Essays on Community Health

Introduction. 2

Strategic Plan3 Program Description.5 Leadership Challenges..6 Ethical Implications..7

Engaging communities and building constituencies.7

Budgeting, financing, and human resources.8 Performance management & Health Informatics..9

Appendix 1 SWOT Analysis10

Appendix 2 SMART Objectives..11 Appendix 3 Budget..13 References15 Introduction In the past decade, chronic lifestyle diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart/cardiovascular disease and stroke have increased exponentially in the state of Minnesota. Sedentary lifestyle and poor diet has led to an increase in obesity which in turn has led to an increase in heart disease and stroke. Most adults in Minnesota have poor lifestyle which has increased their risk to heart disease and stroke. As per the Minnesota department of health, ...

The role of community health nurses in ensuring population’s health cannot be understated. These healthcare professionals are usually tasked with seeing to it that all the safety and quality of the health care and the needs of a particular population have been thoroughly addressed. For them to achieve this objective, they ought to have a proper understanding of disease histories, symptoms and the presenting characteristics which may indicate that an outbreak has occurred. Therefore, this realization requires health practitioners to take the center stage in seeing to it that the patterns of such a disease are kept on ...

The ethical dilemmas associated with the advocacy campaign are both micro and macro in term of the scope of coverage. The micro level of the ethical issues involves the individual level, while the macro represents the societal level. Therefore, the essay will entail an analysis of the ethical dilemmas in the first section, paying adequate attention to the same based on the wide information base. Firstly, the ethical dilemma arises in determining when to embark in the execution of the advocacy campaign. In particular, it is necessary that the campaign takes place at a time when all the necessary ...

In Brooklyn, New York zip code 11234, there are a number of issues which are likely to negatively affect the wellbeing of persons in this community. I didn’t know that the main factors which may impact on the health of community members in the zip code consisted of air pollutants and water pollutants. The realization that air pollutants have been on the rise in recent times means that there are possibilities of individuals in the community suffering from serious health problems for instance children being born with birth defects and skin cancers as a result of some of ...

Introduction

For the purpose of this research paper, the research population that has been selected comprises the homeless people with ages between 18 and 21 years, who are living in Atlantic City and Camden in New Jersey. The main objective here is to conduct a needs based assessment of this homeless population in order to develop and implement a teaching plan that allows this at-risk population to improve their health and well-being.

Needs Assessment

The needs assessment procedure starts off by determining the current family situation and social support structure of the homeless youth. In this case a homeless individual has been ...

Identify 3 Social Determinants of Health in Community

Unemployment, lack of access to affordable healthcare, and lack of proper nutrition and fitness among children and young adults are 3 major social health determinants in the city of Hialeah. The rate of unemployment is 7% which is significantly higher compared to the state average of 5.6% (City of Hialeah 2017). Unemployment leads to various health disparities and social insecurity such as poor nutrition, lack of education, and access to basic healthcare services (Hialeah Healthy Families 2011). Most of the adults in Hialeah have poor education which prevents them from understanding the need to access or use preventative healthcare ...

There is the need for any community to always have proper structures which will assist in managing possible disasters in such a community with the overall objective of ensuring that it is free from any impending dangers. The commonest disaster that has been constantly affecting my community is floods (Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2016; a). The main effect of flooding is that it interrupts the normal living of persons in the society. Additionally, the fatalities associated with floods usually take a toll on the safety of human populations. Floods are also responsible for destabilizing government systems like transport and ...

Claire Betker is a Canadian based registered nurse who believes and aspires in providing a chance of promoting quality and affordable healthcare globally and to the Canadians in particular. She also believes in empowering the family unit in the community as it is the fundamental stage of making the difference to the universe and a way of transforming lives as well (CNA, 2017a). Further, when it comes to nourishing individual’s health care system, she believes that everyone is a leader for it is through their collective voice, support, and actions that help in establishing a society where everyone ...

Community health nursing is a critical area of nursing as it focuses on the community as the client thus giving the nurse a chance to determine the impacts of the prevailing socioeconomic and sociocultural aspects on the health status of the individuals in that community. Ultimately, the community health nurse has to devise ways and methods to improve the apparent health status by offering tailored solutions to the target community. The role of the faith-based nurse or the parish nurse is founded on the concepts of holistic care which posit that the care planning aspects must take into consideration ...

