A healthy community is a place where people can prosper both physically and socially‚ reaching their full potential. In these communities health promotion is adopted‚ and every member works at maintaining a healthy lifestyle free from injury‚ illness‚ and disease. These communities improve the quality of life of their inhabitants by providing its members with healthy‚ available‚ accessible‚ and affordable options. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2014). These communities invest “in proven
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nett2009-10-10T11:03:00 A Community Assessment of Rose City Park‚ NE Portland Lori Annis‚ Danielle Thompson‚ Ben Kostenko‚ and Neveen Ismail Linfield College A Community Assessment of Rose City Park‚ NE Portland According to Wilkinson and Treas (2011) Community health nurses function as client advocates‚ educators‚ collaborators‚ counselors‚ and case managers. In order to perform these roles with full relevancy and functionality‚ it is important for the nurse to be familiar with the community at hand. Community
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Gated communities are housing estates which have a gate or other barriers across a primary access. The estates may also be surrounded by fences‚ walls or other natural or erected barriers that can further limit access. In games such as grand theft auto 4 which has a gated community called beachgate‚ while on television desperate housewives live in a suburb of Fairview‚ where wisteria lane and the residents can be found‚ this is also a gated community also the real housewives of orange county is
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COMMUNITY NURSE The gradually shifting of health care from the acute to the non-acute setting is also changing some of the professional nurse’s training. A number of colleges are integrating a more in depth training in community nursing. They are including skill‚ role‚ and competencies required to function as a community health Register Nurse (RN). Examples include an epidemiologist‚ case manager‚ coordinator of services provided to a group of patients‚ occupational health nurse‚ school nurse
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Strengthening Community There are numerous changes that challenge the community to adapt. These can arise from violence at home‚ and they can follow one person to their school and workplace. Furthermore‚ new forms of communication‚ such as social media‚ when used inappropriately‚ can negatively affect the community. However‚ I believe that it is possible for an individual to take action and intervene to help strengthen the community. Strengthening the community can be started at home‚ advancing
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The locality I have based my community profile on is Ardoyne. I feel that Ardoyne is familiar enough for me to carry out my research as I have lived here all my life. Although my project is based in Belfast city centre‚ we work with many groups and young people from the Ardoyne area. this would prove beneficial to myself as I would sometimes have already developed a relationship with the young people through community life. I will firstly explore the community I have chosen by speaking to local
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Luther King Jr. civil rights movement is a major reason why the black and white communities as a nation have a better working relationship today then the mid-19th century. I believe Dr. King’s fight for equal rights in the African American community allowed for a better nation and union today between black and white communities then there were in the early 19th century. In the 19th century the African American communities experience‚ separate drinking fountains‚ couldn’t sit at same lunch counters
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Virtual Community The internet is a vast and virtually limitless entity which provides users with a way to explore and develop identity and community through various methods including; videos‚ discussion boards‚ blogging‚ photography‚ business outlets and so much more. While online anonymity and isolation have the potential to create a desolate atmosphere for users‚ becoming involved in established community based websites can produce opposite feelings for the same users. Discussion boards
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who seek independence from church and in some cases from the family‚ and community. I find that to be true about myself in each of those aspects. I wouldn’t say I’m separated from my family‚ I would just say that I enjoy time alone more than the average person. I find peace in silence and some solitude. This also applies to community. I like being a part of my community‚ but would choose to be alone over part of a community. I wouldn’t say that I’m COMPLETELY separated from the church‚ but I’m also
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Discourse Communities In today’s world‚ there are many different discourse communities that consist of how someone speaks at home versus how someone speaks at school. In Amy Tam’s essay‚ “Mother Tongue‚” she explains her discourse communities and how they affect her life. I think it is safe to say that she is not the only one who deals with this. I myself find myself talking differently when I am with my family versus when I am at school and I know there are so many others who feel the same way
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