...What is Health Promotion? Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V August 04, 2013 What is Health Promotion? This paper will discuss the meaning of health promotion as defined in the textbook Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span. The author will also cover the purpose of health promotion in nursing practice as well as nursing responsibilities and roles that are evolving in health promotion. Lastly, the author will explain implementation methods for health promotion that encompasses all areas of nursing as well as comparing the primary, secondary and tertiary levels of health promotion prevention. Health promotion can be defined in many ways. One definition from the textbook Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span defines it as “the science and art of helping people change their lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health” as well as “the process of advocating health in order to enhance the probability the personal (individual, family, and community), private (professional and business). And public (federal, state, and local government) support of positive health practices will become a societal norm (Edelman & Mandle, 2010).” If the term health promotion is broken down and defined individually then health is defined as the condition of being sound in body, mind, or spirit and promotion is defined as the act of furthering the growth or development of something (Merriam Webster, 2013). In the nursing practice the purpose...
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...Abstract to Comparing North Carolina’s Local and Public Health Agencies: The Legal Landscape, the Perspective and the Numbers North Carolina has a lot of local public health agencies. Some of these agencies operate locally, meaning they can only be seen in individual counties while others can be seen regionally. There can be a local public health agency that is located in only one county; however, there can be another public health agencies that can be seen in counties as well as throughout the State. Both State and local policymakers as well as other agencies have discussed how to organize the State’s local public health system which was able to get a solution due to several bills that were introduced to the state legislature that if the bills are to be enacted, it will help organize the State’s local public health agencies. There are issues concerning the State’s local public health agencies as to allowing more counties to have the option of pursuing changes of governance and agency organization that are only in large counties, that local agencies serve a particular area with a cap on population or encourage counties to establish district health department or public health authorizes. The local public health agencies are being compared in three broad areas of the legal landscape, the perspective, and the numbers. In the legal landscape, it talks about the information necessary to understand the legal aspects of delivering public health services at the local level...
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...Community Based Nursing Community health nursing is defined as a synthesis of nursing and public health practice applied to promoting and preserving the health of populations, according to the ANA in 2000. As an R.N. in the ICU hospital setting, I have not come across the terms community based nursing and public health nursing often. Community health nursing is a synthesis of nursing practice and public health practice applied in promoting and preserving the health of populations. Since Community health nursing promotes self care of the individual, I have not experienced this type of nursing in my present position. As far as distinguishing between public health nursing, community health nursing, and community based nursing, they are different in many ways. Public health nursing has a broader base of practice, caring for the entire community, where community nursing has a more specific group or section of the society. When comparing the nursing code of ethics of different types of nursing, I find that there is no difference. Nurses have four fundamental responsibilities to promote health, to prevent illness, to restore health and alleviate suffering. Since all nurses should adhere to these four fundamental responsibilities, there should not be more than one code of ethics for nurses. Whether a nurse renders health services to individuals, family, or the community, there should be a consistency in ethics and integrity. The role of the public health nurse as defined in a job description...
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...implementing creative outreach and educational-based health programs in underserved communities). After joining the team as the only Social Worker and working in a department with staff possessing years of only nursing experience and advanced nursing education; I quickly realized my unique skills set wasn’t perceived as comparable to others within the department. Although I had years of experience and advanced education in successfully providing and coordinating public health-based programs and initiatives, none of that mattered any more. Serving my community in an efficient and effective manner always motivated me to work harder. Meeting the unique needs of those I was entrusted to serve, educating others/serving as an expert in public health and healthcare, and serving as an advocate for the most vulnerable populations became my passion. Unfortunately, the resourceful methods and creative educational tools I utilized to successfully meet the requirements of my position were not in sync with the department’s new vision and mission, and our partnership soon ended. It appears that team members within the department may have judged the unique skills set I possessed as less than acceptable based upon comparing me to others within the same department. Per Borkowski, people may assess or evaluate another person’s qualities based on comparing them to others within the same service area or department through perceptually comparing/contrasting...
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... 3. Approaches 4 1. Prevention and health promotion 4 2. Empowerment and citizen participation 5 4. Conclusion 6 5. List of references 7 1. Introduction This assignment is about critically comparing and contrasting the community psychology and public health approaches to social problems. Firstly I will define the concepts involved, secondly I will briefly discuss historical context of both community psychology and public health and lastly I will discuss approaches. . The comparison will be based upon prevention and health promotion, empowerment, individual wellness and citizen participation 2. Definition of concepts Community psychology is all about how individuals relate to the society in which they live. Public health on the other hand is defined as being concerned with preventing disease and distress. Public health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals. On the other hand, community psychology is fundamentally concerned with the relationship between social systems and individual well-being in the community context. Community psychology aims to promote human welfare. Community psychology focuses on economic, environmental, political and social...
