Topic 2 Community Appraisal How is a community appraisal conducted? When public health officials want to assess and survey the needs of a community‚ they use Rapid Participatory Appraisal. It is “rapid” that the exercise can be done in a relatively short time frame (Brown et al‚ 2006). This means the involvement of the local community cooperation and individual participation to facilitate community action ( Walley & Wright‚ P. 40) This method provide a very usual information about health-related
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Chapter 1 Introduction Factors of Community Health * Physical factors – industrial development‚ community size‚ environment‚ geography * Social and cultural factors – beliefs‚ traditions‚ and prejudices; economics; politics; religion; socioeconomic status; social norms * Community organization – identify problem‚ mobilize resources‚ work toward change * Individual behaviors – takes the concerted effort of many—if not most—to improve community health Chapter 2 Organizations under
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viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF). The virus is named after the Ebola River Valley in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire)‚ which is near the site of the first recognized outbreak in 1976 at a mission hospital run by Flemish nuns. It remained largely obscure until 1989 when several widely publicized outbreaks occurred among monkeys in the United States. The virus interferes with the endothelial cells lining the interior surface of blood vessels and with coagulation. As the blood vessel
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Biography of Dimetria Major Dimetria was born May 17‚ 1962 in Newark‚ New Jersey‚ at the age of 5. I started at 14th Ave School. My father was not in the picture of my growing up and having 3 brothers and 3 sisters living conditions was hard for my mother Ruby Major we had to at times to sleep in one bed when staying at families houses. I always wanted to be a nurse and as I got
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Comparison of Public and Community Health: Pertinent History and Available Resources Comparison of Public and Community Health: Pertinent History and Available Resources The terms public health and community health are oftentimes mistaken to have the same definition; however‚ the terms although similar have different meanings‚ as well as implications in application as it applies to health. Both public health and community health serve the health needs of individuals within communities; however‚ each service
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handle a major epidemic/pandemic outbreak? My husband and I were watching a movie on HBO called Contagion and we started to debate on whether this incident could happen and how bad would the outcome be. I started to look into major epidemic/pandemics in US history and found a few (The Great Influenza of 1919‚ Smallpox against Native Americans‚ Polio in 1916‚ and the most recent Swine Flu outbreak of 2009). The question is what have we learned from these outbreaks and can we handle them if one breaks
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Community health Nursing is a population based nursing practice which promote and protect the health of a population‚ while Public health nursing is “the practice of promoting and protecting the health of populations using knowledge from nursing‚ social‚ and public health sciences” Public Health Nursing Section (2013).It focuses on improving all population health by emphasizing prevention‚ and attending to multiple determinants of health. It is almost impossible to talk about public health without
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Significant Health Care Event: Affordable Care Act Tiffany L. Boldon University of Phoenix Abstract The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) (ACA) or Obamacare is the most signification change the U.S. medical system since Medicare and Medicaid reform during the 1960’s. The Affordable Care Act or ACA is designed to ensure that all Americans have medical coverage. It gives those that were uninsured a means to now have health insurance‚ offers a more affordable coverage to those
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Western Governors University Joint Commission Compliance Audit Task 2 AFT2 Accreditation Audit By Cricket Besse 055895 Nightingale Community Hospital Sentinel Event Registrar‚ registered child (3 year old patient)‚ obtained insurance card and entered demographics. She was then taken to pre-op where the nurse told mother that once in the OR the surgery would take about 45 minutes and then she would go to recovery. The mother informed the pre-op nurse that once her daughter went
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Justin Hennessy Mr. Evens ENG 1301 – C09 4–2–14 How to survive a zombie outbreak The zombies are here and are at your door. What do you do? Where do you go? How will you survive? If you don’t know the answers to any of these questions then this guide is perfect for you. “What is a zombie? How are they created? What are their strengths and weaknesses? What are their needs‚ their desires? Why are they hostile to humanity? Before discussing any survival techniques‚ you must first learn what you
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