SZT1 Task 1 Western Governors University Community Description and Data Interpretation DeKalb County is located in Northeastern Indiana with a population of 42‚307. DeKalb County ranks number 35 in size in the state of Indiana. The county was named for General Johann de Kalb‚ who was wounded at the Battle of Camden in South Carolina during the Revolutionary War. The county measures a total of 364 square miles. The major cities and towns that comprise the county are Altona
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Social determinants of health are the environmental conditions people are born‚ worship‚ learn‚ live‚ work‚ play‚ and age that affect a wide range of quality-of-life‚ health‚ functioning‚ and risks. Conditions (e.g.‚ social‚ economic‚ and physical) in these various environments and settings (e.g.‚ school‚ church‚ workplace‚ and neighborhood) have been referred to as “place.” In addition to the more material attributes of “place‚” the patterns of social arrangement and sense of security and well-being
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BEATRISA SHEKHTER HEALTH PROMOTION IN NURSING CARE Health promotion is the art and science for helping people develop of their preferences between optimal health and their major passions. What motivate people to achieve optimal health‚ and what supporting then in lifestyle changing to movie forward to the optimal health. I strongly believe that optimal health is emotional balance‚ physical‚ spiritual‚ intellectual‚ and social health. Changing of lifestyle based on combination of increase
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Population health is the aggregation of various approach to health care that determines the health outcome of a group of individuals (Nash‚ JoAnne‚ Fabius‚ & Pracilio‚ 2011). Population health brings together the total quality of health of individuals in the community‚ considering the disparities in cultures‚ socioeconomical status‚ demographics‚ etc. The outcome of health of individuals in a giving population is highly determined by the policies that govern the healthcare delivery and care interventions
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will demonstrate knowledge of health promotion and its link in addressing health needs. The role of the nurse in delivering health promotion at primary‚ secondary and tertiary levels will be discussed and how national policy influences that delivery on the chosen topic of smoking. Barriers to health promotion will also be discussed and how these barriers could be overcome. To define health promotion‚ health should first be defined. There are many definitions of health‚ one of which is the Western
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Psychology of Health in the Workplace HCA250 Monique Williams Physical health and psychological well-being explores biological‚ psychological‚ cultural‚ societal‚ and environmental factors of life‚ however each of these affects physical health. Health psychology is the bio-psycho-social design physical Health can be directly affected by the environment in which we live. The roots of health psychology believe that everyone deserves proper medical and psychological
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Assignment 1 – P2 Describe the origin of Public Health in the UK from the 19th Century to the present day. 1 . The significant Public Health advances in the 19th Century (1848) The First public health act Edwin Chadwick was a very effective campaigner on many different health issues; a few of these things were; working conditions‚ poor sanitation and poor housing. Chadwick was also known as one of the founder fathers of public health also as the sanitary movement. His report was associated with
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Defining Health: Everyday Situations Can Influence Health NURS1016 Everyday Situations Can Influence Health: Defining Health Everyday within society‚ there are stresses and conflicts that can influence the health and well-being of an individual. There are twelve determinants of health that help not only to define health‚ but also to assist in understanding the problems and health concerns within society. All of these determinants are interrelated and can have different effects on someone’s
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declaration V‚ “Governments have a responsibility for the health of their people which can be fulfilled only by the provision of adequate health and social measures. A main social target of governments‚ international organizations and the whole world community in the coming decades should be the attainment by all peoples of the world by the year 2000 of a level of health that will permit them to lead a socially and economically productive life. Primary health care is the key to attaining this target as part
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Determinants of Health Introduction Many factors combine together to affect the health of individuals and communities. Whether people are healthy or not‚ is determined by their circumstances and environment. The determinants of health include: the social and economic environment‚ the physical environment‚ and the person’s individual characteristics and behaviours. The context of people’s lives determines their health‚ and so blaming individuals for having poor health or crediting them for
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