Abstract This paper investigates the crisis of lethality in suicide. The paper bases its argument on research from primary sources including books and recent publications. Many scholars have conducted researches to examine the dynamics of suicide using interpersonal theories. Upon review of several literature materials, it is evident that suicide...
Socio-cultural factor directly influences the attitudes of the population towards health and common behaviors related to health issues. For example, the age of childbirth is directly affected by such components of the socio-cultural factor as religion, education, ethnicity, national traditions, etc. Economic factor also has a huge impact on health...
Synopsis Change being experienced in the environment is raising a lot of concern from many quarters because life depends on it. Human beings wholly depend on the environment for all the basic needs of life. The ability of the environment to sustain life directly depends on how well it is...
Introduction Menstrual disorders are something that women rarely pay attention to. Many of these disorders are either asymptomatic or have minor symptoms that do not violate the usual flow of life. That is why women tend to ignore those until the condition worsens, and a visit to a gynecologist can...
Introduction According to global standards, Singapore is one of the developed countries. Besides, the country is highly populated. Lim alleges, “Today, Singapore faces health problems and diseases more akin to Europe and North America than most of its Southeast Asian neighbors” (2004, p. 84). The fact that Singapore is classified...
Background The issue of marijuana legalization remains topical in Florida. Despite the recent campaign for marijuana legalization, the current legislation presupposes that the use of medicinal marijuana should be restricted to permitting children with rare types of cancer and epilepsy the use of cannabis that does not trigger drug intoxication...
Introduction Downs syndrome is a developmental condition that is also known as trisomy 21. This condition is characterized by additional genetic material that leads to delayed child development. This delay is both mental and physical. This condition is very prevalent in the United States and statistics have revealed that one...
Introduction The official name of the country, chosen for the analysis, is the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), also known as North Korea. The rationale behind this particular selection is that there is a good reason to believe that the functioning of the country’s healthcare system provides many insights...
Introduction The Healthy People 2020 comprises 10-year targets that aim at guiding the U.S. healthcare system in the promotion and prevention of maladies in a bid to have a healthy population. The initiative has 42 topic areas that include sexually-transmitted, mental and communicable diseases, health indicators, substance abuse, immunization and...
Abstract This paper has addressed the factors that contribute to cardiovascular disease among the Hispanics living in the United States. A comprehensive review of peer-reviewed journals was made to collect as much relevant information as possible. It was found that the risk factors for cardiovascular disease among Hispanics are poor...
Neuman’s Biographer Betty Neuman is a famous theorist whose ideas have improved the nature of nursing care. Betty was born in Ohio in 1924. She received her registered nurse diploma (RND) in 1947. She later moved to California where she worked as a clinical instructor. She later received a BSN...
The health status report is important in healthcare because it provides a snapshot of determinants of health, which influence the health status of the population. The health status of the Honduran population is that of a developing country because the health care system is grappling with major challenges in health....
Introduction Suicide is a leading cause of death globally. Nearly 1 million cases of suicide are reported worldwide every year (Roberts, 2005). In the U.S alone, between 30,000 and 35,000 suicides are reported in a year. However, these are conservative estimates and experts agree that the figure could be as...
Suicide is seemingly becoming an enormous social issue in the society. In the United States, suicide is ranked tenth among the leading causes of death with a total of 38,364 deaths reported annually. In 2012, firearm suicides accounted for the highest number of deaths, in which 19,392 cases were reported....
The healthcare system is one of the most important sectors in a nation. This means that it is imperative for a country’s healthcare system to be well organized for better and exemplary service provision to all people (Agrawal, 2012). Human resource management is the administration of staff and the company’s...
Summary of the intervention plan Diabetes type-2 is a chronic disease that affects a large segment of the world and the United States is no exception. Diabetes affects almost 200 million people across the world and the number is expected to reach 350 million by 2030 (Unger, 2012). The entire...
