Assessing Family Health Patterns: Evaluating the Usefulness of a Heritage Assessment Tool Sarah Potter Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V-0191 October 5‚ 2014 Assessing Family Health Patterns: Evaluating the Usefulness of a Heritage Assessment Tool In the United States today cultural diversity is growing more prevalent every day. The report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM: Unequal treatment‚ 2002) presented information that racial and ethnic minorities of all ages receive lower
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Heritage Assessment Culture is a pattern of behavior and values shared by an ethnic group. Cultural heritage is a set of traditions within the culture that is hand down from the older generation to the younger generation within the family. These traditions influence the family’s decisions in relation to their diet‚ education‚ daily living activities‚ religious beliefs and practices and also health and illness beliefs. In this paper‚ the author will focus on the usefulness of applying a heritage
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Smoking and Your Health Most people associate cigarette smoking and tobacco use with breathing problems and lung cancer. But smoking is also a major cause of cardiovascular (heart and blood vessel) disease. Smoking: the No. 1 cause of preventable disease and death Smoking and tobacco use are significant risk factors for a variety of chronic disorders. According to the American Heart Association‚ cigarette smoking is the most important preventable cause of premature death in the United States
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Heritage Assessment NRS-429V | Culture and Cultural Competency in Health Promotion John Thomas 3/24/13 The Heritage Assessment tool is primarily used as a device to evaluate health maintenance‚ health protection‚ and health restoration of a person’s cultural beliefs and values (Spector‚ 2006). This assessment helps aid in providing quality patient care in that it helps to meet and respect the needs of different types of people and their respective backgrounds (Spector‚ 2002). This particular
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Heritage assessment of culturally different families Grand Canyon University May 10‚ 2015 HERITAGE ASSESSMENT OF CULTURRALY DIFFERENT FAMILIES INTRODUCTION In the health care system‚ the family of a patient has an important role in the recovery of the illness. Healthy interaction between the patient and the family members may have a positive outcome in the treatment. Provision of health care can be customized according to the family background of the patients. People come from various parts of
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Heritage Assessment Introduction Over the past 20 years a significant social movement in America has amplified public awareness toward the promotion of health and disease prevention‚ known as Healthy People 2000 and 2010. It has been beneficial in changing the focus of health care from a reactive standpoint to a proactive one‚ which endorses national health and prevention of disease (Edelmam & Mandle‚ 2010). However delivery of health care objectives is not enough. Health providers must recognize
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Heritage Assessment By‚ Genethia Guerrero Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Family Health Promotion 04/17/2011 Jose Alejandro Every individual has a cultural heritage. Each culture views the world differently. Culture is an inherited characteristic and includes knowledge‚ beliefs‚ customs‚ skills‚ likes and dislikes. The fundamental role of cultural heritage is uniting‚ respecting the diversities and brings people together to face the future by informing‚ perceiving and give importance to
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Technical Manual Heritage Production: Technical Manual Heritage was prepared by the Future City Group of The City of Newcastle. Enquiries: For information about this document‚ contact: Customer Enquiry Centre City of Newcastle Phone: 02 4974 2050 Published by: City of Newcastle 282 King Street‚ Newcastle. Phone: 02 4974 2000 (main switchboard) PO Box 489 Newcastle 2300 Australia 02 4974 2222 mail@ncc.nsw.gov.au www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au Post: Fax: E-mail: Web: Update June
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Definition Heritage Assessment is who we are‚ our history‚ and where we come from. Heritage means ones background or tradition. Heritage Assessments are unique for each nation; it is a part to the overall nursing assessment. At any time at any place‚ there are many different groups of people that live in that particular place and all these people have diverse believes about health‚ illness‚ disease‚ birth and death‚ which are directed by their culture. Ones heritage includes information
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Your Total Health Definition of Health- the combination of physical‚ mental‚ emotional‚ and overall well being. “Three Components of Health” (Health Triangle) Physical Health Get eight to ten hours of sleep each night. Eat nutritious meals and drink eight cups of water each day. Engage in 30 or 60 minutes of physical activity every day. Avoid the use of tobacco‚ alcohol‚ and other drugs. Personal Hygiene I.E brush teeth and shower daily. Mental and Emotional Health Enjoy challenges that help
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