Essays on Disease Prevention

According to the 2012 census, the United States total population is estimated to be over 313 million; this represents a 9.7% increase within a period of 10 years (Thomas, 2014). Moreover, the composition of the population is one of the most diverse in the world; it’s made up of people with different racial and ethnic backgrounds ranging from Caucasians or the Whites, the Blacks or African Americans, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders, and the Hispanics or Latinos. As a result, the diverse U.S. population has serious implications on the United States ...

Health people is a program under the office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion that provides 10-year national goals based on science and evidence to improve the health of all U.S. citizens. With this regard, the Healthy People 2020 was launched on December 2, 2010; it has for main goals aimed at improving the health status of the nation by 2020 and ensuring all Americans live long healthy lives (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2017). One of the goals from the Healthy People 2020 that will have the greatest impact on my community is the first goal ...

As far as an ADN is concerned, it offers few advantages as opposed to the acquirement of a BSN. To begin with, the principal difference between the two is the time period and credits’ amount required for the program completion. While an ADN can be usually completed in two years, the person requires 4 years to attain a BSN. In addition, an ADN program is cheaper and allows one to quickly become a nurse considering the above-mentioned time period for completion. On the other hand, it is widely acknowledged that “BSN prepared nurses possess greater knowledge of health promotion, ...

A total of 57 million deaths were reported worldwide in 2008, and the majority of those deaths were caused by either non-cardiovascular diseases (36 million; 63%) or cardiovascular diseases (17.3 million; 30%) according to the World Health Organization (WHO, 2011). The highest mortality rates are associated with ischemic heart diseases and cerebrovascular diseases, which account for 45% and 29% of the cardiovascular-related deaths in men and 37% and 33% of cardiovascular-related deaths in women, respectively (see Figure 1). Ischemic heart disease is considered the most common cardiovascular cause of death as it accounts for 7.6 million deaths worldwide (Institute ...

The World Health Organization (WHO), headquartered in Geneva, began activity on April 7 1948 in order to improve equity in health, reduce health risks, combat diseases and stop further international spread of viruses. It is one of the United Nations specialized agency working in 150 countries. Over the years, the WHO has conducted the service of epidemic warnings. WHO gathers information, makes recommendations and regulations to health authorities, informs people about health emergency, monitors programs, and provides international quarantine. The organization focuses on disease prevention and control of tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, influenza, malaria, bio-medical researchers and statistics. WHO spreads its ...

Introduction

Rising costs of health care threaten our future system of health care matters such as sustainability almost every year. However, health care matters have also been threatened by shortages of nurses and doctors, some areas’ low productivity, provided services’ safety and decreasing confidence and trust of people. Any country’s health care matters should be improved and innovated so as to reach the creativity and flexibility levels that allow them to adapt demand changes. Health care matters are complex issues that that can go beyond a country’s affordability. Health care is the improvement or maintenance of one’s ...

Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention

Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention The proposed public health leadership theory was developed to identify public health interventions that can address risky sexual behavior in teenagers, which is associated with teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevalence in teenagers. The risk factors contributing to risky sexual behaviors in the teenage population and the interventions public health leaders can use to address those factors are presented in Figure 1. Figure 1. Public health leadership theory on interventions for addressing risk factors associated with risky sexual behaviors in teenagers. Teen sex behaviors can be influenced by their socioeconomic ...

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The purpose of this paper is to present a research proposal for nurse hand hygiene practices in a hospital setting. The paper will provide an introduction and literature review in order to identify gaps in the literature with respect to hand hygiene practice in hospitals. Finally, the paper will present a research project to address the issue. 1. Introduction The relationship between nosocomial infections and hand hygiene has long been understood and established with Larson’s publication in 1988. Although hand washing had been established as a cornerstone of nursing practice, by 2003 compliance in hand hygiene in hospitals ...