Overview The Navajos are from a minority cultural group in the United States. The Navajo people have their own government. This “government manages the reservation of Indian Americans” (Locke, 2012, p. 24). A reservation is “a piece of land owned and controlled by a specific group” (Locke, 2012, p. 65)....
Mental Health Policy and Integrated Care is an article written by C.D. Zolnierek in the Psychiatric and Mental Health-Nursing Journal. Through the article, Zolnierek notes that cases of mental illnesses are on the rise, and predicts that before the year 2020, the illness would be among the leading causes of...
Abstract The study examines literature and factors that influencing vaccination among the African American children. The literature says that African American children encountered barriers in accessing immunization. Some of the barriers that affecting the African American include socioeconomic status, motherhood education, having more than one child in the family and...
Environmental health is the part of the public health policy. It investigates numerous external factors, which can affect people’s health and well-being. Environmental health has two primary goals. The first one is to examine and evaluate potential threats to public health. The second is to control those threatening factors by...
Introduction Rape is a form of sexual assault that involves sexual intercourse with an individual without their consent (Horvath & Brown, 2013). It is usually perpetrated through physical force, coercion, or through taking advantage of helpless individuals such as unconscious or paralyzed people. Effects of rape include physical harm, diseases,...
Introduction Mortality rate refers to the measure of the certain number of deaths in a given population within a certain period. Time is the major factor for the rate to be determined. Guatemala is a country located in Central America, bordering Mexico, Belize, and El Salvador with a population of...
Health and Illness in the Community The United States (US) health indicator of general populations is hailed as one of the best in the world, and has been rated highly by the United Nations Human Development Index (UNHDI). Yet, this does not reflect the existing disparity and suffering of the...
Introduction Sleep can be defined as a state of partial or complete unconsciousness where a person is inactive and cannot perform voluntary activities of the body. Only involuntary body activities such as beating of the heart take place. Sleep is important for normal development of the body. A person should...
Introduction Health issues are a significant factor in the development of a country. High child and adult mortality rates inhibit a country’s growth, thus resulting in failure towards the attainment of the set goals. Child and adult mortality rates in the African continent derail the rate at which the developing...
Overview Alaska natives are the natural inhabitants or indigenous people of Alaska. The people are associated with various cultures that include but are not limited to Aleut, Eyak, Tingit, Haida, and Yupik (Roderick, 2010). The cultures define their way of life, beliefs, religious practices, standards of living, and social habits....
There is no use denying the fact that the modern age could be called the era of humanism as a human being is proclaimed to be the greatest value which should be protected. Having realized the great importance of every individual, society initiated various programs oriented on the increase of...
Communication is an important issue for health professionals if they want their health promotion activities to have an impact. If health professionals are not able to communicate with obese patients successfully, no matter what they do or say, it will fail to impact positively. When presenting health promotion activities, the...
There is no use denying the fact that health of people is one of the most important factors with determines the state of society and is a key to its further development. It is even possible to say that quality and term of human life influence the level of development...
HPV, or Human Papilloma Virus, is a group of more than 150 viruses, some of which can produce warts (papillomas) on your body or infect genital areas of both men and women. There are even types of HPV that can lead cancer. HPV is mostly spread through skin-to-skin contact. It...
Introduction Emergency Department Thoracotomy (EDT) is a common medical procedure for saving the life of a patient who has had a chest injury (Cardiothoracic trauma). While some studies show that most EDT patients have a survival rate of more than 50%, others believe that this percentage is lower (Chalkias, 2012)....
Introduction Community health centers refer to “Non-profit, community-directed providers that remove common barriers to care by serving communities who otherwise confront financial, geographic, language, cultural and other barriers” (Gusmano, Fairbrother & Park, 2002, p. 189). Community health centers are used to offer health services to underserved and uninsured people in...
The literature review clearly demonstrates that there is a close relationship between physical activity and functional limitations among the aging population. Scientific studies have revealed that older people who are actively involved in physical exercise have lower chances of suffering from some of the common forms of physical limitations associated...
