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A major problem we face in public schooling is how we have deal with teacher accountability. Teacher performance has a huge impact on the success of the students. A good teacher can cover around 150% of the curriculum, while a bad teacher will usually only cover 50%. Teacher tenure, a product of unions, protects public school teachers from being fired, and it is usually obtained between 1-5 years. Once a teacher has tenure, they are not able to get fired, instead certain schools will trade their…

Behavioral health and mental health are sometimes used interchangeably, but behavioral health extends beyond mental health and encompasses a broad array of psychiatric and/or psychological services provided in many different settings. Behavioral healthcare is used to describe the connection between behaviors and the health and well-being of the mind, body, and spirit. It can include behaviors, such as habits like eating or drinking, that impact humans over time or immediately either physically…

This may be one of the most controversial questions that currently is being asked in the public health community. When looking at forums, including media news, company press releases, or educational pieces, they almost always consider obesity as a disease.5 There are many people, however, who do not think that when obesity is referred to it…

front doors, that is one of our best hopes against tyranny, xenophobia, hopelessness, despair, anarchy, and ignorance.” Libba Bary, bestselling fiction author, expresses the importance of libraries in the above quotation, stating that access to the public library essentially “cures” us of our nescience, pessimism, and prejudice. Bray describes books—to which the library card is a passport—as windows into new mindsets, ideas and perspectives; books are described as conduits by which the library…

Theoretical Framework The theoretical frameworks used in this project are composed of the concept of patient engagement and the levels of prevention model. When patients have knowledge, skills, and willingness, they are more likely to engage and involve in their own health care. Patient engagement occurs when patients actively participate in the patient-centered interventions; it requires a collaboration between patients and healthcare providers (Tzeng, Yin, & Fitzgerald, 2015). Patient…

One of the widely accepted definitions of health defines it as a state of physical and mental well being that enables us all to achieve our individual and societal goal. Therefore, health is not only a physical state of well-being but it also encompasses an individual’s mental health status. Individuals with positive mental health are able to have positive relationships with each other and the community, provide a support network for handling stress and life problems, can realize their full…

The purpose statement of this DNP proposal will be to develop an FCN model of care for the local church senior’s citizen center. Currently, the center offers trips, meetings, prayer, crafts, fire safety, and meals, but nothing to promote the health and well-being of parishioners. The general question for this project is “Will developing an FCN model of care for the church senior citizen parishioners improve understanding of the disease self-management?” The practice-focused questions include:…

individuals’ surrounding area in which the individual resides. The assessment includes the location and description of the area, a makeup of the community (age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status), services provided and ease of access, safety issues of the public, and areas of concern in health care. All of which can be divided in age related subcategories and areas in need of improvement. This community assessment will also include how the role of the Registered Nurse can play a part in the…

This was the beginning to his career in sanitation, throughout the next couple year Simon changed what the public health system was like. (Sanitary) Simon had no experience in public health but among twenty applicants he stood out because he came from a wealthy, and very political family. Along with the strong support of surgeons who had felt Simon would fulfill his duty as a Public health officer, on October 19, 1848 Simon was appointed the position. With his very strong writing skills he…

years, many have argued that there are several differences between public and private organizations. Public organizations are usually owned and operated by the government (influenced by political authority) meanwhile private organizations are not part of the government. These include corporations and partnerships that can be both profit or non-profit. The increase in empirical evidence on the comparison of organizations such as the public and private sectors is due to the research from…