Community Health of Chesterfield County-Virginia Western Governors University Population/Economic Assessment Chesterfield County‚ Virginia has a population of about 328‚000 as of January 1‚ 2014 with 752 people per square mile. There was a 3.6% increase in the population from April 1‚ 2010 to July 1‚ 2013. 65.4% of the population is white non-Hispanic‚ 21.6% are black non-Hispanic‚ 7.2% are Hispanic‚ 3.2% are Asian and 2.1% are two or more races. In 2012 there were 3657 births and 1654 deaths
Premium Emergency management Household income in the United States Poverty in the United States
Ethical Health Care Issues HCS/545 September 10‚ 2012 University of Phoenix Ethical Health Care Issues When working with patients and their families‚ the health care professionals occasionally will face unpopular and difficult decisions that relates to medical treatments which questions moral issues such as religious beliefs and even professional guidelines of ethical or not. Health care ethics is used as a parameter for staff to exemplify the
Premium Health care Patient Medicine
Life changed forever for the mainly Hakka community of Bukit Merah after Asian Rare Earth Sdn Bhd (ARE) began operations there in July 1982 to extract yttrium‚ a rare earth‚ from monazite. Within a few years‚ the villagers began noticing physical defects in their newborns‚ and at least eight leukaemia cases were confirmed. Medical examinations on children in the area found that nearly 40% of them suffered from lymph node diseases‚ turbinate congestion and recurrent rhinitis. Seven of the leukaemia
Premium Radiation poisoning Waste Chernobyl disaster
The Role of the Public Health Nurse in the Community The assignment for this paper asks about a disaster that could happen in my community. A disaster is any natural or human-made incident that causes disruption‚ and or devastation requiring external assistance (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2012‚ p.508). The purpose of the paper is to provide information how the professional nurse react in the community when a disaster take place. The Role of the Nurse The disaster selected for the paper
Premium Nursing Health care Health
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
Premium Sociology Problem solving Holy Grail
Reading a book every now and then can benefit you. The article “How Changing Your Reading Habits Can Transform your Health” by Michael Grothaus was written to inform readers that reading a book can transform many people in having a better lifestyle. Grothaus main focus in writing this article is to give informational advice to people who are either in a bad state in life and trying to have a better life for themselves‚ or to even have a healthy life. He builds the credibility of the article by his
Premium Writing Thought Learning
Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing NUR/405 University of Phoenix Material Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing Event or Influence: 2001 No Child Left Behind Act Key health issues This law was signed into law by George W. Bush on January 8‚ 2002 (Frontline‚ 2013). This law is a check point or educational average that measures improvement or decline in student ability through grades 3-8 annually in math and reading (Frontline
Premium Sudden infant death syndrome Nursing
Witnessing human terror since ages‚ the valley is under the threat of floods due to a week long incessant rain which is affecting the rescue operations as well. The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on Sunday declared the situation a "national-level disaster"‚ and announced a special assistance of Rs 1‚000 crores for the flood-hit state‚ from PM’s relief fund. River Jhelum flowing 14 feet above the danger mark. Homes‚ military bases and hospitals inundated in the region’s main city Srinagar as the
Premium Kashmir Indus River Pakistan
You have decided to give several hours of your time each month to improve the community where you live. What is one thing you will do to improve your community? Why? Use specific reasons and details to explain your your choice. Getting involved in community services is a very self-fulfilling job and a privilege that every has. There are numerous things that people can do to help improve and ease the comfort of their community. The one thing that I will not forget to do is to get others involved
Premium Leadership Management Time
Module 1 Activity 1.1: 1. Develop for yourself a working definition of disasters from a community perspective. According to the Disaster Management Act 2003‚ A disaster is a serious disruption in a community‚ caused by the impact of an event that requires a significant coordinated response by the State and other entities to help the community recover from the disruption. Serious disruption means— (a) loss of human life‚ or illness or injury to humans; or (b) widespread or severe property
Premium Emergency management Risk management Business continuity planning