“Community Health Center or Health Center: An outpatient clinic that receives grant funds from the federal government through §330 of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA).”(Taylor‚ Jessamy) Federally funded Community Health Centers began in the 1960’s as part of the Office of Economic Opportunity‚ to reach the regions of the United States that were medically underserved and to promote community “empowerment.” Formally operated under the Department of Health‚ Education‚ and Welfare‚ it is now
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A significant experience I had in my leadership role was my ability to impact a younger generation with my words. Being a student ambassador at my community college‚ I meet people from all walks of life who have one thing in common — to figure out a career path that they are passionate about. Though some students are certain about their career choice — a huge majority are not — and in most cases‚ society peer pressures them into settling for a profession that is “realistic” or makes them feel insecure
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Introduction This module introduces Community Problem Solving as a teaching and learning strategy. As such‚ it is the ’practical’ application module that builds on the ideas for citizenship education developed in Module 7. It also draws on the ideas about experiential‚ enquiry and values education‚ Future Problem Solving and learning outside the classroom in other modules. Community Problem Solving provides students with an opportunity to practice the skills that are needed to participate in finding
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Abstract Community policing is an new philosophy of police operations and management. It is a change of the goals‚ operations and management‚ but not a change of the responsibilities of the police force. It is based on the concept that private citizens and police officers can work together to solve problems of the community related to crimes‚ fear of crimes‚ social and physical disorders and neighborhood decay. Grants or other resources funded the community program. This paper will take a look
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Aging in a Rural Community Wanda W. Jones Webster University Introduction Living and aging in a rural community has many challenges. The aging of America in rural communities has gone from being the prominent lifestyle of American citizens to approximately a quarter of the country living in rural areas. Because elders prefer to remain in their homes and age in place‚ living in rural communities presents barriers that are not easily overcome. Transportation is a critical component of aging
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Community Teaching Work Plan Proposal Directions: Develop an educational series proposal for your community using one of the following four topics which will be chosen within your CLC group: 1) Bioterrorism/Disaster 2) Environmental Issues 3) Primary Prevention/Health Promotion 4) Secondary Prevention/Screenings for a Vulnerable Population * Planning Before Teaching: Name and Credentials of Teacher: Red Group RN to BSN student | Estimated Time Teaching Will Last: 1 hour
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Communities of Practice (COP) Assignment On Table of Content Serial no: | Topic: | Page No: | 1. | Introduction | 3 | 2. | Communities of Practices | 4 | 3. | Communities of practice and knowledge management | 5 | | I. Importance of teamwork for Knowledge Management | 5 | | II. Sharing ideas to the success of KM | 7 | | III. Connection of COP to Knowledge Management | 8 | | IV. How characteristics of COP help to bring success
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(a) What does community service/volunteerism mean to you? * I define volunteerism as a service performed for the benefit of others with little or no benefit to the person carrying out the service. One may volunteer for many reasons but these should not include expecting to receive an income or publicity for work being done. One benefit that a volunteer may have however is growing their knowledge base about the activity in which they are participating. One should think about the ways which they
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Since the early 1900’s there has been a shift in the emphasis from learning with the focus being on the individual (local) to learning as part of a community (global). The emergence of social communities have worked in tandem with established forms of learning to educate the masses. These social communities were called by various names each having a different function and or terms of reference. Local learning takes place within ‘self’‚ as we learn people learn with us and from us‚ in a non formal
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The governance of Bergen Community College is shared among the board of trustees‚ the administration‚ and the faculty. The faculty has primary authority over the academic area‚ including such matters as the curriculum‚ standards of faculty competence‚ and standards of student achievement. The board and administration have primary authority over mission‚ strategic direction‚ physical plant‚ and fiscal resources. These factors have changed the dynamics of shared authority and understanding in ways
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