C228 – Community Health Nursing – Task 1 Student’s Name Western Governors University Identification of Community Nestled in Southern Indiana just west of Louisville, Kentucky and south of Indianapolis, Indiana is Dubois County, Indiana. Dubois County is comprised of the towns of Birdseye, Ferdinand, Holland, Huntingburg and Jasper. Of those towns, Jasper is the largest and is the county seat (Kelly School of Business, 2014). Over fifty-two percent of the population
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styles, fast food consumption and microwave meals, people have sacrificed their health. Instead of eating pure, wholesome foods, many people opt to eat a diet of packaged, processed and refined foods. Obesity is a condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to such levels that a person’s health can be negatively affected. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have ranked obesity as the number one health threat in America, with an estimated 400,000 deaths annually. (Smoking causes
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Nutrition Knowledge and food consumption Submitted to: Robert Kotoviets EAC 150 FD Submitted By: Saima Masood Chowdhury ID: 059-101-105 Due date: 27 July, 2011. Nutrition has a significant role in human life. It affects our energy level, well-being and overall health in major way depending on what type of food we choose. To live a healthy life everyone should have basic nutrition knowledge, which is really important. To have nutrition knowledge may not be able to change
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION In developing countries, millions of young children suffer from nutritional deficiencies and frequent infections. There is now a large and increasing body of evidence to indicate that nutrition and health affect human’s cognitive, motor, and behavioral development, both pre- and postnatal. The impact of a biological insult depends on the stage of a child’s development, as well as the severity and duration of the insult. However, because nutritional deficiencies and infections
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Unhealthy Eating Habits and Obesity Annotated Bibliography Krisberg, K. (2006). Food marketing toward youth contributing to unhealthy choices. Nation's Health, 36(1), 19. The article discusses that marketing food and beverages are focused at children ages twelve and younger causes them to request and eat foods high in calories, sugar, salt and less nutritious foods are causing obesity. The unhealthy eating habits learned by children while growing up will likely to carry unhealthy eating
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PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Every individual in this community aims to have good health before any other wealth, when a person is healthy he is energetic at work of which he can acquire wealth. In the same way, socio-economic development depends on human development which can be obtained if the health and nutritional status of the community is well protected. If constituents are of deplorable health, the development of a country will fall behind. The nutritional status of a population is
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An Informatics Solution for Inpatient Malnutrition Informatics can be very beneficial in providing safe, quality care when usability is considered (Middleton et al., 2013). Informatics promotes patient-centered care and serves to educate health professionals (Rouleau, Gagnon, & Côté, 2015). The aim of this paper is to detail how the process of malnutrition screening may be improved using an informatics solution. This process will be outlined from scope of the problem through implementation to
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Matrix Health Care Law Hunger-free Kids Act of 2010 Describe the health care law (75 to 150 words) The Hunger-free kids act is a nutrition program that provides all children with healthy food in school and to low income families. Because of this act schools are playing a larger role in children’s health. Included in this legislation other programs that focus on hunger has come into play such as: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Woman, Infants and Children (WIC), Child and Adult
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Dietician By Luis Morfin Pd. 1 Dietitians are health professionals who study and apply the principles of nutrition and food management. There are several kinds of dietitians and nutritionists. The largest group is made up of administrative dietitians. Administrative dietitians manage food services in hospitals, schools, nursing homes, restaurants, industrial plants, military bases, and other institutions. They plan and direct the purchase and preparation of food, as well as supervise other
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