Professor’s Name Institution DATE Health Determinants Introduction Health plays an important factor in the everyday life. In our society‚ there are those who stay healthy while others always unhealthy. In the field of nursing‚ it is important to find out reasons as to why lack of health is a continuing problem in the society. This is the key to becoming effective in the sector. The parameters that define health are known as health determinants. These range from social‚ economic‚ personal‚ and environmental
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Beck’s Theory of postpartum depression Theory is an attempt to explain the world around us. It is defined as a set of concepts‚ definitions‚ and propositions that projects a view of phenomena by designating specific interrelationships among concepts for purposes of describing‚ explaining and predicting phenomena. In the world of healthcare the nurse through the understanding of theories attempt to explain why nurses do what they do. Nursing theories are the creative products of nurses who seek to
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longer-lasting depression after delivery. Approximately 1 in 1‚000 women develop more serious conditions‚ like postpartum psychosis. A number of factors can increase the risk of postpartum depression‚ including: -a history of depression before becoming pregnant -Age at time of pregnancy (younger mothers are more likely to develop the condition) -the more children you have the more likely mothers are to develop the condition - having a history of premenstrual dysphoric disorder -limited social support
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Health Promotion Essay- The Determinants of Health The determinants of health are economic and social conditions that affect people’s health status. These influence the living and working conditions that impacts people’s everyday living condition. Factors such as the place and the environment we live in‚ genetics‚ educational level or work status and income‚ as well as friends and family are some of the aspects that affects our health condition. On the other hand‚ the people that have an access
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A Middle Range Theory of Postpartum Depression: Analysis and Application by Jennifer R. Marsh‚ RN BSN Abstract: This paper examines Cheryl Tatano Beck’s middle range theory of postpartum depression: Teetering on the Edge. Concepts and definitions of the theory are outlined‚ as well as assumptions and propositions. The postpartum depression theory is further examined and evaluated in its relation to the field of nursing‚ its applicability to practice‚ and author’s scope of practice.
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Social determinants of health are the circumstances in which people are born‚ grow up‚ live‚ work‚ and age‚ as well as the systems put in place to deal with illness. These circumstances are in turn shaped by a wider set of forces: economics‚ social policies‚ and politics.Social determinants of health are factors in the social environment that contribute to or detract from the health of individuals and communities. These factors include‚ but are not limited to the following: Socioeconomic status‚Transportation
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English 111-802A. 2 May 2016 Postpartum Depression and How It Affect Marriages “The Yellow Wallpaper” written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ is a short story that exposed a psychological problem called‚ postpartum depression. This paper will focus on the negative psychological impact that postpartum depressions have on marriages when both the wife and the husband are not educated about the condition and experienced different and unhelpful treatment for the depression based on the short story “The
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There is not a single way to determine the health of the public‚ therefor social determinants are used in order to show health and social status and give reason as to why health varies across the world (Hill et al‚ 2010). According to the World Health Organistion (2015)‚ social determinants relating to health are the circumstances in which people find themselves‚ collectively because of where they are born‚ how they live‚ their working life and their age. It claims that these conditions are defined
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Postpartum depression is a serious disease that affects as many as 60 percent of new mothers. The new mother’s may not feel love for their newborn and may have no energy to take care of the child. They may also suffer from insomnia‚ excessive eating or anorexia‚ hyperventilation. People have different methods for coping with life and its stressful events. The level of security in a person is directly proportional to the method of coping with a difficult situation. One of these stressful events
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influences the health of individuals? The determinants of health COPY NOTES • • • • • An individual’s level of health status and quality of life are the result of many factors interacting. These factors are referred to as determinants of health. Some of these factors can be controlled or modifiable by the individual‚ such as smoking cigarettes. Some factors are beyond an individual’s capacity to control‚ so they are termed non-modifiable‚ eg. age/heredity. Determinants of health affect health in a cumulative
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