Introduction Diabetes is one of the leading health problems that are affecting most Americans today. According to the research by Liburd (2013), it is estimated that about 23.6 Americans suffer from Type 2 diabetes. It is ranked seventh among the leading causes of death in the country. The research by...
Difference between health promotion and wellness Health promotion is the strategy adopted by relevant agencies to make a community free of diseases. Reflectively, health promotion encompasses the state of an individual in relation to diseases. On the other hand, wellness encompasses different strategies that are applied to ensure that an...
Introduction Epstein, Coleman and Myers (2013) claim, “One out of every five children in the United States is obese, and this number continues to rise” (p. 429). Chances are high for an overweight child to remain the same until adulthood. Besides, such children are at the risk of contracting chronic...
Abstract An evaluation of my perceptions about the health and illness of the community in which I live focused on my knowledge on health problems and risks affecting vulnerable groups covering maternal and child health. The use of contraceptives for family planning and birth control methods were the critical areas...
This assignment is about the comparison of the USA Health Care System with that of Norway. I chose Norway as a country to compare the USA with Norway to enable me to achieve some knowledge on how Norway carries its Health Care System. In addition, Norway and America share some...
Health Perception The perception of health and illness vary with time and from one community to another (Katz, 2013). In the United States, chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and diabetes are considered as the main causes of disability, illness, and death. As asserted by Katz (2013), chronic diseases...
Introduction There is an enormous amount of personality types and people are capable of many things. Some are able to cope with stress and find ways to prevent depression while others cannot handle the pressure and resort to other methods. Suicide is one of the ways people deal with problems...
Introduction Nowadays, the term of crisis intervention became widespread in the medical theory as well as in the media which tries to explain to the public the distinction between a problem and a crisis and to give advice on how to cope with both of them. The specifically developed strategies...
Health Resources and General Information: Back to the Basics The Hialeah neighborhood offers extensive health services for practically any patient. The following services are included: The types of services available: health agencies, private MD and much more The following services are available in Hialeah: Health agencies specializing in Home Health...
Introduction A 65-year old Caucasian female presented with a chief complaint of dry cough that had lasted for two weeks and low grade fever that that she had experienced for two days. The X-ray examination showed hyperinflation of both lungs with an increased AP diameter. This pointed to evidence of...
Introduction The chosen country for this assignment in Nepal. Nepal has been selected for this study because of its healthcare model that is offered by both the government and private sectors, ranked poorly on the international understanding, as well as the influence of Asian culture on treatment and modern medicine....
On the course of the past several years, it has appeared to be transparent that the healthcare organization in America is failing to provide the equal eminence of care for the national marginal populaces that it does for the preponderance white inhabitants. Cultural and racial inequalities in admission to and...
Introduction The Health People 2020 initiative was started in 2010 in an attempt to improve America’s health. The main vision of the initiative is to produce a society whereby every person has a healthy life. The initiative is currently focusing on specific goals. The first goal is to eliminate disparities...
Introduction Diabetes is a common disease among the young people in the United States of America. The increased prevalence of obesity among the children and the adolescents in US has resulted in increased cases of diabetes type II (Olfson, Blanco, Liu, Wang & Correll, 2012). Dietary practices and sedentary lifestyle...
Introduction Banner Health has its headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. This non-profit making organization has 23 hospitals and employs slightly over 35,000 people. It was founded in 1999 following a merger between Samaritan Health System and Lutheran Health System (Mensik, 2014). The system offers emergency care, hospice, hospital care, outpatient surgery...
The expectancy of life has risen significantly during the last centuries (Schneider & Lilienfeld, 2011, p. 13). Such positive tendency is closely related to the development of the concept of public health aimed at maintaining good health state among the members of society. This concept involves a wide range of...
Introduction The Healthy People 2020 initiative has the aim of improving the health of Americans by providing national health objectives and benchmarks. This initiative also targets to improve the health of the population through input from different sectors (About Healthy People, 2015). The objectives, goals and indicators in the healthy...
