Health is defined as a state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person’s potential and is experienced within a developmental context”, ( Edelman, Kudzman & Mandle, 2014). As stated, health is the wellbeing of someone that is physically, mentally, spiritually and socially. So health promotion is the “the science and art of helping people change their lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health”, ( Edelman, Kudzman & Mandle, 2014).So promoting health is a task that health care workers has to ensure that the populations is safe from diseases. As noticed, mortality and morbidity rate, life expectancy and overall health has improved tremendously in the recent years because of the new technology and an increase
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Both Blacks/African-Americans come from Africa. But the African-Americans has been here a longtime for so many generations. Now some Blacks come from African, Caribbean or the West Indies. In whatever country, state or city this group come from, according to CDC report, the 10 common leading diseases among the Blacks are “heart diseases, cancer, kidneys diseases, homicide, sepsis, stroke, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases and Alzheimer’s disease,”( CDC, 2010).Other diseases like hypertension, HIV/AIDS, smoking and tobacco use are also common among the Blacks. Most of these diseases are associated to so many factors which affect this ethnic …show more content…
Also most African-Americans/Blacks are illiterate because of the high dropout rate in schools because of poor conditions of teaching and no motivations to the kids is rendered. This contributes in failure of seeking preventive care. They are a lot of preventive care programs about chronic diseases and unhealthy behaviors but they do not seek them because of lack of knowledge. As Minority Nurse articles states,” Cheatham, Barksdale, and Rodgers have identified numerous barriers that prevent African Americans from seeking health care and wellness promotion: socioeconomic status, masculinity, prejudice, not knowing or understanding the need for a physician, peer influences, and religious beliefs.9 Additionally, slavery and the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment have made the African American population wary of seeking medical treatment”, (minority nurses staff, 2013).For example, I had an African-American elderly man admitted for GI bleed because he was on Coumadin. He was told by the doctor that he needed colonoscopy to determine where the bleeding was coming from. The patient was so mad at the doctor, saying that it was because he was
Both Blacks/African-Americans come from Africa. But the African-Americans has been here a longtime for so many generations. Now some Blacks come from African, Caribbean or the West Indies. In whatever country, state or city this group come from, according to CDC report, the 10 common leading diseases among the Blacks are “heart diseases, cancer, kidneys diseases, homicide, sepsis, stroke, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases and Alzheimer’s disease,”( CDC, 2010).Other diseases like hypertension, HIV/AIDS, smoking and tobacco use are also common among the Blacks. Most of these diseases are associated to so many factors which affect this ethnic …show more content…
Also most African-Americans/Blacks are illiterate because of the high dropout rate in schools because of poor conditions of teaching and no motivations to the kids is rendered. This contributes in failure of seeking preventive care. They are a lot of preventive care programs about chronic diseases and unhealthy behaviors but they do not seek them because of lack of knowledge. As Minority Nurse articles states,” Cheatham, Barksdale, and Rodgers have identified numerous barriers that prevent African Americans from seeking health care and wellness promotion: socioeconomic status, masculinity, prejudice, not knowing or understanding the need for a physician, peer influences, and religious beliefs.9 Additionally, slavery and the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment have made the African American population wary of seeking medical treatment”, (minority nurses staff, 2013).For example, I had an African-American elderly man admitted for GI bleed because he was on Coumadin. He was told by the doctor that he needed colonoscopy to determine where the bleeding was coming from. The patient was so mad at the doctor, saying that it was because he was