Health Promotion Identify and describe a public health initiative in your area and ways in which the LAS could potentially link in with this. What is Health Promotion? Health Promotion started from the Ottawa Charter which in 1986 set out the concept alongside five key areas of action‚ which are Building Health Public Policy‚ Creating Supportive Environments‚ Strengthening Community Action‚ Developing Personal Skills and Reorienting Health Services. (Practical Health Promotion 2008) The World
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UNIVERSITY OF TEESSIDE SCHOOL OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE BSc (Hons) Nursing Studies‚ Adult The Role of the Nurse in Improving Health and Wellbeing (CCH1037-N-BJ1-2012) Community Profile Megan McCallion J9238068 Word Count: 3‚704 Thursday 24th January 2013 Contents page Chapter One- Introduction........................................................................Page 3-4 Chapter Two – The Health Improvement Issue......................................Page 5-8 Chapter Three – Service
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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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References: Lalonde M (1981) A New Perspective On The Health Of The Canadians‚ Available from; http:/www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/alt_formatt/hpb-dgps/pdf/pubs/ 1974-lalonde/lalonde-eng.pdf‚ Assessed on March 17th‚ 2013. Martin K (2003) (On Line) Available from:(http://www.cdhn.org/document /bank‚Accessed on: March 17th 201111112223. Naidoo J‚ Wills J (2005) Public Health and Health Promotion Developing Practice‚ Bailliere Tindall‚London. United Nations (1992) Un conference
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From my community-based learning placement at Estrella Family Services‚ I found it difficult to find meaningful stories of resilience from the children and the teachers. I do not believe in making speculations on the background of the students and teachers. What I will do instead is document my perceptions of the Greater Washington Community instead and how it has changed. When I first came to the Greater Washington Community‚ I felt shocked at what I had seen. Such a poor and harsh community only
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and in preventing illness in proper hand washing techniques. Health promotion is the practice of allowing individuals to increase their own control over‚ and to improve their health. The purpose of health promotion is to monitor and evaluate
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My idea of a healthy community would be that of a place where health promotion is pushed by creating a suitable environment for the wellness of everyone. There is much that can be done to create healthy communities. Communities that support people in making healthy choices help prevent chronic diseases and the complications that can result from them. Public health works with a variety of partners to create healthy communities including transportation planners‚ city planners and land use experts because
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public health effort has been directed to the control of transmissible diseases‚ reduction of environmental hazards‚ and provision of safe drinking water. The Greeks believed that ill health developed from an imbalance between man and his environment‚ not unlike contemporary public health theories of multifactorial disease causations‚ in which environment plays a prominent role (pg 5). In the middle ages (AD 500-1500)‚ epidemics of infectious disease spurred collective activities by communities to
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A healthy community is a place where people can prosper both physically and socially‚ reaching their full potential. In these communities health promotion is adopted‚ and every member works at maintaining a healthy lifestyle free from injury‚ illness‚ and disease. These communities improve the quality of life of their inhabitants by providing its members with healthy‚ available‚ accessible‚ and affordable options. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2014). These communities invest “in proven
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Community Health Practicum “Childhood obesity in Bridgeport‚ Connecticut” Naomie Trofort Western Governors University February 16‚ 2013 Outline A. Introduction B.1. Community Assessment B.2. Genogram B.3. Health Concern B.4 Population B.4a. Health Inequity B.4b. Data B.5 Resources and Partners C.1. Diagnosis D.1. Outcomes or goals E.1. Nursing Actions E.2. Work to Improve Health Concern E.3. Partnership E.4. Objectives E.5. Timelines F.1. Evaluation G.1. Conclusion Abstract Nursing
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