...Learning Styles and Strategies Family-Centered Health Promotion Amy Bell Grand Canyon University 10/18/2015 Learning style is an individuals unique approach to learning based on strengths, weaknesses, and preferences. After completing the VARK questionnaire it showed that I had a strong Aural learning style. There are many different learning styles which include visual, aural, read/write, kinesthetic and multimodal. The aural learning preference is for people who like information that is spoken or heard and the use of questioning is an important part of learning strategy. These individuals learn best from “lectures, tutorials, tapes, group discussion, emails, using mobile phones and speaking and talking things through, either by talking out loud as well as talking to yourself.” (vark-learn.com) Key words for aural learning style would be listening, discussing, talking, questioning and recalling. In this learning style it’s important for the individual to be able to ask questions and talk about things out loud either to themselves or with someone else. This is how these individuals are able to retain information and learn the subject matter. My personal preferred learning strategies would be spoken explanations of concepts. Working in a group or with another individual to be able to discuss things with and ask questions. Also, practical application how does this connect to the “real world”? In other words, how will this be used in my day to day job? The preferred...
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...Health Promotion of the Family: The Holistic View Gordon developed the 11 functional health patterns to assist in holistic assessment of the family. (Edeleman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014)The functional health pattern format assists nurses in assessment of the family, which lends to development of wellness and family nursing diagnoses. An analysis of the family health assessment made through the use of the functional health pattern framework provided the writer with a holistic overview on the health status of this one particular family. The patterns assessed were: values, health perception, nutrition, sleep/rest, elimination, activity/exercise, cognitive, sensory-perception, self-perception, role relationship, sexuality and coping. Overall the assessed family strives to maintain optimal health by many proactive activities yet there are a few dysfunctional patterns that have the potential to minimize their ultimate health status. The assessed family was queried about their overall health using the aforementioned patterns. The writer deemed it important to assess their cognitive and sensory-perception patterns foremost in the assessment. The writer first assessed each family member’s level of education. The male family member reported to have a “bachelors degree” and the female family member reported to have a “masters degree.” The family was assessed as to how they preferred to gain information about health as to which they reported use of the Internet and research. The...
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...culture has a significant impact on health beliefs and behaviors (Edelman, et al, 2014), therefore it is imperative that health care providers, especially nurses, be culturally competent in their delivery of care. It is not enough to merely be aware of the prominent origins and statistics of different cultures and ethnicities, but rather it is crucial to be inquisitive and focus on the family and individual as practices differ and evolve over time. Rachel Spector developed a Heritage Assessment interview as a useful tool to aid in understanding how strongly an individual or family subscribes to specific cultural traditions and practices, thereby strengthening the ability to provide Cultural Care. Cultural Care is a concept describing professional nursing care that is culturally sensitive, appropriate, and competent (Spector, 2004). Utilizing this assessment tool creates a way of determining an individual’s degree of identification with a given heritage. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the usefulness of applying a heritage assessment tool in order to evaluate the health needs of families. In order to do so, three Central California families were interviewed from different cultural backgrounds: Hispanic, African-American, and Polish. Each family interview will be summarized with an evaluation of how each subscribes to health traditions, and how each addresses health maintenance, health protection, and health restoration. Hispanic Family The first interview is with a...
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...Health Promotion Literature Review Rebecca Turner Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V October 28, 2012 Health Promotion Literature Review Health promotion is a well-known term in nursing, with authors arguing that health promotion is central to the philosophy of nursing (Irvine, 2007). After studying three selected articles regarding the primary, secondary and tertiary levels of health promotion, a similar theme referring to the role of the nurse to develop a more holistic understanding of health promotion in all stages of life and refreshing the concept of health promotion in order to advocate for the changing world’s environment, was apparent. Traditional health promotion preventions are defined by preventing disease, restoring health, and containing illness (Irvine, 2007). Today, health promotion is defined not just by focusing on health education, lifestyle and behavioral changes, but has undertaken a new paradigm, empowering clients by taking political and social action to promote health enhancing environments (Irvine, 2007). Nurse practice involves all stages of the lifespan in a variety of settings, ranging from the family home to communities (Whitehead, 2011). In these settings, nurse health promotion practice proposes developing personal skills, building healthy public policy, creating supportive environments, strengthening community action and reorienting health services (Roden & Jarvis, 2012). Nurse roles and responsibilities are evolving by...
