DNP 825 Discuss a health-related need present in your community Re: Topic 6 DQ 2 Discuss a health-related need present in your community.

The health related need present in my community is Covid-19 vaccination to help end Covid-19 pandemic as a preventable health concern. Vaccination is the most impactful and cost-effective public health intervention available for averting the pandemic. It offers protection against Covid-19 as a preventable disease while laying the foundation for primary health care, providing an avenue for delivering other basic health services, and bringing the community into contact with health systems (Henry et al., 2021). In addition, the investment in Covid-19 vaccination would bring about broad economic and social benefits. Getting fully vaccinated against Covid-19 is important for preventing serious illness, acts as a safe and reliable way for building protection against first infection, and offers added protection for those previously infection (Bartsch et al., 2021). Since Covid-19 first emerged in 2019, there has been tremendous gains in developing and providing public access to vaccines. Despite these achievements, the vaccination coverage rates have stagnated. Approximately 80.9% of the USA population has received at least one dose of the vaccine while only 69.1% of the population is fully vaccinated. There is a need to increase Covid-19 vaccination rates (Our World in Data, 2023).