Introduction

ST. Louis Medical Center was a healthcare organization in Summerville, Chamberlain County, South Carolina, in the USA. The firm has served the communities in Summerville. Iron ridge and the surrounding community in the county and State for over 50 years. The firm has 500 doctors and 450 nurses. The business has their mission as provide quality healthcare in a supportive and caring environment, coupled by unlimited devotion and commitment to improve the quality of the lives of the people they serve. The organization has the vision of becoming the national leader in the excellence and employing innovation to develop ...

A windshield or a walking survey is a way of observing the community to note its characteristics hence aiding in the assessment of the community. From such a survey, it is possible to better understand the general or specific conditions or an aspect within the community. This technique is useful when the area to be surveyed is large with limited personnel but the aspects to be observed should be seen from the road. This survey helps community health providers to identify the needs of the community especially those relating to health. This study is an observational assessment that aims ...

Introduction to the Community:

Community health is a critical aspect of modern day care and the need to focus on a community as the client is one of the roles of the nurses. It provides for an assessment of the overall health needs of a community based on the identification that communities or societies share behaviors and values across food choices, behaviors and preferences all that have a direct influence on the health depicted by the community in question (Nies & McEwen, 2015). The focus of this paper is on the assessment of the Brooklyn New York 11234 community as our target community which ...

There are many determinants and health status of an individual or a society/ population. The social environment is one of the major aspects that affects health outcomes for an individual or a population (Nutbeam, Harris & Wise, 2010). Factors within the immediate social environment of a person; including diets, lifestyles and health beliefs play a vital role in shaping the concept of health. This being the case, when it comes to community health promotion, there is an accentuation to view a certain community with the lens of its unique social characteristics in order to understand the quality of interplay between ...

Career development plan

I started building up my career four years ago with a BA in Health and Social Care and later proceeded to further pursue an MA in public health. I gained a great interest to study public health after completing my coursework in people, places and inequalities and Health Promotion. The coursework is concerned with the general well-being of the community and public health. During my career development, I have worked with different types and groups of people from different departments and agencies. I have also worked as a clinic support worker set up in an NHS setting. I intend ...

PART 1a

My knowledge on mental health was limited prior to NSB023. I think these unfounded and biased preconceptions were based primarily on my racial and familial background, which seems to delineate persons with mental health issues unfairly, which are based primarily on what we see or read in the mass media. However, my firsthand experiences with mental health, in the course of completing NSB023, have broadened my understanding on this problem. I have come to realize that mental health issues are not necessarily due to an individual’s psychological ineptitude in dealing with conflicts or the reality, but may also ...

Introduction: Australia is made of 6 state and 2 territories. It has one the best performing healthcare system in the world. At present, Australian healthcare system is a mix of public and private health care providers. The public health care system is funded by the government. Australia has a three tier government: the federal or commonwealth government, the state/territory government, and the local government. The health care system in Australia is complex. Given below is an overview of the system and its functions. 1. The structure of Australian Health Care System: The system of health care delivery is fragmented ...

Through collaboration with organizations in the community; community health centers can benefit from the committed participation of local community leaders and also identify specific health needs of the community. Committed participation from community leaders will encourage the participations of members. It will enable better resolution of conflicts that may arise in the process. It helps build trust on the health centers and enables easy management. Certain risk factors for chronic diseases tend to cluster in a specific group of people. Community health centers can identify these risk factors and promote healthy behavior in the members. (Cashman, Flanagan, Silva, & Candib, ...

Capstone Project of a Community Surveillance System in Kentucky: Evaluation of the Community Surveillance System and the HealthSIS system (Emergint technology Inc.) used in the Northern Kentucky Health Department and St. Elizabeth Hospital

Abstract . 4

Surveillance Systems Overview 5 Disease Surveillance: Responsibilities and Procedures . 6 Project Goals .. 8 Emergint, Inc. (HealthSIS) .. 9 Monthly Log .. 11 Emergent: Health Department and St. Elizabeth Interface .. 12

Performance Issues at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital 13

Questions Regarding Performance Issues at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital . 14

Performance Issues at the Kentucky Department of Health 15

Possible Solutions for Performance Issues .. 16

Using DCTS Computer Software 18

Conclusion and Recommendations .. 19

Works Cited 21

Appendix A .. 22 Abstract The surveillance systems for hospitals are crucial ...

