Health Psychology Paper 2: Options Written by: Chris Ting 13H Health Psychology Table of Contents Stress .............................................................................................................................. 3 Substance abuse‚ addictive behavior and obesity ....................................................... 21 Health Promotion......................................................................................................... 35 Page 2 Health
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Smoking causes a wide range of serious health problems – including lung cancer‚ heart disease‚ and strokes – and frequently results in premature disability and death. To make matters worse‚ kids can start becoming seriously addicted to smoking very quickly‚ just weeks or even days after first “experimenting” with 1 cigarettes. What’s more‚ smoking can harm kids well before they reach adulthood by causing a number 2 of immediate‚ sometimes irreversible‚ health risks and problems. Right now‚ about one
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CONCEPT OF HEALTH PROMOTION 8.0 INTRODUCTION/IDENTIFICATION OF CONCEPT Considerable differences appear in the literature regarding the use of the term health; wellness; health promotion; primary‚ secondary‚ and tertiary prevention; health protection; and illness prevention. These differences are confusing to both health professionals and the consumers of health care services. Authors in nursing and the health care field present different definitions of health promotion and primary prevention and offer
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Political‚ legal and ethical health promotion considerations There are various political considerations involved in health promotion for the patient. The main issue that is seen at the facility that I am located at is the allocation of resources for wound care treatment. It is extremely difficult to provide patients with the supplies needed due to the recent cut backs over the past years in reimbursement from Medicare and Medicaid. Since these cutbacks have taken effect‚ it is very difficult
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This essay is to discuss the statement: ‘Infection prevention is every healthcare professional’s responsibility’. In order to identify the healthcare professional’s responsibility the author will be drawing from three different sources including documents from the Department of Health‚ the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s code of conduct and the Royal College of Nursing. After this‚ the essay will talk about two different practises that healthcare professionals can use to break the chain of infection
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helping to kill infection‚ where as they are making the disease much worse. Physiology (refers to how the components of the Immune System normally work together; their function) 2. How are the immune cells involved responding? As a result‚ what affect (symptoms) is this having on the body? Health/Medical Consequences 3. What are the short and long term health consequences associated? How is the quality of life affected? Public Health Issues 4. What are some of the possible economic and/or
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Steps in Cancer Prevention Sherri Joiner 156 08-02-2012 Farrah Hilton Steps in Cancer Prevention Cancer Preventions “Cancer” is a word that no one wants to hear when presenting to a doctor’s office or as a diagnosis for any family members. It is not one disease‚ but many diseases that affect many Americans each day. It is non-discriminatory and can affect anyone from infants to adults. According to “The National Cancer Institute” (n.d.)‚ there will be an estimated
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Health Promotion for the Mastectomy Patient The focus of this paper is on the journey of a 44-year-old woman diagnosed with breast cancer‚ recovering from a mastectomy. The patient’s health will be explored using Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns and the Determinants of Health. Pre and post admission‚ different health related strategies‚ and resources will also be discussed. Client Description The patient in question is a fictional character that has been used with discretion from the creator
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Eliminating Barriers within Communities of the United States Healthcare access is the ability for an individual to obtain needed medical services. This is important in order to attain health equity and to increase everyone’s quality of life (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services‚ 2014). Unfortunately‚ many people in the U.S have no health insurance and due to this lack health care access. In 2012 15.4% of Americans lack health insurance (Pear‚ 2013). Among the many without health insurance
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Addiction “Addiction is not a disease of will power. It’s a disease of instinct. It lives in the part of the brain that tells you to breathe.” Addiction is a brain disease that affects and starts to control your limbic system which is located in the brain. When this happens your brain is tricked into believing that the substance and or object you’re addicted to is a necessity and when not taken can cause people to forget how to act with morals. Yet‚ most people almost always link addiction to drug
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