Defence against Disease and the Immune System In this essay I have distinguished clearly between active/ passive‚ natural/artificial immunity and described some methods of vaccine production. I have critically compared the effectiveness of the smallpox vaccination programme with programmes aimed at control of measles‚ polio‚ influenza‚ malaria and cholera. Introduction (Immune System‚ 2012) “The immune system is made up of a network of cells‚ tissues‚ and organs that work together
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Health Promotion in Nursing Care Many years ago‚ people focused on disease and illness and not staying healthy or preventing illness from occurring. People did not go to the doctor for wellness checks but rather only if they had an ailment. Immunizations have removed some of the diseases that were causing death among the individuals that had contracted the illness. Health promotion has come to the forefront in medical practice since the movement of Healthy People that focuses on health and not
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Slide 1: RATIONALE FOR TARGET GROUP: According to the World health Organisation 2009‚ Alcohol is one of the world’s top three priority areas in public health. I am trying to prevent alcohol dependence among the under 30’s as…….As you can see from the bar chart prevalence has shown that there has been a 11 year rise in alcoholic liver disease deaths between 2002 and 2012. As you can see from this graph from The Office of National Statistics‚ 2012‚ it shows the Top 5 alcohol related deaths by causes
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Health promotion essay Introduction: Rheumatic fever is a serious illness‚ which is thought to affect children between the ages of 4-11 (Ministry of Health ‚ 2014). This illness is linked with other close contact infectious diseases in children such as child poverty‚ social deprivation and overcrowding. (Sharpe‚ 2011). Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand and make up the statistics of the most affected ethnic group in the country. According to the Ministry of Health‚ Maori are believed
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doctor away” and “You are what you eat” These terms relate to our health. The word “health” is derived from whole‚ signalling that health concerns the whole person. Collins (2013). Health promotion has been defined by the (World Health Organisation‚ 2005) as “the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants”. Scriven (2010) suggested that the primary means of health promotion occurs through developing healthy public policy for example income‚ housing‚ food
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DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL DISEASE A disease is an abnormal condition that affects the body of an organism. It is often construed as a medical condition associated with specific symptoms and signs. It may be caused by factors originally from an external source‚ such as infectious disease. “Disease" is often used more broadly to refer to any condition that causes pain‚ dysfunction‚ distress‚ soci al problems‚ or death to the person afflicted‚ or similar problems for those in contact
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The Effects of Health Promotion on Nursing With the health care field changing so rapidly‚ especially with The Affordable Care Act coming into play‚ it is crucial for nurses to teach health promotion to the patient population. Nurses have the responsibility to care for their patients and this includes educating them about their healthcare. There are three different levels of health promotion: primary‚ secondary‚ and tertiary health promotion. Although the three levels have different focus aspects
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Promoting Health Contents Page 3-6 LO1: Concept of health and definitions. Models and approaches. Theories of health behaviour. Page 6-7 LO2: Factors and influences on health. Page 7-9 LO3: Politics of health promotion. Sources of information for deciding a need for promotion. Ethics of health promotion. Page 10-11 Bibliography
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1. Health promotion comprises of any activities that would initiate a change in order to enhance the wellbeing of the public; these certain include consulting services for seniors and for patients with multiple disorders in long-term care. They are at higher risks of experiencing complex‚ interconnected problems that when arise can cause harms. Instead of designing therapy for these complications‚ health professionals can act proactively to minimize their risks. Within my clerkship site‚ implementation
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Kimberly‚ Medical care of the individual does have an impact on health promotion and prevention for the general population. Primarily because properly educated patients can become change agents for their family‚ neighbors and even broader community members. Individual patients that successfully manage their diabetes or can share their story of suffering endured from cancer as a result of lifelong tobacco use for example demonstrates how the two systems can work in tandem. Currently‚ ”healthcare
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