PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION Nutrients 1. Carbohydrates 2. Proteins 3. Lipids 4. Vitamins 5. Minerals 6. Water – functions: a. Solvent b. A lubricant c. Transport medium d. Regulate body temperature 7. Macronutrients – carbohydrates‚ proteins‚ lipids required in grams‚ kilograms 8. Micronutrients – vitamins and minerals needed in micrograms or milligrams 9. Energy needed for a. Basic body functions/basal metabolism (60 – 75% total energy requirement) b. Physical activity (15 – 30%)
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Med Health Care and Philos (2011) 14:187–194 DOI 10.1007/s11019-010-9281-0 SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION Professional values in community and public health pharmacy David Badcott Published online: 29 August 2010 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 Abstract General practice (community) pharmacy as a healthcare profession is largely devoted to therapeutic treatment of individual patients whether in dispensing medically authorised prescriptions or by providing members of the public with
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COLLEGE OF NURSING NCM 101 COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING Health Promotion and Public Health Health • A State of complete physical‚ mental and social well- being‚ not merely an absence of disease or infirmity (WHO‚ 1948). • A State of being well and using every power the individual possesses to the fullest extent (Nightingale‚ 1969). • Optimum Level of Functioning (OLOF) Determinants of Health (World Health Organization) • The health of individuals and communities are‚ to a large extent
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Health Care Setting In hospitals‚ clinics‚ and other healthcare settings‚ health educators often work one-on-one with patients and their families. They teach patients about their diagnoses and about necessary treatments or procedures. They also teach the patient about lifestyle changes that are necessary to manage the disease or to assist with recovery. Health educators direct people to outside resources‚ such as support groups and home health agencies and create activities and incentives to encourage
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Public health as agreed by the faculty for public health (2010) is “ The science and art of promoting and protecting health and well-being‚ preventing ill-health and prolonging life through the organised efforts of society.” A health needs assessment HNA‚ is a public health tool which underpins a large proportion of government policy. It offers ideal opportunities to engage with an identified population‚ and accumulate evidence from them and about them. This provides an evidence base from which
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The History of Public Health and the Role of the Community/Public Health Nurse Walden University NURS 4010 Section 04‚ Family‚ Community‚ and Population-Based Care 10 / 21 / 2012 The History of Public Health and the Role of the Community/Public Health Nurse Overview Public health‚ a population-centered nursing had been in existence since the late 1880s under the guise of different names. The focus of public health nursing was on sanitation‚ communicable disease
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DESCRIPTION OF A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER A community health worker is one who provides basic community health care services for promotion of health‚ prevention of illness‚ simple treatment and rehabilitation. The services utilizes the philosophy‚ content‚ method and skills of public health care. While most nurses care for one patient at a time‚ public health nurses care for entire populations. By working with whole communities‚ public health nurses are able to educate people about health issues‚ improve
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Community Based Nursing Community health nursing is defined as a synthesis of nursing and public health practice applied to promoting and preserving the health of populations‚ according to the ANA in 2000. As an R.N. in the ICU hospital setting‚ I have not come across the terms community based nursing and public health nursing often. Community health nursing is a synthesis of nursing practice and public health practice applied in promoting and preserving the health of populations. Since Community
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than cure”‚ population health is the approach that looks at the broader picture of developing and maintaining a realistic and culturally acceptable health plan for the Australian Aboriginal communities. Rather than merely addressing the management of diseases‚ population health goes deeper by aiming to manage the factors that may have caused or developed the diseases‚ and ensure that the World Health Organization’s (cited in Queensland Health 2012‚ p. 1) definition of health as “a state of complete
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Elasticity and Its Application Chapter 5 Copyright © 2001 by Harcourt‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be mailed to: Permissions Department‚ Harcourt College Publishers‚ 6277 Sea Harbor Drive‚ Orlando‚ Florida 32887-6777. Elasticity . . . … is a measure of how much buyers and sellers respond to changes in market conditions … allows us to analyze supply and demand with greater precision. Harcourt‚ Inc. items and derived
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