and attributes of the menu being offered while the soft sell approach is inclined towards the nutritional value gained and often gets to be criticized for the hefty amounts spent for ad campaigns and promotions. * Jared Fogle “The Subway Guy”, first came to media attention in 1999 when Men’s Health magazine did a story on how he became obese by eating junk food and not exercising and then proceeded to lose 245 pounds by eating Subway sandwiches. Fogle is now the face of Subway marketing. He
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Christopher Dorasami The World Health Organization predicts that deaths due to cardiovascular disease (CVD) will increase around the globe from 17 million in 2008 to 25 million in 2030, (WHO,2012). CVDs are defined as all diseases of the circulatory system, including those of congenital origin, (AHA, 2010). Due to their high prevalence, CVDs impose a high social and financial burden on individuals, families and healthcare systems around the world. Surgical procedures like coronary artery bypass
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Introduction Community or public health nursing is a concept intended to shift the focus of the traditional nurse role to a global scope. Nursing practice is based in the art and science of identifying individual patient responses to illness and decreasing patient suffering when possible. Public health nursing expands beyond the individual to explore causative health related factors both negative and positive within the community, while developing processes to alleviate suffering while
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Need Hierarchy Theory for Job Satisfaction One of the most widely mentioned theories of motivation is the hierarchy of needs theory put forth by psychologist Abraham Maslow. Maslow saw human needs in the form of a hierarchy, ascending from the lowest to the highest, and he concluded that when one set of needs is satisfied, this kind of need ceases to be a motivator. As per his theory these needs are: • Physiological needs These are important needs for sustaining the human life. Food, water
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Heart Health Program (MHHP)? Please describe the details of this program. During 1980s, the MHHP research conducted for primary prevention of coronary heart disease and stroke. This program was a community trial of prevention methods in three upper Midwestern communities with three matched comparison communities. This intervention program took 5-6 years, and used individual and community-wide health education to decrease population risk. The hypothesis for this program was that after the health promotion
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have the great effect on reducing cancer from the use of tobacco use we should tax Efforts to prevent the onset or continuance of tobacco use face the pervasive, countervailing influence of tobacco promotion by the tobacco industry, a promotion that takes place despite overwhelming evidence of adverse health effects from tobacco use. This approached is to reduce tobacco use in, educational, clinical, regulatory, economic, and comprehensive–differ
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occupation in our country today. Healthcare is constantly growing and evolving. Registered Nurses are a vital part of the existence of all communities. Nurses are required not only at inpatient hospital settings, but in schools, offices, community health settings, nursing homes, administration, and the list goes on! Despite both baccalaureate and associate prepared nurses taking the same board exam to practice nursing, educational advancement can contribute to the care of patients in all of these
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Page 1 The World Health Organisation (World Health Organisation, 2008) states that the indigenous peoples of Australia are one of the most disadvantaged indigenous groups in the developed world. The health of the Indigenous population of Australia is an increasingly pressing issue. Current research and statistics reveals great inequality in many areas of health care and health status between the Aboriginal people and the general population of Australia. Couzos and Murray (2008, p. 29) report that
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understanding the mental health benefits of physical activity improve the wellbeing of individuals and the communities in which they live”. As individuals, we are all privy to an abundance of knowledge and education as to the importance of fitness and physical activity in order to maintain good physical health. However, most of us are unaware of the impact engaging in regular physical activity can have as a positive measure in the maintenance of good mental health. The choices we make regards
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Health disparities are not uncommon to those of a lower socioeconomic, racial or ethnic group. At increasing and alarming numbers, the minority population are hit the greatest. It is a major challenge each group faces in their daily lives. Programs such as Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) was put in place to end health gaps in the United States. REACH tailors specifically toward the African-America/Black, American Indians, Hispanics/Latinos, Asian Americans, Alaska Natives
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