Discussion Forum 1 Replies
Discussion Forum 1 Replies
Hello Rena
It is an indisputable fact that a joint intervention that includes parents, community and school nurses is essential to improve the state of child and adolescent health. This is a rational intervention since these people shapes the life of the youth and are directly involved in the care for the children and adolescent. It, therefore, means that these people have the ability of making the children and adolescent lead a healthy life by helping them assume and practice good healthy living habits (Institute of Medicine (U.S.), 2011). However, there is the need of empowering this group with the essential knowledge regarding good child care and, health living thus passing the same to the juniors.
I concur with your calculative advice that recognizes the need of investing in projects that are aimed at improving children’s health. The increasing number of cases of health complications among the youth affirms the significance of responding accordingly to the challenge (Yearwood, Pearson, & Newland, 2012). It is apparent that having healthy youth is tantamount to establishing a capable future generation that can successfully engage in national building activities. The governments’ strategies that promote legislation and adoption of binding regulations and programs such as State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) are recommendable undertakings for fostering child and adolescent health. Besides, it is worthwhile noting that such programs should focus on containing factors that predispose children to infections.
Yearwood, E. L., Pearson, G. S., & Newland, J. A. (2012). Child and adolescent behavioral health: A resource for advanced practice psychiatric and primary care practitioners in nursing. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
Hello Jamie
I support your sentiment that empowering women with the knowledge of essential interventions for improving their heart health and regarding the cardiovascular disease is a positive move for reducing heart disease among this subpopulation. Importantly, encouraging self-assessment and early diagnosis would be essential in checking the heart disease among women (Hinton, & Beard, 2012). This means that practical measures which aim at making women aware of this disease and ones that would foster early detection of the disease should be adopted at all levels.
Hinton, H. E., & Beard, H. (2012). Health first!: The black woman's wellness guide. New York: Smiley Books.
Hey Lisa
It is clear that the wrong perception that “heart disease” is a disease of men explain why the disease is a silent killer among the women. Being unaware of the increased prevalence of this disease among the women has resulted to a situation where control and prevention effort has failed to focus on this gender. Consequently, the disease is rapidly manifesting and killing a number of women who still remain ignorance towards it (Young, Young, Leachman, Duncan, & Brown, 2005).
Young, E., Young, J. B., Leachman, R., Duncan, M., & Brown, K. (2005). Total heart health for women workbook: Achieving a total heart health lifestyle in 90 days. Nashville, Tenn: Nelson Impact.
Hello Lee
I endorse your observation that men’s attitude of feeling superior and stronger than the female gender is attributable to noted trend of men tendency of shying away from basic healthcare. I am delighted to note that the perception is changing as more men are acknowledging the need of accessing basic health care. This highlights the need of engaging in more advocacies to challenge men overcome this misinformed attitude. Studies affirm the significance of such interventions by noting that individuals who are aware of the need of seeking health attention are more cautious about their health status at any time (Gulliford, 2003).This implies that through educational and training empowerment, the challenge of men shying from basic health care can easily be addressed.
Gulliford, M. (2003). Access to health care. London [u.a.: Routledge.
Hey Carrie
It is indisputable that men’s attitude of shying from basic health care is purely attributable to wrong mind construction that make them assume that they are individuals of the strong gender. Accordingly, there is the need of fostering positive advocacy that would challenge such stereotypic assumptions. Men should be made to understand the significance of accessing basic health care (Conrad, & White, 2007). Furthermore, they need to embrace the reality that accessing basic healthcare does not present as a weakness under any perspective. In contrast, the advocacy should create an impression that strong and brave men need to be aware and take care of their healthy status to be in a position of fulfilling their gender roles. This makes sense in the view that, a sick man is a weak man, but a healthy man is a strong man.
Conrad, D., & White, A. (2007). Men's health: How to do it. Oxford: Radcliffe.
