...presentation in the workplace project is to raise awareness for health care workers in regards to the increasing rate of obese Latino children in the United States. In the past several decades and according to the State of Obesity “38.9 % of children ages 2-19 are obese in the Latino culture.” The rates of severe obesity are higher amongst these children compared to the White American children. Nearly one of four Hispanic households are considered to have food insecurity, meaning the amount of income they depend on is limited and not enough, therefore making it impossible for these families to obtain the adequate healthy food necessary for the proper nutrition of their children. There has been an enormous link between income of Latino families and the choices of food they make. "In 2000 thru 2004 two out of every three food Latino children consumed included pizza, desserts, chips, burgers, soda and or juice."(State of Obesity, 2014) Disparities in health and disease between the Hispanic populations have become a significant focus of public health. We need to be aware of how diet and nutrition amongst the Hispanic families and their children contribute to many health issues. According to the Healthy 2020, the goal is to “Promote health and reduce chronic disease risk through the consumption of healthful diets and achievement and maintenance of healthy body weights.” “Given that food is etiologically linked to many health conditions, one consequence of diet-related disparities is...
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...Deserts and worse diet-related health outcomes, after controlling other key factors. The actual term ‘food deserts’ is quoted, by S. CUMMINS (British Medical Journal, 2002, Vol.325, p.436), as having been originally used by a resident of a public sector housing scheme in the west of Scotland in the early 1990s. There are several ways to look at food deserts. 1). low- Income Project 2). The independent. 3). The observer 4). The guardian. This research paper will elaborate on the ways foods deserts are defined and what affect it has on the health and well being of cultural families and communities. Table of Contents Page Abstract …………………………………………………………………………………………...2 Table of Contents ………………………………………………………………………………....3 Chapter One Context of the Problem ……………………………………………………………………......5-10 Statement of the Problem ……………………………………………………………………10-16 Research Questions ……………………………………………………………………………...16 Significance of the Study ……………………………………………………………………16-19 Objective of Study …………………………………………………………………………...19-20 Research Design and Methodology ……………………………………………………………..20 Materials ………………………………………………………………………………………...20 Organization of the Study………………………………………………………………………..21 Limitation of Study ……………………………………………………………………………...21 Chapter Two Review of Literature ……………………………………………………………………………22 Chapter Three What are the definition and the importance of Food Deserts? …………………………………26 Chapter Four How do obesity and other health issues associate...
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...The motivation for this study is two fold in that food insecurity is a principal public health challenge facing the nation (Gunderson 2013) and food insecurity in Lane has not improved with significant community efforts over the past decade (USDA, ERS b 2015; Smith 2003). Food security is the state of all people having access to “sufficient, safe, and nutritious” food to support health (WHO 1996). Food is an imperative for survival, though many communities both urban and rural struggle with limitations in terms of accessibility, quality, and variety. A variety of healthy foods, which increase diet quality increase quality of life by acting as a proactive measure for reducing chronic diseases. Diets have changed with food environments where...
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...General awareness of this information is undervalued as is the fact that menopause may be expedited by unhealthy lifestyle choices. Understanding healthy life style choices and its relationship to these symptoms are paramount to decreasing health risk factors and potential chronic disease associated with the perimenopausal to menopausal woman. Additional health problems can complicate the hormone therapy treatment of menopausal symptoms and should be evaluated and followed carefully by the woman’s healthcare provider before initiating. Educational materials, information, and awareness need to be brought to attention of both the patient and the physicians for the consideration of the underrepresented stages and symptoms of menopause. Overall Program Goal It is the goal of this coalition to increase awareness of signs and symptoms of menopause to the general public thereby working to increase effective interventions. By helping women to understand what their body is going through it is possible to help influence healthier lifestyle choices that can contribute to a better overall wellbeing. Not only would healthier lifestyle choices bring about some alleviation of menopausal symptoms, but also decrease the risk of chronic health diseases. Menopause is a normal process that a woman’s body goes through. It can be confused with various other diagnoses and be inadvertently overlooked. Treatment of menopausal symptoms can also contribute to...
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...Community Health Nursing C229 WGU Community Health C229 One of the more serious problems that the Southeast Queens Community is facing is obesity. Obesity has led to many other health concerns in this community such as Type 2 diabetes , heart disease, stroke, and even certain cancers. This presentation looks into who is at risk, and why? And what can be done to help this community. B1. Description of Community The Southeast section of Queens, NY is 1.802 square miles with a population of 34,929 people. (U.S Census Queens County Quick Facts, 2010, para. 2) The population density is 19,388 people per square mile. The community is a very diverse community and home to many foreign born natives mainly from the Caribbean. The neighborhoods are made up of lower to middle class people. The homes are mostly consist of single one and two family detached dwellings and semi attached homes. 75% of the homes observed were well maintained, 25% were in need of repair. The average age of the homes were approximately 50- 60 years old. There are many indicators of ethnicity in the community for example the West Indian restaurants, (Bodegas) which are usually Spanish or Arabic owned corner stores that are mini supermarket. Dominican beauty parlors, Churches on almost every other block, many liquor stores, laundry mats, and dollar stores. B2. Discussion of Health Concern The health concern I discussed during my field project was obesity. The...
