Chapter I The Problem and Its Setting Introduction Health is a fundamental right of every human being. It is a state of integration of the body and mind. An individual who is healthy is able to function maximally. An individual who is healthy is more able to think clearly and logically. A healthy individual is able to perform his work more efficiently than one who is ill. A healthy individual is more productive than who is not. Remaining healthy is one of the major concerns of the people in
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Globalization and Health Research BioMed Central Open Access The health impacts of globalisation: a conceptual framework Maud MTE Huynen*1‚ Pim Martens1‚2‚3 and Henk BM Hilderink4 Address: 1International Centre for Integrative Studies (ICIS)‚ Maastricht University‚ Maasticht‚ The Netherlands‚ 2Faculty of Natural Sciences‚ Open University‚ Heerlen‚ The Netherlands‚ 3Zuyd University‚ Heerlen‚ The Netherlands and 4Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP)‚ Bilthoven‚ the Netherlands
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. Family Assessment and Health Promotion Intervention Concerning Stress Overload The concept of the health is very difficult to define. It means different things to every family. A nurse should understand and recognize each family as unique and accept the definition of each family about health. Loveland-Cherry (2000) suggests that family health is seen as the abilities and resources that are available to a family to accomplish its developmental tasks . If the family is able to perform effectively
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Enabling clients to make choices In this essay I will explain and provide case studies and evidence to show how‚ as a senior officer working in residential care for the elderly‚ I can enable clients to make choices about the care they receive. Most of the client group I work with have a variety of disabilities such as Dementia‚ Parkinson’s disease‚ Diabetes‚ or are stroke victims and as such are extremely vulnerable. As a senior officer working with this client group I am in a position of power
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As mental health nurses‚ we are granted a seemingly disproportionate power and latitude to practise when compared to our colleagues in general nursing. This is due to a number of factors; firstly‚ that mental illness is difficult to define‚ in the eyes of the public it constitutes an intangible wrongness about an individual that cannot be measured or even seen clearly. Due to misrepresentation and scaremongering by the media‚ mental health services are often viewed as taking the role of protecting
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Comprehensive Health Assessment Health assessment is the first step in the nursing process. The purpose of a health assessment is to collect information on patient ’s health status‚ obtain baseline information‚ support system at home‚ evaluate patient environment‚ to discover the actual problem‚ and assess factors that place the patient at increased risk for health problems. Mosby medical dictionary describe health assessment as “an evaluation of the health status of an individual by performing
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THE FIVE –FACTOR MODEL James Baron and David Kreps had given the Five-Factor model‚ which is based on Michael Porter’s Five Forces model of business analysis (Porter‚ 1980). These factors will influence the Competitive Intelligence system in any organization. These factors are External Environment‚ Workforce‚ Organizational Culture and Structure‚ Organizational Strategy‚ and Technology of Production and Organization of Work (Baron & Kreps‚ 1999). Lack of correspondence between any one of these factors
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Heatth Vol. 28‚ No. 1‚ pp. 51-63 © 2005 Uppincott Williams & Wilkins‚ Inc. Health-Promoting Behaviors of Sheltered Homeless Women Meg Wilson‚ PhD‚ RN To expand the body of knowledge and provide further insight into the complex area of homelessness and health‚ health practices of sheltered homeless women were investigated using a crosssectional‚ descriptive‚ and non-experimental design using Pender ’s Health Promotion Model as the theoretical framework. The sample (w = 137) was weU educated‚ mostly
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Michael Plazio HPED 143-008 Internet Reading: Holistic Health 1.) Describe Holistic Health by stating: a) the approach to life associated with it‚ and b) what it emphasizes. a) Holistic Health focuses on a person as a whole and how they interact with the environment around them. b) It emphasizes the connection between a person’s mind‚ body‚ and spirit. 2.) What is the goal of the holistic approach to daily living? The goal is to achieve a state of maximum well-being‚ meaning the body
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Running head: HEALTH PROMOTION Health Promotion in Nursing According to the World Health Organization (WHO)‚ health promotion “enables people to improve control over the determinants of health and as a result to improve their own health‚ and able to make healthy choice” (Denise and Suzanne‚ p. 87). Historically‚ health promotion deal with protecting society from contagious disease‚ such as to providing safe water and reduce environments hazards‚ and treat of preventable disease rather than preventing
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