Introduction A deeper understanding of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs/STIs) is imperative, especially regarding interventions aimed at reducing the associated high prevalence and incidence rates, which are highest among adolescents and young adults aged 15 to 24 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2013). One main STI...
Introduction In Los Angeles County, around 10% of the residents are diabetic. It is estimated that the number of pre-diabetic residents in the County of Los Angeles is far greater than the number of residents with diabetes. If no action is taken, then the pre-diabetic people are at risk of...
Impact of Infant Mortality in the Assessment of Community Health Minkler (2012) defines infant mortality as the death that occurs during the first year of life. Infant mortality is a representation of the concern within the public health sector. The relationship between infant mortality and community health concerns was established...
Impact of Infant Mortality on the Assessment of Community Health Infant mortality refers to the death of kids who are below the age of twelve months. Infant mortality is a significant indicator of the welfare of children and the whole community (Rosato et al., 2008). Since the child death rate...
Introduction Intensive Care Unit patients suffer the risk of losing their lives due to the critical illnesses they suffer from and ventilator-associated infections contracted while under special care, such as nosocomial pneumonia. The infection affects 27% of the patients and medical experts rate it as one of the most common...
Introduction There are impressive achievements in the health care sector of the 21st century, compared to previous centuries. Unprecedented improvements such as the increase in life expectancy, quality, and technology are instrumental to these achievements. However, the increasing costs and performance variations offset these achievements. This paper provides a simple...
Introduction Obesity among U.S. citizens is escalating rapidly, almost becoming an epidemic. Its prevalence poses a public health predicament thus necessitating urgent and thoughtful prevention measures. Further, Obesity causes diverse challenges to communities thus making it a societal health concern. Anecdotal evidence shows obesity incidence disparities among communities’ residents. Addressing...
Introduction Health facilities aim at offering quality, timely, and affordable health care services; to attain this noble objective, the leadership within the organizations must be effective and responsive to societal health needs (Cleverly & Cameron 2007:12). Health facilities leaders are leaders in t either leaders in the main line of...
Introduction Although every clinician must warn patients about the risks of nicotine addiction and facilitate their recovery, there might be cases when people are not ready to quit smoking. Fiore et al. (2008) noted that clinical interventions in the form of persuasion, lectures, and debates about the downsides of smoking...
Health literacy is the ability of the individual to understand and correctly use information related to health management. Low health literacy level results in poor health outcomes, more frequent cases of hospitalization, and a higher level of morbidity. Therefore, identification of the difficulties in interpreting health information is required for...
Introduction Hypertension or increased blood pressure is a medical condition that can have a significant impact on human health. In particular, it is well known to have a detrimental effect on the cardiovascular system. Blood pressure control remains a serious nationwide challenge, as it requires a systematic approach and active...
Community description Miami is the second-largest county in Florida. Most residents are immigrants. High school graduates aged over 25 years- 362,604. Unemployment is 3.9 %. Median household income – 36,638$ Miami is the second-largest city in Florida with the majority of its residents being immigrants. Those with at least a...
The transition of patients from hospital to their home settings is considered to have a high risk of developing comorbid diseases and serve as a cause of death. Among the key reasons for the discharge errors, there are unclear instructions or a lack thereof, which leads to medication continuity mistakes...
Introduction The notion of health in today’s social paradigm has become one of the most significant aspects of one’s lifestyle and role within the community. While some people claim health to be a highly individual matter that could be controlled by regular check-ups and healthy lifestyle habits, the very roots...
Introduction Community analysis has become a useful tool in guiding the implementation process of policies at the community level. The fact that policies are developed at the national level makes the tool important when specific objectives with major implications in the delivery of healthcare are required. In essence, community analysis...
Introduction Obesity is a severe health condition with a high level of prevalence in the USA among both adults and adolescents. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey [NHNES] (n. d.), approximately 19.9 percent of American men and 25.5 percent of American women have a body mass that...