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...The Canadian Health Care system has been regarded as one of the best publicly funded health care programs in the world, to conduct a fair and unbiased comparison of the Canadian and American health care systems one should use similar measuring techniques. Comparing our Health Care system to the United States’ is only going to give us a false sense of satisfaction. This will hinder our progress towards reaching a system that would facilitate the needs of every citizen while taking their opinions and complaints into consideration. A Canadian Health Care system created by the people and for the people. The major differences between the Canadian and the American health care systems are that the Canadian health is a publicly-funded single-pay system which covers costs deemed medically necessary for every citizen/resident regardless of their ability to pay. While the American health care is a multi-payer system based on the patient’s finances. I argue That Canadian Health Care system is better than the American Health Care system. In the Canadian system the citizens will pay far less than they would ever pay if they were being treated for any sickness or receiving any medical services in the United States. It is clear that the Canadian health system is better than the American counterpart as the reported Life expectancy is higher in Canada by more than 2 years, 82.4 years for women and 77.4 years for men when compared to the American life expectancy, 80.1 years for women and 74.8 years...
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...University of Phoenix Material Intervention Worksheet Part I: Complete the following table comparing international interventions and implications as it relates to the following: |Type of Abuse |International Interventions |Implications | | |There are many agencies that promote different programs to stop child labor; legal age to work is 15 |Some implications of child labor are a great need for| |Child labor |years old with strict restrictions. It is illegal to have any minors work without permission. |food and rest, smaller in size and skeleton growth. | | |Social service interventions are formed to protect current slaves, community based interventions focus |There are many implications of slavery such as poor | |Slavery |on outreach and raising awareness. Harm reduction interventions work to improve work, living conditions,|diets, poor hygiene, and low self-esteem. | | |rule of law interventions focus on rescuing slaves, and economic interventions focus on economic growth | | | |and development. ...
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...Healthcare delivery in India - effects of Public policy, IT and Insurance Bhavik Kaul 1 Gaurav Dalvi 2 Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai October 2012 Abstract The global healthcare industry has greatly transformed itself into a professional service system, wherein each stakeholder has to justify its performance. In the increasingly globalized market, private healthcare providers have started dominating the supply side. Healthcare sector in India needs to be reoriented globally towards excellent service promotions and healthcare be made available at lower cost. With this view we plan to study the impact of various factors on the quality of healthcare delivery in India over the next decade. This research will attempt to verify the impact of the mentioned crucial factors on the Healthcare delivery in India through an empirical research and provide some assessment of the deficit in access to health services through structured integrated way called the Gaps Model of Service Quality which will take into account significant gaps identified & suggest methods to close the gaps. These suggestions will be used to make recommendations towards a 10 year incremental National Health Plan. 1. Theory & Hypothesis The 3 areas that we intend to include into our study of the healthcare landscape are – 1) Public Policy 2) Insurance 3) Healthcare Information Technology Systems (HIT) a. Hypothesis 1: Favorable National Health policies will have a positive impact...
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...due to the development and establishment of Military bases, it expanded quickly after 1880. During and after World War II, the economy of San Diego grew rapidly based on the military, defense industries, tourism, international trade, and manufacturing. San Diego County is the most southwestern county in the United State, which located in the southwestern corner of the States of California. Its county seat and largest city is San Diego and it is now the 8th largest city in the United States. According to the estimation by U.S. Census Bureau, San Diego County's estimated population for January 1, 2014 was 3,194,362 people and household population is 1,076,483 (State & County Quick Facts, 2014). An increase of approximately 1.4 % comparing with the estimated 3,150,178 people in January 2013, making County of San Diego the fifth most population county in the United States, and the second most populous county in California. There are total eighteen cities in the San Diego County. In these 18 cities, the City of San Diego being the largest with an estimated population of 1,345,895 people. The Del Mar is the smallest with an estimated population of 4,234 people. San Diego...
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...immunosuppressive virus (HIV). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describes young people as individuals ages 13-24 (CDC, 2008). The team focused on education and prevention interventions for fighting the spread of HIV in the youth population. The members of Team E researched intervention programs and conducted personal interviews to formulate recommendations for a director of a public health department regarding appropriate education programs and prevention interventions which could be implemented by the health department to fight the spread of HIV in youth. Intervention Programs to Educate Youth Several interventions will be included in the education plan for youth age 13-24. The plan will address the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and the known correlation of early sexual activity and development of STDs with increased risk of contracting HIV (HAHSTA Annual Report, 2010). To reach the largest population of youth, we will partner with public and private middle schools, high schools, Boys and Girls Clubs, teen pregnancy clinics, and local churches and community groups involved with youth age 13 -24 years old (Maurer & Smith, 2009). The focus of the plan will include abstinence, early screening for STDs and HIV for those who are presently sexually active, use of condoms, and living with HIV (HAHSTA Annual Report, 2010). Abstinence for many youth equates to avoiding pregnancy, however STDs and HIV are transmitted with the exchange of bodily...
