Health literacy

95945 is 79.2 years versus 79.5 for zip code 95661. Heath risk factors for zip code 95945 are no exercise at 17.4%, obesity12.9%, smoking 8.5% and diabetes at 8.3%. Zip code 95661 health risks include few fruits and veggies at 68.6%, high blood pressure 21.1%, obesity 17.3%, and no exercise at 11.3% (County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, n.d.). The common factor between the two zip codes are the lack of consumption of fruits and vegetables as well as no exercise. Grass Valley has a lack of…

different ways to approach educating and caring for the patient, due to the increasing diverse patient population that face barriers which include cultural, linguistic, and health literacy (Singleton & Krause, 2009, p. 1). Nurses are in a position to promote the interconnections between patient culture, language, and health literacy to improve outcomes for culturally diverse patients. Healthcare workers need to be sensitive to the patient’s beliefs and values, not forcing his or her beliefs onto…

Review of Literature: An Asthma action plan is defined as written or electronic record agreed between an individual patient (or their parent/carer) and their health professional(s) providing personalised guidance on what actions to take when their asthma symptoms or peak flow deteriorates.(13, 14) They have been found to an effective part of asthma self management in children and adults (7,8) Aspects of AAPs considered to be important for its use include essential information, readability,…

U2 AC 1.3 - Explain why it is important to provide opportunities for learners to develop their English, mathematics, ICT and wider skills. English, mathematics and ICT are core subjects and have recently been deemed as essential to sustain a career or progress in daily life here in the UK. Following a government investigation into the education of the populace and provided education to the populace it was decided that a huge gap existed to what is and what should be. In recent years the core…

perception of health is important in determining health behaviors and health outcomes among individuals. “Self-perceived health is one of the leading health indicators reflecting a person’s actual health” (Nielsen et al., 2010). In other words, how people view their health is an important indicator of their health behaviors. While many factors contribute to a person perceived health, health behaviors also determine that perception of own health. Many researchers agree that health behaviors are…

required health literacy skills to care for themselves. Patients must understand the health information, which requires health literacy that…

not implementing the expansion at this time. The privileges for this role is hearing why Indiana government is still debating about expanding the ACA to help uninsured Americans; I would be able to assist Mike Pence, Indiana Governor increase health literacy. The responsibilities would be communicating the importance of ACA expansion, planning visits all social service facilities. My responsibilities would be to take a week with each social service in Indiana to intensely go over their annual…

program on health status such as hemoglobin A1C, weight, depression, fatigue, self-related health, frequency of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia symptoms; self-management behaviors; and self-efficacy. The study revealed that there was statistically significant improvement in depression, symptoms of hypoglycemia, communication with physicians, healthy eating, patient activation, reading food levels, and self-efficacy. However, there was no significant changes in hemoglobin A1C and health care…

races, languages, religions, and other groups. Clarkston Community Health Center is a nonprofit organization that provides free Medical service that runs every Sunday from 10 am to 2 pm. According the website clarkstonhealth.org (2013), it is mostly designed to establish a patient-centered medical home to enhance an economically feasible, culturally and linguistically sensitive continuum of care for all patients including health screening, primary and preventive healthcare to the refugee, needy,…

1. Identify 2 social or physical determinants of health that increase risks for poor health outcomes in this population. Explain how each of the 2 determinants affect health status and include an example. About 1 paragraph for each determinant. 8 points (4 pts each determinant; identify appropriate determinant (1pt); describe health effects and include an example (3 pts). The rural population is a focal point in regards to health outcomes. Rural populations are determined by geographic location…