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...constraints of poverty, mentioned earlier in the paper, so their obesity rates are increased because of limited access to fresh, healthy food or time to exercise. In regards to diet, around a quarter of African American are food insecure (The State of Obesity “Obesity Prevention in Black Communities.”). This food insecurity provides a bit of insight to the consumption of unhealthy food in their community. In the South, poor African Americans are more likely to consume fatty foods (Shikany et al.). The State of Obesity, which is a project of the Trust for America’s Health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, assert that predominantly African American neighborhoods have the most limited access to supermarkets and healthier foods, and are targeted...
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...Impact of Uninsured Population Project, Part 3: Impact of Alaska Natives with Colon Cancer on Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium T. Jayd HCS/531 February 21,2011 Joe Rudd Impact of Uninsured Population Project, Part 3: Impact of Alaska Natives with Colon Cancer on Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Colon cancer has been identified as one of the leading causes of death among the Alaska Natives. In response to this discovery and in an effort to improve the health of the Alaska Native population, the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) has developed several health support services to increase awareness, provide preventative services, and offer a variety of treatment options. Because of the large percentage of uninsured and underinsured among this population, ANTHC faces the financial impacts that the decline of health in the Alaska Native people has on the organization. Frugal management of the allocated finds and resources will enable ANTHC to stimulate economically profitable areas of the organization and create internal supplementation to the financial concerns. Providing accessible preventative programs and health education in the remote villages throughout Alaska will enable ANTHC to more effectively observe the health trends and effectively manage and provide health care services for the Alaska Natives. Demographics and Needs of Alaska Natives with Colon Cancer The Alaska Native population is a largely uninsured and underinsured population, living...
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...Obesity Capstone Implementation Project Dr. Reid Hope Locklear UNCW Obesity This process of this project was focused on Obesity in which I used information from my Community Assessment to help prepare this project. During completion of the Community Assessment it became clear that one of the major disadvantages that my community suffered from was Obesity. My target audience included a group of participates that range in the age of 20-35 years old in equal numbers of both female and male participates. Teaching was conducted at the local Bariatric Center. My goal in this project was to make participates more aware of the risk associated with obesity and teach them a healthier lifestyle. Program Objective: The objective to this teaching plan was to have participates be able to recall ways to have healthier choices in regards to diet and exercise. They would be able to demonstrate a knowledge base on the way to lead a more heather lifestyle. In the first stage of this teaching experience I wanted to get a base as to what members of the group felt it meant to be obese and their view on obesity and risk associated with this disease. I asked the question to 10 participates within this group if the participate was aware that Obesity was a disease? 10 out of 10 stated that they were not aware that obesity was a disease. I proceeded to ask the participates to use one word to describe...
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...Policies and strategies to improve nutritional status[7] Ministry of Health and Population strategies Health strategies In order to improve the health status of the Egyptian population, MOHP has developed several strategies, including the following: * Preventive care system: the specific areas of intervention are immunization, quarantine measures, safe water supply, food hygiene, public cleanliness, environmental hygiene and infestation control. * Primary health care: through which medical services are provided to the general population and to vulnerable groups (pregnant and lactating mothers and children under five years of age). * Curative care services: where sick people find medical treatment. Nutrition strategies Before 1992, ad hoc programmes addressed the problem of malnutrition. Following the International Conference on Nutrition (ICN), held in Rome in December 1992 and sponsored by FAO and WHO, nutrition programmes in Egypt have been enhanced. Egypt presented a country paper at the conference and took part in post-ICN condensed nutrition activities. A ministerial decree of 1994 formulated a high-level inter-ministerial committee representing the ministries of agriculture, health, planning, information, supply, education and academia. The outcome was the development of the Egyptian National Strategy for Nutrition, which has nine main policy areas. Each policy area includes a problem statement, a goal, measurable objectives, actions, authorities responsible for...
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...Objectives 4 Target Markets 5 Positioning 5 Strategies 5 Distribution 5 Marketing Communications 6 Marketing Mix 7 Market Research 7 IV. Financial Projections and Analysis 7 TV Advertisement 8 Cook Off 9 Movie Placement and Celebrity Endorsement 9 Gluten Alternative Prize 9 V. Implementation controls 9 Appendix A 10 Marketing Plan Project I. Executive Summary Udi’s and Celiac’s Foundation have invested 3 million dollars into Gluten Free Awareness (GFA) campaign for the next 3 years specifically to spread awareness of the gluten free lifestyle in San Francisco and Marin counties. A nation where we struggle with obesity, diseases, and disorders due to unrestricted diets it is lucrative that we spread the word about having a gluten-free diet. Gluten is the ingredient in most processed foods that helps in joining food particles together. It is the ingredient that makes pasta shiny, baked goods chewy, and gives dough its elasticity. Gluten is found in grains such as: Wheat barley rye triticale A gluten-free diet has proven to help ail or decrease the effects of a few different health problems. Imagine how beneficial gluten free can be for people who just need a way to get healthier. As you well know over the last three years our organization has gone from focusing only in Berkeley to covering Oakland as well. These areas have seen a noticeable increase in sales of GF marked products as compared to the rest of the Bay. We have also...