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...LYT2 TASK 2 Current and Emerging Technology 2/18/2015 This article analyzed the healthcare connectivity needs. The article is divided into four sections. Health Care Providers’ Broadband Needs, Broadband Connectivity Options, Gaps and Barriers Preventing Sufficient Broadband Levels and Next Phase of Analysis. This is an indispensable work for anyone assessing the broadband needs of the healthcare sector. The author presented an analysis of health care providers’ connectivity requirements and the ability of the country’s infrastructure to meet those needs. Retrieved from Federal Communication Commission. (2010). Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan The article referred to broadband infrastructure and networks of deployed telecommunication equipment and technologies necessary to provide high speed internet access and other advance telecommunications services for private homes, business, commercial establishments, schools and public institutions. In the United States, broadband infrastructure is constructed, and maintained primary by the private sector including telephone, cable, satellite, wireless, fiber optics and other information technologies including cable modem, DSL (copper wire) wireless system, fiber and satellite. Although broadband is deployed by private-sector providers, Federal and State regulation of the telecommunication industry as well as the government financial assistance programs can have a significant impact on private sector decision...
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...Three Levels of Health Promotion Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V July 13, 2014 A process that will enable people to improve and have control over their health is called health promotion. For social and environmental interventions as our focus we will need to move beyond individual behavior. It seeks development of individual measures and communities to enhance well being by changing their lifestyles. Promoting public health is an important role for the nurse by changing their behavior and prevents disease. Nurse’s roles include clinical consultations, patient education, prevention and follow up treatment of their illness. This will improve the availability of services in health care and reduce the symptoms of chronic diseases with an increase in cost effectiveness. Outcomes of their knowledge of illness will be self managed for a better quality of life and adherence are positive outcomes by nurses in health promotion. The individual perspective exhibits a holistic approach in health promotion with concentration or ways for patients and their families to make their own health discussions. Health promotion strategies provide health education by giving the information to the patient. The second concept of health promotion is related to partnership of the nurse and patient communication, groups and community participation. The third concept of health promotion was health and social policy where nurses were unfamiliar with these documents so they...
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...funding with other areas of informatics, clinical and biomedical research informatics. Some practitioners are worried that, if public health does not provide appropriate value added services in using new data sources and new analytics opportunities under the ACA, health care providers and other data holders will start to have private sector information companies to provide the analyses and will omit sharing the data with national public health authorities. The shortages of public health informatics experts in the current workforce together with the failure...
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...study was trying to determine facilitators and barriers among the Chinese population and use the information to improve the program and continue education about Pap testing that is culturally and linguistically appropriate for the Chinese community (Hislop et al, 2003). The Precede-Proceed model was used to determine predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing factors by comparing women who had never had a pap test in relation to women who had, but not within the last 2 years. The Precede-Proceed model was the conceptual framework used for development and analysis of the survey questionnaire and interviews. There are 10 steps in the model. The first five deal with defining and analyzing the problem and establishing the objectives and the last 5 involve implementation/ follow-up and evaluation (Hislop et al, U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, 2003, 2011). First a Community Advisory Committee was established consisting of 6 people from various clinic organizations along with 2 family physicians who informed the Chinese Community through various media platforms about the study. Second a survey questionnaire and interviews were performed to collect further data. The survey asked questions pertaining to screening, health, women’s health,...
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...Positioning and Differentiation Paper Theresa Williams University of Phoenix Marketing for Health Care HCS/539 Marcia Thompson August 30, 2010 General Information The two health care organizations that will be identified in this paper are Central Texas Medical Center (CTMC) and Guadalupe Regional Medical Center (GRMC). These two organizations are within 25 miles of each other and are in Central Texas. CTMC’s major county it serves is Hays for GRMC’s county is Guadalupe. Both organizations will overlap on counties it serves with health care services. A non-for-profit hospital based organization; each hospital has plenty of similarities and differences among them both. This paper will include the similarities and difference as well as some of the marketing and Public Relations each organization is doing. The difference in the two non-for -profit organizations will allow patients in Hays County and the surrounding counties to decide which health care facility is best for him or her. With similarities involved it will just add extra bonus to the patients for if they could not receive results from CTMC they can got to GRMC and vice versa. One of the major marketing tactics that will cause a patient to be faithful to one organization more will be the customer service and how he or she is treated. Similarities First thing first, let’s start with the similarities on the two organizations. We already know that CTMC and GRMC are considered a non-for-profit organization...
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