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...The PRECEDE-PROCEED model is a medical model that moves away from the typical issue of disease treatment and focuses on health promotion. Developed by Lawrence W. Green, this model has been applied in many Western countries in the improvement of health. PRECEDE (Predisposing, Reinforcing, and Enabling Constructs in Educational Diagnosis and Evaluation) is the part of the model that helps in the development of various public health initiatives and programs. PROCEED (Policy, Regulatory, and Organizational Constructs in Educational and Environmental Development), on the other hand, serves as a guide to the effective implementation of the various programs that are created using PRECEDE. With regards to using the PRECEDE-PROCEED model in designing an educational program aimed at promoting health for families with school-aged children, the nine phases of the model will be used to produce outstanding results. The first phase is the social assessment phase, where the current social habits and practices of families with school-aged children is evaluated. This assessment helps determine what the existing health practices are, the current quality of life, and the health needs of these families. The second phase involves the epidemiological assessment. According to Webster’s Dictionary, epidemiology is “that branch of medicine which studies the incidence and distribution of disease in a population, and uses such information to find the causes, modes of transmission, and methods for control...
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...Maternal awareness of health promotion, parental and preschool childhood obesity (6, n=200)=17.32, p=0.008). Maternal awareness of health promotion on healthy eating appeared to have a protective effect against overweight/obesity in three year old children (odds ratio=0.38, 95% CI=0.20 to 0.70). Furthermore, a higher proportion of overweight/obesity mothers had no awareness of health promotion as compared to 2 (4, n=200)=13.29, p=0.01). Maternal awareness of health promotion appeared to also have a protective effect against overweight/obesity in mothers (odds ratio=0.51, 95% CI=0.28 to 0.95). Conclusions: maternal awareness of health promotion on maternal and preschool childhood obesity. Additionally, this study showed that overweight and obese preschool children had parents who were also overweight and obese. 2 Aim: preschool childhood obesity, as well as maternal awareness of public health promotion on healthy eating with parental and preschool childhood obesity. Methods: Data were collected by measuring the height and weight of two hundred randomly selected three-year old children and their parents. Details of the early feeding and dietary styles and level of health promotion awareness were assessed in faceto-face structured health interviews with the parents. Results: between childhood obesity and parents’ obesity (r=0.2; p<0.001). A higher proportion of overweight and obese preschool children showed that their mothers lacked awareness of health promotion as compared to children...
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...Comprehensive Health Promotion Candace Tiley GCU RN-BSN Family-Centered Health Promotion May 27, 2013 NRS-429V June 08, 2013 Comprehensive Health Promotion The purpose of this paper is to discuss the three tiers of Health Promotion which include, Primary, Secondary and Tertiary and how the three levels are applied. Other aspects that will be discussed will include how health promotion is defined, its purpose, and the nurses’ role and responsibility in health promotion. Several articles were pulled that discussed the application of the three varying levels of health promotion. The global goals according to the Healthy People Website include: The attainment of quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death. Achieving health equity and eliminating disparities and improving the health of all groups of people. Creating social and physical environments that promote good health for all people, and promoting a quality life, healthy development and healthy behaviors across all life stages. (www.healthypeople.com) These goals encompass an individual’s Social Environment, Biologic and Genetic background, the Physical Environment in which they live and work, and the Health Services that they receive along the way. (www.healthypeople.com) The delivery of a comprehensive health promotion program is dependent upon various interdisciplinary teams working together toward a common goal. While Nurses represent the largest group...