Community health is regarded as a critical economic driver in developed nations. In the US, the Healthy People Vision 2020 has been developed to identify the community, family, and personal illnesses that cause significant nation burden of disease. Significant emphasis has been laid on healthy communities, as changes have been occurring in the areas of medical financing, focus, and policy (Don, 2016). In view of this, the current paper will assess the community health needs and risks of the King`s County community in Washington. The paper will analyze their needs towards work related injuries in relation to the ...

Food Security/Climate:

Nutritional interventions are measures taken up to improve or resolve nutritional problems and diagnosis by providing education, advice, technology, or actual delivery of food the food components/nutrients of a specific meal or diet plan tailored to people’s needs (Andeal.org, 2014). There are several types of interventions such as behavioral, regulatory and staple food bio-fortification. Behavioral interventions are aimed at adjusting personal habits and practices such as encouraging breastfeeding, nutritional counseling in pregnancy, complementary feeding, and dietary advice to encourage weight loss in obese adults. Regulatory interventions, on the other hand, aim to regulate certain nutrition-related actions or activities ...

A process evaluation is concerned with the real development and implementation of those programs that have been identified to be having great potentiality in reducing the rate of new infections of HIV in Africa, Caribbean and the black communities of Canada (Hallfors, Mbai, Milimo & Itindi, 2012). Before this, programs have been identified as possible means to control the spread of the virus among recognized communities; therefore, this evaluation focuses on determining means that can be effectively applied to realize success. Most notable is that the assessment sees to it that the programs hit quantifiable targets and the implemented strategies ...

Informal presentation

Hello colleagues. I am privileged to have worked with most of you in various forums. The healthcare setting is our second home and it is the point where we not only give back to the community but also work to fulfill the calling that is care giving. We are part of the healthcare system that is changing fast and moving closer and closer to meeting the needs of a community whose needs are increasing in equal measure with time. The adoption of the Affordable Care Act 2010 is one of the milestones that significantly changed the role and scope ...

A. Community health nursing is a concept that seeks to identify and analyze all vital data in relation to a community or a group of people to assist in the development of appropriate interventions that can improve the health status of the community or group. It is a concept that recognizes the importance of the social-health determinants and their influence on the quality of health and be quality of life depicted by the community (Stanhope, Lancaster & Stanhope, 2014). If applied, the community health nurse has to focus on the needs of the community across the economic, social, cultural and ...

When it comes to the issue of healthcare in the community, there are always gaps that must always be addressed in order to be able to combat the issues and barriers that affect the community. This annotated bibliography will look at the various sources that have been able to address the issue of needs and assets assessment. Citation: Arellano, N., Davis, S., Tyer-Viola, L., Sullivan, M. M.,Mihovan, M. E., Costa, K.&Palazuelos, D. (2015). Towards la clinica de mis sue? os: Findings from a needs and assets assessment among rural nurses in Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Nursing Education and ...

Application of Drone Technology to Facilitate an Effective HIV Diagnostic and Treatment Services to Children in Rural Malawi

Director, Grant Organization Technology to Save Children from HIV is an organization that has been created to serve HIV vulnerable children in rural Malawi through a partnership with ZipLine Drones and UNICEF. Our organization seeks to develop a program aimed at ensuring fast and continuous delivery of HIV test kits, results, and antiretroviral drugs to provide immediate medical attention to HIV positive children. We propose the application of drone technology to facilitate easy and convenient transport of HIV testing supplies, test samples, and medication that has been hampered by the poor state of transport infrastructure in rural Malawi. We ...

Introduction

As with any organization in any industry, health care organizations are also driven by the need for cost effectiveness. However, in addition to this, healthcare organizations must also ensure that the needs of the community and the health care requirements of all members of the community are addressed adequately. As the emphasis on cost control, patient safety, quality of care increases, there is a need for health care organizations to move away from their current organizational models and adopt more dynamic models that are designed with the needs of the patient as the focal point and which also address ...

