this class‚ I have learned some really great information about the physical and mental health of a community‚ and ways to better them. With the knowledge I have obtained‚ I will now design a community that I feel is healthy‚ and describe what it would look like. For starters‚ there are some factors that I have learned that make a healthy community. These are the physical factors: geography‚ environment‚ community size‚ and industrial development. The social and cultural factors are: beliefs‚ traditions
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Independent Field Study Community Diagnosis in Public Health Question 1: What do you mean by “Community” or Write down the definition of Community? Answer: A cluster of people with at least one common characteristic (geographic location‚ occupation‚ ethnicity‚ housing condition……). Community is a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society. Question 2: What do you mean by “Community Diagnosis?” Answer: Community diagnosis is a comprehensive
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E-Tivity 2: Community of Inquiry Introduction The area we choose for Community Profiling was the town of Portlaoise‚ Co Laois. Rationale The rationale for this area was to pick an area that would be useful to one of the three of us rather than an area that would not be beneficial to any of us. The consensus then was the Portlaoise town as the Community Nurse covers that area and is reasonably new in her position. It also allowed the Community Nurse to become more aware of what was
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------------------------------------------------- Community Organizer ROLES OF A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER An organizer‚ while at the community‚ plays various roles‚ depending on what the situation calls for. Below are the four basic roles they portray‚ at one time or another: A FACILITATOR * Facilitates the community process through listening and questioning and by giving continuous encouragement and support to the local strivings AN ANIMATOR * Stimulates the people to think critically when
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debate about how the aging population affects health care costs The focus is to examine whether the aging population within Canada is the cause for the rise of health care costs. In 2011‚ Canada like other developed countries are undergoing a demographic shift where the Baby Boomer cohort with the first of them reaching 65 years of age and others follow (Evans‚ R.‚ McGrail‚ K.‚ Morgan‚ S.‚ Barer‚ M.‚ Hertzman‚ 2001). People believe that with this increase of aging population will lead to a rise of gross
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CJ220 Criminal Justice and the Community Community policing is explained as a collaboration of community and the police working together to help identify and solve criminal activities. Additionally‚ the whole concept behind it is to promote public safety and to enhance the quality of life within the neighborhoods in which we reside in. Community policing is composed of two major components which are community partnership and problem solving. Community policing is a program that was initially
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How does a community get its makeup and who determine if the community has a particular kind of dance or a particular skyline? There is no certain number of people that can qualify a place to be diagnosed as a community. Community means many different things to many different people. In order to get a true understanding of a community you must first be a part of that community. With that being said‚ welcome to my community. DISCUSSION While there are different geographical locations‚ nationalities
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Vulnerable Population in the Workplace When diagnosed with breast cancer‚ “Older women face a range of issues that differs greatly from those of younger women” ("Breast cancer issues for older women‚" 2011‚ para. 2). For example‚ older women often think about how to keep their remaining years more meaningful. Whatever choice for treatment is‚ when a member of this vulnerable population is diagnosed‚ there is the strong possibility that she may not have a sufficient support system. This paper
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Abstract Water is a finite resource which means that the total amount of water in the planet is only limited. Its supply remains the same and yet human population recently grows resulting to a decrease of available amount of freshwater per person. The relatively small amount of available freshwater elaborates on how critical it is for everyone to help preserve and maintain clean‚ healthy lakes and streams‚ our sources of water. Water is mostly now being wasted because it is under-priced. We do not
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The Elderly‚ a vulnerable population Nina Brown BSHS 301 Introduction to Human Services September 20‚ 2011 University of Phoenix Alberto Reynoso The Elderly‚ a vulnerable population Many segments of the population can fall prey to the abuses of others‚ it can be physical‚ mental‚ sexual‚ and even financial; the elderly are a vulnerable group. The elderly can be susceptible to influences that can be devastating to their well- being
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