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...Person Environment Health Nursing Person Individual Family Community Population Environment Local/national/ global Ethical Legal Ecological Physical Sociocultural Political Economic Historical Technological Nursing Professional Attributes Professional Knowledge Professional (Caring) Practices Health A state of being that people define in relation to their own values, personality and lifestyle -Potter & Perry, 2009 WHAT IS A CONCEPT? - abstract ideas or mental images of a phenomena (Kozier et al., 2010; Paley, 1996) - words that bring forth mental pictures of the properties and meanings of objects, events, or things (Kozier et al., 2010) WHAT IS A CONCEPT? “abstractions” (Norris, 1982) “mental formulations” (Chinn & Kramer, 1991) “mental images” (Meleis, 1985) “words describing mental images (Fawcett, 1989) “have meanings” (Allan, 1993) “have usages” (Rush & Ouellet, 1993) “have definitions” (Brown, 1993) Metaparadigm Concepts: Person Environment Nursing Health Concepts evolve out of impressions, perceptions or experiences…a mental image of reality framed by the individual’s perception or experience (Meleis, 1985) Classifications of Health Conceptualizations 1) Stability oriented 2) Actualization oriented 3) Combined Actualization and Stability Oriented Historical Approaches to Health in Canada 1) Medical Approach Stability orientation to health Emphasis is medical...
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...University: NRS-429V Family Health Promotion 27-Jun-2011 (O109) 06/30/2011 Sickness and diseases has been a global problems predominantly facing mankind. These challenges led to the integration of various programs such like health promotion program, in effort to curb chronic diseases with its relating risk factors and assist in promoting good health and wellness. Health promotion was formed to encourage people to take preventive measure towards their health and to curb the deterioration of sickness and diseases thereby implementing a healthier life style. One of the ultimate goals of health promotion is improving quality of life of an individual, families and communities. These great challenges require a comprehensive approach towards eradicating and/or minimizing its health complications. Health promotion is the ability to create understanding about health among individuals, enabling them to gain that knowledge about their health and willingly take control in other to improve the quality of their health. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health promotion as the process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health (WHO, 2006). This program is designed to educate people and have them acknowledge the importance of knowing health issues and ways to respond to it. It is a fundamental channel where premature deaths and unnecessary injuries and diseases can be averted. Nursing has been advocating for adequate health since the era of Nightingale...
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...Health Promotion Milena Ramos Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V Liza Zamudio May 4, 2013 Health Promotion According to the world health organization (WHO) health promotion is defined as the process which enables people to improved control over the determinants of health and as result to improved their own health(Jadellhack, 2012, p. 65) . The intent for health promotion is to provide information for individuals to collaboratively work together, but at the same time engaging each person to make health choices towards the main goal of becoming agents of their own health based on their decision and actions (Jadellhack, 2012) Nursing within the US healthcare delivery from its inception primary focus was to treat chronic diseases instead of preventing them. It is believed that in order for the US to continue to be an economic leader in which health care is one of the main drivers along with a productive workforce the health care industry has to continue its transition from the methodology of curing diseases towards health promotion and disease prevention.(Jadellhack, 2012) As a result of this shift, nurses skills and education levels must continue to evolved by increasing the percentages of nurses with BSN and MSN. Nurses focus on health promotion education in the communities provides positively contributions to the promotion of health in the communities. Some examples which are achieving these efforts are the increase education and...
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...R T H E R N T E R R I T O R Y D E PA R T M E N T O F H E A LT H Health Promotion Strategic Framework 2011 - 2015 www.healthynt.nt.gov.au NT Department of Health Health Promotion Strategic Framework 2011 - 2015 Background This framework provides a structure for describing the type of health promotion actions that are used across the Northern Territory. It enables a shared understanding of the actions that can be taken to improve health and wellbeing. It also provides guidance about embedding a health promotion approach into all planning processes, programs and service development across the NT. While this framework is intended to be used within the health sector, we strongly encourage other sectors and agencies outside of the health domain to use the framework. This framework should be used in conjunction with health promotion audit tools and other health promotion resources available in the NT, such as the Public Health Bush Books and the Quality Improvement Program Planning System (QIPPS). It is also designed to be used as a guide, together with other local, regional and national frameworks, policies, strategies and resources. Why Health Promotion? The World Health Organisation (WHO) acknowledges the growing evidence that health promotion and preventive health approaches are effective in improving overall health and wellbeing, reducing the burden of chronic disease and injury, addressing health inequities, facilitating the better use of resources and enhancing economic...
