...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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...Behaviour change: individual approaches Issued: January 2014 NICE public health guidance 49 guidance.nice.org.uk/ph49 NICE has accredited the process used by the Centre for Public Health Excellence at NICE to produce guidance. Accreditation is valid for 5 years from January 2010 and applies to guidance produced since April 2009 using the processes described in NICE's 'Methods for the development of NICE public health guidance' (2009). More information on accreditation can be viewed at www.nice.org.uk/ accreditation © NICE 2014 Behaviour change: individual approaches NICE public health guidance 49 Contents What is this guidance about? ....................................................................................................... 6 1 Recommendations ................................................................................................................... 7 Recommendation 1 Develop a local behaviour change policy and strategy .......................................... 7 Recommendation 2 Ensure organisation policies, strategies, resources and training all support behaviour change.................................................................................................................................... 8 Recommendation 3 Commission interventions from services willing to share intervention details and data ...............................................................................................................................
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...PUBLIC HEALTH COMPETENCIES A. BIOSTATISTICS Biostatistics is the development and application of statistical reasoning and methods in addressing, analyzing and solving problems in public health; health care; and biomedical, clinical and populationbased research. Competencies: Upon graduation a student with an MPH should be able to… A. 1. Describe the roles biostatistics serves in the discipline of public health. A. 2. Describe basic concepts of probability, random variation and commonly used statistical probability distributions. A. 3. Describe preferred methodological alternatives to commonly used statistical methods when assumptions are not met. A. 4. Distinguish among the different measurement scales and the implications for selection of statistical methods to be used based on these distinctions. A. 5. Apply descriptive techniques commonly used to summarize public health data. A. 6. Apply common statistical methods for inference. A. 7. Apply descriptive and inferential methodologies according to the type of study design for answering a particular research question. A. 8. Apply basic informatics techniques with vital statistics and public health records in the description of public health characteristics and in public health research and evaluation. A. 9. Interpret results of statistical analyses found in public health studies. A. 10. Develop written and oral presentations based on statistical analyses for both public health professionals and educated lay audiences. B. COMMUNITY...
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...the term health in all policies to refer to the actions to incorporate health into policies. (Wikipedia) 3. CONCEPT – 3. MONITORING AND EVALUATION: Monitoring and evaluation is a systematic collection, analysis and reporting of information about public health activities. It determines programs efficiency and establishes standard of performance at the activity level. Proper monitoring and evaluation helps to identify the strong and weak points of programme operations and discrepancies. Basis for program accountability is formed and program effectiveness is determined. 3.1 Personal Context: Personally, I feel that the importance of monitoring and evaluation cannot be over emphasized. Every public health intervention or health education intervention...
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...Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care Pearson BTEC HND Diploma in Health and Social Care Individual Assignment Name: Date of Submission: ………………………. Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care Pearson BTEC HND Diploma in Health and Social Care Individual Assignment Name: Date of Submission: ………………………. Contents INTRODUCTION 3 1. TASK 1 - LO1 (Information Pack) – The link between Information and Health & Social Care 4 1.1 AC 1.1 – Ways in which information reaches the public domain 4 1.2 AC 1.2 – Dissemination techniques used to analyse health and social care information 5 1.3 AC 1.3 – How do the different ways in which health and social care information is presented influence the attitudes, thoughts and behaviour of people 6 2. TASK 2 – LO2 – Analysis of a case study where a health related Moral Panic was created by the media 7 2.1 America's Moral Panic over Obesity 7 2.2 Assessing the accuracy and validity of health and social care information presented in the media 8 4. TASK 4 – Contemporary Issue – UK National Health Service crisis of 2015 9 4.1 To what extent does the local attitude reflect those found at a national level 9 4.2 Evaluation of the validity of public attitudes and behavior in relation to NHS UK 10 4.3 Justification of the possible consequence of contemporary thinking in the health and social care provisions and services industry 10 5. CONCLUSION 11 6. REFERENCES 12 INTRODUCTION Health and Social...
