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    The utilization of a typical in place set health results and origins for community assessment can further these longstanding and significant enhancements by developing a mutual awareness of the components that affect communal health and by motivating regional multi-sectoral cooperatives into action. A Core group of health conclusions and considerations with uniform gauges for each would be founded on increased substantial investigation, constructed through intense discussion using a majority-foundation

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    Culturally Competent Care in Community Health Group Paper Introduction Haiti is a country consisting of a phenomenological community where its members are faced with a major health disparity affecting the entire population. When visiting the area of Fonfrede, a small rural community within the town of Les Cayes, an assessment of the area indicated an indefinite lack of basic needs. According to American Psychologist Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs the most basic human needs are physiological

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    The goal of the New York City community health profiles is to “serve as a critical resource for improving health, community by community” (Community Health Profiles, 2015) and the research question these health profiles tries to answer is how does our “community conditions affect our physical and mental health?” (Profiles, 2015, p.1) My neighborhood is Coney Island and based on the community health profile 2015 the population by race and ethnicity is 57% white, the highest percentage (Profiles, 2015

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    Community psychology and Public health have become recognized by health board in the recent years. Most have distinctively tried to understand what the difference between the two is and what the similarities are. To actually find the answer to this question we have to first clearly define the two entities by their measures and how they have evolved through history, the mistakes and success fond which will thus path our way into giving a clear comparison and contrast between community psychology and

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    Community And Population Health Task 1 San Diego County WGU April 19, 2013 Community Assessment San Diego County is in Southern California. Mountains, beaches and deserts are all within an hour’s drive from anywhere in the county. San Diego is the second largest city in California measuring 4200 square miles. Average temperatures are 60-80 degrees Fahrenheit year round. (Wikipedia, 2013) We have warm dry summers and mild winters with relatively low rainfall

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    Comparison of Public and Community Health: Pertinent History and Available Resources Comparison of Public and Community Health: Pertinent History and Available Resources The terms public health and community health are oftentimes mistaken to have the same definition; however, the terms although similar have different meanings, as well as implications in application as it applies to health. Both public health and community health serve the health needs of individuals within communities; however, each service

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    particular case, we know that the behavior(s) associated with diet, eating habits, and physical activity present as the highest priority. On the flip side, socioeconomics and environmental factors intersect, thereby impeding the socially driven community health interventions. These challenges include the area of residence in contrast to the site of activities. In this instance, you have a have a triple threat (location, access, and transportation) in which to hurdle, but there remains a fourth and that

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    Community Health Profile of Phillipsburg, New Jersey of Warren County The Community We have chosen Phillipsburg as our community profile as it is the largest town located in Warren County, New Jersey. Unfortunately much of the data for this assignment has only been provided in a countywide analysis. Therefore, much of the information presented in this projected will be related to County of Warren in New Jersey and not the town of Phillipsburg. Phillipsburg was created from portions of land from

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    the concept ‘community health’ can be ambiguous. The first word ‘Community’ refers to a group of people with diverse characteristics but connected via social ties, share common perspectives and live in a somewhat similar geographical area with similar norms and values (Goodman, Bunnell, & Posner, 2014). They may be defined by locality such as village, county, region or by other characteristics such as age, education (student community). Most people are members of multiple communities with different

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    Health Impact of the Hispanic Community The Hispanic community will represent A third of the United States in the near future, despite this significant growth; this population continues to be viewed as a vulnerable group (Cuevas, Dawson & Williams, 2016). Hispanic immigrants are particularly susceptible to linguistic obstacles, reduced availability to precautionary healthcare, and at times have an absence of health insurance (Hicks, 2012). The purpose of this paper is to reveal the impact the Hispanic

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