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...I am nearly 20, but my biological age is 17. The fact that I don’t smoke or drink partly accounts for this. In addition, I drink a lot of water each day. However, I still think it’s important to be more physically active and cut back on fatty foods. I am beginning to realize the impact of my diet. It seems that my habit of choosing meat over vegetables will be quite detrimental to my health in the long run, provided I don’t make adequate changes. I could also benefit from more exercise, as my studies often lead me to spend many hours sitting. It’s nice to know that I am doing some things right, such as sleeping a healthy amount, and drinking enough water. The suggestion that stands out to me is to try and lower my cholesterol by reserving fatty foods for rare occasions. I can also implement bone-strengthening exercise into my routine. Overall, it seems my greatest weakness is a reliance on meat, which can be solved by learning some creative ways to incorporate more fruits and vegetables into my...
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...statement; this paper will look at where in the community if anywhere a garden such as this would and could exist. We will explore the pros and cons of such a topic. Community gardens have been around for hundreds of years, they were first thought of to provide relief to families of poverty and low income; they were quite often incorporated into vacant lots and land. They were created not only for production of food but also morale and skill based learning. They provide not only an area to rest and re cooperate but also a teaching area. (Hampton, 2005) When these gardens were first thought of it was discovered that very few people knew how to garden. Training was provided to help these people complete their task. The trend of creating a community or private based garden for teaching and learning continues to this day. (Hampton, 2005) As we know in this new century many families live in or near major city however on of the things that lacks there are a number of positives also a number of unfortunate negatives towards having a community garden; there are far too many on both the positive and negative sides to list but the main areas to focus on would firstly be the positive. Some positives to a community garden are as follows: • There is a decreased amount of chemicals and pesticides used in home grown gardens than the industrial mass produced, • By having a community garden you are creating just that a community, • A decrease in the grocery bill will...
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...Level of Health Promotion Nursing is the key in promoting health and preventing disease/illness and disability. There are three levels of prevention phase for any disease process. Prevention consists of not only preventing diseases and other ailments, but curing them and limiting their progression Pimary Prevention phase addresses the importance of lessening the risk factors such as obesity, physical inactivity and stress in order to prevent diabetes. Secondary Prevention phase intervene to slow the complications and the diabetic disease process. Tertiary Prevention is used to prevent the further complications of the diabetes and disease process after secondary prevention. This nurse will look at three journal articles related to diabetes and discuss the primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention in health promotion The primary prevention article discusses about the education on Self-care. The aim of self-care concept is to maintain and improve health and is to enable the individual to take all responsibilities regarding his or her own health. Research on Type 2 diabetes shows that self-care activity such as healthy diet and exercise. Avoiding alcohol use and smoking and reducing consumption of soft drinks can also lessen and prevent diabetes. The secondary prevention article discusses prevention of diabetes among adolescent in middle school. The author emphasizes the nutrition component in order to improve the quality of foods and beverages served to students. Dietary...
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...children. We believe a problem with Aboriginal schooling retention rates is that the students don’t feel captivated or that the content being taught applies to them, and therefore they don’t care for education. We believe our education strategy needs to focus on correcting this by teaching the truth and history about colonisation and developing awareness and appreciation of Indigenous culture. By incorporating Indigenous teachings into the curriculum, we will engage students and improve school completion rates. A good education determines many factors in an Indigenous child’s health, literacy, employment and productivity. It is widely believed that Aboriginal children learn best and most efficiently when educated by a culturally aware teacher, preferably an Indigenous teacher. Aboriginal teachers bring a bigger range of cultural perspectives into schools and develop relations with the Indigenous communities around the school, a valuable asset when working with school children’s needs or problems. For many Aboriginal children living in remote towns english is a second or third language, and therefore they are quickly left behind because they can’t keep up in the classroom. Now as for educating the people of Bendee downs, some innovative thinking is needed. The best option would be to simply supply...
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...Regional Food Security Experience: Lessons Learnt from India and Timor Leste Food Security in Bangladesh 2 Food Security Status and Challenges Food security situation in Bangladesh has improved, especially on the availability side4, and further improvements on access and utilisation, to be sustainable and large-scale, needs renewed efforts from the government, civil society (including media) and the development partners. Records say in 70s’, 70% people were under the food consumption poverty line. Today this is down to under half of the population. Today, though people are not dying, they are going hungry and becoming stunted with reduced mental and physical capacity. They are suffering. The hungry population of over 60 million people is larger than most other global cases- the third largest poor population in any country after China and India5. Nearly half of Bangladesh’s children are underweight, making it one of the most severe cases of malnutrition in the world. While Bangladesh has definitely got more food than it had thirty years back, yet almost half of Bangladesh is still far from being food secure. The World Bank and GoB-UN in their respective reports on MDGs, put the target of 34% children being underweight as non-attainable at present rates of progress. Much will need to be done to achieve the 2015 MDG target of halving the proportion of people who suffer from hunger and malnutrition. Demographic changes in upcoming years are likely to affect poverty and...
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