Community Health Strategies Nursing /405 June 25‚ 2010 Community Health Strategies Alcohol abuse and alcoholism affects every gender‚ race‚ and nationality. Abuse of alcohol is a major cause of preventable deaths associated with violence‚ motor vehicle crashes‚ homicides‚ suicides‚ and is a leading cause of death among youth (Ringold‚ 2006). According to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA)‚ (2010)‚ approximately 17.6 million people in the United States (about one in every 12
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Do school based prevention programs actually work? Intro: Many people claim that school based drug and alcohol prevention programs do not work and are just a waste of money. (Hanson‚ 2002) What people want to know is how much do we spend on these programs? What are the programs actually trying to prevent? And does the program work? It is questions like these that leave people so confused about the decisions they make regarding the program like‚ determining if the program is benefiting
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Community Based Policing Rodney Dio Criminal Justice 5/19/2013 Devry University Community Based Policing With this paper the community based policing are going to be mentioned. The importance of this sort of policing is critical attributable to the very fact that the particular police cannot perpetually be around to shield the innocent. With the number of kidnappings‚ murders‚ theft‚ and property destruction happening daily in America we tend to‚ as a society‚ ought to begin protective and
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Since shifting from “academic” based education to “values” based education‚ the United States has fallen as a world leader of education. This movement is producing a culture that cannot think critically and capable of little more than menial tasks. Though the United States is spending $11‚000 per student per year‚ it ranks 19th out of 21 Industrialized Nations and the United States is growing dumber. Psychology-based curriculum is slowly changing the attitudes‚ values‚ and beliefs of the students
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LIFE SKILLS RESEARCH-BASED INSTRCTIONAL PROGRAM Research-Based Instructional Program One major disadvantage to developing and implementing instructional programs not based on research is the time spent. “Time is money”‚ and wasted time means wasted money. Money is wasted on implementing programs that are not research based. Time and money is wasted on training. Overall time and money are wasted on the program. Without the proper research it may not be known if the program is needed in the first
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Is Competency-Based Education the Answer? It is no secret that the United States is currently facing a literacy crisis. It is estimated that 21 percent of adults in the United States are reading below a 5th grade level and 19 percent of high school graduates cannot read. In Mike Rose’s book Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook‚ he states “the government requires that one be able to read and write at a sixth-grade level to be functionally literate: that is‚ to be able to meet-to a minimal degree- society
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Community Organizing Participatory Action Research (COPAR) - is a continuous and a sustained process of: 1. Educating the people - to understand and develop their critical consiousness 2. Working with people - to work collectively and effectively on their immediate and long term problems 3. Mobilizing with people - develop their capability and readiness to respond‚ take action on their immediate needs towards solving the long term problems The process and structure through which members of a
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and internal through education.” - Swami Vivekanand. Introduction Education lends beauty to man. Education is man’s most precious wealth. It confers happiness and renown on man. It is the teacher of teachers. When a man travels abroad‚ education stands by him like a kinsman. Education is adored by rulers‚ not wealth. One without education is an animal. Degrees alone do not signify education. Education that is confined to the physical sciences is a travesty of true education. Together with knowledge
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COLLEGE OF NURSING NCM 101 COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING Health Promotion and Public Health Health • A State of complete physical‚ mental and social well- being‚ not merely an absence of disease or infirmity (WHO‚ 1948). • A State of being well and using every power the individual possesses to the fullest extent (Nightingale‚ 1969). • Optimum Level of Functioning (OLOF) Determinants of Health (World Health Organization) • The health of individuals and communities are‚ to a large extent
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Community Teaching Work Plan Proposal Presented by Arokia Jesuraj‚ Daisy joseph‚ Jamie Rusek‚ & mercy Thomas. Secondary prevention/screening for a vulnerable population of Arab Americans in Sterling height‚ Michigan Planning Before Teaching: Name and Credentials of Teacher: Arokia Jesuraj‚ Daisy joseph‚ Jamie Rusek‚ & mercy Thomas. | Estimated Time Teaching Will Last:Two hours | Location of Teaching:ACCESS Community Health -CenterMacomb4301 E. Fourteen Mile Rd. Sterling Heights‚ MI 48310Phone
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