The Centers of Marion County Mental Health, which is a facility that treats mental health patients as well as patients that need detoxification services. The facility has both in-patient and out-patient programs that counsel and treat both adults and children that deal with mental health diagnosis such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, psychosis, depression, and much more. The mission of the centers is to “offer a wide variety of behavioral health care services designed to help people
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What is Health Promotion? Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V August 04, 2013 What is Health Promotion? This paper will discuss the meaning of health promotion as defined in the textbook Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span. The author will also cover the purpose of health promotion in nursing practice as well as nursing responsibilities and roles that are evolving in health promotion. Lastly, the author will explain implementation methods for health promotion
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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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INTRODUCTION The focus of social constructionism is to uncover the ways in which individuals and groups participate in the creation of their perceived reality. It involves looking at the ways social phenomena are created, institutionalized, and made into tradition by humans. Socially constructed reality is seen as an ongoing, dynamic process; reality is re-produced by people acting on their interpretations and their knowledge of it. Social phenomena include all behavior which influences or is
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and mental problems on adult life Alissa Goodmana, Robert Joycea, and James P. Smithb,1 + Author Affiliations aInstitute for Fiscal Studies, London WC1E 7AE, United Kingdom; and bRAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138 Edited by Kenneth Wachter, University of California, Berkeley, CA, and approved February 8, 2011 (received for review November 11, 2010) Next Section Abstract In this article we assess and compare long-term adult socioeconomic status impacts
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Explain the post-16 options for young people and adults. From 2015 all young people will remain in education or training until they're 18. Raising the participation age does not mean young people must stay in school; they will able to choose one of the following options post-16: 1)Staying on at school - Schools offer a variety of courses in the sixth form. Some courses will help students develop independence skills; others may deliver vocational and academic qualifications. 2)Local colleges -
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states by 2020. Some say that by the end of the twenty-first century life expectancy will exceed 100 years of age. Most people want to live a long life, but only if they are mentally and physically able to thrive. Americans in particular want to be young and live forever because our society tells us there is no place for the old. The media and family reiterate to younger generations that getting old is depressing, sad and lonely. The obsession with face-lifts, Botox and liposuction increases the stigma
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images and themes that appeal to teenagers while featuring young attractive adolescent models partying, falling in love, traveling, and being adventurous and cool. Advertisements appeared in Germany in 2011 but were banned in October 2013 after regional authorities confirmed that that the campaign violated Germany’s tobacco control laws pertaining to marketing to youth. Marlboro claims that the marketing and advertising is aimed toward adult smokers and is in compliance with local regulations and
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Most of us can hardly imagine the suffering in the wake of the death of a young person but when this death is because of suicide the pain is even more compounding as there is no explanation. The reason why someone decides to take their own life still remains a mystery, the community are still disturbingly unaware of the prevalence of youth suicide until they experience it themselves. Although something can be done, with the introduction of suicide prevention programs to the Australian Curriculum
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Community Assessment Danielle Clark Western Governors Community and Population Health SZT1 Task 1 January 23, 2014 Community Assessment A1: Community Description and Data Presentation Hemet is a small community located in southern California within Riverside County. Hemet is at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains. It is 87 miles southeast from Los Angeles and 86 miles northeast from San Diego. Perfectly placed with a small drive to beautiful forestry in one direction and the Pacific
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