Mental Health in the African American Community Introduction African Americans‚ can also be referred as the Afro Americans or the Black Americans‚ are the residents and citizen of the Unites States who have their roots linked to at least the partial ancestry of the native population of Sub-Saharan Africa. They are also the direct descendants of enslaved Africans that were within the boundaries of the present day United States. Most of the African Americas are the descendants from West Africa
Premium Southern United States Race African American
Team A Public Health Survey Population: Native Alaskans I. Introduction- Alice Native Alaskans living in Toksook Bay‚ Alaska (located 115 miles west of Bethel‚ Alaska) lack access to health care. This population of 532 is particularly vulnerable to problems getting needed health care because of a high poverty rate‚ high incidence of chronic conditions‚ and inability to obtain preventive care. a. Insurance coverage Native Alaskans rely on Medicaid or other public program such
Premium Health care Native Americans in the United States Medicine
Community Health of Chesterfield County-Virginia Western Governors University Population/Economic Assessment Chesterfield County‚ Virginia has a population of about 328‚000 as of January 1‚ 2014 with 752 people per square mile. There was a 3.6% increase in the population from April 1‚ 2010 to July 1‚ 2013. 65.4% of the population is white non-Hispanic‚ 21.6% are black non-Hispanic‚ 7.2% are Hispanic‚ 3.2% are Asian and 2.1% are two or more races. In 2012 there were 3657 births and 1654 deaths
Premium Emergency management Household income in the United States Poverty in the United States
RUNNING HEAD: PUBLIC HEALTH 1 THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC HEALTH BY: ANGELA FEBRUARY 9‚ 2011 RUNNING HEAD: PUBLIC HEALTH 2 It is important‚ as we move forward in health care‚ that public health has a more prominent role in our health care system. Public health in the United States is no longer responsible specifically for disease containment. It has taken on a new role in recent years. A big part of that role is prevention. While public health still has to manage disease
Premium Health care Medicine Public health
Positive Public Health Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs Public and Community Health HCS 457 Dee Martinez‚ RN‚ MSN April 20‚ 2014 Positive Public Health Doctors advise their patients to be healthy and work towards wellness. This advice affects more than the patient and their immediate actions to make corrections to their own wellbeing. Making changes to yourself can inspire other family members‚ friends‚ and co-workers to get up and start making changes for themselves. In theory the Health Impact Assessment
Premium Health Health care Medicine
Community and Population Health Task I By Charity Baker Introduction I currently reside in Denver County‚ Colorado. I have chosen to assess and analyze this community for this assignment. Denver‚ Colorado is located east of the Eastern Foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Denver County is centrally located within the city of Denver‚ Colorado and includes the Denver International Airport located north-east of the city. The elevation of this county is 5‚277 feet and therefore is nicknamed the
Premium Colorado United States Census Bureau
ROLE OF NURSE IN COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH INTRODUCTION The trend in psychiatric care is shifting from that of inpatient hospitalization to a focus of outpatient care within the community. Community mental health services include all those activities in the community connected with mental health other than the institutional or hospitalized setting. The community approach focuses on the total population of defined geographical area rather than individual patient. Emphasis is mainly on preventive services
Premium Psychiatry Mental disorder Mental health
Community Health Status Assessment (CHSA) is crucial component of MAPP’s assessments phase. It concentrates on the identification of community health problems and prioritizes the health status of the communities and the quality of life issues of their residents ((National Association of County & City Health Officials‚ 2014). The community Health Status Assessment provides and collects a list of the following data which represent the core indicators of health of Chicago residents and it is including
Premium Adolescence Pregnancy Health care
The Global Public Health Threats in The Future -Prabesh Ghimire The world has been encountering the numerous public health challenges for ages. Majority of these challenges still persists to the date & further‚new series of serious public health problems have been threatening the global community. The public health problem that evolved with the birth of infectious diseases during the primitive ages have now become more pronounced. On one hand‚ the effects of communicable diseases have
Premium Epidemiology Pandemic Infectious disease
Public health is different than the clinical nature of medicine (Callahan & Jennings‚ 2002). While there is a greater push for the understanding of public health ethics for the betterment of the population‚ health care professionals cannot forget their main focus of “do no harm” to the patient. Public health ethics is a fairly new idea (Williams & Torrens‚ 2008). The pros to my new idea of better education and training would be to provide insight to the health care professionals that they have
Premium