Taking Any Initiative Or Preventative Measures

In the first chapter, one of the many steps to live a productive and successful life is being proactive. Proactive people think carefully before making any major or minor decisions, and most importantly, they take responsibilities for their behaviors. They often come to the conclusion of their choices based on values and principles instead of impulses or circumstances. They remain calm under situations that many find easy to break down because of peer pressure. Those who are proactive in their lives cannot control the situation; however, they can control what to do with it rather than giving in. Proactive people do not just want something; they

The National Prevention Strategy aim is to increase the number of Americans to live healthy in every stage of their life (CDC, 2014). It provides leadership at the federal level that emphasize on prevention, wellness, and health promotion and its landmark represented in a vision, goals, strategic direction, priorities, recommendation, and act. The National preventive strategy supports the Affordable Care Act, as both of them emphasize on the importance of prevention for all Americans.

The main issue that Lahaina Community has that is geared towards the elderly population is activities. The key public health interventions that can help with the overall goal are outreach, collaboration, community organizing and advocacy. The outreach has been achieved through the key informant interviews. These interviews help to pinpoint areas of concern. Most of the concern was about getting more people access health care in order to provide resources to address individual needs. By attending a community meeting, a public health nurse collaborated with our group and explained how we obtain funds from companies in order to have more activities for the elders. In order for the goal to be met, the community needs to be involved. This can be

I know the pain and hardship that can strain a family when they experience the loss of a loved one. I lost my mother to smoking-related lung cancer, my father to a stroke, and my brother to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), all of which are preventable diseases. It is my mission to keep other Americans from having to experience such preventable losses. For this reason, it is my hope to pioneer our nation's first-ever prevention movement. The National Prevention Strategy,1 called for in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,2 will shift our nation's health-care system from one based on sickness and disease to one focused on prevention and wellness. We need to stop diseases before they start

There are many ways that have been proven to help in preventing cardiovascular diseases; certain exercises and foods in particular. The American Heart Association gives a breakdown, of what you and should be doing to help prevent heart disease, depending on your age. They clearly state, no matter what your age is, you should be eating a healthy diet; this includes, eating a diet low in sodium, saturated fat, and trans fat. Sodium is the salt added into your food. Foods high in sodium are chips, table salt, crackers, pickles, sauces, dressings, and canned foods. Saturated fat is a molecule that has no double bonds, which makes it “stackable” and is considered an unhealthy fat. Foods high in saturated fat are; fatty beef, poultry (with

In this paper the subject to discuss is the prevention and mitigation analysis of the Arizona Department of Correction’s Morey Unit hostage situation. This incident was very terrible in the United States history in escapes made from prisons. In Buckeye, Arizona at the Lewis Prison Correction facility in the Morey, on January 18, 2004, Ricky Wassenaar and Steven Coy made an attempt to escape from the unit by taking two correctional officers hostage and took over Morey’s unit tower, causing a 15-day hostage and standoff incident. The following discussion is an analysis of issues, prevention, and mitigation recommendations for future incidents aiming at fiscal, operational, and administrative problems

I have taken part in some of the 2010 prevention strategies and initiatives some have been enforced in my neighborhood and school. During school we were required to have a health unit where we learned about healthy diet and diseases linked with obesity towards the end we made a garden for the school to be used every year, some of food was sold after school to the community or served during lunch. The strategy of increasing education on nutrition and physical activity carried on into high school where it is required to take 1 health class and physical education all 4 years. Also school cafeterias participate in nutrition programs providing students with fresh fruits and vegetables to emphasize the importance. Providing students During 2010

Imagine your body slowly losing the ability to remove waste. Toxins begin to build in tissues, resulting in fatigue, anorexia, insomnia, cramping, frequent urination and swollen feet and ankles. Maintaining a normal quality of life becomes difficult with trips to dialysis centers three times per week. Such is the life of those suffering from chronic kidney disease (CKD). This disease affects more than 10% of American adults and is the ninth leading cause of death in the United States. One of the most common comorbidities seen in these patients is secondary hyperparathyroidism, which affects more than 69% of those patients with stage three and four chronic kidney disease (CDC, 2014). Hyperparathyroidism further decreases the quality of life of CKD patients by putting them at a greater risk for osteodystrophies, such as osteomalacia and osteitis fibrosa. Current treatments focus on reducing parathyroid hormone and phosphorus, while increasing serum calcium levels. Future research should look at prophylactic and non-pharmacologic treatment options, as these are currently difficult to find. This paper further explores current treatments for secondary hyperparathyroidism and discusses the potential for future interventions.

