Health promotion has been defined as the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and to improve it. This process requires personal participation and supportive environments. For people with disabilities‚ however‚ personal participation is often limited by non-supportive environments. Lack of knowledge on how to modify programs to meet specific needs‚ poor attitudes‚ and unfriendly environments often creates insurmountable barriers to participation for many people with disabilities
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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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Health Promotion/Community Health Project and Paper Focus Group of Forest Park Howard Mohr Community Center After-School Program Forest Park‚ IL By Susan Reighard Population Health Loyola University New Orleans Online Course Instructor: Dr. Angelique White-Williams May 2010 Health Promotion/Community Health Project and Paper: Focus Group of Forest Park Howard Mohr Community Center After-School Program‚ Forest Park‚ IL The purpose of this paper is to summarize and detail the observations
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Community Health of Chesterfield County-Virginia Western Governors University Population/Economic Assessment Chesterfield County‚ Virginia has a population of about 328‚000 as of January 1‚ 2014 with 752 people per square mile. There was a 3.6% increase in the population from April 1‚ 2010 to July 1‚ 2013. 65.4% of the population is white non-Hispanic‚ 21.6% are black non-Hispanic‚ 7.2% are Hispanic‚ 3.2% are Asian and 2.1% are two or more races. In 2012 there were 3657 births and 1654 deaths
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Women in the Iroquois community had a number of social roles‚ these roles include‚ being political participates. The clan mothers are the conscience of the clan chiefs‚ in other words the women directed the chiefs in making important decisions for the clan. Another role that women have in the confederacy is to be a clan mother. A clan mother is a female Iroquois that takes care of the longhouse and owns it too‚ her jobs are to choose Iroquois men to be chiefs and represent their clan‚ and if the
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Name: ______________________________________ Date: ________________________ Student Exploration: Identifying Nutrients Vocabulary: carbohydrate‚ disaccharide‚ lipid‚ monosaccharide‚ polysaccharide‚ protein‚ starch Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. What are the major types of nutrients you can get from food? Proteins‚ lipids‚ carbohydrates‚ minerals and vitamins 2. How are these nutrients used by your body? Nutrients are used by your body for
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Public Health Nurses are known to bring his/her leadership and management expertise to the community for a better recovery after catastrophic events. According to Stanley et al.‚ “public health nurses are leaders in policy and planning to ensure that the communities they serve received prioritized and actionable solutions to their health and social problems.” The long-term environmental effects of catastrophic event are healthcare infrastructure loss such as damage of hospitals‚ clinics‚ pharmacies
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The World Health Organisation states that “Health is a state of physical‚ mental and social well-being. It involves more than just the absence of disease or infirmity.” Health is evidently more than just the absence of disease‚ as achieving wellness requires an adequate balance of various aspects of the whole person. There are several crucial dimensions of health that need to be taken into consideration before forming the beliefs of the nature of health – physical‚ social‚ emotional and spiritually
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Mental Health in the African American Community Introduction African Americans‚ can also be referred as the Afro Americans or the Black Americans‚ are the residents and citizen of the Unites States who have their roots linked to at least the partial ancestry of the native population of Sub-Saharan Africa. They are also the direct descendants of enslaved Africans that were within the boundaries of the present day United States. Most of the African Americas are the descendants from West Africa
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Community health workers serve as the link between medical providers and their patients for minority and cultural communities. These workers are typically considered bicultural and bilingual as they are members of both the medical workforce and the specific cultural community of the patients with whom they interact. Thus‚ community health workers are able to help remedy the disconnect that clients may have with the medical system by working closely with patients in their homes and everyday community
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