The program design on the evaluation of health promotion and disease prevention focused on the state of the chronic disease. It was intriguing to learn that the effect of the chronic diseases has been appreciated to a negligible extent by the society and the various health institutions in relevance to the severe social and economic impact on the population (Fuster & Kelly, 2010, p. 26).The chronic disease is a national problem and as a result, consideration was in regards to the entire population from kids to the elderly, women to males. Chronic illnesses account for 60% of the total ...

The health of U.S. racial and ethnic populations In this article, the author David R. Williams presented different patterns of health differentials with the help racial and ethnic disparities within the United States. For that, he used racial statistics to describe the health condition of the United States. It also presents the immigrant status on the basis of their race and socioeconomic status (SES) and their impact on the patterns of the diseases. Therefore, the focus of this article is on the research of those social factors that lead to the change in the health status of a country ...

Health promotion is crucial aspect that helps individuals to effectively control various elements in their life aimed at enhancing their health and ultimately their overall wellbeing (Raczynski & DiClemente, 2013). In reference to case scenario, health promotion is an effective intervention that would help in enhancing the health of all the family members and significantly minimized their risk for various illnesses especially the chronic diseases. In the light of this, physical activity as well as healthy nutrition are among the most crucial topics relating to health promotion that would help in enhancing the family’s health and minimize their risk ...

Introduction

Just prior to the July 26th Movement or Revolution in 1959 by forces under Fidel Castro. Since 1965, the country has been governed by the Communist Party of Cuba. Culturally, the country is part of Latin America. The country has several cultural influences, namely, the ancient aboriginal culture of the indigenous Taino and Ciboney, Spanish influences as the country was colonized by Spain, the inflows of African American slaves and a close relationship with the Soviets during the Cold War era (Skidmore and Smith, 2005). At present, the country is one of the few remaining socialist nations in the ...

Introduction

Access to quality, safe, and affordable healthcare is a priority of every person worldwide. Most countries in the world, especially, the United States of America (USA), have continued to put more efforts towards improving the delivery of care to ensure every citizen enjoys quality and safe health outcome. Health disparities act as one of the major issues affecting the delivery of health in the U.S. Health disparities affect different groups of people in the country, but it's more common among racial and ethnic minorities and underserved communities. The increasing documentation of disparities in healthcare calls for an urgent need ...

Proposed Solution

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the prevalence of obesity among children has tripled from 6.5% in 1980 to 18.6% as of 2008. This is contrary to the prevalence of adults which has doubled. An effective solution for the overall problem of obesity should therefore focus more on children. Consequently, the proposed solution focuses more on school-going children given that a huge proportion of the target population (children) attends school, which is an important point of the socialization process for children. The solution involves inculcating practices and policies in schools that promote healthy habits with ...

1. Identify a problem and explain the problem: Background: The project proposal is related to the prevention of fall among elderly. The incidence of falls is high among the elderly population. Studies suggest that elderly who fall once, are more likely to fall in the future. A number of conditions like poor eye vision or transient ischemic attacks or pets or general body weakness or other miscellaneous reasons, can increase the risk of fall in the elderly population. Falls can be particularly serious and life changing for elderly. It can make them dependent on others and also increases the ...

The Disease/Condition

This essay focuses on a study done by Luepker et al. in the year 1994. The study was entitled Community Education for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Risk Factor Changes in the Minnesota Heart Health Program. Specifically, the study focussed on the efficacy of the Minnesota Heart Health Program in reducing incidents of cardiovascular diseases in Minnesota. The public intervention program was carried out after it became evident that cardiovascular diseases, particularly coronary heart diseases, were on the rise in most developed nations, including the United States (Luepker et al., 1994, p.1383). One of the government initiatives developed to counter the ...

The promotion and disease prevention practice and policies continue to increase with the primary aim of supporting reasonable and sensible decision-making in health sectors. In most cases, they merge research findings with information that meets the wishes and needs of the targeted populations (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2010). Diabetes affects over 26 million people in the United States. The National Diabetes Prevention Program is a program in the U.S. that is largely aimed at addressing the problem of diabetes through prevention measures. According to the CDC estimates, nearly 1 in 10 American adults has diabetes and ...