Treatments for major depressive disorder are expensive such as problem solving therapy. Woodend, Schölmerich, Denktas (2015) stated that numerous clinical trials that looked at preventive interventions, such as cognitive behavioral therapy and interpersonal therapy, have shown that prevention groups show up to 21% lower levels of incidence than do control groups. Woodend, Schölmerich, Denktas (2015) indicated nudges are cheap interventions used to alter people’s behavior risk factors of depression such as low levels of physical activity, inappropriate coping mechanisms, and inadequate maintenance of social ties. Physical activity is a really good preventive measure as it increases dopamine which gives people motivation, concentration and pleasure.

The literature on the military soldiers in association with PTSD, TBI, depression, and substance abuse is extensive. Yet, there are less conclusive studies with the topics shown above and AD. Also, a majority of the literary research with military personnel are mostly on U.S. soldiers. There are only a few studies showing Canadian statistics of AD and mental health disorders. Fortunately, the Alzheimer’s disease and Dementia association has a section of research on the military that is available to the public. The keywords used were MOS risk factors, Alzheimer’s, Alzheimer’s disease risk factors, veterans, military, along with preventative and outreach treatment. The following literature review is broken down into four sections called prevention plans, military risk factors for AD, pre-deployment and post-deployment risk factors, including current research using neuroimaging.

The lack of preventative care is defiantly a major issue with the uninsured adult and I believe it is safe to say that most adults that do not have insurance are not financially secure. This can contribute to an unhealthy lifestyle as fast food is affordable and easily obtainable. You mentioned the lack of support and a decreased IQ score also contributes to the vulnerability of this group. Unfortunately, adults with these characteristics do not seek assistance and knowledge that would prevent them from developing diseases related to poor lifestyle choices. As nurses, it is our responsibility to educate these patients about the importance of living a healthy lifestyle and the impact this can have on their wellbeing. Additionally,

Nice job, I like how you provided information on the five sources you provided. All five are great resources to monitoring, reporting on health status with emerging health, health problems, alerting, recognizing potential threats, and evaluating risk factors. Surveillance play important role in public health. Furthermore, the five sources do all of that to protect and keep America safe. Each of these surveillance sources are well organized and have good organization structures; therefore, make the appropriate resources. According to (2015) The World Health Organization (WHO) defines public health surveillance as the “continuous, systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of health-related data needed for the planning, implementation,

The encroachment of toxic chemicals such as heavy metals and radioactive wastes in to underground aquifers is of grave concern and lads to dire consequences for people, plants and animals. What are the best preventative measures and most effective treatments? Consider specific cases.

The sources for this conflict is personal differences which according to the book, “personal differences are influenced by the personality and culture of the individual” (Pg. 328) In this case, the family believed that by making them evacuate the area the state would impose their values on their family. They assumed that they should be together as a family and protect their property. In order to resolve this situation, as director of Public Health Preparedness, I would use a collaborative/ integrative strategy because in this situation it more possible to produce a greater outcome together.

If the journey of our lives is like our journey in a car, being proactive means being the driver. The reactive people are the passengers in their own car, and they are letting other people or the condition to drive for them. While the reactive people wait for good things to happen to their lives, proactive people make them happen. They look for the things they want and if they cannot find one, they create one. They know what things they can control and what things they cannot control. Reactive people complain and worry about things they cannot control while proactive people deal with the things they can control. We cannot control the conditions, but we can control our respond towards the conditions. For example, when Amy has a problem, she becomes easily irritated, so when Beth told her that she looks miserable, Amy get irritated and said bad things to Beth. If Beth is a reactive person, she will be irritated as well; she will get mad and start a fight with Amy. This time, Beth is a proactive person, she does not like what Amy said about her, but she pull back and try to tolerate. Beth tries to understand that Amy is