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...quest for knowledge easier and accessible. Health-related information is crucial to the nurse, patients, other allied health personnel and the public. An astute nurse or scholar must evaluate the content of a website for credibility before using the resources following a systematic approach. The criteria to be used when evaluating Web-based sources are, authority, information, objectivity, ease of navigation, privacy and security policies. (CCN, 2015). The criteria will be discussed later. The health-related website I choose to evaluate is the National Institutes of Health website. URL: www.nih.gov The purpose of this website is to support the mission of the NIH, and their mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability. (nih.gov) The good thing about NIH website is that it can be located using many search engines like Google, yahoo, msn, AOL, mywebsearch, etc. NIH is a public domain image processing and analysis program for mackintosh. The software is located at http://rsb.info.nih.gov/nih-image/index.html My reasons for the selection of this website are: The NIH is one of the world’s foremost medical researchers and the focal point for medical research in the United States. (nih.gov). It comprises 27 separate institutes and centers. Therefore their website contains clinical studies, health and wellness information, research and...
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...quest for knowledge easier and accessible. Health-related information is crucial to the nurse, patients, other allied health personnel and the public. An astute nurse or scholar must evaluate the content of a website for credibility before using the resources following a systematic approach. The criteria to be used when evaluating Web-based sources are, authority, information, objectivity, ease of navigation, privacy and security policies. (CCN, 2015). The criteria will be discussed later. The health-related website I choose to evaluate is the National Institutes of Health website. URL: www.nih.gov The purpose of this website is to support the mission of the NIH, and their mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability. (nih.gov) The good thing about NIH website is that it can be located using many search engines like Google, yahoo, msn, AOL, mywebsearch, etc. NIH is a public domain image processing and analysis program for mackintosh. The software is located at http://rsb.info.nih.gov/nih-image/index.html My reasons for the selection of this website are: The NIH is one of the world’s foremost medical researchers and the focal point for medical research in the United States. (nih.gov). It comprises 27 separate institutes and centers. Therefore their website contains clinical studies, health and wellness information, research and...
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...Sexual health education in the schools: Questions & Answers 3rd Edition Sexual health education in the schools: Questions & Answers (3rd edition) A resource with answers to your questions about sexual health education in our schools This resource document was prepared by Alexander McKay, Ph.D, Research Coordinator, and Mary Bissell, Ph.D., Information Services Coordinator, Sex Information and Education Council of Canada (SIECCAN) contEntS IntroductIon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 QuEStIonS: 1. Sexual health and Canadian youth: How are we doing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. Why do we need sexual health education in the schools?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3. Do parents want sexual health education taught in the schools? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4. Do young people want sexual health education taught in the schools? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5. What values are taught in school-based sexual health education?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6. Does providing youth with sexual health education lead to earlier or more frequent sexual activity? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7. Is there...
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...Jean communication (Teenagepregancy, 1995). There is also a need for public awareness of what teen pregnancy can cost the community and state. (gcu, library, 1995). Youths that are socioeconomically disadvantage of any race or ethnicity have the highest rate of teen pregnancies and childbirth. In public health teen pregnancy prevention is one of the top priorities of the Center for Disease Control. Program goals are to reduce the rate of pregnancies and birth to the youths, increase you access to evidence-based evidence form programs to prevent teen pregnancy, increase knowledge of links between teen pregnancy prevention programs in community-based clinical services, and to educate communities parents about the relevance of evidence-based evidence informed strategies to reduce teen pregnancy and provide data on the resource. The target areas will be focused on reaching African American and Latino/Hispanic youths aged 15 to 19 years. There will be a communitywide approach to the specified communities, this will include broad-based strategies that will reach a majority of youth in the community, communication strategies and campaigns in the media; and intensive strategies to reach you are most in need of prevention programs, such as evidence-based programs and improved links to these services. Goals of the program would be to reduce rates of pregnancies and barks, increase you accesses to evidence-based and evidence informed programs and next increase the lanes between...
