reduced by providing culturally relevant health information‚ programs‚ and services‚ creating public policy that promotes health‚ improving access to health care and providing other opportunities for making healthy choices. Primary prevention is the prevention of diseases and conditions before their biological onset. This can be achieve in many ways‚ such as educating individuals to decrease risk taking behaviors‚ preventing environmental exposures‚ environmental health measures‚ such as maintaining
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recognized‚ the goals of health promotion and disease prevention cannot be achieved. Nurses play an important role in promoting health and disease prevention to reduce risk‚ chronic disease‚ and enhancing the quality of life cost-effectively. One of the main roles of a nurse is educating in all health components for attaining maximum health. Upon this role and the nurse’s ability to use appropriate knowledge does health promotion and prevention heavily rely (Edelman & Mandel‚ 2010a). Endless
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According to (Wolfe‚ 2011)‚ prevention efforts are generally considered in terms of primary‚ secondary‚ and tertiary. Primary prevention includes efforts to decrease the occurrence of an issue within a population before it occurs. (Wolfe‚ 2011) Primary prevention strategies‚ may present a particular population with new ways of thinking‚ values‚ and relationship skills that are opposing to violence and that encourage healthy relationships. Secondary prevention focuses on at-risk individuals
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Chikungunya is a bacterial disease that is transmitted to people by mosquitoes. Outbreaks usually have occurred in countries such as Africa‚ Asia‚ Europe and areas close to the Indian and Pacific oceans. In late 2013‚ America had their first patient that had the virus chikungunya. It was found on the islands in the Caribbean’s. Travelers that travel the world are at high risk of getting this bacterial virus chikungunya. There is no vaccine or any type of medications that can prevent the bacterial
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MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (SIR MODEL) Infectious diseases continue to claim the top spot for morbidity and mortality worldwide‚ with an estimated of 10% of all deaths each year to have been caused by HIV‚ tuberculosis and malaria. Infectious diseases have remained the major cause of suffering and mortality in developing countries‚ perhaps due to the fact that the aftermath of natural disasters often involve the outbreaks of infectious diseases. It is no wonder that the topic
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Indonesian people. Where prevention involves three steps. Primary prevention‚ secondary‚ and tertiary. Primary prevention means preventing the disease before it comes. By doing counseling‚ socialization‚ nest eradication of the disease. Then‚ secondary prevention means preventing the disease became endemic. In this case healthcare institutions conduct screening and treating the patient in order not widespread instead of killing the patient in order not widespread. Last tertiary prevention means preventing
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Dengue Virus Notes. Wikipedia: The dengue virus (DENV) in one of four serotypes and the cause of dengue fever. All four serotypes can cause the full spectrum of disease. It is a mosquito-borne‚ single positive-stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae; genus Flavivirus. Its genome is about 11000 bases that codes for three structural proteins‚ capsid protein C‚ membrane protein M‚ envelope protein E; seven nonstructural proteins‚ NS1‚ NS2a‚ NS2b‚ NS3‚ NS4a‚ NS4b‚ NS5; and short non-coding
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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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increase the span of healthy life for Americans‚ reduce health disparities among Americans‚ achieve access to preventive services for all Americans Health promotion improves quality life of all people and reduces premature deaths. By focusing on prevention‚ it reduces the costs of spending in medical treatment not only for individuals but ultimately for the state and the nation (University of Georgia‚ 2012). (UGA). Nursing Roles and Responsibilities Health
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Discussion Question 1 due Tuesday‚ April 16‚ 2013 No single definition of psychological abnormality has been completely accepted by the psychological community. Many of the definitions include common features‚ known as "the four Ds." What are the four Ds? Briefly describe each one. How can culture determine what is considered abnormal? Cite specific examples. The four D’s * Deviance- One that differs from a norm‚ especially a person whose behavior and attitudes differ from accepted social
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