Introduction In this assignment the author will explore Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and the role of the community nurse. The author will explore the assessment‚ challenges and role of the community nurse in order to gain a better understanding of Community Health Nursing. The following is the case study to which the assignment will be based: Liam Byrne is an 8-year-old boy who lives with his parents Elaine and Michael and his two siblings Fiona aged 4 years and Deirdre aged 6 years. They
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1. Define public health PG.6 What we as a society collectively do to ensure that conditions exist in which people can be healthy. Mission in public health is to generate organized community effort to address the pubic interest in health by applying scientific and technological knowledge to prevent disease and promote health. Examples: access to care‚ healthy food‚ clean water and air‚ roof overhead. 2. Contrast medical vs. public health impact on the gains in life span years Medical:
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people’s health status. Socioeconomic differences in health exist all over the world; they tend to be larger in the United States than in other countries. Socioeconomic factors are important factors of both life span and freedom from disease and disability. A lack of health-promoting care and services in many racially and economically segregated communities provides a partial explanation for the link between residential segregation and the lack of physical wellbeing. Living in communities that lack
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1). What is community organizing? Community organizing is when communities are helped to identify common problem or goals‚ mobilize resources‚ and in other ways develop and implement strategies for reaching their goals they have collectively set. 2). What are the assumptions (identified by Ross) under which organizers work when bringing a community together to solve a problem? There are seven assumptions that were outline by Ross. 1) Communities of people can develop the capacity to deal with their
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PUBLIC HEALTH Health is the word used to describe how your body feels. Being healthy is important because it makes you feel good and live longer. The field of health psychology is focused on promoting health as well as the prevention and treatment of disease and illness. Health psychologists also focus on understanding how people react‚ cope and recover from illness. Some health psychologists work to improve the health care system and the government ’s approach to health care policy. Health
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is HCA 340 Week 4 S.W.O.T. (Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities‚ Threats) in this pack. Health Care - General Health Care S.W.O.T. (Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities‚ Threats) . For this assignment‚ you will apply the S.W.O.T. Situational Planning Strategy introduced in Chapter 5 of your course text‚ based upon the following: Situation: You are the C.E.O. of Community South Medical Center‚ a large‚ urban for-profit healthcare facility. This institution has comprehensive health services
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INTRODUCTION Cervical cancer is a major public health problem‚ as it is the second most common cancer in women world-wide after breast cancer. Cervical cancer is a common type of malignancy accounting for about 6% of all cancers found in women. It is a disease in which cancerous cells develop in the uterine cervix (this is the connecting passage between the uterus and vagina). The human papillomaviruses are the principal cause of most cervical cancers. The peak incidence of cervical cancer occurs
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Edwards et al. BMC Public Health 2010‚ 10:200 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/10/200 STUDY PROTOCOL Study protocol Open Access Assessing the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of adaptive e-Learning to improve dietary behaviour: protocol for a systematic review Phil Edwards*1‚ Lambert Felix1‚ Jody Harris1‚ Elaine Ferguson1‚ Caroline Free1‚ Jane Landon2‚ Karen Lock3‚ Susan Michie4‚ Alec Miners5 and Elizabeth Murray6 Abstract Background: The composition of habitual diets is associated
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origins of public health (P1‚P2‚M1) P1 There are different types of key aspects to public health strategies; monitoring health status‚ indentifying health needs‚ developing programs‚ controlling communicable disease and promoting health of the population. Monitoring health status involves monitoring any health changes in the population and letting people know of any problems that can arise. There are a lot of different people involved in health work‚ these people help with monitoring health status;
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PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGIES Public Health is protecting and improving the health of populations through education advertising of healthy lifestyles‚ and research for disease and injury prevention. Monitoring the health status of the population Explanation: monitoring the health status of a population helps to discover emerging forms of illness and disease and provides information to inform policy and planning of health services. This section reports on health-related quality of life (including self-rated
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