...Review Test Construction Project Online Health Information Seeking Behavior The purpose of this literature review is to briefly discuss the existing literature about online health information-seeking behavior. For the purpose of this particular research we will focus on these behaviors by adults only and from the perspective the Health consumer. Other studies have looked at these behaviors in adolescents, who happen to have very different reasons for internet health information seeking than the adult demographic. And some studies have also considered the perspective of the health professional. But I will touch only briefly on this perspective for my research. According to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (2011), since the introduction of the World Wide Web in the early nineties, there has been a building interest in the internet as a communication tool for health-related information.” Given the overall general lean of society towards technology based mediums for a majority of communication endeavors, this trend towards online health information seeking behavior seems inevitable. This provides a means for the health consumer to be proactive about their health and become more educated about health matters. Ybarra and Suman (2006) found that proactive patients who ask the right questions “may hasten the diagnosis and treatment process.” The primary purpose of my research is to document the prevalence of health information seeking behavior on the internet...
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...Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing. Jessica Pham Date: May 26, 2016 Instructor: Diane Schlicke University of Phoenix Material Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing Identify a minimum of three major events (or influences) in the evolution of community and public health nursing and describe how each event led to advancement of the field. For each event, describe the following: • Key health issues at the time • Perspectives and goals of community and public health nursing • Roles and functions of community and public health nursing • Community and public health partnerships at the time |Event or Influence: | |Key health issues |Key health issues and maternal deaths: Poor health care in rural Appalachian mountains. Increased number of | | |child due to lack of care and services. | |Perspective/goals |In 1925 Mary Breckenridge started the Frontier Nursing Services. The goal was to provide obstetrics to the | | |people who lived in rural settlement areas. | |Role/functions |She went to train...
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...Survey Reflection Community health nurses treat communities through the application of the nursing process. The process is community focused rather than treating the individual. Phase one begins with identifying a community. Phase two is the assessment phase consisting of data collection, interpretation, and analysis. The collection of direct data may be done through focus groups, interviews, observation, and windshield surveys. Drug sales and use is visible throughout the Denver area, and the types of illicit drugs used goes well beyond medical marijuana. As I drove around performing my windshield survey, I witnessed people on the street handing money to another person and orally taking what they were given in exchange, and others would put what they were given into their pockets. Marijuana is openly used and rarely questioned. According to the National Drug Intelligence Center (2007), much of the drug-related crime consists of “assaults, home invasions, homicides, and robberies” (para. 1). The community health nurse could decrease the amount of drug use and sales in the area by educating the residents of the area and organizing neighborhood watch groups. This can empower the residents of the area to take a stand and work with law enforcement to decrease the drug activity in the area. The homeless rate in Denver is increasing because of loss of jobs, and the moderate weather draws homeless people from other areas to reside in Denver. There are shelters and food resources...
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...Healthy Communities Cross-sector partnerships are sparking widespread action to improve community health COATESVILLE , PA SEATTLE, WA Access to healthy foods Access to preventative care and healthy housing LOS ANGELES , CA Quality early child care and education CHICAGO, IL Data and evidence to build health into all policies and practices MIAMI , FL Opportunities for physical activity and healthy living health community development • community development finance • community planning • early child care/education • human services • housing Introduction “ Building a healthier America is feasible in years, not decades, if we collaborate and act on what is making a difference.” —Robert Wood Johnson Foundation In 2008, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation convened a commission of nonpartisan leaders to identify opportunities to improve the health of all Americans by creating environments that protect and actively promote health. Their report, Beyond Health Care: New Directions to a Healthier America, included 10 recommendations for improving the health of our communities, several of which focused specifically on the health of children. Because of the large role that social and economic factors play in shaping the health of communities, the Commission issued a call for collaboration that emphasized the need for leaders from all sectors— not just health...
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...University of Phoenix Material Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing Identify a minimum of 3 major events (or influences) in the evolution of community and public health nursing and describe how each event led to advancement of the field. For each event, describe the following: Key health issues at the time Perspectives and goals of community and public health nursing Roles and functions of community and public health nursing Community and public health partnerships at the time |Event or Influence: America’s Colonial Period and the New Republic | |Key health issues |Communicable diseases, environmental hazards, environmental sanitation, concerns for the health and care of | | |the people in the community | |Perspective/goals |The goal was how to prevent, understand, and control diseases | |Role/functions |In 1847, the American Medical Association (AMA) formed a hygiene committee to conduct sanitary surveys and to| | |develop a system to collect vital statistics. (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, p 25). | |Health partnerships |The Howard Association of New Orleans, Louisiana, responded to periodic yellow fever epidemics...
