In class we have discussed “ownership” in public health… in other words we are all responsible for our community’s public health to some degree. Colleges and universities have emphasized this idea of owning your role in public health by allowing student-run courts to “prosecute” rule breakers via a COVID Community Court. Read the following article […]
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What is cultural competence? Could the absence or presence of cultural competency be related to health disparities?Discuss
Description 1. What can or should be done when populations are disproportionately unhealthy or at higher risk for certain health conditions? Provide an example of a population that is disproportionately unhealthy or at higher risk for a particular health condition. Be sure to clearly identify the population and the condition. 2. What is cultural competence? […]
Explain two different models of health and ill health. For example, biomedical, sociological, holistic and personal behaviour models.
Your essay needs to include the following in relation to the themes presented in the case study: • Discuss two contrasting definitions of health and ill health. • Explain two different models of health and ill health. For example, biomedical, sociological, holistic and personal behaviour models. • Discuss three contrasting sociological perspectives on health. • […]
Choose ONE of the chronic diseases mentioned in Chapters 9 and 10 related to Health and Disease in Adults.Discuss
1. Choose ONE of the chronic diseases mentioned in Chapters 9 and 10 related to Health and Disease in Adults. 2. For your chosen chronic disease, I would like you to find ONE peer-reviewed journal article that provides guidelines OR a public health/nutrition program or intervention to treat OR prevent the chronic disease you chose. […]
Outline Background to the Public Health Issue ‘Post Natal Depression in Teenage Mothers in the United Kingdom’.
Assignment : A Briefing Paper: 1.Write a briefing paper for decision makers outlining the Background to the Public Health Issue ‘Post Natal Depression in Teenage Mothers in the United Kingdom’. 2. Present key summary points of your Evaluation of the existing Policies and Programmes designed to improve the health outcomes of Teenage Mothers in the […]
Discuss What types of interventions where used to raise awareness of health and safety issues? How effective were these interventions, and what additional strategies might have been more useful?
Description There is 2 completely different assignment: write one page for discussion paper and one page for Reflection Paper Discussion: Workplace health and safety is an emerging area of emphasis in health psychology, as discussed in chapter 13. Current workplace interventions emphasize the role of the individual worker, as well as the responsibility of the […]
Identify global health initiatives important for nurses. What specific action can nurses take to becomes advocates for global health policy and advocacy.
What are some of the U.S. political issues that impact global health? Identify global health initiatives important for nurses. What specific action can nurses take to becomes advocates for global health policy and advocacy.
How can health IT be applied toward reducing the incidence of disease, improving health care, and/or health outcomes?Discuss
3 pages paper that answers the question: How can health IT be applied toward reducing the incidence of disease, improving health care, and/or health outcomes?
Evaluate the results from a co-production of health initiative
Description The Co-Production of Health is a relative new strategy for population health managers as the relationship is not a typical referral situation and financial reimbursement is negotiated with a third-party vendor. The Coproduction of Health Decision-Making Pathway described in this chapter is a step-by-step check list for determining when and what services might be […]
Discuss the role of state-based action coalitions. Explain how these coalitions help advance the goals specified in the IOM report, “Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.”
Description Review the IOM report, “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health,” and explore the “Campaign for Action: State Action Coalition” website. In a 1,000-1,250 word paper, discuss the influence the IOM report and state-based action coalitions have had on nursing practice, nursing education, and nursing workforce development, and how they continue to advance […]
