...A Healthy Community There are infinite details and particulars that come to mind when a person begins to think of a healthy community, but the most important ones that I can see are being able to strongly provide social, economic, and developmental solutions and relief while also having the ability to feel safety within these certain areas. People are not always going to agree on the details within these certain areas, but these seem to be the basic necessities for a community maintaining self-sustainability. Before any of these solutions can be addressed there first must be an overall mind state of being a community, or in other words, everyone in it together, as a whole. The CDC states on their website that " a community that is continuously creating and improving those physical and social environment and expanding those community resources that enable people to mutually support each other in performing all the functions of life and in developing to their maximum potential."[“About Healthy Places.”] The community in which I live in surely does not meet these solutions mentioned perfectly, but the feeling of everyone on the same page is defiantly there, so there is hope and a good base on which to begin the changes necessary. Communities that are successful need to consist of strong social networks able to provide ways for people to meet, interact, build relationships, and have the ability to choose what religious sect they want to be a part of. I feel that people will...
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...Online Participation Leading to Successful Students and Healthy Learning Communities Amanda Grand Canyon University: UNV 501 April 8, 2014 Online Participation Leads to Successful Students and Healthy Learning Communities Enrollment for online courses is climbing but the input from participants is not keeping up. For years, many have stated that active participation and becoming a part of the learning community in any educational setting is crucial, especially online, when it comes to successful completion. Participation is beneficial to the student, to the students’ grades, and to the learning community as a whole. The authors sought after evidence to show, “the importance of student online visibility apparent in the quantity and quality of participation” (Nagel, Blignaut, & Cronjé, 2009, 38). The study was conducted on a computer-integrated education Masters course that was 8 weeks long (Nagel et al., 2009). The course was presented fully online and consisted of students of varying age ranges. Reaserchers then chose a mixed methodology while conducting this research. This choice allowed them to explore various aspects within the course such as, students’ posts, online quizes, discusion posts, and exmination essays (Nagel et al., 2009). Many factors, for example, the amount of times participants accessed the course and discussions played a role in course completion and integration into the learing community (Nagel et al., 2009). Those who rarely were visible...
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...My idea of a healthy community is a community in which people take care of one another by reaching out, making sure that those around them have what they need to get by, and where those who have more or are well do more to help those in need. By definition, “A healthy community is one in which residents are happy with their choice of location and which exhibits characteristics that would draw others to the location” (Maurer 394) Going on to state that members of these healthy communities are also functional for their age, the community is safe, the air is clean, the water is safe to drink, there are good schools, the people in general are well taken care of by the area around them (Maurer 394) If I felt that my idea of a healthy community was in matching my communities definition of a healthy community I would provide care to my community by making a larger effort to become involved in my communities legislative processes and maintaining and active influence on the politics in my area. By voting, being a regular member of local political committees, and attending legislative day’s for nurses I would make sure my voice was heard in a way that would benefit those needing holistic and comprehensive care in my community. References: Wiltgen, L. (2011). Community/Public Health Nursing [Lecture notes]. Retrieved from.https://lcugrad1.gcu.edu/learningPlatform/user/users.html?operation=loggedIn#/ learningPlatform/loudBooks/loudbooks.html?viewPage=past&operation=inner...
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...My idea of a healthy community would be that of a place where health promotion is pushed by creating a suitable environment for the wellness of everyone. There is much that can be done to create healthy communities. Communities that support people in making healthy choices help prevent chronic diseases and the complications that can result from them. Public health works with a variety of partners to create healthy communities including transportation planners, city planners and land use experts because the environments where we live, work, play, learn and connect with services influence our physical and mental health ("Health," 2012). A healthy community is one where people have good physical and emotional health. But this is more than just the absence of illness. A healthy community promotes well-being and offers a high quality of life. It needs to have strong social networks that can offer mutual support opportunities, facilitates social exchange, and the sharing of skills, resources, and assets. In addition to social networks, it also needs to have physical assets, such as buildings, parks, commercial, and other public spaces that are safe, clean, and comfortable, and provide opportunities for interaction and exchange. The physical assets of the community are aesthetically pleasing and offer the community a sense of identity The community should be free of any sort of pollution, which means that everyone should have access to clean air to...