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...they lack both management and leadership skills with in the nursing field. Additionally they lack research skills used in nursing as well as knowledge on informatics the use of technological advances in enhancing quality medical delivery. ADN gives you the fundamentals of nursing practices. They basic theory, skills, competencies knowledge of scope of practice and legalities for licensure and the essential general education core that is necessary as a foundation [English, psychology, biology chemistry, anatomy and physiology , etc].it gives you the bare minimum knowledge required to pass the Nclex licensure exam.ADN nurses not able to neither make technical decisions nor carry out research. BSN is knowledge theory research based and the emphasis is on the entire picture of the field of nursing exposing the nurse to human diversity and global perspective ethical, legal, political , historical and social influences using liberal art including biblical...
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...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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...Nursing Research Nursing is often incorrectly regarded as a subset of the medical profession; in reality, the profession of Nursing is a unique, distinct science with its own knowledge base and skillset. In accordance with the requirements of a scientific profession, there is a need for scholarly inquiry and nursing research in order to maintain autonomy and distinction of the Nursing perspective separate from other disciplines. An editorial published in the Journal of Nursing Scholarship noted that “the distinguishing feature of a profession is how its practitioners use knowledge to make a difference” (Hegyvary, 2007). The evidence generated by Nursing scholars influences global health initiatives and policy worldwide. The need for field wide scholarly inquiry, the application of rigorous scientific standards to research, and the importance of stringent ethical and legal protection for research subjects has been the subject of numerous articles, books, and papers. The Nursing Profession has a responsibility to engage in scholarly research for many reasons that will be discussed in depth within this paper. Importance of Nursing Research to the Nursing Profession As noted in the introduction, in order to maintain its status as a unique, autonomous profession, Nursing as a field must continually refine and expand its scientific knowledge base. The AACN position statement summarizes the importance of research to the profession by stating “The essence of a discipline is...
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...Anthropogenic activities can lead to deterioration and degradation of the environment. This can impact human health by reducing life expectancy and increasing infant mortality rate. For example, climate change can lead to flooding and drought, which can impact agricultural yield. Shortage of food or famine can affect the infant mortality rate. Also, human activities that pollute the environment can lead to chronic and acute disease which can affect life expectancy and infant mortality rate of a given population. Infrastructure can impact life expectancy and infant mortality rate. The presence of good infrastructure may aid healthy lifestyle leading to higher life expectancy and lower infant mortality rate. Hence the absence thereof may affect...
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...Reducing Teen Pregnancy and Promoting Health Equity As part of President Obama's Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative (TPPI), CDC is partnering with the federal Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) to reduce teen pregnancy and address disparities in teen pregnancy and childbirth rates. The OASH's Office of Adolescent Health supports public and private groups to fund evidence-based or innovative teen pregnancy prevention programs that are medically accurate and age-appropriate. TPPI is focused on communities with the highest rates, with an emphasis on reaching African American and Hispanic/Latino youth. To reduce teen pregnancy and childbirth rates, programs will need to use broad strategies designed to reach a majority of youth in a community. They also will need to use more intensive strategies that are tailored to reach youth who are at the highest risk. The goals of the TPPI are to Reduce the rates of teen pregnancy and childbirth in priority populations. Increase the number of youth who have access to evidence-based or evidence-informed programs designed to prevent teen pregnancy. Increase links between teen pregnancy prevention programs and community-based clinical services. Educate stakeholders about evidence-based or evidence-informed strategies designed to reduce teen pregnancy and about the needs and resources of the priority communities. Organizations funded through this partnership will address all of these goals. In 2010, CDC provided 5-year...
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...The principal concern of ethics should be a standardized approach; it is how we as public health professionals ought to operate. “Ethics is concerned with establishing the appropriate way to act and reflecting upon the reasons that justify such appropriate action” (Dawson, 2008). The way in which public health professional explain information is key here. Exaggerating risks would increase health awareness and further encourage health-promoting behaviors. However Withholding key information would lead to more inquiries on whether to trust public health professionals. “The ethics of public health are concerned with the ethical dimensions of professionalism and the moral trust that society bestows on public health professionals to act for the...
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