Mrs. J.’s health history represents a complicated situation with comorbidities and complications. Some of the patient’s health concerns can be attributed primarily to her lifestyle choices, which shows the necessity of patient education in this case. Lately, Mrs. J’s. experiences fever, productive cough, nausea, and malaise. These clinical manifestations are...
Introduction Health, its maintenance, and restoration are cyclical processes in nature. It is an important, if not a vital pillar of the life of any person. The task of medical specialists is the right choice and effective implementation of preventions to preserve and improve the health of patients in particular...
Millions of Americans nowadays have access to medical insurance, the most popular of which are Medicaid and Medicare. They give significant opportunities for those applicable and make healthcare more accessible to people of any social class. However, enrollment rates for each program differ from state to state, making it necessary...
Introduction Rural dwellers often experience a problem of low availability of healthcare services (Hollenberg, Lytle, Walji, & Cooley, 2013). Farmers that live far from cities and towns where professional assistance can be provided are one the most endangered population groups. Addressing this issue will help increase public health and decrease...
Introduction Primary prevention is a public health concept of intervention that is used to eliminate the causes of a disease or a certain condition that could be affecting an individual and even a community. The concept is historically founded on the fact that removing the proven causes of a disease...
Summary of the First COVID 19 Response Bill Aim of the Bill The Passing of the Bill into Law The Impact of the Law Impact of the Law on my Personal Nursing Experiences Effect on COVID 19 Diagnosis and Treatment Impact on the Training, Research, and Development of Nurses How...
Introduction Being overweight has been an ongoing problem for ages in the territory of the United States. All layers and age groups of the state fall under the issue; however, they do not receive enough help to overcome it. Even though obesity is a real threat to a third of...
The global outbreak of coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, was unexpected and rapid. While more than 90, 000 people were infected all over the world, more than 3,000 persons died, as stated by the World Health Organization (WHO) (Duncan, 2020). It is found that elderly patients are most vulnerable to...
What are the Clinical Interventions for Patients Unwilling to Quit Cigarette Smoking? Upon arriving at the clinics, all health practitioners advise patients to quit using tobacco and assess their level of willingness to give up smoking. For patients who are identified as unwilling to cooperate at the time, specialized interventions...
Introduction The Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as “Obamacare,” was adopted in 2010 by President Barack Obama. Its enactment could affect the future state of the health care system in the USA. This federal statute aims to impose health insurance costs on states and provide a larger share of residents...
Introduction Over the last decades, the issue of obesity has become one of the major healthcare challenges in the context of the world community health and the US in particular. However, with all the population groups having the risk of being overweight, children are the most vulnerable ones in terms...
Introduction My research is about professional liability insurance for X-ray operators and technicians. This is a particular profession since it deals directly with ionized particles that are harmful to the human body and mind. Doctors often recommend their patients to do X-rays for medical purposes only if necessary because it...
It is fair to say that people’s perceptions of health, illness, and treatment may differ significantly. These variations are often defined by belief systems, which are the sets of attitudes, assumptions, and behaviors connected to health. These systems are culturally determined; they include a wide range of practices and have...
Introduction Any policy-making process is considered an effective way to improve the population’s health. Health practitioners complete multiple tasks and develop strategies to support crucial priorities. Unhealthy sugary drinks create a serious challenge for the US society, and the American Medical Association (AMA) is interested in promoting new policies to...
The problem of hypertension, which affects the elderly, is relevant in my community. Age-related changes in systolic and diastolic blood pressure cause an increase in pulse pressure and lead to hypertension in older people (Musso, Jauregui, Macías-Núñez, & Covic, 2019). Patients over the age of 65 suffering from hypertension might...
Patient safety and quality improvement have traditionally been fields that relied more on practice and evidence than theory. However, Aase and Braithwaite (2017) identify the theoretical domains framework (TDF) as a specialized approach that is designed for use in the field. It is designed to cover a variety of aspects,...
