Health Promotion Plan for African American Adults at Risk for Coronary Heart Disease Community Nursing: NUR 3634 Abstract Coronary heart disease affects a disproportionate amount of African Americans (CDC‚ 2010a)‚ yet there are modifiable risk factors that can reduce the risk of this disease. These modifiable risk factors include high blood pressure and high cholesterol. This health promotion plan involves a community-based strategy that targets African Americans by offering primary and
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Professional learning communities‚ PLCs‚ what are they? This question was the focus of Chapter 1‚ Clarity Precedes Competence. The chapter clearly states the characteristics‚ assumptions‚ challenges‚ and the needs of a PLC. According to Dufour and Fullan (2013)‚ there are three big ideas that are essential to the PLC: 1. A relentless focus on learning for all students 2. A collaborative culture and collective effort to support students and adult learning 3. A results orientation to improve practice
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A Community Development Project “Men Don’t Talk Face To Face‚ They Talk Shoulder To Shoulder.” Mick Osborne Athy CDP Worker Introduction: “I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live‚ it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die‚ for the harder I work the more I live.” George Bernard Shaw Nobel Prize Winner A Men’s Shed‚ in the Community Development
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Professional learning communities provides opportunities to have meaningful collaboration. The PLC permits teachers to work together to learn about and focus on a topic‚ collect and analyze data and provide an emotionally safe place where teachers are free to take risks‚ which helps build a strong community. The stakeholders that should be included in this conversation should be the teacher and her PLC team‚ the instructional coach‚ and the school leader. The school leader should hold a constructive
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written proposal outlining a project based on community development principles to assess and address health inequalities within a particular community. Health inequalities are likely to affect different population groups in a variety of ways. Certain groups of people and particular factors are linked to an increased risk of experiencing health problems. Commentators such as McKeown (1979) have made the case that medicine has a small impact as a determinant of health. Others have also argued that
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"Community development is a structured intervention that gives communities greater control over the conditions that affect their lives. This does not solve all the problems faced by a local community‚ but it does build up confidence to tackle such problems as effectively as any local action can. Community development works at the level of local groups and organisations rather than with individuals or families. The range of local groups and organisations representing communities at local level
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Discourse CommunityI want to discuss about the Buddhist Community. It is the group of people who follows‚worships‚ and believes in Lord Budhha who is known as the Light of Asia. This communitybelieves in peace of the world. They connect their feelings of love‚ joy‚ happiness‚ sorrows withany other people by peace. Anyone can participate in the Buddhist community but there are somebasic things to learn about this community: Anapanasati (Pali)‚ Anatta‚ Beginner’s mind‚Bhikkhu‚ Bhikkhuni‚ Bodhi‚ Bodhi
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Community partners are those who work in groups to provide for the needs of the communities through service learning partnerships. Strengthening communities as well as set roles for each member of the group and plan to address the needs‚ the goals of the community they allocate in. The community partner with whom I worked was with the VCU Rice River Center. The VCU Rice River Center is a huge importance in expanding the environmental knowledge as well as preserving the health of our natural resources
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Potential Community Health HESI Topic Areas These are some additional areas you may want to considering being familiar with: Ancathosis nigricans A skin condition characterized by dark‚ thick‚ velvety skin in body folds and creases. Most often‚ acanthosis nigricans affects your armpits‚ groin and neck. There’s no specific treatment for acanthosis nigricans — but treating any underlying conditions‚ such as diabetes and obesity‚ may cause the changes in your skin changes to fade Characteristics
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CJ220 Criminal Justice and the Community Community policing is explained as a collaboration of community and the police working together to help identify and solve criminal activities. Additionally‚ the whole concept behind it is to promote public safety and to enhance the quality of life within the neighborhoods in which we reside in. Community policing is composed of two major components which are community partnership and problem solving. Community policing is a program that was initially
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