By obesity being on the rise and becoming an increasing epidemic, it has been a concern in many communities like my own. Many organizations within communities have been finding ways to better combat obesity. The risk of being obese can lead to other chronic diseases which, if treated, can increase health cost to prolong life or increase the mortality rate. With an interest, my proposed program will be to implement a preventive obesity initiative in Somerset County, New Jersey that targets children
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How would your city or state handle an outbreak of a deadly disease? Do you feel like your state is well prepared for an outbreak? Terrorism is something that we have been dealing with for a long time and we still face to this day. While their are different types of terrorism some are worse than others but one of the worst forms is bioterrorism. Bioterrorism where they release toxic biological agents into the world that could kill you. Bioterrorism has been around for hundreds of years and has caused
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Throughout the world, a new virus struck a country causing the spread of the disease. Ebola is an upcoming problem that most countries are trying to prevent. The virus consist of parts in Africa that is spreading through the country. Without knowing, Ebola has traveled to the United States causing eruption of terror. A few cases now of Ebola are active but have been treated. Even though caution is advised for individuals from Africa to travel to different countries, self-belief portrays the allowance
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Obesity has slowly become a problem in the United States along with other countries across the world. The average weight of Americans has increased thirty pounds in just forty years. If the government does not step in and take control of this situation then who will? According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the average male stands tall at five feet eight inches while weighing in at 195.5 pounds. The CDC listed female’s average height as five feet three inches weighing in
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Introduction Diseases have become a threat to the life in the current society. Many strange sicknesses have emerged which continues to interfere with the life of people. In response to this Healthy People 2020 which is standard framework was established in America. Healthy People 2020 is a plan to benchmark and monitor health progress for ten years from 2010 when it was established. The plan ensures collaboration among various sectors and also sets the expected standard against which performance
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How Measles Can Be Eliminated. A decade ago measles killed 777,000 worldwide. Measles is one of the most deadly diseases within the population of infants and toddlers but is also big within the adult population as well. It can be completely eliminated with a 3 step plan. This 3 step plan includes mandatory vaccination, providing a vaccine for teenagers and young adults, and screening for measles. Measles is a huge threat to everybody in the United States. The declining rate of vaccination in Millennials
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Roughly between 10 million and 17 million people in America are believed to be affected by lipedema. Source http://lipedemaproject.org/ It is typically misdiagnosed or dismissed as obesity, because it is a condition that is poorly understood; very little is known about how and why the condition develops in individuals. This lack of knowledge, in part, have led some in the medical community to be dismissive of the symptoms of lipedema and simply conclude that the condition is a result of excess
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1. Primary Prevention/Health Promotion I think this Heath promotion would be a good topic for Lanham due to in our paper, we indicated Lanham's high rate of HIV/Asthma /Obesity and many uninsured residences. We can focus on 1) good nutrition programs, 2) physical activites and fitness 3) routine physical exams and/or 4) immunization. I think there is a wealth of information out there on these preventions. Plus if falls under Healthy People 2020. What do you guys think? I agree with HIV in teenager
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Identify a Healthy People 2020 objective applicable to a population or aggregate to which you, your family member, or your assessment community belongs, such as adult Asian women, urban African-American adult men, or teenage athletes. Do you think the objective is attainable? Why or why not? What can you do as a community health nurse to assist the United States in reaching this goal? In searching for objectives for young adult women, I came across a variety of pertinent objectives for the population
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Technology and Healthcare Technology and Healthcare Throughout history there have been individuals that have collected and used data to improve the health of communities. With the advent of computers there has been a greater development of how this data on disease outbreaks are tracked and handled. The use of information technology in healthcare has created faster tracking and monitoring systems used to study emerging disease outbreaks such as SARS, influenza, HIV and even bioterroism attacks
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