Essay 2: Evaluating a health promotion website Word count: 2‚027 Introduction Health Information Technology (HIT) has been introduced into the National Health Service (NHS) in order to improve the quality‚ efficiency‚ safety and cost effectiveness of the delivery of health care. The application of computerized information technology in health care settings has so far played a vital role in improving the accessibility of information and has replaced more labour intensive and unproductive methods
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Health and Health Promotion Deborah Keller Thomas Edison State College Health Assessment NUR-416 Pamela Card May 5‚ 2014 Health and Health Promotion Introduction A traditional approach to health care in general is one in which the goal of intervention is disease management in an attempt to minimize the harmful effects of a health crisis. Once a health crisis occurs‚ the quality of life for an individual is already negatively impacted. Therefore‚ health promotion is an equally‚ if not more
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Health promotion allows people to have control and enhance their health through a range of environmental and social interventions. These interventions protect and benefit people’s quality of life and health by preventing and addressing the cause of poor health. Furthermore‚ health promotion includes creating supportive environments‚ promoting healthy behaviors‚ and support healthy public policies. Schools‚ clinics‚ and workplaces are some examples of where effective interventions may occur. Primary
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Health Promotion/Community Health Project and Paper Focus Group of Forest Park Howard Mohr Community Center After-School Program Forest Park‚ IL By Susan Reighard Population Health Loyola University New Orleans Online Course Instructor: Dr. Angelique White-Williams May 2010 Health Promotion/Community Health Project and Paper: Focus Group of Forest Park Howard Mohr Community Center After-School Program‚ Forest Park‚ IL The purpose of this paper is to summarize and detail the observations
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Obesity as a Disease I. Abstract As a health care professional it is our position statement that obesity should be considered as a disease. Overweight and obese adults are considered at risk for developing diseases such as type II diabetes‚ hypertension‚ high blood cholesterol‚ coronary heart disease‚ and certain type of cancers. An average of 300‚000 deaths is associated with obesity and the total economic cost of obesity in U.S. was about $ 117 billion in 2000. As health care professionals it
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3 Times Health Belief Models Were Effective in Public Health Consumer habits are a primary factor that contributes to poor health. For issues such as smoking‚ obesity and unsafe sex practices‚ healthy personal behavior is critical for consumers. Healthy behavior has effectively alleviated or prevented the symptoms associated with many illnesses. [1] However‚ encouraging healthy habits among consumers can prove a challenge for medical professionals. The Health Belief Model‚ developed by social psychologist
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in Primary Care 2011;19:317–23 # 2011 Radcliffe Publishing Discussion paper Health promotion and ill-health prevention: the role of general practice Stephen Peckham BSc MA (Econ) Reader in Health Policy‚ Department of Health Services Research and Policy‚ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine‚ London‚ UK Alison Hann BA(Hons) PhD Lecturer in Public Health and Health Policy‚ School of Health Sciences‚ Swansea University‚ Wales‚ UK Tammy Boyce PhD National Centre for Infection
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Health promotion has been defined as the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and to improve it. This process requires personal participation and supportive environments. For people with disabilities‚ however‚ personal participation is often limited by non-supportive environments. Lack of knowledge on how to modify programs to meet specific needs‚ poor attitudes‚ and unfriendly environments often creates insurmountable barriers to participation for many people with disabilities
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Discuss how psychological and sociological concepts and theories can inform health promotion in nursing practice. For the purpose of the assignment the contents will discuss Prochaska and DiClemente’s Stages of Change Model in conjunction with empowerment and self-efficacy. To support the assignment a case study will be used to aid the application of the theories and models when applied to nursing practice. The case study used in this assignment is 50 year old woman‚ Alison Stevenson‚ a single
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