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...Base on the expert committee report on community health nursing of the World Health Organization “A community is a social group determined by the geographic boundaries and/ or common values and interests. Its members know and interact with one another. It functions within a particular social structure and exhibits and creates norms, values and social institutions” World Health Organization (WHO), 1974, p.7). However, the direct, hands-on clinical nursing care delivered to individuals or families in a community setting as a whole is the target and the intended of the nursing practice in community health. Community health on the other hand according to the reference book is the meeting of collective needs by identifying problems and managing behaviors within the community itself and between the community and the larger society. It emphasizes the process dimension and also includes the dimensions of status and structure (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2008). The approach of looking at the care of the client in all dimension guides the nurse to think upstream and identify risks that could be prevented. The author’s subjective perspective is that it is easier said than done, one being that there is a popular misconception that by providing health care makes a healthy population in my opinion. Another point to consider is that we are caring for a culturally diverse population. Caring for the culturally diverse groups has been a focus of nursing from its beginning. As early as 1893, under...
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...Community Health Nursing C229 WGU Community Health C229 One of the more serious problems that the Southeast Queens Community is facing is obesity. Obesity has led to many other health concerns in this community such as Type 2 diabetes , heart disease, stroke, and even certain cancers. This presentation looks into who is at risk, and why? And what can be done to help this community. B1. Description of Community The Southeast section of Queens, NY is 1.802 square miles with a population of 34,929 people. (U.S Census Queens County Quick Facts, 2010, para. 2) The population density is 19,388 people per square mile. The community is a very diverse community and home to many foreign born natives mainly from the Caribbean. The neighborhoods are made up of lower to middle class people. The homes are mostly consist of single one and two family detached dwellings and semi attached homes. 75% of the homes observed were well maintained, 25% were in need of repair. The average age of the homes were approximately 50- 60 years old. There are many indicators of ethnicity in the community for example the West Indian restaurants, (Bodegas) which are usually Spanish or Arabic owned corner stores that are mini supermarket. Dominican beauty parlors, Churches on almost every other block, many liquor stores, laundry mats, and dollar stores. B2. Discussion of Health Concern The health concern I discussed during my field project was obesity. The...
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...profit. There are other firms that involve in the industry of frozen food, so McCain is not the only producer of chips, rather it competes with other firms to win the largest portion of market. In addition, the entry or exit from this market is not restricted. As a result, we can conclude that McCain is a competitive monopolist as it seeks to take control over this industry. In 2005, a challenging environmental factor was facing McCain. The concerns about obesity were rising dramatically, especially in children, as over 22 million children under the age of 5 and around 155 million school-age children worldwide were severely overweight.¹ McCain's view is that its chips can and do play a role in a healthy balanced diet and it is continually finding ways to ensure that its products are as healthy as possible, for example, McCain dictates product standards to the potato growers that supply them, and it may choose to have more vertical control (i.e., direct ownership) over the processing, packaging, and distribution stages of the supply chain for their french-fries because these practices may entail sophisticated production techniques that are best performed in-house.² In response to the challenge, McCain made a SLEPT analysis to study the social, legal, economic, political and technological factors that affect the company business, and as a result they made the following changes and adaptations: 1. Quantities usage reduction of salt and oil. 2. Usage of sunflower oil instead...
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...Why use a smart phone? Why use a smart phone ? Everybody has a cell phone and the majority of us have a smart phone. Smart phone plays an important role in our daily life. You can see whenever in the street or metro, millions of people use smart phone. Why smart phones so popular around the world? I will start my topic now, why use a smart phone? It is universally acknowledged that we can use a smart phone not only chat or text with others but also play games, read books, listen to the music, surf on the internet. Sometimes we can even say that smart phone is a small computer. Obviously, we use smart phone as an entertainment tool. Firstly, smart phone can be used as an audio player. It can provide you the music whenever you want , like everyday in the metro, music is necessary for me. Secondly, a smart phone sometimes can be instead of e-book. Although I think that E-book is popular nowadays, you don’t need to buy it if you have a smart phone. In addition, downloading books in phones instead of buying books in stores also means that you are an environmentally friendly person. Simultaneously, many games are free to access if you are tired from work or study. Finally, smart phones can be used in different ways so in my opinion, using a smart phone as an entertainment tool can make our life becomes simple and colorful. Do smart phones have bad effects on our study? No way! I know that many people have an IPHONE as someone asked last week. For me as an example, I use IPHONE...
