Community Health Promotion Tool: Hypertension Transcript: Hypertension Guest: Hypertension Host: Kimberly Thomas Kimberly Thomas: Good Evening‚ I am Kimberly Thomas. I’m interviewing Hypertension what is a disorder that affects cardiovascular system. Let’s talk about the population and treatment for hypertension. There are a lot of medications for hypertension. What is hypertension? Where do you start for treatment? Hypertension: Hypertension is high blood pressure. Well‚ there are several
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Heart Healthy Family African American and Heart Disease Heart disease is the #1 killer for all American’s‚ and the fourth leading cause of death. As scary as this sounds African-Americans are at a much higher risk for getting heart disease‚ 44% men and 48% women. There is good news however‚ African-Americans can improve their odds of preventing this disease‚ by taking simple steps to prevent them. First you need to understand how the heart works. The heart is muscle‚ with blood vessels leading in
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Cultural and Disease Paper Roberta Williams HCS/245 February 22.2014 Rebecca Riznyk Every 24 hours thirty six thousand people are diagnosed with diabetes mellitus! (Darrell Lynn Grace‚ 2011).There is twenty four million Americans that have Diabetes Mellitus‚ and ninety five percent have type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes is a group of diseases that is caused by high levels of blood glucose and is caused by defects in insulin production. Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and
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(Week 1 DQ #2) Class‚ In our first DQ‚ we discussed the various cultural barriers that we might see on a routine basis; however there are still many more barriers to effective communication. These might be more associated with physical and psychological barriers. Here are two real-world questions that we most of us will encounter throughout our health care career regularly... How might a provider communicate more effectively with a person who is hearing impaired? Also‚ how might a provider communicate
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One common definition of health used by many health care providers would include the idea that health is being free from disease or being in a state of wholeness: mentally‚ physically and spiritually (Stamler‚ Yiu‚ & Dosani‚ 2015‚ p.135). As a community health nurse‚ it is crucially important to take note of the community strengths and weaknesses to have a full understanding of the needs within the community. Completing an assessment of health determinants gives the health care practitioner an overview
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Bubonic Plague University of Phoenix Introduction to Health and Disease HCS 245 March 03‚ 2013 Bubonic Plague The bubonic plague seems to refer to an era long passed. Associated with the filthy living conditions of industrial Europe in the 14th century its beginnings are centuries prior in the Roman Empire. The Plague of Justinian is the first well documented pandemic of the bubonic plague and “it killed up to 10‚000 people a day”("Bubonic plague‚" n.d.‚ 1). When the plague struck Asia
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Tuberculosis University of Phoenix Introduction to Health and Disease HCS 245 March 09‚ 2013 Tuberculosis Transmission of Tuberculosis in the 1800-1900’s Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. Also known as TB‚ tuberculosis bacteria attacks the lungs in most cases but can attack other parts of the body. If not treated properly tuberculosis can be fatal. Tuberculosis is an airborne bacterium spread from person to person. According to the CDC‚ Center
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University of Phoenix Material Writing Resources Part I Complete the following table with at least three writing resources found in the Center for Writing Excellence. Note what the resource is in the first column‚ where it is found in the second‚ and how you will use it in the third column. Writing resource Location How will you use it? Plagiarism Checker Library Tab-Center for Writing Excellence- Plagiarism Checker This tool is used for us students to submit a paper you have
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Culture and Disease HCS 245 6/17/2013 Cathy Andrade Culture and Disease Asthma is a disease that is sweeping the country. With so many new cases being reported daily‚ it has become somewhat of an epidemic. It can be found in almost all corners of the world. Although it is most common in the US‚ Canada‚ and UK‚ it is growing more common in heavily industrialized countries like Brazil and South Africa. This disease can affect anyone; from women to men‚ children to adults‚ Caucasians to
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University of Phoenix FIN/571 Kent Kelly 1/11/15 Susanne Elliot 1. There are many reasons why a company may or may not become successful but one area of success for a company has always been the company’s foundation or structure
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