How can community health nurses apply the strategies of cultural competence to their practice? A nurse can be a part of helping a patient’s cultural preservation in their practice. For example‚ some people in the Jamaican culture hold nine-day wakes for deceased persons. The wake is a time for respecting and honoring the departed soul. For nine nights‚ relatives and friends share food and sing hymns‚ thus saying goodbye to the departed one (). A nurse can advocate for a patient from Jamaican
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Community Diagnosis A Community Health Epidemiology Study with Community Diagnosis HGT Community Health Practicum/HAT1 Erika J. Schnell‚ R.N. 11/05/2012 Western Governor’s University Community Diagnosis Abstract The following is an assessment of an Eastern Washington Community known as Chelan/Douglas Counties which will lead to a community diagnosis. This community diagnosis is based on publicly available statistical data gathered using the concepts of epidemiology of birth rates and leading
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information and summary of Chester County community health needs assessment of children with dental health care needs. Quantitative information from the US census and Chester county department of health will provide the required statistics for the report‚ which will be compared to the Healthy people 2020 goals and objectives to determine the state of dental health care for children. Information Background of the Community Background information for the community is vital for the assessment‚ as it will
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Epidemiology NUR/408 February 2‚ 2015 Amy Reagan Epidemiology Public health nursing involves assessing populations of all kinds‚ on a regular basis. Vulnerable populations are the most worrisome as they are at higher risks for certain diseases or actions. Teens are among the vulnerable populations due to many different risk factors‚ such as pregnancy‚ drug use‚ and much more. Epidemiology plays a major role in public health nursing by allowing nurses to study and identify risk factors that may be present
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ROLE OF NURSE IN COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH INTRODUCTION The trend in psychiatric care is shifting from that of inpatient hospitalization to a focus of outpatient care within the community. Community mental health services include all those activities in the community connected with mental health other than the institutional or hospitalized setting. The community approach focuses on the total population of defined geographical area rather than individual patient. Emphasis is mainly on preventive services
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EMERGING ECONOMIC SECTORS IN MAURITIUS INTRODUCTION 1 LAND USE 2 RENEWABLE ENERGY 5 BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING (BPO) 8 MARINE RESOURCES 15 MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY 18 BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOMEDICAL 19 CONCLUSION 23 INTRODUCTION In the recent years the Mauritian economy has seen a lot of diversification with the emergence of several new sectors to add to the traditional sectors that are Sugarcane Industry‚ Manufacturing and Tourism. The land
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Topic 2 Community Appraisal How is a community appraisal conducted? When public health officials want to assess and survey the needs of a community‚ they use Rapid Participatory Appraisal. It is “rapid” that the exercise can be done in a relatively short time frame (Brown et al‚ 2006). This means the involvement of the local community cooperation and individual participation to facilitate community action ( Walley & Wright‚ P. 40) This method provide a very usual information about health-related
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Public Health agencies played a significant role in the past and continue to contribute in improving the overall health of communities through various interventions‚ focusing on prevention rather than treatment. These preventative measures include but are not limited to sanitizing drinking water‚ implementing immunizations to eradicate infectious diseases‚ and creating many programs that promote behaviors beneficial for a healthy community. What is a healthy community? According to the publication
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public health field. If it was not for the assistance of the pioneer nurses‚ public health nursing would not be what it is today. Florence Nightingale‚ Lillian Wald‚ and Mary Breckinridge were all educated nurses who have played very significant roles in influencing and impacting public health nursing today. The founder of the nursing profession‚ Florence Nightingale‚ transformed the health care field. Ultimately‚ Florence Nightingale inspired the United States about public health nursing by her
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EMPOWERMENT : THE HOLY GRAIL OF HEALTH PROMOTIONS: CHRISTOPHER RISSEL PG 197-207 Empowerment: there is much disagreement around pinning a definition due to not being able to measure it. Rappaport (87): Empowerment cant be measured‚ must be considered on a case by case basis Due to is lack of clear concept and definition‚ empowerment has evolved‚ it is complex and has borrowed from many bodies of literature. 1960’s rooted in civil rights and women’s movements 1980’s where distinctions were
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