Quantitative study

Campbell, D. A., Lake, M. F., Falk, M., & Backstrand, J. R. (2006). A randomized control trial of continuous support in labor by a lay doula. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing, 35(4), 456-464.

Database from which the article was retrieved

Wiley Online Library Study Design The study utilized a randomized controlled design whereby the participants were randomized into either the control (no intervention) group or the experimental (doula group). As such, the design utilized was suitable and consistent with the study since it enabled the investigator to effectively compare the outcome measures of the two group and come up with significant inferences (Polit & Beck, 2013). ...

Interview

Interview The aspects of cultural privileges and stereotypes come in when discussing the differences between the subordinate and the majority people in the society. In the United States, for instance, several aspects act as differentiating factors between two different categories of individuals, for example, the physically challenged and persons with no disabilities, the whites and the people of colour among others. Hence, after findings found from interviewing Jordan Gallacher, a blind United States citizen, differences arose between these two different parties. The society tends to categorize its population due to the cultural stereotypes which are the beliefs that control ...

BBA

Associate Professor

Health Science Department; Master of Science in Health Administration and Leadership    

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Acknowledgements

This project paper demonstrates the integration of the knowledge I acquired from the courses in Master of Health Administration and Leadership Program and the collaborative application with this project’s community partner, MidMichigan Health to improve the community health in Gratiot County, Michigan. I am thankful for getting this valuable opportunity to work with a large healthcare organization. First and foremost, I would like to thank my parents who worked really hard to financially and emotionally support me in pursuing further education overseas. They comfort me every ...

Community Health Nursing Project

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Domestic Violence Sydney, Australia

Population, Location, Time of Event, Occurrence; Distribution of problem Problem Domestic violence is prevalent although often concealed problem in several parts of Australia. It takes place in all parts of society irrespective of social-economic status, religious affiliations, and geographic location and often leads to demoralizing impacts. Such effects associated with domestic violence are either short term or long term in nature. The vice contributes to psychosomatic, economic and social challenges to the victims involved. In the long term, intimate partner violence can negatively affect the whole family unit, children’s lives, and the community as a whole. ...

[Your instructor's name] [The course] [The date]

There is, unfortunately, quite a big number of perplexing issues in the modern society. The problem of homelessness, which is one of the most acute ones, interests me in several aspects. Due to various reasons, more and more people become homeless, and while it seems that the problem should be eradicated, it progresses. The reason why I wanted to investigate into this matter was because this problem concerns many people in the USA. According to the summary by National Alliance to End Homelessness, in the recent years generally nineteen people out of ...

The Translation Science Project

The current translation project focuses on colorectal cancer. The translation science project is a contribution to the efforts towards the improvement of the compliance with the screening protocol of colorectal cancer for Latin America patients aged between 50 and 70 years in a community health setting in Miami-Dade. The proposed project’s objective will help to determine how health care staff utilizes evidence-based practices (EBP) CRC screening protocol to improve compliance among Latin population aged 50 to 70 years old. In this project, the population of interest will consist of Latin American patients aged between 50 to 70 years ...

CDC (2012) defines social media as online communication tools that facilitate exchange of information, interaction, engagement, and sharing of ideas and other content over networks. In the recent past, the use of social has gained immense popularity, and the healthcare industry has not been left behind. Disease prevention through health promotion depends heavily on shared information, as the information empowers the public on issues affecting their health. Information access has been revolutionalized by social media, and as Heldman, Schindelar & Weaver (2013) posits, it is imperative to take the information to the people. 67% of internet users are active users ...

Community Health Ethics: Ethics in Research

Ethics and Its principles in Research Ethics refers to the philosophical study of moral values as well as rules. Ethics include the “norms of conduct” distinguishing unacceptable and acceptable behavior. Usually, people start learning ethics from their home, school, and other social settings, and ethics are applied in every part of life. Ethical norms are also applied in establishing the goals or aims of a research, people involved in scientific research, and other related scholarly activities. Among the most important ethical principles in research are honesty, objectivity, carefulness, integrity, confidentiality, openness, non-discrimination, social responsibility, animal care, and human subjects’ ...

