Health Community Promotion

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.

Equality in everything, including health issues, has to be the main feature of the modern world. National health programs of the US operate to ensure adequate and timely treatment of all citizens. Nevertheless, health indicators of some racial and ethnic groups are significantly worse than of the white Americans. It applies to the Hispanic Americans and significantly affects their lives. The current health status of this minority is far from satisfactory and needs improvements through existing programs and the development of new approaches to address

Participating in the project made me aware of the things I want to do to help children when I become a Social Worker, and the project renewed my love for service. I would recommend this project to a community because once you realize that your one or two book packs where included in a huge cause, it makes a person actually feel like they made a difference. Just imagine 400 book packs from only 12 of 992 chapters. When I do the math and every 12 chapters bring 400 book packs that’s about 33,066 book packs and about

The next interview was of an Asian American family. This is a military family, the father meet, married and brought back to the United States a 23 year old Vietnamese woman. Family is vital to this Asian American family and respect is expected. Over the years, the mother has adapted to some western ways but maintains certain culture values and passed them on to her children. Diet plays a huge part in their health maintenance and protection. The diet manly consists of rice, vegetables and fish. Along with diet, exercise and staying fit is a big part of their ethnic background. The mother stated to me “Don’t you see all the Asian ladies at the gym? We take pride in staying fit.” To them their body is a temple and needs to be cared for. Spirituality of mind body and soul is another significant part of their health. Partaking in meditation, massage therapy and acupuncture are ways to rid the body of imbalance and place it back in balance to fight illness and diseases. Illness may be attributed to organic or physical problems an imbalance of yin and yang, an obstruction of chi (life energy), a failure to be in harmony with nature, punishment for immoral behavior (in this or past lives), or a curse placed by an offended spirit ("Vietnamese Cultural Profile — EthnoMed," n.d.). While this family is westernized in some ways, by going to the doctor and

Louisiana 4-H making a difference in the lives of youth was presented to me as the best presentation we had all semester. This programs main focus is youth development, prevention, and education. For prevention the focus is risk and risk factors, for education it focused on skills and knowledge, and last youth development focused on developmental needs. With these three main focuses they all had three common goals such as eliminating or reducing problems, competency in knowledge or skill, and most importantly maturity. Reaching a very diverse group of youth, grades K-12, it is very important for them to develop and mature each year in the program. The mission of the program is through non-formal research-based, experiential activities, 4-H

The object of this assignment is to critically appraise a health promotion initiative related to midwifery practice. The initiative chosen is a NHS Health Scotland leaflet entitled 'Smoking: giving up during pregnancy: a guide for pregnant women who want to stop smoking' (NHS Health Scotland 2003). It will be referred to as the 'initiative' or the 'leaflet' throughout this assignment.

In the HLTH 305: Community Development and Engagement in Public Health course at the University of Waterloo, the final project consisted of an intervention where we had design and implement a community based activity. With this, my team and I faced a variety of obstacles in order to produce an intervention for students at the University of Waterloo. This project had multiple parts that had to be completed in order for the intervention to be a success; thus demonstrating teamwork skills will allow for successful and smoothly planned intervention in regards to the stigma surrounding homelessness in the KW region and in general. The major parts of this intervention that was focused on by our team was bringing in a guest speaker in from a homelessness

ad initiative and Department of Defense goal for tobacco-free installations by year 2020. The short-term im-

Throughout this assignment the author will demonstrate knowledge of health promotion and its link in addressing health needs. The role of the nurse in delivering health promotion at primary, secondary and tertiary levels will be discussed and how national policy influences that delivery on the chosen topic of smoking. Barriers to health promotion will also be discussed and how these barriers could be overcome.

Health promotion is defined as the provision of information and/or education to individuals, families and communities that encourage family unity, community commitment, and traditional spiritually that makes positive contributions to their health status (Definition of wellness.Com). It is our job as providers to promote health by any means necessary to improve community wellness.

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The purpose of this group task was to implement a health-promoting strategy in adolescents to improve or maintain their well-being, this health-promoting strategy had to be based off a contemporary health issue adolescents faced in their daily lives. The issue my group decided to investigate was fitness in adolescents and we did this because in a previous health assignment we found out that obesity is a major problem for Australians in this day and age, statistics show that a quarter of all Australians are obese or overweight. These statistics prompted us to target the issue of fitness because we realised that being physically inactive and unfit at a young age usually leads to being obese when you are older. The age group we targeted was 13-15-year-olds

As a health outreach coordinator for the school, I sometimes had difficulty connecting with the students. Attendance of my programs was low and I could not understand why. This is when Mr. D challenged me to understand, connect with, and become the community. I began attending school events. I walked the halls more to become a familiar face. Rather than creating programs for the students, I began planning with the students. From then on I started receiving honest insight into how the students view their own health and of their community. They would open up and tell me the problems they were facing and how I could tailor my programs to address them properly. By connecting on a personal level with students, participation in the outreach programs skyrocketed. After discovering students weren’t eating breakfast, the wildly successful “Free Fresh Fruit Fridays” was created and I became known as the fruit man. Twice a week zumba classes were established when it was realized that some students didn’t believe they could be physically

The outcome of my project was 106 soccer balls. Although, the grandiose outcome for me is giving these balls to people who could receive joy and benefit from them. To develop to the point of reaching an outcome, I needed to execute the plan that I created. I constructed an informational flyer and handed it out to as many people as I could. This impacted the social skills I used during my project, because this was one of the vital parts. With the flyer in hand, I had to actually "talk" to people! This forced me to communicate personally with my community and helped me further develop personal social skills. Once I got the word out, I had a collection day/drive. I had one vast contributor who gave me soccer balls, which helped me a lot. Before

The elderly have multiple health problems and struggle to stay healthy and able to care for their own needs. The elderly in the rural areas tend to have a number of needs that may be compounded because of their choice of dwellings. The rural person may need to seek health care in different nearby cities, or may find some health care providers in their own local communities. Many elderly or older adults would benefit from a health promotion plan that would focus on the needs of this age group. The components that this plan would focus on includes physical activity, proper nutrition, and coping with mental stressors. While all older adults could potential benefit from this plan, this plan will be offered primarily in rural communities in order