A healthy community is a place where people can prosper both physically and socially‚ reaching their full potential. In these communities health promotion is adopted‚ and every member works at maintaining a healthy lifestyle free from injury‚ illness‚ and disease. These communities improve the quality of life of their inhabitants by providing its members with healthy‚ available‚ accessible‚ and affordable options. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2014). These communities invest “in proven
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Caring for Vulnerable Populations Rebecca Bennett Legal Nurse Consulting/Phase 2 IP 1 Colorado Technical University Online August 27‚ 2011 Vulnerable Populations When referring to vulnerable populations‚ it means there are different subpopulations that sometimes have a higher risk for being unhealthy‚ and having very little access to health care (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2008). The community is trying to help these vulnerable populations get proper health care‚ but needs to identify factors
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Place Fayette‚ the county seat of Jefferson County‚ in Southwest Mississippi‚ is a civic town with a population of approximately 2‚242‚ according to the 2000 census. The latitude of Fayette is 31.711 North; the longitude is 91.06 West with elevation of 290 feet (www.epodunk.com‚ 2006). The land area is calculated at 3.1 kilometer2 (Census‚ 2000). Since Fayette is a relatively small town‚ there is no public transportation available to the residents. Many of the citizens have their own transportation
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Pakistan’s population has increased from 34 million in 1951 to 152 million in mid 2005. The addition of over 116 million Pakistanis in just five decades is due to the high population growth rates in the last thirty years. Continuing high population growth will amount to Pakistan’s population reaching 220 million by the year 2020. Coupled with poor human development indicators such as low: a) Literacy b) high infant mortality c) low economic growth rates d) poor health facilities e) poor
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Underserved community are community‚ population disadvantaged due to lack of‚ or inadequate number of primary care physicians to meet their basic healthcare needs. Underserved community are also communities of low income below the 200% federal poverty level with medical disabilities‚ and resides in isolated geographical rural regions. The increased demand of healthcare related supply of physician availability‚ which stems from many more specialization of medical teams due to decreased reimbursement
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Community Assessment Troy Hills Parsippany NJ 1 Community Assessment of Troy Hills Parsippany Richard Sakyiamah Lehman College Professor Marcia Skeete HIN 269 December 5‚ 2012. A community assessment gives emphasis on evaluating agencies‚ community members and systems so as to learn more about circumstances within such community. The goal of community assessment is to gather pertinent information from a personal walk or drive through the community
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Vulnerable Population: The Poor “A vulnerable population is a group or groups that are more likely to develop health- related problems‚ have more difficulty accessing health care to address those health problems‚ and are more likely to experience a poor outcome or shorter life span because of those health conditions.” (Maurer & Smith‚2009‚ pp. 533) Poverty is linked with marked deprivation of well-being of an individual due to inability to meet basic needs. It could be due to lack of income or
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Running head: ETHICAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS 1 Ethical Issues in Business Lisa B. Luckenbach Western Governors University ETHICAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS 2 Company Q is a small local grocery store chain that has a poor attitude toward social responsibility. After reviewing the given‚ I feel the chain is more committed to profit than social responsibility. Most companies are in a business to make a profit‚ however‚ the difference in
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Community as partner model To gain access to the community‚ the community must: - Perceive that a need exist - Believe that the CHN can help address this need - Perceive that its information and contributions are valued - Be assured of confidentiality for non-public information - Be involved from the beginning in this partnership Compare Neuman System Model & Community as Partner Model - the inner circle represents the community - the dotted circles represents resistance - spiritual‚ psyschosocial
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Life Parents Extended Family Holidays Black History Month and Martin Luther King Day Kwanzaa South central Lower Michigan is mostly white middle class. The most dominant sub cultures are Japanese and African American. Jackson County has a population of 89% whites‚ 8% African American and 2.5% Asian. (U.S. Census Bureau‚ 2011) It is important for a teacher have an understanding of the prominent sub cultures in their area. Failure to recognize the sub cultures and their specific customs can be
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