Adolescent pregnancy is one family planning issue that is being addressed by initiatives under the Healthy People 2020. Adolescent or teen pregnancy is defined as pregnancy in females aged 19 years or younger (UMMC, 2011). Baseline figures show that in 2005, there were 40.2 pregnancies for every 1,000 girls between 15 and 17 years old and 116.2 pregnancies for every 1,000 girls between 18 and 19 years old (ODPHP, 2016). This issue needs to be addressed because of the physical, social, and economic consequences to young girls, their children, their families, and society. Teens have a higher ...

WGU

A. Table of Contents Professional Resume – presents my clinical knowledge, skills, experience, and philosophy to potential employers Executive Summary – provides an overview of the contents of the portfolio Professional Reference Questionnaire – presents the objective and subjective evaluation of my key behaviors and clinical performance by one of my professional references Importance of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) – discusses the need to develop knowledge and skills in quality leadership in order to improve the quality and safety of patient care and promote holistic, patient-centered care

Copy of IHI certificate of completion – serves to validate my completion of the IHI Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership course

Evidence-based Practice – summarizes an evidence-based research project on hand hygiene Applied Leadership – summarizes my ...

Carrying out a community health assessment is an important step that can be used in trying to have a better understanding of the level of health of particular communities and the factors that are likely to expose them to risky health behaviors. It is from such assessments that members of a particular community can be able to evaluate their health status which makes it easy for them to prioritize activities that will ensure their well-being is maintained. The purpose of this paper is to carry out an assessment of the District of Columbia state regarding the statistics on demographics, ...

About myself

I am a college student finishing my nursing education at the College of New Rochelle, who is very passionate about the career as I love helping others. I am also a hardworking well-rounded person, and I believe that I have gained adequate knowledge in the field that will assist in my professional development. Choosing to be a nurse was one of the greatest decisions that I made, and I have never regretted. I plan on completing my Bachelor of Science in nursing degree this May, and I already know the great advantages as well as the incredible career opportunities ...

Health policy analysis

Introduction Unquestionably, health is an essential part of life without which human existence is under threat of extinction. According to McLaughlin & McLaughlin (2007), maintenance of mental wellness is fundamental to achieving mental sobriety among the members of the society. Unfortunately, the number of people with mental disorders is growing almost in every society (Walt et al., 2008). In America, adult population with mental illness is over 60 million, the majority of who are Africans Americans. The main barrier to access proper mental health care is the soaring costs and people’s perceptions of mental health (America’s Health, 2016). ...

Introduction

The foundation of nursing care as a profession was founded and laid by Florence Nightingale. This profession was stereotyped to only be assumed by women, but in the modern days, men have already entered the profession also. People who take nursing care as a profession, take this duty from their heart. It is an important profession that must not be taken for granted. Nurses do not simply attend to patients, provide their medicine, and check their vital statistics. Their service reaches up to being a motivator, a counselor, an adviser, and most of the time a caring mother. Their ...

Obesity

Q1.) One of the most serious problems modern society face is obesity, especially childhood obesity. Within the past thirty years, childhood obesity has grown at a terrifying rate. Obesity is associated with high rates of chronic diseases, even much higher than drinking, smoking and living in poverty. Women endure a disproportional burden of diseases attributed to obesity and overweight, including ethnic inequality. In the year 2009, the economic expense of obesity and overweight in Canada and the United States caused by medical expenses, disability and excess mortality was almost $300 billion. ("KCMO Community Health Assessment 2011 | Open Data | data.kcmo.org", ...

The neighborhood of Brooklyn is where both my family and I reside. Brooklyn also happens to be the home to most immigrants from Africa, Asia, Middle-East, the Americas, the Caribbean, and all contributing their rich talents and cultures to the borough. And this kind of diversity is manifested in the linguistic compositions by these multi-ethnic neighborhoods within Brooklyn. Emigrants from English-speaking nations find it easy to linguistic integrate with the locals as they already have the advantage of knowing the English language. The socio-economic levels within Brooklyn appear to be lower than the surrounding neighborhoods of the greater New ...

