Public health is a very broad term with many different definitions and understandings. John M. Barry defined public health as the means where the largest numbers of lives are saved‚ usually by understanding the epidemiology of a disease—its patterns‚ where and how it emerges and spreads—and attacking it at its weak points. Basically‚ it is a system that performs community service by way of publicly promoting health through accessible treatment outlets‚ providing disease prevention resources‚ and
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Health and Health Promotion Deborah Keller Thomas Edison State College Health Assessment NUR-416 Pamela Card May 5‚ 2014 Health and Health Promotion Introduction A traditional approach to health care in general is one in which the goal of intervention is disease management in an attempt to minimize the harmful effects of a health crisis. Once a health crisis occurs‚ the quality of life for an individual is already negatively impacted. Therefore‚ health promotion is an equally‚ if not more
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Community Health in Winchester California NUR/405- Healthy Communities: Theory and Practice Karen Harriman April 20‚ 2015 Lee Moquin Introduction to the Family and Community Introduction of the Family: Six family members Two of the children have history of Asthma‚ Status Asthmaticus One family member has issues with Obesity All family members have issues with Knowledge Deficit Introduction to their Community of Winchester California Racial disparities: Health concerns:
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dictionary (Website one‚ 2007) defines community psychology (CP) as “the application of psychology to community programs for the prevention of mental health disorders and the promotion of mental health.” Public health (PH) on the other hand is defined as “the science and practice of protecting and improving the health of a community as by preventative medicine; health education; control of communicable diseases; application of sanitary measures and monitoring of environmental hazards (website two‚ 2007).”
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Edwards et al. BMC Public Health 2010‚ 10:200 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/10/200 STUDY PROTOCOL Study protocol Open Access Assessing the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of adaptive e-Learning to improve dietary behaviour: protocol for a systematic review Phil Edwards*1‚ Lambert Felix1‚ Jody Harris1‚ Elaine Ferguson1‚ Caroline Free1‚ Jane Landon2‚ Karen Lock3‚ Susan Michie4‚ Alec Miners5 and Elizabeth Murray6 Abstract Background: The composition of habitual diets is associated
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Abstract This public health policy paper will discuss and outline the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as well as barriers and controversies surrounding the policy and its relevance in nursing profession. The ACA will eventually affect everyone. Statistics reflecting United States health outcomes have proven the need for the initiation of policy formation within the United States healthcare system. “In March 2010‚ President Obama signed into law a comprehensive health reform‚ the Patient Protection and
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Assignment #2: PH Reaction Paper Chasiti Reid PUBH 102 Dr. Corwin December 1‚ 2012 (a) Public health is preventing injury and disease‚ prolonging life and protecting populations by promoting health through product safety and in physical‚ social and economic environments. Responsibility for promoting the health of the public is shared between the government and communities. Public health focuses on the health of populations‚ rather than individuals. It is concerned with wide-ranging strategies
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Epidemiology NUR 408 Epidemiology Public health nursing allows nurses to encounter various vulnerable populations on a daily basis. In particular‚ the elderly make up a large portion of the population‚ and their vulnerability to the environment and other physical factors is a very important aspect of public health nursing. Epidemiology allows the public health nurse to study and assess vulnerable populations‚ including the elderly‚ and create interventions that maximize the health potential of
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to the public health field. If it was not for the assistance of the pioneer nurses‚ public health nursing would not be what it is today. Florence Nightingale‚ Lillian Wald‚ and Mary Breckinridge were all educated nurses who have played very significant roles in influencing and impacting public health nursing today. The founder of the nursing profession‚ Florence Nightingale‚ transformed the health care field. Ultimately‚ Florence Nightingale inspired the United States about public health nursing
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the field of Public Health Informatics PHI‚ over the past twenty years. Practitioners can now retrieve‚ analyze‚ share‚ and distribute information to other users‚ such as health organizations‚ non-profits‚ and CBOs (Community Based Organizations) (Narain & Ofrin‚ 2012). For example‚ early warning systems regarding diseases and natural disasters speed up the time for first responders thus decreasing the chance of disease by moving people away from ground zero to shelters. The World Health Organization
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