How “Climate Change” affects the population of the United States has been a point of concern for a considerable amount of time now, sparking numerous debates on the topic. Combating the possible effects of the changing environment stands at the forefront of many organizations, including the American Public Health Organization...
Community description County Data Population total 467,963 Male (subtract female % from 100) 49.3% Female 50.7% Persons under 5 5.8% Persons over 65 16.7% Income and poverty County Data Median household income $36,638 Persons in poverty 24% Education County Data High school graduate or higher 77.0% Bachelor’s degree or higher...
Smoking is a bad habit that brings about detrimental health issues that may lead to severe diseases or even death. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 1.3 billion people on Earth smoke tobacco or similar substances. Smoking kills over 8 million people a year. The medical community has a...
What Are Clinical Interventions for Patients Unwilling to Quit Smoking? For the people who are not able to give up their smoking habit, there are a number of ways to force them to stop. The first and most obvious solution is to promote the motivation to stop using tobacco through...
The patient-centered approach is a focus of researchers’ careful attention on a worldwide basis. In this model of healthcare provision, the health needs, and desired treatment outcomes of a specific individual come to the forefront. In other words, a patient’s preferences become the driving force of the physician’s decisions, management...
Introduction Consanguinity is the kinship of two individuals defined by the sharing of biological ancestors. In other words, it refers to a reproductive relationship or marriage between two closely kindred persons (Koellner et al., 2018). In many countries, this phenomenon is a typical feature, and marriages, especially between first cousins,...
Unsafe Drinking Water and Poor Sanitation: Facts and Causes Many people do not have access to drinking water; Health risks are often exacerbated by poor sanitation; Urban solid waste disposal poses a threat too; Social inequality plays a role in providing access; Urban sprawl makes it costly to build infrastructure....
Health Problem Description Medication errors constitute some of the most frequently occurring and serious problems that plague the existing world health system. A medication error occurs when a doctor or a nurse inspecting the patient interprets the results of the ongoing medical investigation in a wrong way or makes a...
Each country is characterized by its special issues that are widespread on its territory. The reasons for this may be the social and economic situation, as well as the climate of the place. Following what diseases are common in a particular region, medical personnel should adjust their practice. The purpose...
Community Description Miami is a densely populated city located in the State of Florida. It is the cultural center of Florida, as there are numerous cultures and diverse values affecting the state of affairs. The epidemiologic data from the city suggests that the majority of Miami residents are adults aged...
Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects a patient’s blood sugar level and leads to a range of negative consequences. While the prevention of this health issue in the Hispanic population is widely discussed at the national and state levels, little attention is paid to how people manage their disease....
My Passion about Professional Life and Boards that Support My Passion My professional life focuses on the study and prevention of chronic diseases among the Hispanic population. It is one of the largest minority groups that are vulnerable to cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and diabetes. The number of Hispanics is...
A significant part of health issues can be evaded by changing societal norms and lifestyle behaviors. Eliminating the harmful effects of socioeconomic factors became a priority for the United States (Adler et al., 2016). The country continues to stay one of the top countries that spend an immense amount of...
The Community Health Worker Training Program Evaluation Report prepared by the Washington State Department of Health Office of Healthy Communities in 2015 targets the assessment of participants who were on the program. This report aims at evaluating how effective the provided education was for employees based on the online survey...
The primary healthcare system plays a crucial role in maintaining the public health in any country. It fulfills a multitude of tasks including prevention and control of diseases as well as increasing the health literacy. Role of the PHC System in Haiti The central role of the primary healthcare remains...
Introduction Public health nursing is defined as the practice of protecting and promotion of people’s health through the utilization of knowledge from social, nursing, and public health sciences. A community health nurse conducts a rehabilitative, curative, and preventing practice, which sets forward the goal to deliver a proper level of...
Health Care Coverage Despite health care system organizations and facilities functioning openly, there is a great debate on the availability of healthcare practices and other related topics. An article by Sommers (2015) describes in great detail how the coverage became less broad because of the affordable care act (ACA) and...