Since the early 1900’s there has been a shift in the emphasis from learning with the focus being on the individual (local) to learning as part of a community (global). The emergence of social communities have worked in tandem with established forms of learning to educate the masses. These social communities were called by various names each having a different function and or terms of reference. Local learning takes place within ‘self’‚ as we learn people learn with us and from us‚ in a non formal
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IMMUNIZATION S ARE IMPORTANT Roshanda Dixon Community Teaching Work Plan Proposal NRS-427v April 18‚ 2015 OVERVIEW Infectious diseases remain a major cause of illness‚ disability‚ and death. Immunization recommendations in the United States currently target 17 vaccine-preventable diseases across the lifespan (Health People‚ 2015). Healthy People 2020 goals for immunization and infectious diseases are rooted in evidence-based clinical and community activities and services for the prevention
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Argosy University | Assignment 3: Identifying Community Resources | Hannah Wood | 5/21/2012 | Firstly regarding my client that has agreed to substance abuse treatment for 30 days I discovered through research that the following programs would be recommended: The Orchard Recovery and Addiction Treatment Center located at 811 Grafton Road‚ Bowen Island‚ BC V0N 1G2 and available at http://www.orchardrecovery.com/. Provides “Detox‚ Primary Care (10-‚ 28- and 42-day residential treatment)
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Application: Community Counseling Resources Marriage‚ Couple and Family Therapy (CPSY - 6356 - 1) In this paper will analyze primary‚ secondary‚ and tertiary couple and family interventions provided by community resources. In this paper will provide a community resource that works with issues of domestic violence and the primary‚ secondary‚ and tertiary interventions that the resource provides. A further analysis will be provided on any gaps that may
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Outcomes and Evaluation of Community Health Project Jeanette Gorton Walden University NURS6150‚ Section 14‚ Promoting and Preserving Health in a Diverse Society April 16‚ 2011 Outcomes and Evaluation of Community Health Project It is important to evaluate any public health program to determine its contribution and health impact on the population it was designed to help‚ in addition to its sustainability
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Community Resource Assignment The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization that provides significant help to those in need. The organization is a branch of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The organization’s initial goals were to provide humanitarian efforts and other relief during trying times. For example‚ many felt that the group was formed in response to the destruction caused by the American Civil War. Founder and the group’s first President
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the 1960s‚ concurrent with the growing attention on mental health‚ the promotion of community mental health centers became a major federal initiative after the U.S. passed the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act in 1963. The construction of mental health centers in local communities exploded. Their bold agenda in transitioning patients out of state psychiatric hospitals and into communities was aimed to promote more humane treatment and foster social
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show may be a presentation of images purely for their own visual interest or artistic value‚ sometimes unaccompanied by description or text‚ or it may be used to clarify or reinforce information‚ ideas‚ comments‚ solutions or suggestions which are presented verbally. Slide shows are sometimes still conducted by a presenter using an apparatus such as a carousel slide projector or an overhead projector‚ but now the use of an electronic video display device and a computer running presentation software is
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Community Resources 1. Fernandez Park 595 Tenent St. Pinole‚ CA 94564 Phone… 510-74-2999 Website… www.ci.pinole.ca.us/recreation/index.html Contact Person… Joanna Hours… 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Monday-Friday Fernandez Park has a youth center‚ swim team‚ school of performing arts‚ and a sports and fitness center. The city of Pinole wanted to create an environment where children could be constructive and have fun. These programs have fees that are based on family income. The city wanted
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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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