Cancer is a word that no one wants to hear or think about‚ however there are many people that are faced with this ugly word every day. The denotative definition of cancer is a malignant and invasive growth or tumor‚ especially one originating in epithelium‚ tending to recur after excision and to metastasize to other sites. To many Americans cancer is so much more than this definition‚ it is estimated that 1‚638‚910 men and women will be diagnosed with cancer in 2012 according to the national
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Program Assessment‚ Planning‚ and Evaluation in Health Promotion Coursework on Program Logic (20 points)‚ Program Leadership (80 points) Consultation The following two forms of consultation are based on your involvement in an actual employment situation‚ volunteer situation‚ or new topic of choice Your consultation should demonstrate an advanced understanding of program logic‚ technical operations‚ and program leadership in the health education field. Cite required or recommended texts
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Screening Cervical cytological screening is accomplished by the Papanicolaou (Pap) smear screening test. Since this test was introduced in the 1970s‚ deaths resulting from cervical cancer have decreased by 71%.12 With this test‚ the patient is placed in the lithotomy position‚ and the provider inserts a speculum into the vaginal opening until the cervix and cervical os are visible. Then‚ the provider takes a cytological sample from the transformation zone of the cervix using a collection brush and
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High-Risk Family Assessment and Health Promotion NUR/542 August 11‚ 2014 Professor James Bon High-Risk Families A high-risk family is a family unit that is at an increased risk for emotional‚ intellectual‚ or developmental problem because of the type of environment or circumstances that is occurring within the family unit. Adults and children that are involved in these high-risk family units are at a higher risk to develop problems‚ both physically and emotionally. There are
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the cancer century. This is because more than a hundred types of cancer have been discovered in this century‚ and secondly‚ because enormous medical efforts were made to fight all kinds of cancers all over the world. In the early decades of the century‚ cancer was considered to be a fatal disease‚ and although many cancers remain fatal‚ medical therapy has developed significantly over the years such that most cancers can be treated and cured. After decades of struggling with various cancers‚ doctors
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Jenna Brandt‚ RN. Grand Canyon University NRS 434 April 11‚ 2015 Environmental Factors and Health Promotion Pamphlet: Accident Prevention and Safety Promotion for Parents and Caregivers of Infants Part II: The subject for the pamphlet used for this project was lead exposure. Children ages 1-5 are defined by the CDC as one of the highest risk group‚ as they tend to stick toys and contaminated objects or fingers in their mouths‚ have poor hygiene‚ and play in the dirt more than older children. The
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Radiation therapy uses high-energy radiation to shrink tumors and kill cancer cells. X-rays‚ gamma rays‚ and charged particles are types of radiation used for cancer treatment. The radiation may be delivered by a machine outside the body called a linear accelerator to focus x-rays directly on the tumor or tumor bed (external-beam radiation therapy)‚ or it may come from radioactive material placed in the body near cancer cells (internal radiation therapy‚ also called brachytherapy). Systemic
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Clower Breast Cancer As most of us look ahead into what we expect for our future‚ we will envision a life of good health‚ success and family. What if the health factor was not good? Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in the world‚ also the leading cancer in women; men can get it also. What exactly is breast cancer? The definition of breast cancer “ is a malignant tumor that starts from cells of the breast”. A highly asked question “what caused me to get cancer? Breast cancer can be caused
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VARK Analysis Paper Tonya Kelly Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V Serina Madden August 03‚ 2014 VARK Analysis Paper Learning style is a way of learning that helps an individual learn best by a given modality (Cherry‚ 2014). Individuals typically display diverse modes of learning with multiple and varied talents with differing modalities of learning (Kumar‚ Smriti‚ Pratap‚ & Krishnee‚ 2012). The VAK instrument was expanded by Fleming and Mills in 1992 into
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The Story of My Search When I was a child‚ my aunt was diagnosed with brain cancer. From early on‚ they said that it was unlikely that she was going to survive this disease. They also mentioned that if she was going to survive‚ the long-term affects she was going to have were going to change her life forever. Being a child‚ it was extremely difficult for me to understand. I really had no idea what brain cancer was. Even to this day‚ I was only aware of the general knowledge of it — having a brain
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