Community Health Strategies Nursing /405 June 25, 2010 Community Health Strategies Alcohol abuse and alcoholism affects every gender, race, and nationality. Abuse of alcohol is a major cause of preventable deaths associated with violence, motor vehicle crashes, homicides, suicides, and is a leading cause of death among youth (Ringold, 2006). According to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA), (2010), approximately 17.6 million people in the United States (about one in every 12
Journal Article Summary: Strategies for Community Health Education The Community Health Nurse (CHN) has such a unique role for the population and community they care for and serve. CHN’s treat the entire population and make differences for hundreds of people each day instead of the traditional nursing ratio of 1 to 5 patients per shift. So how does the CHN provide care for such a large population? One method or strategy used to for outreach to the population is health fairs, mobile clinics, free
1. Report Aims & Role Emerging Placements 1.1. Aims of Report This report documents an occupation-focused strategy for the CCG to reduce health inequalities for the community, created by two OT students during a REP in a GP setting. An innovative occupational approach to improve health and wellbeing, meeting the occupational needs within this community are critically analysed, whilst exploring the potential role for an OT in primary care. Recommendations are offered to support future developments
Introduction Salina Health Education Foundation, founded in 1979 and Salina Care founded in 1991, merged in 2004 to form Salina Family Health Care Center (SFHC). Since the inception the clinic has served Saline County with health and dental care for uninsured and low income residents. In addition the clinic has provided residency programs for family medicine physicians for future roles as providers to rural Kansas towns. In December of 2004 SHEF became a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). Following
The Health Belief Model is commonly used for health promotion and health education. Its’ underlying concept is that health behavior is explained by perception of the disease and the strategies available to lower its occurrence. There are four perceptions of the HBM, which are perceived seriousness, perceived benefit, perceived susceptibility and perceived barriers. In addition to that, more constructs are added to health belief model that includes motivating factor, cues to action and self-efficacy
According to Gail Goldsmith, BSW, who just retired from Northern Lakes Community Mental Health, NLCMH is authorized by the Michigan Department of Community Health to provide mental health services and services to those with developmental disabilities. Developmental disability is generally defined as a chronic condition, with an onset before age 22, that cause impairment in one or more areas that impact day-to-day functioning such as learning, communication (expressive and receptive language), mobility
George W. Jackson, a state operated mental health center became Mid-South Health in 1997, and in 2010 Mid-South merged with Counseling Services of Northeast Arkansas. It has been a part of Northeast Arkansas for over 3 decades and is the only non-profit community mental health center serving Northeast Arkansas out of 14 community health centers. Mid-South is a public entity governed by a 14 member board of directors from the 13 counties with a staff of 500 that includes full time grant writer, support
Health Education Intervention Multiple approach to community health (MATCH) model, which was introduced by Simons-Morton, Greene and Gottlieb in the late 1980s, is considered to be very comprehensive and extensive for practical analysis. The model is not very popular among many scholars thus making it not much available in many texts. However, the paper is concerned about the reasons that make it the most preferred method of public health education intervention in the case of substance abuse (Simons-Morton
receives government funding. Those in need of affordable health care can go to PPFA for STI treatment, pap smears, and prevention of unintended pregnancies. The problem arises in PPFA’s prevention of unintended pregnancies, particularly abortion. But abortion is not the only issue the public finds in the organization. The public has recently questioned PPFA’s integrity and motives as their controversial actions are exposed. Government-funded health care should be easily accessible for all people, but
Mountain Health & Community Services, Inc (Mountain Health) is a federally qualified health center (FQHC), private, non-profit organization that provides a variety of healthcare and wellness services including adult & family medicine, pediatrics, behavioral health, family planning, immunizations, insurance application assistance, women’s health, and community services to the cities that they serve. An FQHC is an organization that received grant funding under Section 330 of the Public Health Service