live with various types of mental illness and mental health issues. Some of these include social anxiety‚ OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder)‚ drug addiction‚ and personality disorders. These problems cannot be ignored due to their trivial nature in the initial stages‚ as they tend to perpetuate and lead to ruinous events in time. Thus‚ there is an utmost
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Community Health Nursing: Definitions: 1) World Health Organization: a. Special field of nursing that combines skills of nursing public health… b. Function as part of total public health program for: i. Promotion of health ii. Improvement of condition iii.Rehabilitation of illness and disability Jacobsen a. Learned practice discipline with ultimate goal of contributing as individuals to promote client’s optimum level of functioning through teaching and delivery of care Dr. Ruth B. Freeman a. CHN
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Medicare Medicare‚ a federally supported program‚ was adopted in 1965 to provide health coverage and services to the elderly seniors (over 65) and disabled citizens without regard to income or medical history. Its funds come directly from federal governments and beneficiaries. Medicare revenues come from interest‚ taxation of social security benefits‚ state payments‚ payroll taxes‚ beneficiary premiums and general revenue. The government uses money generated from taxes to reimburse providers who
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Pope Health Insurance Attention Getter: Did you know that at least 50 million people in the US as of 2013 are without health insurance? What if you are one of these people and got seriously ill‚ you would want to be covered right? I believe everyone should have some form of health insurance. Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that everyone should be entitled to or covered by health insurance. Overview: This morning‚ I’d like to talk to you first about the need of health insurance
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MENTAL HEALTH PACK 1. Evaluate two different views on the nature of mental well-being and mental health: The term well-being can be used in different ways The New Economic Foundation describes well-being as how people experience their own lives. It is more than the absence of problems and illness‚ personal and social factors‚ and it is not just about happiness but enabling individuals and communities to do well in life and flourish. In 2011‚ the Government defined mental health as “The art
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P1. Describe key aspects of public health in the UK. To pass this criteria I have to describe the key aspects of public health in a borough within the UK‚ The key aspects to public health that I am going to describe are; monitoring health status of the community‚ identifying the public health needs‚ understanding the origins and development of public health systems‚ developing programs to reduce the risks to public health‚ the environmental conditions such as housing- unemployment- education- living
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Running head: Community Health News Community Health: A Case of Measles Kimberly K. Turner University of Phoenix NUR 471 Park Balevre‚ MSN‚ RC‚ BC May 12‚ 2008 A Case of Measles Earlier this year in January‚ San Diego County encountered the first case of measles since the 1990s. Many citizens of the United States were not concerned‚ but given the highly contagious nature of this viral infection and the fact that many parents are opting not to vaccinate
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INTRODUCTION Cervical cancer is a major public health problem‚ as it is the second most common cancer in women world-wide after breast cancer. Cervical cancer is a common type of malignancy accounting for about 6% of all cancers found in women. It is a disease in which cancerous cells develop in the uterine cervix (this is the connecting passage between the uterus and vagina). The human papillomaviruses are the principal cause of most cervical cancers. The peak incidence of cervical cancer occurs
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Gamache Homelessness and Health Introduction Homelessness has become an evolving epidemic of our time‚ and the health implications associated with being homeless makes it that much worse. Homeless people are at major risk for premature death and a wide range of health problems such as HIV‚ skin blemishes‚ and much more. It is very difficult for homeless people to fix their health issues due to the difficulty of accessing health care possibly because of missing health cards‚ or simply because of
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What does it mean to be Health Literate? Health literate is the degree to which people have the capacity to obtain‚ process‚ and understand basic health information and services needed to make smart health decisions. To be a health Literate a person must be a smart thinker and a problem-solver. Such as one person is able to get data from trustworthy sources before making a decision. She or he also knows how to make responsible decisions. For example‚ if someone can’t breathe or is in danger
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