will influence change in America’s healthcare system as the rates for diseases such as osteoporosis begin to rise. In the article titled, “Application of the Health Belief Model for Osteoporosis Prevention among Middle School Girl Students, Garmsar, Iran,” the authors assessed the effectiveness of a health education intervention based on the health belief model. Their focus was on reducing the risk of osteoporosis development in female adolescents. Osteoporosis is a disease which is common in older
this essay is twofold, firstly to review the literature on the various models of disability and apply these to describe the challenges that a young girl, Susan is likely to encounter in South Africa. Susan was born with Spina Bifida and is wheelchair bound. Secondly I will aim to link these applications to my thoughts, feelings and behaviors on disability as well as the impact therof in terms of my development as an integrated health professional. The literature applied to the scenario Disability can
DECIDE model by Thompson, Melia & Boyd (Allen, Chapman, Francis, & O’Connor, 2008, p. 5) and the Integrated ethical decision-making model which was derived from the combination of the different ethical decision-making models strengths (Park, 2012, p. 140). These two ethical decision-making model steps are identical to each but differ on the detailed instruction on how the steps are to be done or used in actual case. By comparing the two models the integrated ethical decision-making model have a detailed
Areas of particular relevance to health educators include heterosexual bias in sexuality education curriculum and textbook context, AIDS education, hate violence, adolescent suicide, and health education research on lesbian and gay topics. Strategies for eliminating homophobia include professional development of health educators and curriculum change at the university level” (Baker, 1991, np). Other researchers like Black, Oles
attractive for many. Due to the rise of social media and interconnection between individuals, especially in the past 10 years, network marketing seems like a great opportunity for people who are not satisfied with the job they currently practice. A special case that has attracted my attention in the past months is Vemma, an online business where the basic idea is that you purchase the specific product, promote it to others, make sure others buy it through you and get paid as a reward. Although it is accused
The aim of this case study is to provide a detailed account of a patients holistic health care needs from a health promotion perspective utilising the Tannahill Model which will be described. In promoting the health of the patient maintaining individuality within a diverse community will also be discussed by the application of the model to the patient. Mary, the patient the study focuses on (surname withheld to uphold confidentiality), was chosen due to the writers involvement throughout the duration
Caring is the model often used to guide and direct nursing care as well as to improve nursing practice through a better understanding of the role and function of the professional nurse. It is an important theory to the nursing world because it brings meaning and focus to nursing as an emerging discipline and distinct health profession that has its own unique values, knowledge, and practices. It is important to our group because we read an article on infertile women in Turkey and the case studies were
Running head: MY PERSONAL NURSING THEORY OF PRACTICE: A MODEL OF NURSING PRAXIS My Personal Nursing Theory of Practice: A Model of Nursing Praxis Oseni O. Abiri University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama The gap in the demand and supply for healthcare services in the US and around the world are believed to facilitate the development of advance practice nursing (APN) (Kilpatrick, 2008) and this is the motivation for my pursuance of an APN (i.e. NP) degree. The factors
different purposes-from ensuring accountability and justification for patients’ interventions provided to ensuring quality, continuity and security for patients through a trajectory of illness (Gjevjon & Hellesø, 2010). When this process is done using health information systems (i.e. EMAR or EHR), it is called electronic documentation (eDoc.). According to Abiri (2014), eDoc help with mitigating medical errors and improving patient safety which are indices of quality patient care. Improvement in quality
Dr. William Glasser was a distinguished psychiatrist and author known for his distinctive views about mental illness. Glasser broke away from the traditional model of psychotherapy in the early 1960s to develop his own model of counseling. Dr. Glasser began with the development of therapy before he developed his theoretical stance. Glasser created what is known as Reality Therapy. Glasser first defined Reality Therapy as “a therapy that leads all patients toward reality, towards grappling successfully