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...preserve it in order to lead a healthy life. In my case, I have greatly abused my health state in recent time. When I was in India, I used follow a healthy diet plan thanks to my mother. But when I came to Canada, my diet plan degraded drastically. My health is downgrading which I feel many-a-times. I suffer from acute migraine pains, low hemoglobin and high stress. Sometimes I feel sudden blackouts when working under stress full situations. I have been frequent to clinics due to my poor health. These all problems not related to my family medical history. My father and mother are enjoying a healthy life due to their healthy food diet. My level of physical activities are fair and I try to keep it moderate with my daily calorie intake. My everyday diet roughly consists of following items: * Breakfast – Cup of Milk accompanied with couple of bananas or apples. * Lunch – Cup of regular coffee sometimes with a donut or a bagel. * Dinner – Any junk food which is available from any nearest outlet. Compared to “Health Dimensions”, my health status in general is not good. Health Dimension | My pre-test rating | Physical health | 2 | Social health | 3 | Emotional health | 2 | Environmental health | 2 | Spiritual health | 2 | Mental health | 2 | Occupational health | 4 | My physical health is somewhat unhealthy. My condition of health is mostly due to my unhealthy diet and less physical activities. My social health is somewhat healthy. Except my occupational...
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...McDonald’s and Obesity Memo Chutian Chen MBA 603 03/22/2016 Q1: What McDonald’s need to respond is to change the traditional image. When Ronald McDonald represents the unhealthy lifestyle, people will avoid eating them. I think there is no need to eliminate Ronald McDonald in its ads, because Ronald McDonald is a symbol of McDonald’s. What they need to do is to take steps to change people’s thought of McDonald. If in ads, Ronald McDonald sell healthy salad or fruit to children, people will change their mind when think about McDonald’s. Q2: So, for fast-food companies, they only have one choice between pay 1.5% tax on their ad budgets and add health messages to their commercials. That’s a great way to solve the dilemma between the growing in food market and the rising of obesity. The first advantage of the law is the food company have to pay something to help government solving the obesity problem. Second, the law can force food company focus more on the obesity problem, and give them a chance to change their stereotyped image in public. For McDonald, I highly recommend them adding health messages to their commercials. As we all know that, for the most of giant food companies, ad budget is a large portion in their annual budget. 1.5% tax on their ad budgets can be an unaffordable burden for them. If McDonald choose adding health messages to their commercials, they will gain many benefits. First, McDonald has a very specific segmentation, so the ad with health messages...
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...with a friend or family member every day. Intellectual health: I read at least one chapter of the book I choose once a day to stimulate my mind, and stay mentally active. Environmental health: I keep my house clean and organized so I am environmentally healthy, and it also makes me feel happier. Emotional health: I talk about my issues that are concerning me with someone before they build up inside and cause stress in my life. Spiritual health: I read the bible and stay connected with my higher power at all times. Part 2 In approximately 125 to 200 words, describe health and wellness in your own words using the ideas and concepts for each of the six dimensions of health. To me health and wellness is a variety of different aspects in my life. These things combined together make up my health and wellness. Having good physical health means to me just simply doing what I can to try in stay active. This might not be enough but it is what I feel I am able to maintain on a daily basis. As well as being connected to other people provides social structure in my life, and helps prevent feelings of loneliness, and isolation. Reading is also another aspect of my daily attempts to stay healthy. I chose a book that interests me, and read at least one chapter every night before bed. Keeping my home and life clean and organized allows me to prevent illness...
