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INTRODUCTION This contextual project work consists of 10 concepts from the module entitled “Advanced Health Assessment” Block 3. Each one of the concept will be described in terms of its meaning, critically analyzed for its real life application, and will be followed by some references of the current research evidence. Real life application will explore a possible relationship of the concept with personal, social or professional life. CONCEPT 1- VISUAL ACUITY TEST This…

1. Why is epidemiological surveillance important for public health? (2 points) Epidemiological surveillance is important to public health primarily because it prevents the spread of infectious or communicable diseases. By requiring healthcare providers to report cases classified as notifiable diseases, state and federal public health departments can monitor the trends of these diseases in real time. As a result, these departments can respond to an increase in a specific notifiable disease early…

There are some biological sciences which are essential for human being's life. Among an abundance of sciences, applied microbiology, biotechnology and genetic engineering play a key role in our lives. All of these science branches support and guarantee the life continuity and health of human being on the earth. Although the terms of applied microbiology, biotechnology and genetic engineering are novel and new, the sciences are prehistoric in practice. Through the several millennia, the human…

What Are The Best Mediclaim Policies For Senior Citizens Health insurance is a mandatory requirement in general. As you grow older, you need it more due to ailing health and medical conditions. After retirement, the only source of income is either the pension or the savings that you have from your investments. However, a health insurance or a Mediclaim policy can help you combat the emergency due to immediate medical conditions. Mediclaim For Senior Citizens is Available Up to 80 Years Now.…

The shortage in availability of crucial supplies mandatory to sustain life, or a certain quality of life indicates a scarce resource. Worldwide, we continually recognize scarce resources such as water, gasoline, food and medications. Recently, the United States has experienced a drastic flu epidemic, leading to a scarce supply of the influenza vaccines. The flu epidemic encouraged many individuals to vaccinate their families to prevent from catching the flu. The increase in desire for the…

Declining State of the Nigeria Health System From Nigeria’s independence in 1960, traditional medicine had been a big part of the health care system in Nigeria focusing mainly on the curative, rather than preventive care. In the years following the independence, about 10-15% of the Nigerian population was covered by any form of modern health care services. These services were concentrated in the urban areas to the detriment of the rural areas. At that time, only about 50% of the urban population…

References Gerst-Emerson, K., & Jayawardhana, J. (2015). Loneliness as a public health issue: The impact of loneliness on health care utilization among older adults. American Journal of Public Health, 105(5), 1013-1019. doi:10.2105/ajph.2014.302427 This article states that loneliness is one of the biggest issues for older adults. Loneliness can be tie to more health care issues and utilization of the health care facilities. They go on to state that a lot of elderly patients visit their doctors…

Medicines are important not only for their capacity to treat diseases and prevent illness. The public certainty in healthcare system is certainly connected to their confidence in the chances of having safe and effective medicines and the measures for ensuring their rational needs. Though, pharmacy services component receives little or no attention in most public health programs in emerging countries. This article describes the actions, plans, procedures, lessons learnt, and some…

population. Biological, socio-economic factors, supply of health care services, demand of health care facilities provided by the government, population age structure are also some of the other determinants factors of the well-being of the population. Public health that is a systematically organized effort including education and exposing the cause of the harm to vulnerable section of the society, can be a good approach…

According to researchers, the Nordic countries have moved in a kind of health care consumer society. The production of services is a major challenge in the future, such as financial services, public and private sector relationships and the supply of skilled…