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    lives in poverty; (Haggerty 1999) a higher percentage of children live in poverty than any other age group. As pediatricians‚ we know that children in poverty experience a double jeopardy. First‚ they are more frequently exposed to risks to their health and development (such as lead poisoning‚ malnutrition‚ and family dysfunction). Second‚ children suffer more negative consequences (such as developmental delay and school dysfunction) from such exposure than do children with more advantaged socioeconomic

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    Health promotion is the process of fostering awareness‚ influencing attitudes and identifying alternatives so that people can make informed choices and change behavior to achieve an optimal level of physical and mental health and improve their physical and social environments (Black and Hawk‚ 2005).Health Promotion Model also recognizes that interpersonal influences affect an individual’s behavior. Interpersonal influences‚ which include expectations significant others‚ the social support received

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    Health promotion is defined as the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health (World Health Organization‚ n.d.). It encompasses a combination of health education and related organizational‚ political‚ and economic changes aimed at improving health (Hooyman & Kiyak‚ 1999). In addition‚ health promotion focuses on helping individuals‚ families‚ and communities develop the competence and capabilities they require to gain control over day-to-day life events and circumstances

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    The World Health Organization(WHO) defines health promotion as "the process of enabling people to increase control over‚ and to improve‚ their health. To reach a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well-being‚ an individual or group must be able to identify and to realize aspirations‚ to satisfy needs‚ and to change or cope with the environment. Health is‚ therefore‚ seen as a resource for everyday life‚ not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal

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    brings about change in a health condition or other defined characteristic (Kindig‚ 2007). A primary risk factor (causative factor) associated with the level of the health problem‚ that is‚ the degree of determinant influences the degree of the health issue (Kindig‚ 2007). With that said‚ health determinants are major factors that‚ over time‚ affect the health and well-being of individuals and populations. They are factors that influence an individual and a community’s health. Such as genetic makeup

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    worst thing an individual can do and with that the community‚ people‚ individuals and families are threatened with health issues and infection accounting to a large trend shown in the mainstream. The researchers would like to delve into the issues that concerns this matters‚ their compliance and reasons and with the utmost intent of providing validated and sound information to promote health and prevent diseases. The fast-paced and up beat

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    Different cultures have different systems of health beliefs to explain the causes of an illness‚ the way it can be treated and who can be involved in the process. Hispanics and Asians have similarities and differences in their system of health beliefs. The Hispanic culture has a strong family and religion bond that is very similar to that of the Asian culture. Each culture has its own distinct cultural beliefs and customs that makes it unique. In the Hispanic culture older individuals are viewed

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    Assignment: Cultural Views on Health Dawn Tootill HCA/230 08/21/2011 Patricia Lamb University of Phoenix Introduction A huge part of everyone’s life is their health. At a very young age here in America we are taught that if we become sick with an illness or disease we need to seek medical attention to find a cure. However there are many cultures in which their religious beliefs interfere with them being able to seek treatment‚ because it is a sign from God. This paper will talk about the

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    Socio-medical model of health is often referred to as being a positive model of health. The socio-medical model focuses on social factors that contributes to the health and wellbeing within society. Research shows that life expectancy has risen‚ and death rates have fallen since the late 19th and early 20th centuries‚ this also includes infant mortality. This corresponded with improvements in sanitation‚ the building of new council houses‚ providing clean water and improved overall standards of living

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    Although the biomedical model has achieved dominance in the medical field‚ there are numerous additional factors that are attributed to every disease. “ In all societies‚ ancient and modern‚ preliterate and literate‚ the major criteria for identification of disease have always been behavioral‚ psychological‚ and social in nature” (Engel‚ 1977). To ignore these factors would be to deny a patient the optimal level of care available. The biomedical model focuses strictly on any deviations of measurable

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