The public health problem I select is HIV/AIDS WITHIN THE African American population. The HIV epidemic in United States in alarming‚ however it is becoming particularly alarming more so within the African American community. It is not long ago since the first case of HIV/AIDS among the African American community was identified. The first case was identified in the 1980’s. HIV/AIDS was thought to be a disease that doesn’t exist in the African American community it was initially thought to be mainly
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One common definition of health used by many health care providers would include the idea that health is being free from disease or being in a state of wholeness: mentally‚ physically and spiritually (Stamler‚ Yiu‚ & Dosani‚ 2015‚ p.135). As a community health nurse‚ it is crucially important to take note of the community strengths and weaknesses to have a full understanding of the needs within the community. Completing an assessment of health determinants gives the health care practitioner an overview
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and Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) found out that at the end of 2001‚ 13.4million children under the age of 15 had lost one or both parents to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The increase in AIDS‚ which orphans many children‚ is one of the major challenges in many countries. According to HIV/AIDS Perspective (2004)‚ one of the worst consequences of AIDS is the large number of children orphaned as a result of parents dying from AIDS. By mid 1997‚ 10 million children under
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Health Promotion with Childhood Immunization Adherence One of the many health goals for society is to reduce both the prevalence of communicable disease and to decrease the risk of infant and childhood morbidity and mortality. This health promotion project aims to improve adherence to immunization requirements by the parents of children under the age of 3 in Robeson County‚ North Carolina. This will be accomplished by identifying means to improve access to immunizations and developing the means to
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study: Health education and health promotion are means used to promote and improve the wellbeing of populations and helps health resources (cdc.gov 2011).However; it has not received the attention needed. The lack of attention come from a variety of reasons‚ including: limited understanding of health education by those working in this field; lack of knowledge of and consensus on the definitions and concepts of health education and promotion; and the difficulty health educators’ face in
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Health Care Promotion the Nurses Role Beverly C. Easterwood Grand Canyon University Healthcare promotion is very complex and has many facets that have to be addressed in order to have an effect on the population. There are three levels of health promotion; primary‚ secondary and tertiary. Primary health care promotion is teaching how to prevent a
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Health Promotion Evaluation Measure Up Health Campaign The ‘Measure Up’ health campaign was introduced in 2006 and is still operating today. It is supported and funded by the Australian Federal and State Governments‚ with the aim of the campaign to target chronic disease‚ and raise awareness to the link between poor health and lifestyle risk factors (poor nutrition‚ physical activity and other risk behaviours associated with lifestyle such as smoking‚ alcohol etc.). The Measure Up Campaign is a
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discuss the government policies on HIV/AIDS‚ prevention and control (20mks) Definition of terms Government policies- These are the course of actions or inactions taken by the state with regard to a particular issue. HIV- This is the virus that destroys the human immune system leaving the body defenseless hence vulnerable to other infections. AIDS- The disease presents itself as a collection of signs and symptoms resulting from lowered immunity mostly due to HIV hence referred to as a syndrome.
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accordance with all approaches and strategies at the work place. Public Health and Health Promotion. Every individual differs in culture‚ customs and practices but in spite that equal and fair treatment should be observed and implemented at all times. Residents have the right to be treated with respect and equality thus involves receiving proper treatment and health solutions. Dementia is one of the highly developing public health issues that affects older adults. An extensive variety of organizations
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be successful in its role towards family health promotion‚ it is important to familiarize itself with the Gordon’s eleven functional health patterns. These patterns serve as basis for nursing diagnosis and health promotion. It focuses on how developmental tasks are completed by the family‚ it assist with learning about health perception and beliefs; it also assists the nurse to formulate health promotional goals and ways to improve family’s overall health practices (Edelman & Mandle‚ 2010). This
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