(Tutor/Professor) (City, State)

Service Management

Executive Summary Service organizations face numerous challenges in an attempt to please their users. Discontentment and un-satisfaction among service users may lead to the organization in question being unpopular. Organization management differs from one organization to the other. Importantly, an organization can learn from another on how to address certain challenges. This report focuses on two service organizations in a similar industry (American Health Organization and American Red Cross), in relation to CRP. Both organizations offer CRP trainings, in addition to helping victims. The approaches the two employ differ. This report seeks to analyze such differences ...

Financial

The population in corona in California as per 2013 was 159 503 with 100% living in urban. The males population was 80,961 (50.8%) and the females population was 78 542 (49.2%). The median resident age is 33.6 years in comparison to 35.7 years of California median age. The estimated median household income as per 2013 is $66, 094 as compared with $60,190 in California (City-data, 2016). The estimated per capital income was $25, 372 in 2013. The median gross rent is $1, 330.

Social challenges

In Corona there are high crimes rates which have continue to be a challenge ...

Introduction

Childhood obesity has become a serious and a major health problem. It is a condition characterized by excess fats in the body and it negatively affects a child’s overall well being and health. The diagnosis of obesity is based on body mass index (BMI). Cases of childhood obesity have been on the rise (Cdc.gov., 2016). It has necessitated the need to recognize obesity as a serious health problem and concern among the heath fraternity. However, in most areas, the term overweight is used instead of obesity as it is less stigmatizing. BMI is acceptable method for determining obesity ...

The main criteria for differentiation between governmental, quasi-governmental and voluntary health agencies are the funding sources and system, subjects of administration. Their common aim is to develop a community’s ability to solve the health-related issues effectively. Governmental agencies build up an inherent sector of the entire governmental structure, managed by the state officials and funded by tax dollars. Quasi-governmental agencies represent a mixed form of administration, that comprises some official tasks and responsibilities, partially governmental funding, but at the same time are able to operate independently. As for the nongovernmental health agencies, they receive their donations only from ...

During the initial visit the registered nurse from the Community Nursing Service will elicit information concerning the seizure history from Jessica. While seeking information concerning the history the nurse will seek to know when the client had her first fit, whether there has been any improvement after initial diagnosis and treatment. The nurse will also seek to know whether the client would wish to have her medication changed due to their ineffectiveness. The patient is then asked concerning the factors that may trigger the seizure. While doing so, the nurse will document on alcohol intake. Other factors that trigger ...

Business Plan Model

Business Planning Business plans remain crucial to businesses as they guide the decisions and processes adopted by the firm from the start-up stage to the desired level of growth. The development of a business plan remains crucial in the clarification of the individual aspects relating to the firm processes (Carrier, 2007). The plan of activities influences the development of rim objectives considered instrumental in guiding the processes adopted within the organization. Additionally, the business plan provides a prediction for the potential market changes and required resources within the company that will meet the growing level of need in the ...

Nurses have the ethical, legal and moral obligation of ensuring there is justice in the society. As such nurses have the mandate of being at the forefront in addressing the human rights. Their action and clinical practice have to be designed to promote human rights and prevent any form of social injustice. According to the American Association of Nurses, nurses have to respect the dignity of every individual and, as such, the services rendered to patient have to take into account the values and needs of the patient and including their family (ANA, 2010). The social justice in nursing ...

Part 1

Nurses will continue to play an important role in the health care delivery system. The United States just like any other country across the world is faced with challenges in the delivery of quality healthcare. For instance, an increased in the aging population creates a demand for quality care in the treatment of chronic diseases (Shi & Singh, 2014). To adequately address these challenges, transformation of nursing profession becomes necessary. Health care professionals are needed to take care of the patients in all settings that are; in the hospitals and homes. Caring for the sick is becoming complicated day in ...

Abstract

There is currently a shift to the social determinants of health (SDH) framework in public health and the larger health system. The framework demonstrates that larger social systems impact individual socioeconomic position which predicts material, biological, and psychosocial circumstances. The resulting disparity directly impacts health. Disparity can be noted in diabetes and heart disease. Healthy People 2010 and 2020 have raised the issue of disparity at a national level which stimulated research and program and policy development to eliminate SDH. Advanced practice nurses have important roles to play as leaders, researchers, advocates, and care providers in the achievement of ...