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...project, I came to the realization that I have not taken the time to enjoy what we have around us. By conducting this windshield survey, I was able to understand why most of the neighbors that live in this area have stayed through the years. Some of the areas that would be covered in this document are the family’s community and their environment, as well as the diversity in community. I will also be defining the following terms; community, community health, community as client, and partnerships. Family’s Community and Environment A community can be defined as the interaction of individuals in a social network, usually focused in a defined territory according to our textbook (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014, p.190). When interviewing the Doe’s family, it was evident the closeness of their community. Mr. Doe was able to point out each neighbor in the street he lives on and how long they have been living in the community. The pride of ownership is apparent by how the streets are free of clutter, trash and the maintenance of a their front yards. Although the neighborhood has changed through the years, the most visible changed one can see is the aging of members of the community. The houses were built in the 1940s and 1950s and most owners still live in their properties and are now retired. Fruitridge manor is adjacent to little Saigon and the Vietnamese influence is apparent by the numerous of international market stores and Vietnamese restaurants that surround this neighborhood...
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...express some concern about my community and hopefully some insight as to how we can fix the epidemic of health and issues in our local community. Health promotion programs often lack a clearly specified theoretical foundation or are based on narrowly conceived conceptual models. For example, lifestyle modification programs typically emphasize individually focused behavior change strategies, while neglecting the environmental underpinnings of health and illness (Stokols, 1994). The ecological approach focuses on the population-level and individual level determinants of health and intervention. It has also been said that a population can achieve long-term health improvements when people become involved in their community and work together to effect change (Hanson, 1998-89). After looking at the Kaiser Permanente Community Health Initiative video it opened up my eyes. The video showed how certain communities are using a technology called Photovoice. It helps different members of the community show others what is happening there with hopefulness that it will get the messages reached out to others. It really helps by showing the legislatures and congressmen in their area what is going on in the communities around them. It’s a great tool that can promote safety and awareness. I really loved the fact that there are people out there that really want to help the communities where they live and how working together can turn their community into a healthy and safe place to be. Where...
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...Assignment Grading Criteria Windshield Survey • Complete a windshield survey that identifies at least three to five aspects of a community that could affect health. You may conduct this survey either in your community or in the online Neighborhood. o Define community, community health, and community as client. Community: a group of people sharing a common interest, those who reside in a specific locality, share government. Community health: The Health status of a group of people, or community and the actions that help protect and improve the health of the community. Community as a client: Treating the community as though they were a client. Assessing the needs of the community, and initializing interventions to help promote health throughout the community. o Identify one Healthy People 2020 health indicator that applies to your specialty area in of your field of experience or a specialty of one of the Neighborhood nurses, Violet, Carol, or Karen. According to healthy people 2020, 6.8 percent of people in America experience a major depressive episode. One goal of healthy people 2020 is to reduce the percent of Americans experiencing depression to 6.1 percent. o Create a Windshield Survey that includes the following components: |Housing and zoning |Transportation |Race and ethnicity | |Mostly single family homes ...
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...Community Assessment and Analysis of Tucson Estates Lizi Thomas, Sophyamma Roy, Lena Fincher, Julie Overland, & Camilla Okolo Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V September 30, 2012 Julie’s Intro The demographic boundaries of Tucson Estates are within the Tucson Mountain Park; mountains comprising of accessible hiking trails, and wildlife in which the retirees leave out food and water surround the community. Small areas of open desert are on either side of the retirement community. Adjacent to the retirement community are newer housing developments with retired residents, but is not a designated retirement community. This is both a geopolitical and phenomenological community. The geopolitical factors in the community are human made legal boundaries and retired people 55 years and older. “Geopolitical communities are formed by either natural or human-made boundaries. Human-made boundaries may be structural, political, or legal” (Smith, 2009, p. 400). This is also a phenomenological community because there are shared values within the group. “A sense of place emerges through the members' awareness of their experiences together. People in a phenomenological community have a group perspective that differentiates them from other groups” (Smith, 2009, p. 400). The people who live in this community share the same generation values, and have activities that caters to their age bracket. Additionally, they are all bound by the common goals of keeping their community safe and clean...
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