Health Promotion Plan for African American Adults at Risk for Coronary Heart Disease Community Nursing: NUR 3634 Abstract Coronary heart disease affects a disproportionate amount of African Americans (CDC‚ 2010a)‚ yet there are modifiable risk factors that can reduce the risk of this disease. These modifiable risk factors include high blood pressure and high cholesterol. This health promotion plan involves a community-based strategy that targets African Americans by offering primary and
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Health Promotion Health Promotion has been defined by the World Health Organisation 2005 Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion as‚ “the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and is determent‚ and thereby improving their health.” The early years setting I work at is geographically set in a community first area had has high levels of poverty and unemployment. I decided to promote tooth brushing with the children whilst working in partnership with the Designed to Smile
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Health Prevention September 15‚ 2013 Health Prevention Health promotion according to World Health Organization‚ “Is the process of enabling people to increase control over‚ and to improve their health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behavior towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions.” In this assignment I have chosen three articles talking about the different health promotions. I will start with my article on teen suicide and primary prevention‚ then stroke
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Patient Teaching HLST 320 Caroline C December 31st‚ 2007 Introduction: I have chosen breastfeeding as my teaching topic for this assignment. The specific clientèle will be the new mother at between 2 and 7 days postpartum‚ newly discharged from hospital. As a community health nurse working with children and young families‚ I do initial postpartum visits at home. Breastfeeding is a very complex skill‚ natural‚ yet sometimes difficult
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Health Promotion The field of healthcare has been changing continuously. Healthcare was once viewed as the treatment and curing of diseases and illnesses. Currently‚ healthcare has begun to focus on preventing diseases and educating people about healthy lifestyles so that diseases do not have a chance to progress. This type of healthcare is known as Health Promotion. Health promotion encourages better health in communities through the collaboration between the community and the healthcare
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Patient Teaching: Importance of Repositioning Sean Crayton University of Toledo College of Nursing Patient Teaching: Importance of Repositioning Assessment of Patients Learning Needs M.C. is an elderly male who was admitted and treated for a fall and hip fracture. He had surgery‚ is bed ridden but is soon to be released. He and his family need proper teaching on the importance of reposition as to avoid obtaining pressure ulcers during his limitations to extensive bed rest and staying off
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Health promotion and teaching are important tools for nursing. By promoting health and health teaching‚ nurses can help lay the foundation for a healthier future. Major Concepts and Definitions Beliefa statement of sense‚ declared or implied‚ that is intellectually and/or emotionally accepted as true by a person or group. Attitudea relatively constant feeling‚ predisposition‚ or a set of beliefs that is directed toward an object‚ a person‚ or a situation. Valuea preference
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Importance of Health Promotion Health of an individual can be defined as a state free of illness‚ having a healthy behavior and a good state of mind. Health care industry is now focused on preventing illness by promoting wellness enhancing strategies which nurses have an important role to play as care provider and educator. Levels of preventive care are primary prevention – health education‚ immunization and fitness activities‚ secondary prevention – diagnosis and prompt intervention and tertiary
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Health Promotion: Primary‚ Secondary‚ and Tertiary Levels Health promotion is composed of three levels. Primary is the initial level of health promotion and prevention of diseases. The next level is secondary which involves early detection of a disease and prompt intervention to prevent the progression of the disease. Tertiary‚ the final level‚ is when a disease is permanent and the goal is to return the individual to the best possible level of functioning (Edelman & Mandle‚ 2010). According
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in relation to health and sickness. Not one person on earth is absolutely healthy or totally sick. The perception of health differs from one and another. According to World Health Organization (WHO) (1948)‚ health is “… a state completes physical‚ mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity…” In globalization era now‚ the healthy lifestyle of people also change. Health promotion is being introduced to create best solutions in improving the health quality among
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