Web-based interventions are considered to be the advancement made in the nursing practice due to the dynamic changes when it comes to technology and computer systems. In addition, the higher priority for the funding of the technological aspects in the field of nursing led to the discovery and development of various interventions that utilizes computers and technology (Im & Chang, 2013; Chee, Lee, Chee, & Im, 2014). Web-based interventions refer to a self-guided intervention which was implemented and executed with the use of an online programs which can be operated using computers and internets. These programs can be accessed and used ...

Defining and describing the issue

The school-aged children experience many health challenges caused by poor diet. Children and young adults spend most of their time in school, and many have meals made in schools. The nutrition quality of these meals has a lot of impact on the health outcome of the child; hence, need to create a standard nutrition guideline that determines the type of food, the type of ingredients, and amount served to children during lunches. Many governments have implemented policies and legislations on school meals to prevent children from consuming unhealthy and unbalanced diets. The following paper uses the Local School Wellness ...

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 ...

Nurses often play a very critical role in the implementation of healthcare policies; this is because nurses are well conscious and have a better understanding of healthcare systems and delivery mechanisms. Healthcare policy process becomes more efficient and also effective when all relevant stakeholders are involved in its formulation and implementation. The current U.S healthcare system is undergoing a lot of reforms in trying to conform to the new laws, regulations and policies put in place by various government agencies. The goals of these reforms are reducing healthcare costs, enhancing accessibility and improving the quality of care (Benton, 2012). ...

Describe the difference between primary, secondary, and tertiary disease prevention.

Primary disease prevention seeks to prevent a specific disease before its occurrence. This is done by modifying the behaviours that can lead to the disease and by reducing the effects of exposure to the agent causing disease ("The Stages Of Prevention"). Controlling or preventing the use of hazardous products like asbestos and vaccination are some of the examples of this type of prevention. On the other hand, secondary disease prevention seeks to reduce the effect of a disease that has already attacked the body. This type of prevention is usually done by treating the disease immediately in order to ...

In the modern era of high and sophisticated technologies, one cannot imagine his/her daily life without numerous technological developments and advancements of the 21st century. The prevalence of modern technology in society and around the world taken as a whole as well as its profound impact on every aspect of an individual’s life, including healthcare, education, and business activities, cannot be underestimated. Therefore, “technology, and the constantly new world it brings, is an abiding concern for human beings” (Hanks, 2010, p. 1). It should be taken into consideration that one of the basic purposes of modern technological development ...

Background

Over the last two decades, lifestyle related illnesses have become a problematic issue for the healthcare sector. The calls for primary prevention mechanisms have achieved remarkable progress sin minimizing the incidences. However, with an increasing population and the strain on the available resources to support health living, the prevalence has at some point remained stagnant. Diabetes is one of the most prevalent chronic illnesses that have been diagnosed substantially within the healthcare facilities (Chan & Woo, 2010). However, the emphasis on people to assume proactive roles in the management of health has also taken a significant stride. The justification for ...

Essay

Abstract Researchers have long been exploring the various factors that affect the health condition of individuals and/or groups. They have reported the key factors that seemingly determine health outcomes for vulnerable populations, namely, socioeconomic status (e.g. income, education, and occupation), cultural practices, and social services (e.g. housing, medical care). These so-called social determinants of health largely contribute to health disparities. Health policy has also been reported to significantly influence the health condition of vulnerable population. For instance, in the U.S., health policy is more focused on 'cure' than 'prevention', which, in consequence, channels bulk of the resources toward clinical ...

1. Research the history of health information technology and trends in the management of health records.

Information Technology was introduced in healthcare in the late 1970s, when Medicare started to use computers widely in healthcare. Although punch cards and first computers were in use since the 1950s as well. Insurance companies can be considered as pioneers of Health Information Technology. It was in the 1990s, when the integration of computers with clinical systems was initiated. After that, health applications were developed by vendors to be run on integrated computers. After the evolution of LANs and WANs in computer ...