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...NJ122 “Public Health Assignment” Oliver Stacey September 08 Public Health and Professional Practice – Smoking This essay aims to describe the epidemiology of smoking. The essay is going to notify the nurse’s role into promoting public health. I choose the topic of smoking due to the realisation of how many patients were smokers on the day surgery ward, which my placement was held. Today, tobacco consumption is recognised as the UK’s single greatest cause of preventable illness and early death with more than 114,000 people dying each year from smoking-related diseases including cancers (Canceresearchuk.org). Smoking also causes a substantial amount of cost to the NHS (National Health Service) every year. Rather than on health on an individual, public health focuses on health and disease in populations or communities as a whole (Ewles, Simnett 2003). Although there has been a decline of smoking, which could be due to a number of things, for example the smoking ban placed in the United Kingdom, smoking still sets high figures of deaths around the world. Around 90% of lung cancer cases are caused by tobacco smoking and, in addition, the 2002 IARC Working Group stated that tobacco smoking can also cause cancers of sites such as the stomach, pancreas, liver, lower urinary tract etc, (Cancerresearchuk.org). Smoking also costs the NHS £1.4 - £1.7 billion per year, (DOH, 2005). This in hand affects the role of the nurse, as smoking must always be evaluated when nursing...
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...Windshield Survey Summary Dennis Yonkers NUR 405 March 3, 2014 Karen Wilson Windshield Survey Summary Nightingale, arguably the first modern nurse, influenced and changed healthcare by collecting and interpreting data observed during her service in the Crimean war (Audain, 2014).. Similarly the public health nurse (PHN) attempts to help and influence the community they serve. The windshield survey is a tool for the PHN in obtaining data within the community. Basic physical characteristics about the environment including the inhabitants are gained. This subjective tool is performed while driving or walking, and is used by the nurse to assess the needs of the community. Community Community is a broad subjective term. One capacious definition of the term is, a defined region one lives, works, interacts with others and the environment; inclusive is a semblance of structure and beliefs based within that society where the members define and identify themselves as being part of that group (Standhope & Lancaster, 2012). Using this definition one sees that any group can be a community, and boundaries can merge one into many different types of communities with in the same location. Using this, one sees that the American community is broken down into further sub sets such as states, counties, cities, towns, school districts, and the list can continue ad infinitum. For the purpose of this paper the term community is defined within its relation to the school district of South...
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...Community health nurses treat communities through the application of the nursing process. The process is community focused rather than treating the individual. Phase one begins with identifying a community. Phase two is the assessment phase consisting of data collection, interpretation, and analysis. The collection of direct data may be done through focus groups, interviews, observation, and windshield surveys. Denver, Colorado was the focus of my windshield survey, and I saw more in one day than I ever noticed as a resident for four years. I recognized that drug use is prevalent, there are a large number of medical marijuana dispensaries, and the homeless population is greater than I thought previously. Each of these issues in Denver warrants their own community nursing diagnosis. Three priority nursing diagnoses, based solely on the windshield survey, are risk of violence among the businesses of Denver related to neighboring medical marijuana dispensaries, risk of crime among the residents of Denver related to prevalent drug use and sales, and risk of malnutrition among the homeless population of Denver related to lack of access to adequate nutrition. Medical marijuana dispensaries are popping up in every neighborhood of Colorado, but in Denver alone there are sometimes two dispensaries per block. This puts people in the area at risk for increased violence, such as beatings, murder, and violent burglary. If the state regulators limited the number of dispensaries per...
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...Windshield Survey Summary and Reflection Windshield surveys are conducted to observe different aspects of a community. The information obtained from driving through the community allows the observer to gain a better understanding of the community including culture, housing, and signs of decay just to name a few. This paper focuses on the family I selected, the overall impression of the family’s community and environment, and my observations about cultural diversity and vulnerable populations within this community. Three aspects of the community that affect residents’ health and one Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicator that is relevant to the community are also explored. Community Community is defined as “a group of people, often living in a defined geographical area, who may share a common culture, values and norms, and are arranged in a social structure according to relationships which the community has developed over a period of time” (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, p. 397). Community health focuses on a specific geographical area instead of concentrating on people with similar values and qualities. Community health nurses provide care that promotes the health and well-being of the community they serve. This fact encompasses the idea of community as a client. Oftentimes health related issues of individuals are similar to others in the community. By working with individuals, families and groups within a community, the nurse is providing care that will ultimately benefit...
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...Windshield survey Name: Institution: Course: Tutor: Date: Introduction The community I have chosen to consider in my survey is Kiryas Joel, a village in Monroe, New York where I reside. Majority of the residents in this town are Hasidic Jews, who are strictly bound to the Torah commandments. Yiddish is the language that most of the people in this village speak. The people in this area usually have large families, which makes its economy poor as compared to other communities in the US (Citydata.com, 2013). The village was reported to have the highest poverty rate in the United States, in a survey conducted in 2008. More than 30% of the residents survive below the federal poverty line, with 40% receiving relief food (Citydata.com, 2013). The village has experienced growth in its population in the last few years. The population was at 7, 400 people in 1990, which had increased to 13, 100 in 2000. In 2005, the population of this village had gone up to 18, 300 (Citydata.com, 2013). Community vitality ` The community encompasses black, white, and Indian residents. The estimated number of the various groups interacting in this village is: majority white, and other minority groups, including blacks, Asians, and Latino (Citydata.com, 2013). The number of individuals who have attained higher education to Bachelor’s degree level is approximated to 6.9%, which is comparatively lower than that of New York City; 32.8% (Citydata.com, 2013). The people in this community portray a...
