Health literacy

The first documented use of the term “Food Desert” comes from a health report published by the nutrition task force based in the United Kingdom in 1999. The health report described a Food Desert as an area of relative exclusion where people experienced physical and economic barriers to accessing healthy food. The physical and economic barriers being families with low income, which generally lacked transportation to and from grocery stores. Generally, the neighborhood grocery migrated follow a…

that the evolving needs of the elderly are considered in the provision of their care. “Given the ageing … population, nurses will need to spend more of their time caring for older people. This constitutes a potential problem for the provision of health care to older patients if nurses’ attitudes towards working with this patient group have an impact on the type and quality of care provided” (McKinlay & Cowan, 2003, p. 299). Thus, the passage of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 had underscored…

It seems like my New Year Resolution every year on January 1st is the same; to lose weight. Do I ever keep it? Turns out I don 't. I try to eat healthily, but I seem like I always find myself looking for the unhealthy snacks. My mornings start off healthy, I 'll eat a banana or maybe some strawberries for my breakfast, but then I get to school or I 'm at home looking for something to eat for lunch and the only thing that looks even remotely good, is something not healthy. It 's January, which…

thousands of dollars on a cat named Lady who has many health issues, even being allergic to her own tooth enamel. The sensible reaction would be to take care of the human interests before the needs of the animal. Levering is recovering from, “a bout of Lyme disease and carpal tunnel syndrome,” (part 1, paragraph 7) and he is still willing to put money toward the life of his cat Lady instead of conserving it for his medical needs and the health of his wife. Although the average pet is considered…

is perfect, nor does anyone have an “easy” life. I, for one, have not had it “easy” at any point in my life. Since the moment I learned to talk, I have been dealing with incredible hardships concerning family; mental health issues; sexual, emotional, and physical abuse; physical health conditions; financial issues, and more. I believe every person can relate, in one way or another, to the adversities that I have experienced. My personal goal is to help those people work with whatever it is that…

This memo gives an outline of definitions used for for the Health and Wellness project. Wellness Wellness is the balance between mental and physical health. Wellness is a state in which both the body and mind are in balance with one another. Many factors affect overall wellness, some of which include, Emotional health or the understanding of one 's feelings. Environmental health or the respect with one’s surrounding and for other living things, this can also include work or school. Intellect…

The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health defines stress as the term that refers to the sum of the physical, mental, and emotional strains or tensions on a person. Feelings of stress in humans result from interactions”. There are two type of stress “positive’ and “negative” stress. Positive stress could be something like the interception of a new child or something we really look forward to. Many people are more familiar with negative stress. When we hear the word stress it’s not corresponded…

The nutrition education program that I participated in was the F.U.N. Center for the Washington Union High School (WUHS) students. The F.U.N. Center stands for families understanding nutrition, and was a pre-existing program that my group continued this semester. Our mission for this program was, “to provide an encouraging atmosphere for Washington Union High School students and their families to learn the skills and nutrition knowledge necessary for a healthy lifestyle.” After administering…

Importance of Self Care Self- care can be defined as the way a person takes care of his or his physical, emotional and mental health. Each individual has different approach to self-care. I consider healthy living as proper self-care. What one would consider important factor to self-care would not be as important to someone else. Nursing school can be very stressful therefore self-care is important attribute to living healthy whiles I am in school and through my nursing career. The ability to…

activity and finally sleep (Army Public Health Center). I feel that all three are important in their own way. Sleep as defined by Webster dictionary is “the natural state of rest during which your eyes are closed and you become unconscious”. But based on the performance triad sleep is “very critical in achieving optimal physical, mental, and emotional health” (Army Public Health Center). I also believe that sleep is very important for long life and better health. Activity as defined by Webster…