* 77% did not use birth control pills or Depo-Provera to prevent pregnancy the last time they had sex * 14% had had sex with four or more people during their life * An estimated 8,300 young people aged 13–24 years in the 40 states reporting to CDC had HIV infection in 2009 * Nearly half of the 19 million new STDs each year are among young people aged 15–24 years Nursing Diagnosis: Risk of STD infection related to lack of knowledge of STD prevention as evidenced by teenager sexual
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States population and consists of people of African American, Sub-Saharan African or Afro-Caribbean decent. It is the second largest minority population. The current health status of this minority group is continuing to get worse. Although the diagnostic technology and research studies have been advancing from year to year, the equity of health and well being has a long way to go. Healthy People 2020 notes that “Health disparities adversely affect groups of people who have systematically experienced
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communities. Eating well, no smoking, immunization, screening tests, seeing doctors when we are sick, good food and relationships. (HP 2020 data)The social determinants, these includes (1) Personal income, like if the income is low, it will affect the daily living. (2)social support (3)Education ;for example, the more educated you are the more you are likely to live healthy life style.(4) Employment; like if one is employed, it will determine the geographical location of that individual. (5) working conditions;
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education in all levels. Besides that, free tertiary education can boost the education sector in our country. There will be more opportunities provided for the youths to further their studies in higher education which will also enhanced the healthy competition among students to enroll into universities. The higher education institutions in our country will compete with each other to provide the best facilities and services to the students for their convenience. Moreover, free tertiary
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quality health services in addition to access to health services (Healthy People, 2016). Access to health service is directly addressed by Healthy People 2020 as a determinant of health and includes quality of health services by way of a number of subject matters (Healthy People, 2016). The health status of an individual is greatly affected by the absence of access to health services and by restricted access to health services (Healthy People, 2016). For instance, individuals who do not have health coverage
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Application of Community Health and Population Focused Nursing VWT Task 1 Cassidi Roberts Western Governors University Community Health and Population Focused Nursing Rated number one for the best place to live in America, McKinney, Texas is “unique by nature” As one of the fastest growing cities in the US, McKinney has a current population of more than 149,000, located 30 miles north of Dallas and is the seat of Collin County. McKinney offers rolling hills, lush trees, a historic downtown
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2013 Different Levels of Health Promotion Being Used to Reduce Obesity in the U.S. (O’Donnell, 1987, p. 4) has defined health promotion as “the science and art of helping people change their lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health.” It is very rare to find a person that states that they do not want to be healthy but a large portion of the population chooses lifestyles that causes preventable illness and disease. Obesity in the U.S. is an ever-increasing problem and has become the main
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forget how truly lucky we are to have such an abundance of health services so readily available to us. On average every American visits the doctor (checkup, hospital stay or emergency services) 4 times per year, with some people (in their 20’s and 30’s) go less often and some people (infants and elderly) go much more frequently (Graham, 2008). Because of this tremendous need of health care for every American the National health care spending amount is quite high and continues to grow. Current Level
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time for me. They gave me suggestions and ideas and talked to me about the best approach for teaching my community would be receptive to. A poster board was discussed and decided upon after discussing the other options. They explained that most people in this learning group would not sit through a powerpoint and enjoy talking and telling their stories so with a poster-board they can browse and talk and pick up little take-aways. The nurse did explain that my local hospital that most of our community
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remains with them into adulthood. It is important to implement prevention programs as well as getting a better understanding for children to help control the obesity epidemic. To better respond to this issues and those similar to it, Healthy People 2020 has been promoting healthy choices that parent can make to help lower the risks of obesity in the children. There are many agencies that are responsible for addressing and managing the affect of obesity in children. The Department of transportation and the
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