POINT OF VIEW Young people and alcohol misuse: how can nurses use the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion? AUTHORS Bernadette Ward RN‚ Midwife‚ Grad Cert Ed‚ MPHandTM‚ MHlth Sci Lecturer‚ Faculty of Health Sciences‚ La Trobe University‚ Bendigo‚ Australia. B.Ward@latrobe.edu.au Glenda Verrinder RN‚ Midwife‚ Grad Cert Higher Ed‚ Grad Dip Pub and Com Health‚ MHlth Sci Senior Lecturer‚ Faculty of Health Sciences‚ La Trobe University‚ Bendigo‚ Australia. ABSTRACT Alcohol misuse in Australia
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References: 1. Marmot‚ M ‘Inequalities in Health’‚ The New England Journal of Medicine 2001;345(2):134-136 2. Lalonde‚ M (1974) A New Perspective on the Health of Canadians. Ottawa: National Ministry of Health and Welfare 3. Baume‚ F (1998) The new public health: an Australian perspective Publisher: Oxford University Press 4. Leeder S R (1999) Healthy Medicine‚ Challenges facing Australia’s health services Publisher: Allen &
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Outline the benefits of health promotion based on the five action areas of the Ottawa Charter. The five action areas of the Ottawa Charter include developing personal skills‚ creating supportive environments‚ strengthening community action‚ reorienting health services and building healthy public policy. The benefits of health promotion include developing personal skills is considered through education specifically PDHPE classes. Creating supportive environments – gyms and parks‚ light up at night
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are now using sun beds more often because appearance means a lot to people at that age. They are becoming more self conscious about themselves and are using sun beds to get a quick‚ cheap and easy tan. My s.m.a.r.t objectives for skin cancer is SunSmart Policy to: Increase the knowledge and awareness of skin cancer. Assist to develop strategies that encourage responsible decision making about skin protection‚ including not sun baking. Work towards a safe school environment that provides shade for
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ASHLEY VICTOR Mosman High School 2 Unit Pd/h/pe HSC Assessment Task Module: Core 1 - Health Priority in Australia 1. Outline TWO indicators of morbidity. Include examples in your answer. (3 Marks) Morbidity is the incidence or level of illness‚ disease or injury in a given population. Two indicators of morbidity include: Hospital use‚ by the cause and number of admissions. It provides a measure of the rates of illness and accidents to the community‚ major reasons for ill health and
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world by 2030 respectively. (Booker‚ 2010‚ AIHW‚ 2016) This essay will present the overview about the COPD clinical intervention in regards to effective managements and also discuss about the five strategies for health promotion illustrated in the Ottawa charter from published from WHO on nurse’s perspectives and guidance on their ends of professional responsibilities in an effort to alert
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PDHPE 2012 Current statistics on road accidents including morbidity and mortality rates for 17-25 year olds In 2011 statistics showed that there were 1‚292 deaths‚ 279 of which involved people aged 17 to 25. This is a decrease as last year it was reported that 336 people between 17 and 25 were killed on Australian roads. The biggest killer of young drivers is speeding and around 80 per cent of those killed are male. Deaths by age-group (years) 12 months | 0-17 | 17-25 | 26-39 | Total
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inequalities. Suggest one approach using Beattie’s model to address your chosen public health priority and provide rationale for your chosen approach. Discuss your chosen public health priority in relation to the action areas outlined in the Ottawa Charter and state two public heath competencies required to work in your chosen public health priority field. Assignment Guidance In your report you may use the following heading and sub-headings to structure your assignment. Title - “xxx (xxx is
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The purpose of this essay is to reflect and learn from an incident that happened while consulting with a client in the Hospital in the Home (HITH). Reflective practice is defined as the process of making sense of events‚ situations and actions that occur in the workplace (Oelofsen‚ 2012). Johns (1999) states the essence of learning through reflection is for the practitioner to surface contradiction between what she intends to achieve within any situation and the way she actually practices. There
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Road Trauma; two little words‚ that pack an almighty punch into the lives and families of those affected by vehicle accidents. A definition by the Australian Academy of Science: “The word ‘trauma’ is especially appropriate to describe the injuries inflicted by road crashes. The medical profession uses it for any bodily injury or wound‚ but more literally it means ‘a powerful shock that may have long-lasting effects’ – an apt description for the sudden violence of a road crash”. (NOVA: Australian
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