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...Windshield Survey Summary and Reflection There are many definition that define the community. The World Health Organization (WHO) refers to the community as “ a group of people, often living in a defined geographical area, who may share a common culture, values and norms, and are arranged in a social structure according to relationships which the community has developed over a period of time” (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, p.397). The healthy level of the community is called public health, and the responsibilities of public health include assessment, policy development, and assurance (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012). Goals for public health are to promoting healthy status of the community as well as maintaining the community in a balanced healthy environment. The nurses who are employed by either private agencies or government departments to promote community health are the public health nurse. The public health nurse is to serve the community as the client by using the population-centered practice to seek beneficial health changes for the whole community (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012). While working in a community-oriented nursing practice, it is important to work with the community partnerships like professional groups or non-medical groups to help promoting community health. The community that the student conducted the windshield survey is in the city of San Gabriel, Southern California. The City of San Gabriel is home to a population of more than 42,000 with a diverse...
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...Mission of Public Health in America According to Stanhope & Lancaster, the mission of Public Health in America is to “Promote physical and mental health and prevent disease, injury and disability” (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014). Public Health Core Functions and Essential Public Health Services The concept that; the contributions from all public, private and voluntary bodies to the delivery of essential public health services ensures that the health and well-being of the community are acknowledged in assessing the provision of public health services. There are ten Essential Public Health Services which describe the public health activities that all communities should assume. Public Health Core functions include; assessment, public development, and assurance which plays an important role in the Essential Public Health Services. Assessment: “Systematic data collection on the population; monitoring the population’s health status, and making information available about the health of community (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014)”. Some examples include hazardous wastes sites assessments, conduction risk communication and education about potential environmental risks near such sites. In addition, disease outbreaks are detected and investigated. 1. Monitor health status to identify community health...
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...Introduction (1-2 paragraphs) Provide an introduction of the topic and/or public health problem. This section should prepare the reader for the purpose of the paper. Background (~4-6 pages) This section of the paper should provide the evidence of the problem as well as the evidence to justify the project and/or the intervention. Include relevant and current public health literature as it relates to the topic and project. A minimum of 10 references from peer-reviewed journals should be cited. Sources may vary, depending on the topic and agency. 4 2 The following questions may be considered: 1) What is the prevalence/incidence of the problem? 2) Are certain groups disproportionately affected? 3) What are the economic, social, and physical consequences? 4) What has already been done about this problem and what are the gaps? 5) How is your project (or the agency/organization you are working with) attempting to address those gaps? 6) What has been learned from previous interventions/work and how is this information used to inform current or future action? Project Description/Methods (~4-5 pages) Describe the project, including goals and objectives relevant to the public health problem. Include the methods/process of the intervention/project and the outcomes. Depending on the nature of the project, this may include any or all of the following: -Research and/or evaluation methods -Program planning methods -Survey design and implementation methods -Community outreach procedures...
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...Impacts on Canada’s Population Health Workaholism is a growing behavioural epidemic negatively affecting the population health in Canada. It’s also a popular belief that workaholics are driven by a poor sense of self and are quite miserable, but there are actually different types of workaholism, and the workaholic may actually be happy diving into the multitude of tasks at work. It is not necessarily thought of in a negative way by the individual experiencing it, even though it is commonly believed to be an addiction. While a lot is heard about this “disorder,” workaholism is not actually an official diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV-TR). In actuality, workaholism is considered a symptom of obsessive/compulsive personality disorder which is characterized by perfectionism, inflexibility, and preoccupation with work. Overworking on a regular basis results in the release of hormones like adrenaline and cortisol within the body, which can ultimately create the following consequences: 1. Buildup of plaque in the blood vessels and an increased risk of experiencing heart attacks and strokes. 2. Increased risk of experiencing anxiety attacks, ulcers, burnout, and depression. 3. Increased risk of experiencing weight gain and smoking or alcohol consumption. To put it simply, workaholism is bad for the population health. Canada’s National Population Health Survey (1996-97) found that workaholics were less likely than other workers to rate...
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...Windshield Survey NUR/405 December 3, 2012 Pamela Smith Abstract Windshield Survey A community is a group of people who live in the same area, interact with each other, and share certain norms and values. A community is defined as a locality-based entity, composed of systems of formal organizations reflecting societal institutions, informal groups, and aggregates that are interdependent and whose function or expressed intent is to meet a wide variety of collective needs (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012). Community health is the process or characteristics that allow a community’s population and economy to survive. Community health is defined as the meeting of collective needs through identification of problems and management of behaviors within the community itself and between the community and the larger society (Stanhope, & Lancaster, 2012). The community is the client if a nurse works towards helping the community even when this is accomplished by helping one individual at a time. The community is the client only when the nursing focus is on the collective or common good of the population instead of on individual health. Although the nurse may work with individuals, families or other interacting groups, aggregates, or institutions, or within a population, the resulting changes are intended to affect the whole community (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012). The Community Health Partnership (CHP) is a community development process that engages communities...
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