2012). Define Community Health Community health is defined as an ongoing series of changes that promote health (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012). The changes occur within the community between the nurse and the community. Community health has three components. The status of the community, the structure, and the process of the community. The status of the community includes morbidity and mortality rates as well as risk factor profiles. The structure of community health is the services and resources
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Health Campaign Tracie Caffee HCS/535 Concepts of Population Health September 26, 2011 Jean Ha Health Campaign According to (Dolinsky, Siega-Riz, Perrin & Armstrong, 2011). Childhood obesity is one of the most challenging problems facing pediatricians today. The increasing incidence of childhood obesity raised concern in 1990, when it was claimed that obesity had reached epidemic proportions. It was estimated that 18 million children under the age of five, worldwide were classified as
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Health Promotion 1 Literature Review Bressy Thomas Grand Canyon University Health Promotion 2
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accessing health care. The past several decades have consistently shown higher rates of poverty, mortality, and limited access to a primary health care provider in rural areas. With the recent economic downturn, there is potential for an increase in many of the healthcare disparities and access concerns that are already elevated in rural communities. High poverty rates and job loss in the current economic recession highlight the challenges of accessing health care and rising health care costs
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Some believe health care to be a fundamental right while others consider it a privilege. Consider how you and your family utilize health care resources. Is access to health care a fundamental right that you exercise or a privilege earned? This topic strikes a sharp chord with me. Our family has insurance thankfully. Our family utilizes preventative medicine such as immunizations, dental cleanings and monitoring, and check-ups for my children at the pediatrician. My husband also has to have yearly
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the sixth-largest consumer health company, and the world fifth-largest biologic company. Johnson & Johnson claims the title of the world’s largest and most diverse of medical devices and Diagnostics Company. This company is notorious for running many initiatives in the hopes of helping others and their well beings. For example, in September 2011 J&J announced the launch of every mother, every child, a comprehensive, five year, private-sector effort to improve the health of woman and children in developing
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Community health nurses treat communities through the application of the nursing process. The process is community focused rather than treating the individual. Phase one begins with identifying a community. Phase two is the assessment phase consisting of data collection, interpretation, and analysis. The collection of direct data may be done through focus groups, interviews, observation, and windshield surveys. Denver, Colorado was the focus of my windshield survey, and I saw more in one day
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Public Health Timeline Before the American Public Health Association was founded people would often die from simple infections. These same infections are currently easily prevented or cure able. Poor sanitation and lack of education destroyed families and economically damaged communities. Simple education; like proper hand washing has saved countless people from untimely death. The American Public Health Association was founded by Dr. Stephen Smith in 1872. (The History of the world, 2012).
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Obesity Presentation Welcome to this presentation on childhood obesity, a very vulnerable population. In the next 20 minutes, based on the health issue of childhood obesity that is identified in the selected community setting from the Neighborhood, the team will introduce an innovative program that will target this major health issue and improve the health of this population. In this presentation, the Healthy People 2020 indicator will be referred as it relates to childhood obesity and contributes
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There is a very tiny town in another state that has been making international news regarding the lack of medical care being administered by the State prison complex’s and received by the inmates. While researching the demographics of Florence, Arizona, including five different prison complexes, the focus of attention will be the needs of the inmates for appropriate healthcare. This includes researching how the population of the state prisons is affecting the quality of healthcare the inmates receive
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