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...OTTAWA DECLARATION AND HEALTH PROMOTIN PRINCIPLE by Dr Ojeremi Taiwo Tosin OUTLINE. Introduction Health Promotion Elements and Components Guiding Principles Consumer Rights and Health Conclusion INTRODUCTION The concept of HEALTH PROMOTION is broader than health education. There was a growing realization that health education can influence knowledge, but on its own may not result in behaviour change. Hence the concept of Health Promotion was defined at the landmark Global Conference on Health promotion. HEALTH PROMOTION Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and it’s determinants, and thereby improve their health. A planned combination of educational, political, regulatory and organizational supports for actions and conditions of living conducive to the health of individuals, groups or communities (Green and kreuter,1999.) It is a core function of public health and contributes to the work of tackling communicable and non communicable diseases and other threats to health. Health promotion therefore involves a multidisciplinary application of skills in psychology,anthropology,economic,political theory, consumer rights/law,communication,media design,epidemiology,management,community mobilization and the application of resaerch,planning and evaluation skills. Who does Health Promotion? Health Promotion is part of the role of a wide range of field staff within health and other services....
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...Unit 8: Promoting Health and Well-being You must create a health promotion campaign from one of the following sectors: * Health * Early years (Care and education) * Care of older people * Individuals with specific needs Your target group must be one of the following client groups: * people who are ill * young children * older people * people with specific needs Your report must include evidence from the following: * knowledge and understanding of the topic addressed by your promotion, and a considered and appropriate choice of target group * the planning of your promotion including: aims and objectives, the health promotion model(s)/approach (es) chosen, and the methods used to measure the success of the promotion * implementation of your health promotion, the use and development of appropriate media and materials, and an analysis of the success of your health promotion * D* the evaluation outcomes of your health promotion. When you carry out interviews or activities with clients as part of your internally assessed work it is essential that you obtain the client’s consent and maintain full confidentiality throughout. Opportunity for learners to be assessed on Quality of Written Communication (QWC) — (i-iii). Mark Scheme: This is the mark scheme taken from mark band C (highest mark band). Use this as a guideline. The learner demonstrates excellent skills in obtaining information from at least three sources...
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...Optimal living is established by successfully embracing a healthy balance in all aspects of one’s life and implementing lifestyle adaptations to ensure this elevated level of wellness moving forward. Healthy living habits include: adequate rest, censoring stress, preserving quality social relationships, regular exercise, and quality nutrition. These behaviors synergistically working together will improve employees’ quality of life, as well as the quality of their work. The following are proven strategies from peer-reviewed resources that will enable employees to improve their quality of life, which in turn will lead companies into a more productive future. Optimal Living is generally an afterthought of employees, one that follows a promotion or other work advancement when time becomes available to be devoted to developing a healthy way of life plan. Recent findings are reordering these actions and provide...
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...SUMMARY This paper has information on the role of mass media in health promotion. It looks at the advantages of the application of mass media in health promotion, the educational approaches, production of ICT health promoting programs, disadvantages of its use, as well as the emerging trends in the field of health promotion. Mass media refers to all the channels used to pass information to people. This includes print materials, films, broadcast or computer related sources such as internet. The use of mass media has benefits such as reaching many people at ago so it becomes cost effective in terms of resources like time and capital. Those with chronic illness get emotional support through interactive programs, the management of patients has improved with better imaging and scanning facilities as well the possibility of doctors sharing knowledge all over the globe through sky, teleconferences. Educational approaches include use of schools, religious organizations, government and nongovernment agencies which include community health and social workers. Advocacy and entertainment are also useful in health promotion. Production of mass media health promotion programs should be well planned to know the right target, the resources available and time schedule. For instance radio programs are more effective in rural areas compared to television in urban centers. Disadvantages include lack of capital to purchase, high health illiteracy, and negative attitude of some medical personnel....
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