Personal Wellness Assignment

Obesity was significantly more prevalent amongst female African Americans in this community. With the highest rate affecting women between the ages of 45 to 64. Obesity was also higher amongst Black females who’s educational attainment was lower

Trauma one Pediatric Emergency Department! Trauma one Pediatric Emergency Department responding over! Rescue Unit 29 transporting a 12 year-old boy, named Mike, hit by a car while riding his bicycle. This is a hit and run accident, but other motorists called a rescue unit. The child was not wearing a helmet. Facial bleeding is under control, but he suffered facial and head trauma. There appeared to be no facture of the extremities. Presently he is awake and semi-alert. Vitals signs: BP 120/56, Pulse 120, Oxygen

I took this opportunity to understand my unhealthy habits and transform my behavior. In my Wellness Recovery Action Plan, the information brought light to the obstacles and how to overcome issues. After filling out the Schedule of Recent Experience (Wieitan et al., 2009) and Tactics for Coping with Stress (Weitian et al., 2009), it was a shock how much I put my body through. A finalized copy of my results can be observed in Appendix A, and the results of the Schedule of Recent Experience (Weitian et al., 2009) can be viewed in Appendix B. In the outcome, I conducted coping mechanisms such as therapy, exercise, and nutrition. Nutrition has been a challenge as a waitress and full-time student. I am always around food at work that led to overeating.

Light Health Wellness Comprehensive Services Inc established in 1988 by founder Debbie Rock. This young lady in 1988 seen that individuals with HIV/ AIDS, substance abuse, mental illness, low income and other long term health challenges needing assistance in getting information, guidance and treatment services. A group of people that may have been neglected or ignored by other social services and the community due to the stigma that came along with these conditions and challenges. Many people living with HIV/AIDS were shunned by family members. In the 1980s most people thought that HIV/AIDS was a gay community problem. Many gay men suffered from HIV related stigma and prejudice. Ms. Rock not only wanted to serve this population of people but she wanted to help educate families and those affected by these individuals. This gave her a great opportunity to make use of her human service skills. She wanted to make an impact on the individuals and also the public around it. This would open up many doors and also teach people within the community who probably would ostracized these individuals how to effectively deal with them and how to help them make it through everyday challenges.

I have decided to write about the wellness fair held on September 28 as opposed to the chapters of Just How Stupid Are We that were forced upon us. Why did I make this decision, you ask? That is easy. Just How Stupid Are We, is boring and the author is kind of rude. Any opportunity to spend less time thinking about this awful piece of literate is a blessing. Today I am taking full advantage of that blessing.

By taking the wellness inventory I have discovered things about myself, some were new and others I have known for quite some time. For example, I knew that my intellectual wellness would be high because I love to learn about different things and I consistently ask questions about things I am not familiar with. In addition, I knew that my social wellness would be high as well because I enjoy talking to people who come from backgrounds both similar and different than my own. I also have a very broad network of people who are close to me because I am a compassionate person who always tries to go out of my way to communicate with others.

1.1.- Mental health: In 1993 Magdalena was diagnosed with severe depression and psychotic symptoms and received an electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). In 2010 she was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and early this year with schizo- xxxx. Since her diagnosed, she has been hospitalised many time and her last admission was on February / March 2017.

Instructing patients on deep rooted wellbeing ideas that incorporate wellness, nourishment and way of life changes can prompt more advantageous, more satisfied, and more vigorous lives (Turnock, 2009). The danger components for grown-up interminable maladies, for example, sort 2 diabetes are progressively seen in more youthful ages, regularly a consequence of unfortunate dietary patterns and expanded weight pick up. Dietary propensities built up in adolescence regularly convey into adulthood, so showing youngsters how to eat sound at a youthful age will help them stay solid for the duration of their life.

This is a longitudinal and cross-sectional study using the data from the National Health Interview Survey. The trend of migraine prevalence from 2010 to 2015 was assessed. Age and sex adjusted racial/ethnic prevalence of migraine was compared with different factors. Interactions between race/ethnicity and individual variables were also analyzed to determine the impacts of these factors specifically on race or ethnicity.

For a moment, think of this health care providers working on a busy emergency room, call lights are blinking, an ambulance has just arrived to bring a new patient involved in a road crash some 3 miles from the hospital, an active resuscitation is going on, and 4 non-emergency patients are waiting to be attended to. One can expect the staff to be at one time be physically, mentally and emotionally drained.

Over the course of 2017 spring semester, I have been required to reflect upon my personal health behaviors. Through these reflections, I was challenged to analyze and review my personal health habits, such as my physical and mental health, physical activity, alcohol use, contraceptive methods, and Infectious Diseases. While reviewing, and completing the reflections, I recognized not only the dangers that affect my health, but also the benefits from personal habits. Assessing my individual behaviors and ideas, I was enlightened by grasping risk factors and what leads to these factors. When identifying the risk factors, I also grasped recommendations for prevention and how I change my behavior to protect myself against the risk factors. A major

Synthesize the information in the two articles to come to a well-reasoned and justified conclusion about whether or not to implement a wellness program in your setting for the purposes of improving health, wellness, and quality of life for people with chronic conditions. Include:

Financial Status: Patient has a great lifestyle. Patient has Blue Cross HMO from Employer and she is financially self-sufficient.

The most important driver affecting the health assessment sector as it pertains to obtaining insurance is what will happen to the ACA; unfortunately, as not even experts know what will happen to the ACA, it is impossible to accurately predict the market growth for health assessments at this time.

In developing my health promotion plan, I want to decrease stress in my life through diet, exercise and improved sleep cycle. I plan on doing this by monitoring my nutritional intake, increasing my daily physical activity and developing an appropriate sleep schedule. According to HELPGUIDE.org, stress management strategy #6 is to develop a healthy lifestyle; including a healthy diet, regular exercise and getting enough sleep ("Stress management," 2011). My eating schedule can be off at times due to working three, twelve hour night shifts each week. Some days I may get in one or two meals with lots of unhealthy snacking and other days I may get in 3 meals with 2 healthy snacks. By keeping a food journal (Appendix B) I will be more aware of what I eat and if it is healthy for me. I like to exercise but use my work schedule or lack of sleep as an excuse to not exercise. By keeping a daily exercise log (Appendix C), it will help me realize I need to get in at least 30 minutes of physical activity 5 times a week, which is necessary in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle. As a night shifter for the last 14 years, I know I do not get adequate sleep. By keeping a sleep log (Appendix D), I will actually see I am getting less than 5 hours of sleep a night which is less than the doctor recommended of 7.5 to 8 hours of sleep a night (Shaw, 2011).