to the public health field. If it was not for the assistance of the pioneer nurses‚ public health nursing would not be what it is today. Florence Nightingale‚ Lillian Wald‚ and Mary Breckinridge were all educated nurses who have played very significant roles in influencing and impacting public health nursing today. The founder of the nursing profession‚ Florence Nightingale‚ transformed the health care field. Ultimately‚ Florence Nightingale inspired the United States about public health nursing
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Positive Public Health Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs Public and Community Health HCS 457 Dee Martinez‚ RN‚ MSN April 20‚ 2014 Positive Public Health Doctors advise their patients to be healthy and work towards wellness. This advice affects more than the patient and their immediate actions to make corrections to their own wellbeing. Making changes to yourself can inspire other family members‚ friends‚ and co-workers to get up and start making changes for themselves. In theory the Health Impact Assessment
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Since the 19th century public health provisions have completely changed. During the early 19th century there have been a lot of deaths due to overcrowding‚ poor housing‚ dirt‚ poverty and diseases. After the industrial revolution origins public health began. The industrial revolution spread all over Britain during the 1800s. There was a huge increase of the number of factories due to the use of steam powered machines. People from countryside began to move to the city because if the number of factories
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local‚ national‚ and world health organizations that contribute immense time and effort to the public health issues of today‚ these organizations could still use more contribution from every day citizens. Moreover‚ it is troubling to hear more stories of intolerance and discrimination toward the LGBTQ community‚ especially when these public health issues affect LGBTQ people at significantly high rates. The following statistics describe just a few public health issues occurring nationally and globally:
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To what extent is obesity a public health issue and in what ways might psychologists contribute to the resolution of problems arising from it? We are‚ according to most public health authorities‚ in the midst of a pandemic of “globesity”‚ (global obesity) a term coined by the World Health Organisation in 2001. The question remains whether globesity is a disease itself‚ a symptom of underlying physiological or psychological illnesses or even a sign of social excess and therefore not a disease
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Based on the research I have presented in this paper‚ I believe it is reasonable to say that kratom presents very little (if any) threat to public health and safety and there is a lack of sufficient evidence‚ historic or scientific‚ to show that kratom presents significant danger despite many years of widespread use. There is not a kratom epidemic. Scheduling kratom under the CSA would only serve to‚ ultimately‚ drain resources from enforcing current drug laws in regulating much more dangerous
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determinant of health and it can be described as the actions that an individual performs that can either promote disease in their lives or protect them from it. Emma’s behaviors throughout her day were very beneficial for her health because they protected her from disease. Actions like drinking filtered water‚ eating nutritional food‚ and exercising will prove to be very beneficial in the future for Emma’s health. One very important thing when it comes to this social determinant of health is developing
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Vaccinations have been marked as one of the top reasons for the marked increase in public health since the early 1900’s. This safeguard against infectious diseases has seen the elimination of polio and the control of many other formerly debilitating disease. Interrupting the chain of infection‚ is an important component of public health’s responsibilities in keeping society safe from previous debilitating outbreaks. However‚ this fourth link in breaking the chain of infection is only effective if critical
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“Section 1: Overweight and Obesity as Public Health Problems in America.” In the USA‚ overweight and obesity is a major issue. Being overweight and obese can cause financial problems‚ and it is known that death increases between the age of 30 to 64 years old. Being overweight and obese can be hereditary‚ having a slow metabolism‚ or going through depression. It is important to exercise and eat right to keep our bodies healthy. With health programs helping reduce diseases‚ we will live longer by
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The Public health practitioner‚ who I admire most is Fitzhugh Mullan. He is a Professor of Health Policy in the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University‚ Professor of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences‚ and Co-Director of the George Washington University Health Workforce Institute. He served 23 years in the US Public Health Service starting as a National Health Service Corps physician‚ subsequently serving as director of the NHSC. Professor Mullan’s
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