Indigenous Determinants of Health The last key category of wellness mediating factors that emerged from the wellness presentations arethe overarching political, social, cultural, environmental and economic determinants of wellness. This category includes: • resilience • self-government and self-determination • colonization and intergenerational effects In the wellness model described by Gail Garvey, she outlined the "social, cultural, physical and economic environment" domains that surround…
Health promotion and nursing interventions: Within the public health sector – aboriginal health is a national health priority. There are strategies, actions plans and initiatives that share a focal point of Aboriginal education/employment (Government of Western Australia, n.d.), health maintenance, disease prevention and management. A campaign that shares this goal is that of ‘Close the Gap’, a government funded promotion that employs a focus to reduce indigenous disadvantage with respect to…
San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center, Inc. http://www.movinglivesforward.org 1. The type of prevention is: Secondary Prevention a. This agency provides secondary prevention to its cliental because it primarily focuses on a high-risk population: people with serious emotional disorders, severe and persistent mental illness. 2. The main functions of this agency are to: ease clients into everyday life by helping them reach their highest potential, offer individualized and…
There are numerous people running for President of the United States in 2016 from both the Republican and Democrat political parties. The ten major candidates running for President from both parties include Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, John Kasich, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and Bernie Sanders. This paper will look at Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal policy and how his policy will affect the United States economy by looking at the supply side…
The executive summary in this paper is a proposal to realign the staffing of the Trauma Services Department to include a Trauma Services Coordinator. With advance notice, this proposal would be presented at the monthly trauma services meeting. The target population, also known as the stakeholders, include the Trauma Registrar, Trauma Services Manager, Trauma Services Director, Chief Trauma Surgeon, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Nursing Officer, and Chief Medical Officer. Purpose Realigning the…
The Healthy People 2020 initiative has made it possible for our society to have a longer, better quality of life through access to healthcare services. The obstacles our society had to face to attain this have been the inability to gain proper access into the healthcare system, the lack of insurance coverage, and the overall prevention of the disease. These obstacles have affected certain ethnic backgrounds, races, and education. The low-income persons are usually those who lack the necessary…
Communication is important in all types of environments and relations. It is of the most importance that it is clear and straightforward when you are in the workplace. The way management transmit any message to employees is the base of the communication relationship between employees and their superiors and how employees will react and perform among each other. Delta Airlines is one of the most successful airlines and this is most likely partially due to their communication structure. An article…
1. Changes in public housing designs In response and adaptation to the dynamic pace of physical and socio-economic development in the country, changes to housing design and density has been introduced and implemented over the years in the National Housing Program. These include changes from low to high density housing (4 units per acre to 12 units per acre) and introduction of semi-detached and terrace houses. Land allocated to eligible applicants has been reduced from two acres in the 1950’s…
Center for Disease Control The Center for Disease Control, or CDC is the leading national public health agency in the United States. It is a federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services and is headquartered just outside Atlanta, Georgia. The CDC aims to promote good health by preventing the growth and development of disease, injury and disability. The CDC focuses its efforts on preventable issues, such as infectious disease, foodborne pathogens, environmental health, injury…
Environmental factors Diseases such as cardiovascular and Alzheimer's, toxins such as pollution in the air and dirty water, also lifestyle the use of alcohol and smoking reduce longevity. Social class whereby individuals are not able to pay for medical care or have low medical services. Poverty where people live in populated areas and can't move around reduces longevity. Ethnic difference Each group has different life expectancy Less access to health care and lifestyle depends on ethnic…