Community Health in the Event of a SARS Outbreak The SARS Outbreak of 2003 SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) is a respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus‚ originally reported in Asia in February 2003 and spread to over two dozen countries before being contained (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]‚ 2005). Once infected‚ individuals with SARS initially develop a high fever and other flu-like symptoms including headache‚ body aches and “overall feeling of discomfort” before
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To the citizens of our community: It is with great concern that I am writing this letter to address the public health of our community. Recently‚ there have been a number of children and adults who have strangely started to develop similar illnesses. The one thing each of these people has in common is that they all live right here in our community. My feels were that these sudden illnesses were not a matter of coincidence but instead a matter or poor practice. This feeling has proven to be accurate
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effect current patterns of health. These factors are: Socio-Economic Environmental Genetic Lifestyle Socio-Economic factors are those in which occur financially or socially. Factors included are income‚ age‚ social glass‚ gender‚ expenditure‚ employment status‚ hosing‚ discrimination and‚ education. an individual’s income could effect an individual’s current health. An individual’s income is likely to have a large negative impact on current and future patterns of public health in the UK. Individual’s
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observe my community‚ I tend to notice the disregard for mental health‚ in particular‚ in the Black community. Those in the Black community are just as likely to have any form of a mental-illness as their racial counterparts‚ however due to ambiguous reasons they are led astray from seeking help. Such as the stigma of being told “you’re crazy” or “just deal with”. Based on the history of African- Americans or Blacks‚ we have been told to be strong and not weak. In the eyes of the Black community‚ mental
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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
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Community Health System: Community Health System is a leader in the hospital sector of the healthcare industry. The company currently manages 127 hospitals covering 20 states. It is headquartered in Franklin‚ Tennessee‚ and their common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CYH. It began publicly trading on June 9‚ 2000. Their stock can only be traded through a broker or trading service. Community Health System employees a board of directors to oversee the company’s financial
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moral‚ and functional illiteracy in his article. Cultural illiteracy defined by E.D. Hirsch Jr. is to possess the basic information needed to thrive in the modern world (Nash). Moral illiteracy is not being taught or lacked the education and understandings in religious or spiritual beliefs (Nash). Functional illiteracy refers to the inability of an individual to use reading‚ speaking‚ writing‚ and computational skills in everyday life (Literacy Center for the Midlands). Functional illiteracy is
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Role of Community and Public Health Community has a great effect on the health and well-being of the residents that live there. It is important that residents are aware of community resources available‚ as well as take advantage of them to benefit themselves‚ and possibly reduce visits to the doctors and promote their health. Community and public health nursing is readily available in all communities‚ especially that of V.S.‚ which is North Hollywood. The six basic elements of nursing practice incorporated
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Community health workers serve as the link between medical providers and their patients for minority and cultural communities. These workers are typically considered bicultural and bilingual as they are members of both the medical workforce and the specific cultural community of the patients with whom they interact. Thus‚ community health workers are able to help remedy the disconnect that clients may have with the medical system by working closely with patients in their homes and everyday community
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seem to be just fine while they abuse alcohol. Experts call these people “functional alcoholics” or “high-functioning alcoholics” (Bienvenu). These so called “functional alcoholics” can live life to the fullest‚ while maintaining a strong tolerance for alcohol. Even
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