This document provides instructions for a 5-page research report on how a global health event was responded to and the barriers to healthcare that existed. It involves researching and explaining: 1) The local and national response to the event, 2) How social factors may have influenced the response, 3) Barriers to healthcare during the event, 4) The role of international organizations in providing care, and 5) The role of nurses. The report aims to support developing a proposal for healthcare workers to volunteer during global health crises. It must be APA formatted with 4 references and address competencies in global health, evidence-based practice, healthcare barriers, and professional communication.

1. Overview
Write a 5 page, APA-formatted report that explains the
responses to a global event, how issues of race, class, and
gender may have affected the response, and the role of
international and altruistic organizations in providing health
care services related to the event. Describe barriers to receiving
health care services related to the event, and explain the role of
the professional nurse in providing health care services related
to the global event.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will
demonstrate your proficiency in the following course
competencies and assessment criteria:
· Competency 1: Explain the factors that affect the health of
communities.
. Explain the response to a global event at the local and national
levels.
. Explain how social attitudes and issues of race, class, and/or
gender may impact the response to a global event.
. Explain the role of international and altruistic organizations in
providing health care services during a global event.
· Competency 2: Apply evidence-based interventions to promote
health and disease prevention and respond to community health
issues.
. Explain the role of the professional nurse in providing health
care services related to global events.
· Competency 3: Develop an evidence-based nursing response
for providing health care services related to community crises.
. Describe barriers to health care services during a global event.
· Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly,
professional, and consistent with expectations for a nursing
professional.
. Write content clearly and logically with correct use of
grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
. Correctly format paper, citations, and references, using current

2. APA style.
Context
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), natural
disasters kill approximately 90,000 people and impact another
160 million people every year (2015). Natural disasters such as
earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and wildfires not only have
an immediate impact on those who live in and around the
affected area, they also often have a longer-term effect on the
health and well-being of those impacted. Developing countries
are frequently unable to respond to natural disasters effectively
and efficiently because they lack resources, infrastructure, and
disaster-preparedness systems.
Poor health care systems in developing countries also make
these countries more vulnerable to epidemics such as the recent
outbreak of Ebola in Chad, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
According to a report from Save the Children (2015), some
developing countries have less than one health care worker for
every 2,000 people. Other diseases such as malaria and
pneumonia account for as many as 17,000 child deaths every
day (Save the Children, 2015).
Nurses can provide critical skills during times of global events.
Whether by volunteering directly at the site of the event or by
recruiting, screening, and training other professional nurses
behind the scenes, nurses are crucial to global relief
efforts.References
Save the Children. (2015). A wake-up call: Lessons from Ebola
for the world's health systems. Retrieved from
http://www.savethechildren.org/atf/cf/%7B9def2ebe-10ae-432c-
9bd0-
df91d2eba74a%7D/WAKE%20UP%20CALL%20REPORT%20P
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World Health Organization. (2015). Natural disaster profiles.
Retrieved from http://www.who.int/topics/emergencies/en/
Questions to Consider

3. To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider
the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a
work associate, an interested friend, or a member of the
business community.
· What does it mean to be a global citizen?
· What responsibility do health care professionals assume
during times of global events, by being global citizens?
Internet Resources
Access the following resources by clicking the links provided.
Please note that URLs change frequently. Permissions for the
following links have either been granted or deemed appropriate
for educational use at the time of course publication.
· World Health Organization. (n.d.). Health action in crises
publications. Retrieved from
http://www.who.int/hac/publications/en/
· Brewer, K. (2010, June). Who will be there? Ethics, the law,
and a nurse's duty to respond in a disaster (ANA Issue Brief).
Retrieved from
https://www.nursingworld.org/~4af058/globalassets/docs/ana/et
hics/who-will-be-there_disaster-preparedness_2017.pdf
· DeMoro, R. A. (2014, September 8). The underreported side of
the Ebola crisis [Blog]. Retrieved from
http://www.nationalnursesunited.org/blog/entry/the-
underreported-side-of-the-ebola-crisis/
· American Nurses Association. (n.d.). Disaster preparedness
and response. Retrieved from
http://www.nursingworld.org/disasterpreparedness
Assessment InstructionsPreparation
Suppose that within your health care organization there is no
formal process or structure for health care professionals to
volunteer time and services in times of global need. You would
like to develop a proposal for establishing a process that would
allow nurses and other health care professionals to secure time
off to work with a specific worldwide organization, to provide

4. health care services during global events. As part of the
proposal, you would need to provide background research to
support your request.
Conduct background research on either one of the following to
support the proposal you would develop:
· Choose one worldwide epidemic, such as the 2009 flu
pandemic, 2009 mumps outbreak, 2012 Middle East respiratory
syndrome coronavirus outbreak, the recent Ebola virus
epidemic, or another epidemic. Research articles that focus on
how the initial outbreak was handled; the role of social attitudes
and issues of race, class, and gender in responding to the
outbreak; barriers to people receiving proper health care; and
the role of nursing in providing health care services related to
the epidemic.
· Choose one natural disaster, such as the earthquakes in Haiti,
Pakistan, or Nepal; Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar; the Indian
Ocean earthquake and tsunami, or any other natural disaster that
brought a worldwide response. Research articles that focus on
the initial response to the disaster; the role of social attitudes
and issues of race, class, and gender in responding to the
disaster; barriers to survivors receiving health care; and the role
of nursing in providing health care services related to the
disaster.Requirements
For this assessment, develop background research that would
support a proposal for an organizational process allowing health
care professionals to volunteer time and services when global
events happen. First, identify the global event you will be using
in your research, and then:
· Explain how the local and national (meaning the nation in
which the event took place) communities responded to the
event. Who responded? How long did the first response take?
How did health care providers respond?
· Explain how social attitudes, as well as issues of race, class,
gender, or other factors may have influenced the response to the
event. Be sure you consider not only the response of the home
country, but the global response as well.

5. · Describe barriers to health care services for the people
impacted by the event. Some barriers may be obvious, and other
barriers less obvious; try to consider multiple aspects.
· Explain the role of international health organizations and
altruistic organizations in providing health care services related
to the global event.
· Explain the role of the professional nurse in providing health
care services related to the global event. Consider scope of
practice when working professionally out of one's area of
license—either nationally or globally.Additional Requirements
Complete your assessment using the following specifications:
· Title page and reference page.
· Number of pages: 5 (not including the title and reference
pages).
· At least 4 current scholarly or professional resources.
· APA format for the entire document, including citations and
references.
· Times New Roman font, 12-point, double-spaced.