of society. Many people in our society have Down syndrome and have struggled to gain rights to go to school‚ have a job‚ and live a normal life. Down syndrome is when one is born with an extra chromosome. He or she has 3 copies of the 21 chromosome and 47 total chromosomes instead of 46. This extra chromosome can cause many physical health issues. People with Down syndrome can lead a normal life and there has been a major improvement of their support and acceptance. There are many other mental illnesses
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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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use the Health Protection/Health Promotion Model. This is a model that believes the focus of a professional should be focused on assisting a person in achieving their highest possible achievement level of health. The goal is to use activity‚ recreation‚ and leisure to help people deal with problems that serve as barriers to health‚ as well as to assist with growth towards higher levels of health and wellness (Austin‚ 1998). There are four components to the Health Protection/Health Promotion Model:
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Nurses are the leading advocate for improving our country’s nursing education and health to enhance the health care for the elderly and ill. Nurses primary focus is caring for the patients. Observing the illness in which they are enduring‚ assessing their functional status‚ reporting their condition‚ promoting health and disease prevention‚ teaching‚ care strategies‚ assisting them and their family in their care‚ and developing plans to enhance their health are also duties of the nurse. Nurses have
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Health and Illness According to the World Health Organisation (1946)‚ "Health is a state of complete physical‚ mental‚ and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." There are six stages ill health as record by Senior and Viveash (1998) The first stage is based on social conditions such as poverty‚ malnutrition‚ inadequate housing‚ pollution‚ unsafe play areas for children and workplace related dangers. Inequality in health is a term used to show the existence
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1. The term health promotion is defined as: a planned action to help others improve their health. It involves political‚ educational‚ environmental‚ actions that support individuals‚ groups‚ and communities. The overall goal of health promoters is to improve the quality of life for everyone. They believe that quality of life and health status are linked‚ and if health status improves quality of life improves as well. Health promotion first started in the late 19th century to help prevent deaths
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Challenge of Teaching Students with EBD March 6‚ 2013 Challenge of Teaching Students with EBD There is much debate and confusion when defining emotional or behavioral disorders (EBD). Until 1997 this category was identified as serious emotional disturbance (SED). With the creation of IDEA in 1997 this category was changed to emotional disturbance (ED). While the federal government still uses ED as there identifying category for this disability‚ most professionals refer to it as emotional
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preventative and educational programs available to our youth as they enter the age of risk of unintended pregnancies. SCHOOL-BASED PREGNANCY PREVENTION PROGRAMS Introduction The United States continues to experience the highest teenage pregnancy rate among developed countries; the phenomenon remains a complex occurrence for families‚ educators‚ health care professionals and the United States government (Hardy & Landry‚ 2000; Kerby‚ 2009; Little & Rankin‚ 2001). Being a teenager and figuring
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Subject Date Stress among Nurses in U.S Over the years‚ nursing has been considered one of the most prestigious occupations and only its pros have been on the lime light. However‚ it is a field full of numerous challenges and the number of nurses suffering from work related stress is alarming. There are a number of factors attributed to cause stress among nurses in the United States of America (USA). The first contributing factor is understaffing. Over the years‚ even as some nurses have exited to retirement
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Solutions to Teen Pregnancy Solutions to teen pregnancy include providing teens with sex-education programs‚ better access to birth control‚ and investing in critical after-school programs. These interventions are proven to reduce rates of teen pregnancy and STDs‚ and promote responsible behavior. Sexuality Education Teens must be given the information necessary to protect themselves against unintended pregnancy and STDs. The most successful programs aimed at reducing teenage pregnancy
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