Childhood Obesity: A Global Public Health Crisis Sameera Karnik‚ Amar Kanekar1 Correspondence to: Ass. Prof. Amar Kanekar‚ Department of Health Studies‚ East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania‚ East Stroudsburg‚ PA‚ USA. E‑mail: akanekar@po‑box.esu.edu Date of Submission: Sep 17‚ 2011 Date of Acceptance: Oct 27‚ 2011 How to cite this article: Karnik S‚ Kanekar A. Childhood Obesity: A Global Public Health Crisis. Int J Prev Med 2012;3:1-7. ABSTRACT Introduction: Childhood obesity
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Assessment: Nurses have the skills and knowledge gained from the multidisciplinary team‚ profession and semi-profession personnel which can be used to acquire an insight information about the patient. Assessment and follow up by the nurse in community helps to identify the risk and level of care needs (Ryan et al 2006). This helps the nurse to plan interventions and develop programs for best practice care. For example‚ if a person presents with any signs of dementia‚ it is very important to get an
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Jessie Swartz March 6‚ 2013 Period 7 Health HOW TO MAINTAIN AND CONTROL YOUR WEIGHT Maintaining your weight seems hard‚ but when you take small steps to get into good eating habits‚ it really isn’t. Using the seven dietary guidelines can help by not consuming too much of something you shouldn’t. You can eat a variety of foods‚ like toast for breakfast one morning‚ than cereal the next. Eating healthy proportions of the food you consume‚ don’t eat a bunch of junk food and sit around all day
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place to guide an individual‚ group or profession in conduct. There are various types of ethics owned to the different professions available. In this paper the code of ethics for international nurses is discussed. Nurses have four fundamental responsibilities of: promoting health‚ to preventing illness‚ restoring health and alleviating suffering. The need for nursing is universal and a permanent attribute in nursing is respect for human rights‚ including cultural rights‚ the right to life and choice
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Med Health Care and Philos (2011) 14:187–194 DOI 10.1007/s11019-010-9281-0 SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION Professional values in community and public health pharmacy David Badcott Published online: 29 August 2010 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 Abstract General practice (community) pharmacy as a healthcare profession is largely devoted to therapeutic treatment of individual patients whether in dispensing medically authorised prescriptions or by providing members of the public with
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villagers hugged the trees‚ and prevented the contractors’ from felling them. Not many people know that over the last few centuries many communities in India have helped save nature. One such is the Bishnoi community of Rajasthan. The original ’Chipko movement’ was started around 260 years back in the early part of the 18th century in Rajasthan by this community. A large group of them from 84 villages led by a lady called Amrita Devi laid down their lives in an effort to protect the trees from being
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also referred to as PAMA. Section 223 of this Act requires that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) create a process to certify Community Behavioral Health Clinics. Once a clinic receives certification‚ it becomes a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). The CCBHC Demonstration Program In October of 2015‚ 24 states were awarded planning grants from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) within the HHS‚ to design a CCBHC program. All 24
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C228 - Community Health Nursing - Task 1 Shirley Krussel Western Governor ’s University C228 November 25‚ 2014 North Coastal Region of San Diego County The North Coastal Region (NCR) of San Diego County is a large diverse region within San Diego County. It spans 388 square miles. There are six cities and more than a dozen communities in this region ranging from wealthy areas to poorer areas both on the coast and inland. The US Marine Corps largest installation‚ Camp Pendleton‚ is located within
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the 1960s‚ concurrent with the growing attention on mental health‚ the promotion of community mental health centers became a major federal initiative after the U.S. passed the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act in 1963. The construction of mental health centers in local communities exploded. Their bold agenda in transitioning patients out of state psychiatric hospitals and into communities was aimed to promote more humane treatment and foster social
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COURSE CODE: BBM 107 COURSE TITLE: HEALTH AWARENESS DATE: 10/03/2012 PRIMARY HEALTH CARE Primary health care‚ often abbreviated as “PHC”‚ has been defined as "essential health care based on practical‚ scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technology made universally accessible to individuals and families in the community through their full participation and at a cost that the community and the country can afford to maintain at every stage of their development in the spirit
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