Health psychology is a fast-growing sub-discipline of psychology that borders on what causes illness and how to such illness is treated. Noticeably, healthy psychology shifts the responsibility of disease prevention to individuals arguing that diseases such as HIV/AIDS are caused by certain personal behaviors (Murphy, 2010). In addition, health psychology disregards a simple linear model of health and examines the combination of factors involved in illness- social, biological (e.g. a virus) or psychological(e.g. beliefs and behaviors). Because the illness is caused through a combination of many factors, the individual is never seen as a passive victim of some external disease causative agents such ...

Vaccines are antigenic substances that are administered to human beings to activate the immune system of an individual in order to create an adaptive immunity to certain diseases. They are capable of preventing infections from pathogens if administered at the right age. Most vaccines should be administered to individuals at a tender age because this is when they are most vulnerable to diseases. A lot of research has been carried out by many experts to verify the efficacy of vaccination. These studies have concluded that vaccination is the most effectual way of preventing diseases that are infectious. Vaccines have ...

Introduction

Pregnancy is a special period in women’s lives and while for some women it represents a time to increase their health and safety strategies for protecting themselves and their unborn babies, for others this period is solely stressful as they are trying to cope with their substance use. The alcohol and drug consumption among pregnant women is an increasingly concerning issue, as it affects both the child-bearing women’s health and the development of the fetus and later, of the child. This essay examines three research articles that discuss the effects of alcohol and drug use during and after pregnancy, ...

Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment

Public Health November,2014 Abstract Type II diabetes has negatively influenced millions in the United States. Adverse impact of type II diabetes in children is ever increasing and needs some serious strategic and professional input from nurses deployed at schools. Unfortunately, the sensitivity of diabetic issue is never addressed appropriately. Moreover, the lack of research on the topic has also resulted in a significant increase in childhood type II diabetes. The research indicates that controlling type II diabetes in children is possible. School nurses employing the knowledge of physical exercises, dietary plans and emergency response can readily ...

Public health and community health are two terms that are often mentioned interchangeable. Unfortunately, there are many people who think that the two terms mean the same thing. However, although both are related to societal health, they have two different meanings. Public health refers to the art and science of disease prevention, prolonging of life and general promotion of health through informed choices and organized efforts of the society, organizations, private and public, individuals and communities (Green & Ottoson, 1999). Public health is focused on the national, state and county levels. Community health, on the other hand, refers to the ...

PART 1

Components of a Quality Improvement Program in the Health Center The first step involves planning for the resources required for success of the quality program. It entails the procurement of the necessary equipment and medicine required in the health facility and consequently having highly qualified staff. The second step involves the actual implementation of objectives set in the planning stage. Patients receive prompt and quality service. The third step of the quality program ensures that the systems in place work efficiently. It entails an analysis of the overall customer satisfaction levels to determine success levels of the program. The ...

Introduction

Measles is “a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the measles virus” (CDC, 2014). Another term for this is rubeola, as opposed to rubella, which is a term for German measles. Measles can lead to fever, a runny nose, cough and rashes all over the body. One out of ten individuals with the disease also develop an ear infection, while one out of 20 individuals with the disease will contract pneumonia. For every 1000 children with measles around one or two children will succumb to the disease and/or its complications. Adults can contract measles if they were not vaccinated earlier in life ( ...

Introduction

According to the World Health Organization, Health Promotion entails and includes the process through which people are enabled to have more control over their health and the determinants to their health. Essentially, through the health promotion, individuals get the capacity to improve their health. Primarily, health promotion is achieved through the process of creating a public policy, addressing the requirements of health. Such prerequisites may include food security, housing, income among many more other factors that determine the quality of life an individual may live. In the recent past, several attempts have been initiated with the aim of incorporating health ...

