Heathy Anderson County Community Health Nursing (CHN) Healthy County Healthy People! April 8‚ 2015 Healthy Anderson County 1 Healthy Anderson County Mission Working together as a community to promote the health and wellness of Anderson County residents April 8‚ 2015 Healthy Anderson County 2 Anderson County ~ Who Are We? Area: 715.43 square miles (2010) (United States Census‚ 2015) Population 187‚126 (2010) Anderson (United States South Census‚ 2015) County U.S. Carolina Racial/Ethnic
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and explains notification; Section 2 deals with general infection control procedures; Section 3 gives guidance on the management of outbreaks; Section 4 describes specific infectious diseases; Section 5 contact numbers and sources of information; Section 6 contains additional detailed information and a table of diseases; Section 7 contains risk assessments relevant to infection control; Section 8 research sources‚ references and useful web sites Further information is available from the
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My Audience will know the Importance of Immunizations I. INTRODUCTION The Importance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases A. ATTENTION GETTER "Fact Texas is ranked last in Immunization coverage rates among the 50 states" B. ESTABLISH THEME Un immunized kids are starting to become a risk factor in our Texas school‚ to a point where they are starting to exclude students from school activities. C. CREDIBILITY I speak from first hand knowledge‚ not only am I faced
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Nursing Problem Goal of Care Objectives of Care Intervention Rationale Methods of Nurse and Family Contact Resources Required Evaluation Lack of Immunization as a Health Threat “Itinigil na naming ang pagpapabakuna sa kanila (children) dahil palagi silang nilalagnat.” 1. 1. Inability of the family to recognize the long term effects of not having their children immunized. 2. 3. 2. Inadequate information dissemination to the family members about the rationale behind immunization. 4. 5. 3. Lack
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world’s deadliest tropical parasitic diseases. It claims more lives than any other communicable disease except tuberculosis. In Africa and other developing countries‚ it also accounts for millions of dollars in medical costs. Malaria‚ however‚ is a curable disease if promptly diagnosed and adequately treated. Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by the parasite plasmodium. In recent years‚ most cases in the U.S. have been in people who have acquired the disease after travelling to tropical and
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Antibiotics are medications used to kill or prevent the spread of disease causing bacteria in the body. There are two types of antibiotics which manage infectious diseases differently: 1. Bactericidal Antibiotics: this is when the antibiotic completely kills off the Bacteria. It does this by damaging or interfering with the bacteria’s cell contents or wall. An example of this type of antibiotic is Penicillin which is in fact the first type of antibiotic to be discovered. 2. Bacteriostatic Antibiotics:
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Contemporary Issues-Infectious Diseases among Inmate Populations DeAnna Huey University of Phoenix Contemporary Issues-Infectious Diseases among Inmate Populations Infectious disease is any disease that is able to spread among our public and contained population‚ thus being called infectious. An infectious disease travels through the environment‚ as it passes from one person to another through means of airborne‚ droplets‚ contaminated water‚ clothes‚ bedding‚ utensils or anything that
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Measles Immunization Prelab Questions: 1. Measles are considered to be a public health issue because it is highly contagious‚ has unpleasant symptoms and can be fatal. 2. The independent variable in this investigation is the year and the dependent variable is the incidence of measles and the percent immunized. Problem: What is the relationship between immunization and the incidence of measles? Observations: Refer to graph page. Analyze & Interpret: 1. The relationship between the incidence
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of a killer disease. It’s a painful thought to know that person never got to live to see their full potential. Diseases kill children every year. Many diseases are bacteria‚ inhaled by the victim‚ infecting several areas of the body. The bacteria lives and grows while its victim dies. Other diseases are caused by viruses; a non-living infection that attacks the disease-fighting system and other living cells. Children are much more able to be hurt by disease because of their weak disease-fighting systems
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TOP 10 LIST OF UNCONTROLLABLE RISK FACTORS FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES AIRBORNE DISEASES Regular check-ups / immunization / hygiene Diseases communicated by air i.e.) tuberculosis.flu and etc. RADON Change ventilation system / radon checks According to CDT Minnesota Department of Health (2007)‚ Radon is a radioactive gas - that means it continuously decays and releases radiation. It is produced from minerals in soil‚ such as uranium and radium. Although radon is present throughout the environment
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