Family Health Assessment Karen Youngblood Grand Canyon University February 02, 2012 Family Health Assessment Gordon’s functional health patterns is a method developed by Marjorie Gordon in 1987 proposed functional health patterns as a guide establishing a comprehensive nursing data base(Kriegler & Harton, 1992). Gordon’s11 functional health patterns are; health perception/ health management, nutrition, pattern of elimination, activity/ excerise, cognitive, sleep/ rest, self perception/
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Introduction Local health departments (LHDs) play a central function in ensuring important public health services. Geographic information system (GIS) technology offers shows potential resources for LHDs to recognize geographic gaps connecting areas of necessitate and the reach of public health services. They explored how great LHDs possibly will better bring up to date planning and investments by using GIS based methodologies to bring into line community needs and health outcomes with public health programs
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Heritage and Health November 10, 2012 Heritage and Health Three families one each being of Caucasian, Hispanic and Thai cultures have been explored using the Health Assessment Tool. This paper compares health traditions of these families of different cultures and discusses how understanding an individual’s culture leads to better relationships which allow health maintenance and promotion to be more effective. Let us start by defining
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HERITAGE ASSESSMENT GRAND CANYON UNVERSITY FAMILY-CENTERED HEALTH PROMOTION NRS-429V-0506 February 13, 2015 HERITAGE ASSESSMENT America having been a very welcoming nation with welcoming people continues to experience immigrants from other parts of the world in search of better living standards and employment opportunities, hence has a high growing population with diverse cultures .This writer is a new immigrant from Africa .For that reason it is important for nurses to learn the health practices
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is not always accurate. According to Healthy People 2020 (2017), this nation’s mental illness numerically is a high liability among the immense list of diseases and mental disorders and are a large proportion of the premier forms of disability and health disparities affecting the adult population at an increasingly distressing rate. Objectives MHMD-1, MHMD-4, MHMD-4.2, and MWS-9 target goals such as maintaining a healthy weight, and nutrition while increasing physical activity, lessening or bringing
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Our discussions have lead us to this particular community due to the association of violence to sexual abuse. This particular city has an increased rate of violence and incarceration rates and we would like to examine this correlation between the abuse on the children of the community. This precise assessment of the community investigates the perception of its quality of life and it will assess in the improvement of the overall health of the community. Unfortunately, the city of Newark suffers from
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physician and counselor addressing all aspects of life including mental health, referrals for medication management and other community based support. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program: PRP services children, adolescents and adults by assigning each client a family service coordinator based upon the clients need and personality traits. The FSC provides one-on-one assistance via mobile treatment in the home, community or OMHC. The family service coordinator navigates the client through improving
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Cultural Competency Assessment Cultural Competency Assessment Cultural competency is a combination of attitudes, behaviors, and policies that creates a system within an organization or among groups. It allows people to work together effectively in cross-cultural, diverse situations. Culture is the pattern of behaviors that includes a person’s actions, thoughts, communications, beliefs, values, language, and institutions of social, ethnic, racial, and religious groups. Competence determines whether
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Community Health and Population Focused Nursing Community Assessment Western Governor’s University Mary Piersanti Identification of Community The city of Gilbert, AZ lies southeast of the metropolitan area of Phoenix, AZ. Gilbert has a population of 229,972 residents. The city of Gilbert is in the county of Maricopa. Land area is 43 square miles with approximately 5,354 residents per square mile. The metro area of Phoenix, AZ (including Gilbert and it’s other suburban areas) is known for
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Community Assessment Danielle Clark Western Governors Community and Population Health SZT1 Task 1 January 23, 2014 Community Assessment A1: Community Description and Data Presentation Hemet is a small community located in southern California within Riverside County. Hemet is at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains. It is 87 miles southeast from Los Angeles and 86 miles northeast from San Diego. Perfectly placed with a small drive to beautiful forestry in one direction and the Pacific
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