Teenage students don’t seek health care for a variety of reasons; therefore bringing the services to the place where teens spend a large part of their day gives an efficient model of health care delivery. School-based health centers guarantee that from elementary through high school, students can have an annual physical, treated for acute illnesses, their eyes checked and their teeth examined, and speak to a mental health counselor during or after class without the barriers that the families too
A community is an area of group of people who has and share things in common. A community may be large or a small population. “According to Stanhope and Lancaster (2016) “A community is defined as a locality-based entity composed of systems of formal organizations reflecting societal institutions, informal groups, and aggregates that are interdependent and whose function or expressed intent is to meet a wide variety of collective needs” (p.230). The World Health Organization (2004) viewed a community
Community Assessment Paper: The University of Southern Indiana Less than 30% of children in Indiana, age 13-17, completed the full series of the only vaccination able to prevent cancer (National Cancer Institute, 2015). Students in the community of the University of Southern Indiana (USI) ranging in age from 18-26 were identified as needing education on the vaccination against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). In order to receive effective protection against HPV, the series must be started before age
Focus: Health education and prevention of HIV/AIDS in the LGBTI community on college campuses in Washington, DC 1. Community Needs a. Describe valid funding source and justification for how the program plan meets the requirements of the grant The funding source is an NIH Research Project Grant Program (R01). An R01 grant provides support for up to 5 years and a modular budget format allows to request up to $250,000 per year in direct costs. This provided support for health-related research
(Stanford Graduate School of Business). Through their alliance with Sacramento City Unified School District, Elk Grove Unified School District, Twin Rivers Unified School District and St. Hope Public Schools, the Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center currently manages out-of-school time partnerships with over 40 schools that provide social services, employment training, health education, and youth programming in Sacramento (SCCSC.org). Throughout the Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center’s
countries around the world, it is generally accepted that schools play a tremendous role in the lives of children, youth, and families in urban, rural, and suburban communities with populations of widely varying socioeconomic resources. However; in some communities there seems to be a clear need to provide more program support for organizations, and to provide programs and services for hours outside the parameters of the school day. In these communities, “at-risk” child and youth populations and their families
With the outcry of the community and the local media, in Leflore County, Mississippi, children and youth service organizations have been attempting to find solutions to decrease the high rate of reported child abuse incidents. In Leflore County, service providers, county legal systems, and community agencies also wanted to provide interventions focusing on the prevention of child abuse. One of the first steps taken was a revamping of the county children and youth system beginning in May of 2004,
Windshield Survey Susan Groh, R.N. and Theresa Laurente, R.N. Vanguard University Introduction A windshield survey of a San Juan Capistrano community in the zip code area of 92675 (see Figure 1, Appendix) was performed to get a sense of neighborhood characteristics and to assess the area for opportunities to improve the health of the community (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012). There was a focus on the Los Rios Street neighborhood (see Figure 2, Appendix) in the central part of the city where a
Programs Creating a Center (3 parts – 60 total points) We as a class we will work together to discover the true cost of care for the childcare program of your design. You are free to imagine many of the characteristics you would like. Please use information from class as well as your text to help you with this assignment. We will move through this process step by step. PART I – (25 points) Answer the following questions: All answers are to be typed in complete sentences. Center Information 1. What
Treatment in the Maricopa School-Based Program Justine McArdle University of the Rockies Successful Treatment in the Maricopa School-Based Program With the prevention of mental and physical health difficulties and the advancement of well-being and health, there is emphasis on reducing the breach between mental health needs that are not met among youngsters and teenagers and operational evidence-based services to meet them (Rones and Hoagwood 2000; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 1999;