Nutrition: A Handbook for Community Nurses JUDY BUTTRISS SARA STANNER AMANDA WYNNE WHURR PUBLISHERS Nutrition A Handbook for Community Nurses This page intentionally left blank Nutrition A Handbook for Community Nurses JUDY BUTTRISS PhD, SRD, RPHNutr Science Director, British Nutrition Foundation AMANDA WYNNE BSc, MSc, PGDipDiet, SRD and SARA STANNER BSc(Hons), MSc, RPHNutr Nutrition Scientist British Nutrition Foundation SERIES EDITOR MARILYN EDWARDS BSC(Hons), SRN
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Introduction Obesity in children is a major health issue affecting the Australian population with approximately 1 in 4 children being overweight or obese (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2013). It represents a major health and economic burden costing Australia around $58 billion in 2008 (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2010). When assessing this issue from a public health perceptive, it is important to consider how obesity can affect the children in our society and the health complications
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Disease Trends and the Delivery of Health Care Services HCA/240 December 1, 2013 Lorie Larson Diabetes is not only a disease, it is a deadly disease. Countless number of people has died from this disease worldwide, and many of which died right here in the United States of America. Learning about diabetes and getting tested early will definitely help with the number of expected cases and death. Being aware of this deadly disease and trends has definitely impacted our society in a good way
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clinical issues? 10. What services do you think should be added? 11. What other models and theories are represented in the programs? 12. How does this type of work influence your life? The Minnesota AIDS Project The need for HIV awareness and support is greatly needed as nationally, someone is diagnosed with HIV every 30
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cultural ideas and the distinct social expectation from male and female. This is different from sex which focuses on differences based on the biological composition of the body for example reproductive function and certain characteristics for instance breast development (Johnson, 2000). According to The World Health Organisation (WHO) (2012), gender is defined as behaviours and activities that the society considers as appropriate for male and female: this is a social construction. Berger and Luckmann
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S. economy) Marketing Functions * Product/ Service management: Designing, developing, maintaining, improving, and acquiring products or services so they meet needs * Nike has decided to produce pink running shoes in support of breast cancer awareness. Which function of marketing is this? Product/ service management. * Distribution (place): Determining the best way to get a company’s products or services to the consumer. * Getting the materials to the manufacturing plant, Where
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Another Facebook fan page I would like to talk about is the fan page of Groupon Hong Kong. I think it cannot effectively act as an advertising tool and build relation with audiences and visitors. First, the fan page cannot efficiently build awareness among target audiences. The fan page of Groupon has 7 years of development, it was set up in 2007 and already got 11,892,526 likes on its fan page. It seems that the fan page of Groupon is popular, but that’s is not the truth. After searching the
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science of helping people to change their lifestyles to move toward a state of optimal health. Patients need to become motivated to reach this goal with the assistance of nursing care, nursing diagnoses, and nursing goals to strengthen their personal awareness, motivation, skill-building, and personal support systems to find this positive place in their own lives and healthcare. This change of health promotion is a joint effort between the patient, their families, their community, private supports through
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Hepatitis B is a global health problem, it is a liver infection that can cause serious complications and is potentially life threatening arising from the Hepatitis B virus (HBV). This paper will provide an overview of hepatitis B, including demographic information, determinants of health, the epidemiological triangle, the role of the community health nurse and a national organization that addresses the communicable disease. Hepatitis B is an infection of the liver caused by HBV; the infection
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global health care industry is valued at $ 2.8 tn. The market for health tourism is estimated to be $67 bn, growing at a rate 20% per annum. It can be divided into three broad segments: 1. Surgeries like orthopedic surgery, heart by-pass surgery, cancer therapy, eye surgery, organ transplantation. 2. Plastic surgery or cosmetic surgery. 3. Health spas, weight loss exercise centers, hot springs and holistic treatment including wellness therapies. Different countries have become preferred
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