Health Promotion Project By Kendrell Dublin Devry University Injuries and violence are widespread in society. Both unintentional injuries and those caused by acts of violence are among the top 15 killers for Americans of all ages. Many people accept them as “accidents‚” “acts of fate‚” or as “part of life.” However‚ most events resulting in injury‚ disability‚ or death are predictable and preventable. The Injury and Violence Prevention objectives for 2020 represent
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Levels of Prevention Promotion of health and disease prevention is an important factor in health care. There are three levels of prevention: primary‚ secondary‚ and tertiary. Primary prevention refers to interventions that promote optimal health and prevent the occurrence of disease‚ injury‚ or disability. Primary prevention advocates health promotion. Primary prevention includes health promotion‚ environmental protection‚ and specific protection against disease or injury. In primary prevention
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References: Zera‚ D. (1992). Coming of age in a heterosexist world: The development of gay and lesbian adolescents
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Suicide The natural end of every human life is death. Some people‚ for reasons that have never been fully understood‚ choose to end their own lives. This is called suicide‚ which means literally "self-killing." According to Dryden-Edwards (2013)‚ Suicide is the process of purposely ending one’s own life. The way societies view suicide varies widely according to culture and religion. For example‚ many Western cultures‚ as well as mainstream Judaism‚ Islam‚ and Christianity tend to view killing
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Suicide‚ a Public Health Problem “Suicide is when people direct violence at themselves with the intent to end their lives‚ and they die as a result of their actions” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]‚ 2012). In 2012‚ the CDC used that as the definition of suicide for their “Understanding Suicide Fact Sheet”. After that definition‚ the CDC acknowledged that suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States (2012). Suicide is a major public health issue for it is one of the
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Assignment 2 Mental Health Policy and Plans Assignment 2 Advocacy for integration of mental health care into primary care and the development of psychiatric rehabilitation services and programs The development of integration of mental health care in primary care is crucial for diverse reasons which include the fact that: - Mental diseases are frequent and create substantial social‚ professional and economical loss to society‚ namely in Portugal 1 in each 5 people
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Abstract Suicide is an act of intentionally ending one’s own life committed out of despair‚ mental disorders and stress. The Filipinos committing suicide is a mind-boggling act and this paper would serve as an awareness to people that some interactions with the community: family‚ friends‚ peers‚ school‚ and network can affect even a teenage Filipino to give in to suicidal thoughts . . . which is rare given the fact that a Filipino at heart is considered as one of the happiest people on earth.
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Smoking causes a wide range of serious health problems – including lung cancer‚ heart disease‚ and strokes – and frequently results in premature disability and death. To make matters worse‚ kids can start becoming seriously addicted to smoking very quickly‚ just weeks or even days after first “experimenting” with 1 cigarettes. What’s more‚ smoking can harm kids well before they reach adulthood by causing a number 2 of immediate‚ sometimes irreversible‚ health risks and problems. Right now‚ about one
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03-12-2013 Teenage Suicide On the night of February 10‚ 2007‚ 13-year-old Kyle Koslop ended his life in his bedroom. He was the 38th person in Luzerne County under the age of 24 to commit suicide since the year of 2000 (Grochowski). Last year‚ at least three more students from Luzerne County committed suicide; two students from Pittston Area and one student from Nanticoke. Suicide is a serious problem among adolescents because there are many pressures and obstacles adolescents do not know how to
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levels of prevention‚ the second level is the one that confused me the most. In my opinion‚ some of the elements in the second level of prevention‚ such as an influenza vaccination program‚ looked like they could be applied to the other levels of prevention as well (Stanhope and Lancaster‚ 2010). In the example that I gave‚ the vaccination program‚ not only is a method that is aimed at reducing flu rates‚ but it is also a form of prevention‚ which is identified as belonging to a primary intervention
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