MICHIGAN- Child Health Insurance Program (MIChild) DESCRIPTION The Michigan Child Health Insurance Program (MIChild) aims to give low-cost medical plans to uninsured children under the age of 19 from low income households. A $10 monthly fee covers all the children in an eligible household. Thus‚ dental‚ medical‚ psychological and vision care becomes affordable for children who live below the poverty level. PROGRAM INFORMATION MIChild is a health plan specifically designed for the uninsured
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in relation to health and sickness. Not one person on earth is absolutely healthy or totally sick. The perception of health differs from one and another. According to World Health Organization (WHO) (1948)‚ health is “… a state completes physical‚ mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity…” In globalization era now‚ the healthy lifestyle of people also change. Health promotion is being introduced to create best solutions in improving the health quality among
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|Promoting emotional health and well-being in schools | | | | Contents Executive summary 1 Key findings 4 Recommendations 6 The role of schools in providing for pupils with mental health difficulties 7 Whole-school approaches
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Head: Health Promotion Health Promotion October 14‚ 2011 Health promotion‚ as defined by Edelman and Mandle‚ is “the science and art of helping people change their lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health”. It is a multifaceted approach to encouraging a lifestyle change among individuals as well as the community. An important aspect of health promotion is health education. One of the main responsibilities of a nurse is to provide health teaching and health promotion
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As mental health nurses‚ we are granted a seemingly disproportionate power and latitude to practise when compared to our colleagues in general nursing. This is due to a number of factors; firstly‚ that mental illness is difficult to define‚ in the eyes of the public it constitutes an intangible wrongness about an individual that cannot be measured or even seen clearly. Due to misrepresentation and scaremongering by the media‚ mental health services are often viewed as taking the role of protecting
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Health Care Spending HCS/440 Economics: The Financing of Health Care Today‚ health care costs are rising significantly faster than the national income. Kellerman (2012) states‚ “The U.S. spends far more on health care per capita and as a percentage of GDP than any other nation on earth‚ according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development” (para. 3). Furthermore‚ health care spending has become a paramount issue that is overshadowing other important affairs‚ such as education
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Introduction Health assessment thus plays an important role to provide information about one’s health. Assessment is the first step in the nursing process and includes collection‚ verification‚ organization‚ interpretation and documentation of data.(Sue C.DeLaune and Patriciak .Ladner‚2011) Almost every admitted patient the first time required the implementation of the health assessment to determine their health condition to enable healthcare plans and implementation what they need to do. On way
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HEALTHY LIVING (BY ROSELINE ONWUKAH‚ ABSUTH) Health as defined by World Health Organization is a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Many factors affect your health. Some you cannot control‚ such as your genetic makeup or your age. But you can make changes to your lifestyle. By taking steps toward healthy living‚ you can help reduce your risk of heart disease‚ cancer‚ stroke and other serious diseases. For example‚
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INTEGRATED ELECTONIC HEALTH RECORDS FOR MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS by Peter Oluseyi Okebukola MPH/MBA Intended audience This is a public policy memo directed to the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). CONTENTS Executive Summary Background Definitions stakeholders Options and implications for managed care Individual practice association (IPA) or network model HMOs Staff or group
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that highlight biological as well as social and psychological processes.”(Aggleton‚ 1990) Health‚ illness and disease are defined conflictingly depending on different factors and models. Models of health vary but every model plays a defining role in signifying and conceptualizing what should or shouldn’t be the object of public health concerns. The purpose of these models is to explain why inequalities in health not only exist but also persist; there is an emphasis on pathological consequences of behaviour
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