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    Community Health Nursing: Definitions: 1) World Health Organization: a. Special field of nursing that combines skills of nursing public health… b. Function as part of total public health program for: i. Promotion of health ii. Improvement of condition iii.Rehabilitation of illness and disability Jacobsen a. Learned practice discipline with ultimate goal of contributing as individuals to promote client’s optimum level of functioning through teaching and delivery of care Dr. Ruth B. Freeman a. CHN

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    DESCRIPTION OF A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER A community health worker is one who provides basic community health care services for promotion of healthprevention of illness‚ simple treatment and rehabilitation. The services utilizes the philosophy‚ content‚ method and skills of public health care. While most nurses care for one patient at a time‚ public health nurses care for entire populations. By working with whole communities‚ public health nurses are able to educate people about health issues‚ improve

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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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    Erasmus states “prevention is better than cure”‚ population health is the approach that looks at the broader picture of developing and maintaining a realistic and culturally acceptable health plan for the Australian Aboriginal communities. Rather than merely addressing the management of diseases‚ population health goes deeper by aiming to manage the factors that may have caused or developed the diseases‚ and ensure that the World Health Organization’s (cited in Queensland Health 2012‚ p. 1) definition

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    Health Promotion By: Amanda February 9‚ 2014 Health Promotion Health promotion is illustrated as the science and art of helping people change their lifestyle to approach a state of optimal health (Edelman‚ Kudzma‚ & Mandle‚ 2014). It is also stated that health promotion is the practice of promoting health to enhance the probability that person‚ private‚ and public support of positive health practices will become a societal norm (Edelman‚ Kudzma‚ & Mandle‚ 2014). Nurses

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    Introduction Health promotion is an important aspect of primary health care as it focuses not only on individual health‚ but on the social and structural determinants of health which can be used to enable individuals to take control of their personal health (World Health Organization [WHO]‚ 2016a; McMurray & Clendon‚ 2015). The Ottawa Charter of Health (OCH) is an important part of community and global health promotion and comprises five strategies: building healthy public policies‚ creating supportive

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    Running head: HEALTH PROMOTION IN NURSING PRACTICE Health Promotion in Nursing Practice Denise Streater GCU Family Centered Health Promotion NRS429v Turner‚ Hortense March 18‚ 2012 Health Promotion in Nursing Practice Health Promotion has been defined as the process of enabling people to increase control and improve their health (WHO Ottawa Charter 1986) along with optimizing the quality of life. Ennis et al (2006) has described health promotion as behavioral‚ cognitive‚ and an emotional

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    Running head: HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTION OF DIABETES MELLIITUS Health Promotion and Prevention of Diabetes Mellitus Grand Canyon University: NURS 429V August 12‚ 2012 Health Promotion and Prevention of Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes Mellitus has become a growing community health issue as it has climbed to the seventh leading cause of death among Americans (U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services‚ 2012). This alarming statistic has made it apparent that prevention efforts need

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    Health Promotion in Nursing Practice Jenny Curie Grand Canyon University NRS-429V March 15‚ 2013 Health Promotion in Nursing Practice Over the last decade an increase in focus on health promotion and the critical role nurses play in its future have developed. Nurses over the years have been linked to their success in patient education and providing resources for optimal health care outcomes. Formerly the emphasis in nursing practice has been in the capacity of caring for those that are

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    Health Promotion in Nursing Care Margaret Brzoza Lauer Grand Canyon University: NRS 429v October 16‚ 2011 Health Promotion in Nursing Care The three levels of health promotion and prevention are primary‚ secondary‚ and tertiary prevention education. Primary health care promotion focuses on making individuals‚ families‚ and communities aware of health related issues and provides education on alternatives for a healthy lifestyle. Secondary health care promotion provides the screening necessary

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