This assignment is about how to plan and conduct a health promotion advice on an individual patient to improve patient’s quality of healthy life. In this essay‚ the author will first of all outline how the government policies‚ which are the National Service Framework (NSF) for Long-term Conditions and the NSF for Diabetes‚ were developed. The author will outline briefly all benefits are for her particular patient – Mr Smith (pseudonym name) in compliance with the NMC (2008) on confidentiality‚ is
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Health and Social Care Promoting Good Health AO3 Part A Approaches to Health Promotion What is Health Promotion? ‘Health promotion is the process of enabling people to exert control over the determinants of health and thereby improve their health. As a concept and set of practical strategies
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Obesity and mental health. The assignment extract addressed obesity‚ various associated health risks and some of the challenges relating to diet and weight management. This literature search will investigate if there is any link between an individual’s mental health and obesity‚ while outlining related challenges to effective weight management. Are people with mental health issues‚ such as depression‚ anxiety or schizophrenia more likely to be obese than the general population? If so is there
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Essay Title: Health Promotion :Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Word count:1‚905 The Nursing and Midwifery council (NMC 2008)states that a nurse should be able to protect and promote the health and well-being of those in their care. This essay will be discussing the health promotion role of a nurse looking after a patient that has Chronic Obstuctive Pulmonary Disease(COPD) .The essay will focus on a 65 year old gentleman Mr Abraham who has been admitted into a general medical ward‚with an acute
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Introduction Health Promotion programs that target at-risk youth are so necessary in the day and age. Youth mentoring is one of the most underutilized tools in America for the successful development of intelligent and prosperous young men and women. Young people need multi-dimensional care in order to successfully mature into well rounded members of society. “Unfortunately‚ the majority of youth today are not receiving the attention they need in order to reach their full potential” (Boyle‚ 2004)
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Benefits of health promotion Wytoshery Williams Grand Canyon University Family centered health promotion December 22‚ 2013 BENEFITS OF HEALTH PROMOTION A Healthy lifestyle is promoted by being educated in prevention methods and strategies. How is health promotion define and what is its purpose? The nursing roles‚ responsibilities and implementation methods for health promotion will be addressed‚ finally‚ a comparison of the health promotion levels. Health promotion is defined as
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Slide 1: RATIONALE FOR TARGET GROUP: According to the World health Organisation 2009‚ Alcohol is one of the world’s top three priority areas in public health. I am trying to prevent alcohol dependence among the under 30’s as…….As you can see from the bar chart prevalence has shown that there has been a 11 year rise in alcoholic liver disease deaths between 2002 and 2012. As you can see from this graph from The Office of National Statistics‚ 2012‚ it shows the Top 5 alcohol related deaths by causes
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Suicide is defined by the World Health Organization as the act of deliberately killing oneself. It affects individuals most frequently among those aged 15-44 years. Risk factors include undiagnosed and untreated depression‚ alcohol or substance abuse‚ family history‚ previous suicide attempt. Another major risk factor psychologists have recognised for some time that a person’s occupation shows a significant role. Suicide rates have tended to be remarkably high in professions that provide easy access
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Health is defined as a state in which human needs are met in an autonomic way‚ and is not limited to the absence of disease or disablement (V. Henderson). Optimal health is a lively‚ self-motivated equilibrium of physical‚ intellectual‚ spiritual‚ emotional‚ and social well-being. The concept of health promotion delineates the method of empowering people to increase control over‚ and to advance their own overall health. The main purpose of health promotion is to heighten
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Charter for Health Promotion? AUTHORS Bernadette Ward RN‚ Midwife‚ Grad Cert Ed‚ MPHandTM‚ MHlth Sci Lecturer‚ Faculty of Health Sciences‚ La Trobe University‚ Bendigo‚ Australia. B.Ward@latrobe.edu.au Glenda Verrinder RN‚ Midwife‚ Grad Cert Higher Ed‚ Grad Dip Pub and Com Health‚ MHlth Sci Senior Lecturer‚ Faculty of Health Sciences‚ La Trobe University‚ Bendigo‚ Australia. ABSTRACT Alcohol misuse in Australia society is a community issue that can be addressed successfully within a health promotion
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