Question

You are a nurse working in a disadvantaged community (indigenous community). Describe how you would work in partnership using a strengths-based approach with community groups to develop a mutually respectful and supportive collaboration in a high needs community to address a health issue on obesity

Answer 1

The strength-based approach provides positive outcomes and capabilities. community development improves health behavior in the community. The indigenous community is more prone to nutrition risk, vulnerability, disease, dysfunction, and with noncompliance. they live in a negative world. there is a group difference in nutritional status among indigenous group members. Describing the nutrition problem makes valuable information. some health programs among indigenous communities make a success with community participation and health outcome when they work with fostering the strength in the community. there will be a challenge for a strength-based approach for nutrition promotion when working with partnership among community members. make sure programs are owned and relevant by the community. A strength-based approach involves collecting stories and historic with the community members for better understanding as an important process. make sure it empowering and avoiding community weakness and meeting their needs.
Developing trust-building relationships showing respect as an important integral part of the strength-based approach and culturally appropriate for the indigenous population. respect community members and address their problem and compliance through provision of high quality, community-owned, culturally safe health services. explore strength of the community and traditional food system with nutrition resources for an improvement initiative. assess their age, socioeconomic status, risk factors for poor diet habits. indigenous people with poor diets make high risks for obesity. strength-based approaches in nutrition policy, practice, and research provide positive nutrition promotion and outcome. Acknowledging existing strength important component to structural changes and policy for social justice. solution focus and identity strength as an intervention that addresses health promotion. Readdress the balance between deficit and strength on health inequalities and assess strength within the disadvantaged community, it can address nutrition inequality and eliminate health issues.