Today, childhood obesity is the greatest and most concerned health challenge. This issue is increasing at an alarming rate that has made it a widely debated issue. Since 1980, the childhood obesity has tripled. This issue has internationally affected most children particularly of middle income and low income countries. Besides this, the problem is more commonly found in urban settings where children seem to be less active than those in rural areas. According to 2010 estimates by World Health Organization, the children who are obese and under five years of age is expected to be more than 42 million internationally, ...

SEX ON THE MEDIA LANDSCAPE

With this generation being at the boom of information technology, the media is buzzing with sexual content that has tantamount effects on the society in general. Teenagers remain the most affected group by indecent exposure of sexual activity in mainstream media (Huston, Wartella & Donnerstein, 1998; American Academy of Pediatrics, 1995). Nevertheless, some scholars and researchers have argued that display of educative sexual content on media may have immense benefits on enlightening the society; however the pertinent question arises as to whether mainstream media is displaying sexual content that is beneficial or harmful to the society. This paper will talk ...

Even though diabetes is a medical condition, its negative effects are observed only in an individual’s physical health. Diabetes also has far-reaching effects on the individual’s social condition, as well as on his or her financial and economic capacities (National Center for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2010). According to the National Center for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (2010), diabetes has been known to cause blindness among older individuals. Diabetes has been the leading cause of blindness among adults 20-74 years of age (National Center for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2010). Worldwide, diabetes is the ...

Mathematics

Abstract Stopping young people from using tobacco is very important because most of the people who become regular smokers and find other ways to regularly use tobacco start when they are young. Most adult smokers started before the age of 26. Tobacco products are devastating to the human body, causing lowered quality of life and early death. The research concluded that public health messages, especially with television ads were very effective in changing young peoples’ attitudes towards using tobacco from positive to negative. The two must useful campaigns showed graphic images of the impact of tobacco on the ...

Mathematics

Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A. Surgeon General Authors: Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A. Surgeon General

Research Questions:

I will ask the following questions during my research 1. What significance do the media and public advertising of tobacco have on youth? 2. What is the percentage of cancer cases attributed to the use of tobacco in young people? 3. What is the life expectancy of tobacco smokers? 4. What countermeasures can be taken to reduce the use of tobacco among the youth? Research (Experimental) Design: The independent variable in this research is youth tobacco use. The ...

The number of adolescents getting pregnant is alarming considering that more and more teens are becoming pregnant at a young age. Teenage girls who find themselves in such a predicament stop going to school permanently. This begins their journey through a life of poverty and misery, which makes these young mothers succumb to various kinds of trade just to survive and provide for the baby. In most instances, these young mothers also end up single-handedly raising the baby, thus, adding more burden to them. Because a lot of these pregnancies are related to girls' failing academic performance at school, it is crucial that ...

Overcrowding in an Emergency Room

My first visit in an emergency room was when I had taken my aunt who suffered a heart attack. On arrival, we thought we would be attended to immediately since we had called the hospital. A nurse, who first attended to my aunt, told us to join the queue for us to see a doctor. In the waiting area, there was a man who claimed to be suicidal. He waited for a counsellor whom he did not manage to see even after being patient for more than 12 hours; he just used his backpack strap and hung himself. It was very unfortunate since ...

Non-Hospital vs. Acute Hospital Comparison.

Health care can be defined as overnight patient care that requires supervision of the health condition of a patient. Non-hospital care refers to care that does not require overnight stays in hospitals, and can be managed during patient’s visits to a hospital (Griffin, 2008). A non-hospital health care facility operates under four elements; curative medicine, disease prevention, health promotion, and rehabilitation. However, these functions or elements differ in various non-hospital care providers (Singh, 2010). Some non-hospital health care facilities specialize on treatment, others on rehabilitation while others specialize on disease prevention. In a non-hospital care facility, there lacks a clear classification ...

