areas besides health. Health outcomes are evaluated by health indicators (World Health Organization, 1998). Health indicators are a single measure, represented quantitatively, that encapsulates an important aspect of health, such as the amount people suffering from a chronic disease. It also captures a variety of health determinants such as income, or the important aspects of the health care system, such as the proportion of patients who revisit the hospital for additional care following previous
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Estimated Time Teaching Will Last: 30minutes Location of Teaching: Child care Center Supplies, Material, Equipment Needed: Laptop computer, Samples of healthy and unhealthy foods Estimated Cost: Nothing Community and Target Aggregate: Children, Parents and teachers Topic: Child Obesity Epidemiological Rationale for Topic (statistics related to topic): Most of the children I see in my neighborhood are obese. So teaching them at an early stage is the best idea so that they will grow
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Health Promotion Plan Marie St. Fort NSG4075 Holistic Professional Nursing Kathryn Sagess, PhD, PNP-ARNP Nova Southeastern University Thesis Statement and Introduction Despite the many services Delray Beach offers to residents, there are still major health concerns. This major concerns call for an effective health promotion plan to address the lack of adequate assistance to low-income pregnant women and their families. This plan will allow one to make a great impact in healthcare, attests
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Obesity Trends. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html 2012. Mellissa’s Story [My 600 Pound Life]. TLC (2010, February 22). Obesity timebomb: Eight in 10 men will be overweight by 2020. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved from www.health.am Melissa wakes up around seven or eight a.m. and turns on the television. Her breakfast that her husband has left for her is on the nightstand next to the bed; three egg McMuffins, a sausage
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India’s demographic advantage Contents S.no | particular | Page no. | 1 | introduction | | 2 | Stricture of India’s workforce | | 3 | Possible Indian workforce structure by 2020 | | 4 | Comparison of India’s workforce with china china’s workforce | | 5 | Advantages of India’s Demographic Dividend * Cheap labor * Exporting labor force to other countries * Inflow of foreign currency * More Business Activities
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develop writing skills. You will research a topic related to health and wellness. You will develop an educational health promotion project geared toward a specific population, for example, asthma in elementary school children. Choose one of the Healthy People 2020 topic areas. You will have the opportunity to enhance your written communication skills by writing an APA format paper summarizing an approved scholarly article. Course Outcomes This assignment enables the student to meet the following
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to a study from 2009-2010, 35.7% of the population is obese (Ogdan, Carroll, & Kit, 2012). Obesity has been associated with a variety of diseases and has a high mortality and morbidly rate among every population in the world. One of the Healthy People 2020 initiatives is to reduce the number of obese Americans. The Surgeon General estimates that 300,000 deaths a year in the United States alone, can be linked to obesity ("Overweight and Obesity: Health Consequences", 2013). Often seen as a social
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hard to restore it to what it was. We need to consider our well being, as well as all the other organisms that we share the earth with. We use biodiversity all the time, whether it is direct or indirect. In order for us to live happy and healthy, we need a healthy ecosystem and it is our job to preserve it as much as possible so we can have functional communities or living organisms. When we lack biodiversity, our ecosystems become unstable, which in turn makes them more vulnerable to disasters and
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Community Health C229 1 ! ! ! ! ! ! CKA Task 1 Sharon Wiggins Western Governors University ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Community Health C229 ! ! Date Spent ! ! 6/19/15 ! 6/19/15 ! 6/19/15 ! 6/29-7/2 ! 7/11/15 1200-1700 ! 8/30/15 1100-1600 ! 9/4/15 1100-1200 ! ! 9/9-10/15 0800-1700 0800-1200 ! ! Fieldwork Study Activity Location and Contact Time Windshield Survey Dakota County, Minnesota 10 Cultural
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Diabetes Speaker Notes Slide 2- This presentation will discuss the goals of Healthy People 2020 with the focus of the presentation on Diabetes. It will define diabetes and the age groups affected by the illness. We will discuss the reason the Red Group felt this focus area was important. The presentation will identify ways to enhance or optimize diabetic health. Health disparities among different populations in the United States will be discussed. Community resources will be identified for
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