Annals of Internal Medicine Clinical Guidelines Screening Mammography in Women 40 to 49 Years of Age: A Systematic Review for the American College of Physicians Katrina Armstrong, MD, MSCE; Elizabeth Moye, BA; Sankey Williams, MD; Jesse A. Berlin, ScD; and Eileen E. Reynolds, MD Background: The risks and benefits of mammography screening among women 40 to 49 years of age remain an important issue for clinical practice. Purpose: To evaluate the evidence about the risks and benefits of mammography
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Public health is an expansive discipline encompassing a vast array of issues and policies. Yet it carries within it a distinctly noble mission. The Future of Public Health defines it as “Organized community efforts to ensure conditions in which people can be healthy. Activities that society undertakes to prevent, identify, and counter threats to the health of the public. “ Therefore in fewer words, its mission is simply to protect its namesake, the public’s health. Many noble individuals have contributed
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potentially lead to many health issues for an individual but can also be transmitted to others. If this illness is identified in a particular community the health care professionals to include the community nurse should be able to analyze the epidemiology, cause and manifestations of the disease, as well as the mode of transmission. The educated community nurse should have the knowledge base to deal with the outbreak of SARS. In order to meet the community needs as it relates to a communicable
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Activity No. 1 Interview a community health nurse using the questioner on community health nursing. Additionally, request the community health nurse to accomplish the checklist on the awareness of the roles and functions of a community health nurse. QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE As a Community Health Nurse, please answer the questions as briefly and candidly as possible. 1. What are some difficulties/problems that you have encountered in the performance of your roles/duties
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Hepatitis B: An Epidemic The World Health Organization defines epidemiology as “the study of the distribution and determinants of health- related states or events, and the application of the study to the control of diseases and other health problems” (CDC, 2014). Determinates of health are “the circumstances in which people are born, live, work and age as well as the systems put in place to deal with illness”. The communicable disease chain is a model beneficial to integrating the many concepts
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Donna Williams Public Health Practice (Rotation) May/21/2014 Bi-Weekly Report Currently I’m employed with the Division of Disease Control and Health Division Department and have been assigned to explore the Arbovirus Surveillance System. For the past two weeks I’ve been collecting and analyzing data on the Arbovirus Surveillance programs, comparing statistics from Florida (FLEHS) with data available from the CDC/USGS Disease Maps and Statistical data collected worldwide. The Arbovirus surveillance
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Health Promotion in Nursing Practice 1 Health Promotion in Nursing Practice Amber Rose Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V July 25, 2014 Health Promotion in Nursing Practice 2 A wise man once said, “To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.” (Brainy Quotes, 2011). Buddha’s idea of taking control of ones health is the very idea behind health promotion. Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase
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Title Name: Institutional Affiliation: Holism will refer to the idea that the system, physical and biological, should be viewed as one whole collection of parts. The way humans relate to the environment is a big determinant of the overall holistic health. Proven theories have shown that humans are not separate from the surrounding environment. We can check the relation of humans to the environment from three fundamental perspectives. It can take physical, chemical, or biological approaches. Chemical
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE Public Health Management Infectious Disease At what risks are the people of the United States and its government if the International Agencies control infectious disease in increasing countries? There are many people today at risk of infectious diseases than ever in our history. Infectious disease is an ongoing worldwide issue and requires much needed attention. A nation’s resources can be weakening because of an infectious disease. And emerging nations
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Epidemiology Name: Institution: Course: Tutor: Date: Abstract Descriptive epidemiology is based on two important premises which are central in the field. The first premise states that disease does not occur in isolation. Secondly, patterns of disease occurrence are placed under three important categories of person, place and time. This paper seeks to build understanding on the three areas by giving relevant examples where they are applied.
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