environment where team members feel valued, comfortable, and confident to work as a team (Junk, 2019). Diversity within the coalition will lead to more innovative and comprehensive solutions for addressing adolescent obesity. Similarly, inclusivity will foster a sense of belonging within the team members, encouraging them to participate and coordinate to achieve desired goals actively.
To encourage inclusion within the coalition, it is imperative to include members from various backgrounds, reflecting the community’s diversity. For example, our coalition brings healthcare, community, educational, and public health expertise. However, the coalition must prioritize open dialogue and respect for diverse perspectives to ensure inclusivity (Junk, 2019). Moreover, the team must be encouraged to participate and share their contributions, and all members should respect each other, regardless of their differences. This strategy cultivates a culture of respect and value.
The coalition team must engage with community stakeholders to understand their needs and preferences to tailor interventions accordingly, increasing community engagement. Moreover, offering culturally competent, linguistically appropriate, and tailored services and programs enhances cultural awareness, thus boosting the community’s trust within the coalition (Taghizadeh et al., 2023). Simultaneously, the coalition team members should advocate for healthcare policies to promote equity and enhance resource accessibility. These resources include medications/healthcare supplies, transportation, and logistics support. To facilitate effective communication and collaboration, the coalition must develop open and accessible communication lines, promote teamwork, and clearly define objectives (Robinson, 2020). This should be done using strategies such as regular team meetings, shared decision-making, and ongoing feedback mechanisms.
Literature Review to Address the Population Health Concern
Literature on adolescent obesity provides valuable insights and evidence, informing the best practices to address the concern. The scholarly resources and peer-reviewed articles encourage coalition members to recognize underlying causative factors of adolescent obesity and relate them with the concerned population of Princeton City to develop effective interventions, which are also derived from these resources. Moreover, literature reviews can help identify gaps in current knowledge and areas that need further investigation. By integrating evidence-based practices grounded in scientific research, the coalition can enhance the effectiveness and sustainability of its efforts to combat adolescent obesity and improve health outcomes for affected individuals.
The study by Salam et al. (2020) is helpful for coalition members as this article reviews the impact of lifestyle modifications to prevent and manage adolescent obesity. The study focuses on various interventional components, including dietary habits, physical activity, and behavioral changes. Since lifestyle and behavioral factors increase the risk of adolescent obesity, this study is a valuable resource for coalition members to develop interventions addressing community concerns. By synthesizing findings from multiple studies, this review provides insights into the most promising approaches for addressing adolescent obesity.
Another study by Taghizadeh et al. (2023) is a systematic review and meta-synthesis that should be considered foundational to address adolescent obesity as it offers a complete understanding of factors influencing the implementation of obesity prevention policies. By identifying barriers such as inadequate funding, lack of stakeholder collaboration, resistance, and facilitators like strong leadership and community engagement, the study informs the development of evidence-based interventions tailored to address these challenges. Understanding the socio-political landscape surrounding childhood obesity prevention is crucial for the coalition to effectively navigate policy development and implementation, ultimately contributing to improved population health outcomes.
Conclusion
In conclusion, addressing adolescent obesity requires a multifaceted approach that integrates diverse perspectives and collaborative efforts. Using the principles of diversity, inclusion, and equity, the coalition team can develop effective interventions that consider the unique needs and contexts of the Princeton community. Moreover, incorporating findings from peer-reviewed studies will enable the team members to design evidence-based policies and programs that address the challenges and prevent adolescent obesity within the community. Coalitions can drive sustainable change and improve health outcomes for adolescents affected by obesity by demonstrating effective collaboration and interprofessional skills.
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