Aging Society

Broom, A. (2012) On Euthanasia, Resistance, and Redemption: The Moralities and Politics of a Hospice: Qualitative Health Research, 22 (2) 226-237. Politics have been a major player in the hospice service industry. The major controversy is assisted death. Academic and medical communities have debated upon the ethics of this act and there has been a grey area since the debate has never been concluded. Many hospice practiced have the dying well policy and numerous patients cajole the nurses since they read more into this statement than otherwise intended. The modern dying practices and morality need governance in this old age nursing ...

Introduction

Hypertension is one of the most prevalent chronic illnesses in America today (Thalacker, 2011). As such, it is important to implement interventions that will allow for the prevention of this disease. In this regard, this paper discusses the use of the Health Belief Model as a framework for developing health educational programs that aim to promote healthier behaviors among the population, particularly in relation to hypertension. This will be in consonance with the objectives of the Healthy People 2020 program, which advocates for the use of an ecological and determinants approach in the promotion of health and the prevention of ...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a prevalent disorder among the elderly citizens that is characterized by its steady progress, brain degeneration, and memory loss. I chose AD as my topic because it is one of the most common forms of dementia in people older than 65 years of age. Furthermore, AD is also a serious issue because there is no cure, so it impairs the quality of life for both patients and their families. Because AD will keep progressing through several stages until the patients die, it is important to educate the public about the prevention methods of AD and care ...

A managed care organisation (MCO) is an organisation that manages and delivers the benefit of family care when one enrols himself and his family to be a member of a MCO. Without any interference from managers or payers, a doctor can make his clinical decisions and can bill for the services he has offered (National Academies Press). The service of a MCO is aimed at controlling the cost of services offered to members, to manage the services, and also to measure the performance of health care providers like doctors, hospitals, and pharmacies. There are different types of managed care plans, the most ...

Thesis: An investigation of how the lack of preventive medicine training in Third World Countries hampers health care delivery.

Introduction

Preventive medicine refers to measures that are undertaken to avert disease occurrence. The methods used in the preventive approach are distinct from those used when curing diseases or treating their symptoms. In practice, preventive strategies are usually implemented at the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary levels (Isturiz, Luna and Ramirez 820).

Preventive medicine has been adapted in the first and second world countries but still lags in many third world countries. There are several factors that contribute to the situation ...

Sandra is a 35 year old single female living in San Antonio. She has a 16 year old daughter. During her last annual exam her blood pressure is 142/92, height is 5 foot 2 inches, weight is 273 pounds, body fat 58%. She is also borderline diabetic. In general, she is alert, oriented, cooperative and in no apparent distress. She reported a decrease in her energy level, particularly in the afternoons. She has started to become depressed about her weight. When she was younger she was active and liked to run, but now she states that her knees and joints hurt ...

Introduction

Physical activity is an essential aspect in enhancing healthy growth and development of people irrespective of their age. In the United States of America, there has been a significant level of physical inactivity among different groups of the community especially among the youths. This has led to increased prevalence of lifestyle diseases such as obesity paving way for its related diseases. America has recorded the highest rates of obesity in the world. According to Blackburn and Walker (2005), 74.6% of Americans are obese with obesity being one of the leading causes of death in the nation (p.207). Obesity is one ...

Health promotion and disease prevention

The Canadian health care system places great emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention. As a matter of fact, health promotion is one of the central tenets of the Canadian Health Care system. In this paper therefore, I will provide an in-depth description of the terms health promotion and disease prevention. Further, I will identify the key determinants of health as well as justify why health promotion and disease prevention are such important functions of the Canadian health care system. Last but not least, I will identify four health promotion and/or disease prevention programs that have been implemented by the ...

Abstract

The government has been engaging actively in health promotion in the past. Health promotion is empowering people to control and improve their health. The government has an obligation to take care of its citizens. Through the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion the government has been involved in health promotion. Chronic diseases are diseases that last for a long period of time and they are never cured immediately. Examples of chronic diseases are cancer, diabetes, obesity, arthritis and heart disease. The body conducts research in order to influence legislation. Secondly they are concerned with the health of ...