Umpqua Community College

I tend to think that community is a kind of contradictory state. To exist within one an individual must give of themselves and take parts of the Other with them. It’s a state of back and forth, a contradictory experience that relies on the self and the selves finding some sort of middle ground. All communities have their contradictions, their between-states and undersides, their rights and lefts, their arguments and disagreements, their pocket communities and outsiders, and their core principles…

Community health nursing and family nursing share a very close relationship. Community health services help both the individual and the family unity. Any nurse working in a community health center of any type will find him or herself often educating the patient along with their family members. In Miami, FL there are a number of different types of community health centers. These include but are not limited to home health care, community health clinics, and the public health department. These…

During this unit, we learned about working with communities during a disaster. Part of working with these communities is communicating. I learned that there are two groups of people that must be communicated with while getting prepared for a disaster: the stakeholders/ community resources and the group of people being taught. While imagining teaching people in the community, I never quite grasped how large scale it could be. Stakeholders were always people involved with businesses, not nursing.…

The Ounce of Prevention conference was an overall knowledgeable experience. I learned about organizations that have been in my community for years, which I never heard about. I was happy to know the successful people that were involved in our public health community. The impact that they made as a whole. Everyone working health industry were so passionate about their involvement. They even spoke about their motivation, life experiences, and why did they choose to work in this field. I noticed…

affected my own health?”. This reflection will analyze my own health and community, assess which social determinates are contributing to the present disparities in my own life, as well as propose strategies to mitigate the effects of these determinants. The film did a wonderful job of demonstrating what different…

idea of a sustainable community too many seem far out of reach; however with science and technologies advancing in this new generation, sustainable communities are within our reach. In Scientific American Kaid Benfield describes a sustainable community as one in which pollution, water contamination are things of the past and natural resources are all being used less. Kaid Benfield is the project director of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The vision of communities with green…

poorly you are doing in other areas. So as a church, the leaders tend to make sure they are up to date and are continually growing in the characteristics or habits established in the church. Some of the characteristics to look at in the church are: community, commotion, commitment, communication, and conversions. From these a church can thrive but can…

involve community stakeholders? What are some of the challenges to the involvement of community stakeholders? How would you go about assuring that the community is truly represented in the process? For a public health department’s project to succeed in a community , the planning process must include input from the community stakeholders, this is important because the community stakeholders are in a better position to elaborate on the major health issues needing attention within their communities…

there is to do in East Village ‘”Golf was another one because it consisted of using a rod to hit something much, much smaller than yourself and a lot of men in this town enjoyed that sort of thing.”’ (39) Nomi throws a subtle jab at the men in the community who abuse their status over the weaker. It gives the reader an insight to how the world is portrayed by the characters. The irony also provides a way for the reader to connect…

trained citizens to believe. Large urban areas tend to isolate individuals with environments not conducive to community life. On the other hand, small communities allow for close bonds to form between members of a population, providing safety and an innate support group. These intimate relationships allow…