Magnesium is an essential nutrient

Magnesium is a mineral which is of great abundance in the human body. Along with enzymes, it is important for protein synthesis, muscle regulation and a host of other important cellular factors such as oxidative phosporylation, energy production which involves production and utilization of ATP and glycolysis. Additionally, Magnesium is required to assist in different cellular processes such as DNA replication and transcription and RNA translation(Barbagallo, 2012). Magnesium is found usually in the bones and or in the soft tissues of humans. Next to Potassium, it is the most abundant ion in the body. The plasma actually contains ...

Kempsville District was established in 1781 and remained the capital of the then Princess Anne County from 1778 to 1823. The county seat was then moved to Princess Anne, Virginia. Kempsville lies on the eastern branch of river Elizabeth. Due to this strategic location, Kempsville served as a port for transporting goods to and from the central and western parts of Princess Anne County (City of Virginia Beach, n.d., Historic Kempsville, para. 1). Transportation in the area was mainly via rivers. The area had vast, dispersed farms making agriculture the main pattern of development. Kempsville became under colonial rule ...

Public or community health can be defined as an array of measures, both of private and public nature, that are targeted at preventing diseases, fostering health and trying to prolong life in general as well as make it more healthy. The goals of these activities are creating healthy conditions of life for the entire society which can positively reflect on personal health of each given person, focusing on overall trends in the health stance of the entire population of a given state or globally (Public Health). This leads us to the idea how public health differs from private health. ...

American Nurses Association (ANA) Scope and Standards of Practice vs. Public Health Nursing (PHN) practice Scope and Standards of Public Health Nursing

American Nurses Association (ANA) Scope and Standards of Practice vs. Public Health Nursing (PHN) practice Scope and Standards of Public Health Nursing Like most professional associations, nurses organize themselves into groups of practitioners to not only perform functions they cannot accomplish as separate individuals but also influence policy making in their area of expertise and adjudge one another as equally and professionally competent (American Nurses Association (ANA), 2010). In such associations, the practitioners also create, establish, and ...

Effectiveness of health promotion methods designed to change lifestyle behavior and improve health and wellbeing in patients with mental health problems

INTRODUCTION

Health promotion is an art of medical science dealing with the study of biological, environmental, psychological, physical and mental research. To reduce premature death, giving the patients information on how to control and change their physiological activities such as the use of safety belts in cars and avoidance of substance abuse such as excessive alcohol. It is managed by a government agency such as Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). Health promotion plays a significant role in individuals ...

Excessive alcohol use ranks the third leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States. Alcohol abuse acts as a primary risk factor for numerous society and health problems. The federal, state and local governments collaborate to minimize the problem by recommending task force recommendations describing interventions directed to the general population aimed at coping with the problem of excess alcohol use. Community health nurses have a big role to play in promoting the health of every person in the community by discouraging behaviors that are a risk to the public health (Nies and McEwen, 2015). Limiting the days ...

Diabetes is a chronic illness which causes a person to have a high concentration of blood glucose due to body cells not reacting or respond to insulin. Additionally, the high blood glucose can be as a result of inadequate production of insulin in the body. The objective of this program is to reduce the annual number of new cases of diagnosed diabetes in the population. In addition to boosting the quality of life of individuals that are deemed to be at risk of contracting the disease or those who have already been affected by the condition.

Relevance of the objective to the USA and HP2020

If diabetic patients ...

Health Promotion Problem

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an overall term used in the description of a condition that attacks the heart and blood vessel. CVDs happen as a result of either thrombosis or atherosclerosis. There are four primary forms of CVD, namely coronary heart disease, peripheral arterial disease, stroke, and aortic disease. There are numerous risk factors associated with CVD. Some of them include family background, ethnicity, and age. Others include exposure to tobacco and alcohol, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, unhealthy diet, and physical inactivity. Of particular interest in the U.S is that many individuals from low-income neighborhoods grapple with CVD prevalence. Placed ...