Health Promotion Paper Decreasing Childhood Obesity Advanced Practice in Health Promotion and Risk Reduction: NURSM-639 April 5‚ 2013 Decreasing Childhood Obesity a the Sumter Family Health Introduction The goals of Healthy People 2010 are to increase quality and years of optimal health‚ along with eradicating disparities. One area of major concern is the alarming epidemic of obesity in children. These children will have lifelong complications if this issue is not addressed
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Educational Play: Theory‚ Programs‚ & Perspectives Abstract The following play program educational survey and observation details the educator and administrator perspectives on performance outcomes in four Virginia Beach schools. The use of play as an effective educational method is supported by the comprehensive literature review on the topic which discusses the major theories of Piaget‚ Erikson‚ and Vygotsky as the foundation for concluding how to best utilize play in the formal elementary
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just the number reported. How many go unreported and unnoticed? A range of factors poverty‚ homelessness‚ alcohol and drug addiction and child abuse and neglect make today’s families more susceptible than ever to splitting apart (Kirst-Ashman‚ 2013). In this chapter there is so much information to try and share. Social workers bring their unique skills to helping two increasingly vulnerable groups: children and families. Families structure is the “the nuclear family as well as those nontraditional
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Describe the historical significance of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion The Ottawa Charter first came into existence at the First International Health Promotion Conference in Ottawa‚ Canada 21 November 1986. Here‚ a never before charter of such reputed importance was forged that not only promoted health‚ but also implemented various strategies that an individual‚ group or community could adhere to in order to achieve a healthy overall well-being by the year 2000. The context in which
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|Promoting emotional health and well-being in schools | | | | Contents Executive summary 1 Key findings 4 Recommendations 6 The role of schools in providing for pupils with mental health difficulties 7 Whole-school approaches to promoting
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The Concept Analysis of Health Promotion Abstract Health promotion (HP) is a multi-dimensional and complex concept which the researcher is frequently used and defined in different ways. One of the nursing roles for nurses is the promoter of health; therefore it would be useful to attempt to clarify the concept. This article develops a concept analysis is to clarify the meaning of an existing concept of HP using the process developed by Pender‚ Murdaugh‚ and Parsons (2006). The method suggested
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Abstract When a family decides to have a child‚ everything changes. That child becomes a number one priority. In order for a child to lead a healthy‚ functional life‚ a family needs to be strong and functional. When a family becomes dysfunctional‚ the most effected is the children. The children forget their children and act out which makes them difficult to live with. If a dysfunctional family‚ let alone the children‚ knew that therapy and help was available to them‚ more families would become healthy
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. Family Assessment and Health Promotion Intervention Concerning Stress Overload The concept of the health is very difficult to define. It means different things to every family. A nurse should understand and recognize each family as unique and accept the definition of each family about health. Loveland-Cherry (2000) suggests that family health is seen as the abilities and resources that are available to a family to accomplish its developmental tasks . If the family is able to perform effectively
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including data given from an exercise tolerance test (ETT)‚ performed by the patient prior to being discharged from the hospital. Evidences collected from various research studies and guidelines from a number of heart associations worldwide has been used to support and justify clinical reasoning why patients like Aneka would benefit from participating in this rehabilitation phase after her recent cardiac event. The risks factors for Aneka has been evaluated and following this‚ an appropriate CR phase
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discuss and analyse the assessment‚ planning‚ implementation and evaluation of a health promotion activity on raising awareness on drink spiking and sexual assault. It will discuss the health needs assessment of a target group and identify current local or national health policies. It will also discuss the approach used in the implementation of the activity and discuss the role of the health promoter and how this activity can be carried out in practice. Hurley et al. (2006) cited in McBrierty et al.
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