Health

graduation because it focuses on psychiatric-mental health nursing and wellness promotion, prevention of mental health problems, and the care that someone receives. This aspect interests me because I would like to interact with those who are living with a mental health illness. Many nurses forget that those patients who have a mental illness are still human and begin to treat them differently. After eight years of working at a mental health clinic I have gained a passion of working with this…

Health can be mentioned in many definitions due to the various cultures and beliefs. Health not only indicates the physical health which should being well, but also the mental health and social (World Health Organization, 1948 ; Reily et al., 2013). Non-indigenous Australian may identify some behaviours and habits may bring out the negative outcome in physical health, like smoking and drinking. However, Australian indigenous may consider smoking and drinking are a part of culture and social…

Dr. Jim Yong Kim was a respected individual in global health, before his presidency at the World Bank. When he was younger, his mother forced him to watch current events around the world. This forced him to understand issues around the world and inspired him to become a doctor. He was one of the co-founders of Partners in Health with Dr. Paul Farmer, Ophelia Dahl and other advocates for universal global health. Partners in Health (PIH) was an organization that provided for the poor to have…

200 known mental health disorders. A few of these disorders include dementia, schizophrenia, and depression. Many mental illnesses cause violent tendencies, forgetfulness, the inability to socialize or confide, and suicidal actions and thoughts. Now that technology and medical research has advanced beyond herbs and chloroform, cases of reported mental illnesses have skyrocketed tremendously. Robert Glover, the executive director of the National Association of State Mental Health Program Director…

programs within 16 states to combat prominent public health issues within America. However this paper take a closer look at the intervention program implemented in the state of Arkansas. The intervention program named The Arkansas Disability and Health Program, was funded by the National Center on Birth Defects and Disabilities. Their aim for this intervention program was to promote good health of Arkansans with disabilities, to increase access to health care for people with disabilities and to…

History tells a story about a time that the hospital, LTC system and mental health were all connected to one another and were all serviced in the same manner. Well, maybe there wasn’t really a hospital, nursing home or asylum so to speak of but there were people who had conditions or were poor and could not take care of themselves which resulted in a need which brought life to the health care facilities and models of care that we recognize today. Early in American history, few people lived to…

In 1988, the Brazilian Constitution stated that health was a right of every citizen, and the duty to provide that healthcare fell on the State. This lead to the implementation of the Sistema Único de Saúde, translated as Unified Health System (SUS). According to the Brazilian Ministry of Health, the SUS is one of the biggest public health systems in the world, nearly 75% of Brazil’s 210 million citizens rely exclusively on SUS for their healthcare needs. SUS covers services that range from…

There were many themes in the videos concerning important maternal health issues in Egypt and Haiti. One theme is that they were based in impoverished areas with little access to care. Being able to afford and have a place to go for medical help is important for the well being of the residents. Both places had some complications with birth that lead to the baby or the mother dying or being sick that was not well taken care of. The cultures in both these areas were different. It appeared as if…

When the Affordable Care Act went into action in 2013, which required all people to acquire health insurance, it was in order to improve the quality of care, increase access to insurance and services, and lower the cost of care. In order to lower the cost of health care, changes by the insurance companies and hospitals had to be executed. Hospitals had to make adjustments to adapt to their new budget. As a result, changes made included position cuts and efficiency improvement. One very…

Abstract—The choice of a health plan goes undetected by the primary user, who will be greatly affected by their employers choice of coverage. I will examine today’s competitiveness amongst providers, what factors are used for product choice, and the data source involved in the decision making. Keywords—National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA),Data Quality Modeling, Healthcare Effectiveness and Data Information Set(HEDIS), Health Paln Survey, Affordable Care Act(ACA) Centers for…