Online health communities

the Koolin Balit health plan. This health plan is the Victorian Government’s tactical direction for aboriginal health. It also educates people who do not have a proper understanding of aboriginal health. This report will firstly provide an overview of who the Koolin Balit plan is targeting and its main objectives. The report will then detail who created the plan, the priority areas, determinants that impact and groups that may also be at risk. The following determinants of health that will be discussed

mental health, as well as evaluating the suggested service. Demonstrating how this service can inform and benefit integrated practice, discussing the ways in which the agency’s statutory obligations and responsibilities impact on both individual and group decision making. The chosen service improvement for this assignment is the introduction of a mental health nurse into primary care services, for example, a GP Surgery. Focusing on service users with mental health issues in the community and therefore

public health issue and if so, whether it is appropriate to employ policy and legislative interventions in addressing it. Part of the reluctance to view obesity under the public health lens has been that this could create ethical concerns. While it may be argued that addressing obesity is a collective good, it can also be argued that some of the measures taken impinge on citizen freedoms (Hand, Robinson, and Creel, 2013). For instance, a ban on sodas in schools may achieve a positive health outcome

and caring for people’. The result of this a created the ‘internal market’ [5] which competes for care on a commission basis. This brought about new legislation ‘The National Health Service and Community Care Act’ [5] How it works: Hospital trust contends to provide care taking the running of hospitals away from the health authority but instead buy care from the trust. The local authority commission care for their local people from their own trust or others. There was a clause called the ‘GP fund

While the mills no longer exist the soft fruit farming, predominantly strawberries and raspberries, continue to grow and contribute largely to the economic community. Blairgowrie and Rattray is now a joint town since being joined in 1928 by an Act of Parliament (Scottish Towns1999). The population, according to Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics (2011), state that 5407 people resided in West of Blairgowrie (originally

incorporated into the health system. Students studying nursing are considered health professionals and are expected to behave professionally at all times online. Expectations and guidelines such as NAMBA’s Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics, APHRAS’ Social Media Policy and QUT’s Mopp are fundamental policies for providing effective care. This essay will discuss what nursing students need to understand about behaving appropriately on social media. Social media encompasses online tools used by individuals

Communities are all about groups of individuals who share something in common. This makes going on the internet seem like an odd way to find more communities, form new ones, or strengthen pre-existing ones. The internet however is full of communities. Communities can be based upon religion, location, ethnicity, an interest, or a personal matter. The internet itself is “a global distributed data communications network” (Kirmayer, Raikhel, & Rahimi, 2013, p. 166). This is what makes the internet

these women and children were Hispanics, non-Hispanics and African Americans. It was noted that they came from a neighboring city where there was little assistance given, forcing them to relocate. Consequently, these women learned about this little community of rural Iowa from local papers as well as social media, allowing them to make such a move. Unfortunately, this population of women and children are underserved because of several devastating factors. According to

Stage 2 Health: Assessment Type 2 How effective does beyondblue help with anxiety disorders? What is an anxiety disorder? As a Year 12 student in today’s society, anxiety disorders are notably problematic and an increasing issue. Anxiety is a crippling feeling of apprehensiveness and powerlessness; sometimes there is a sense of impending danger. Anxiety can interfere with an individual’s ability to carry out or take pleasure in certain aspects of their life. Anxiety disorders are the most common

issues investigation, life online and the impact social media has on people and their health will be examined. Social media has become an innovative way for people to express themselves and their lives. However, issues such as intense cyber-bullying and stalking can cause severe health problems for many online users, for example Amanda Todd. In chat-rooms, the use of anonymity can allow anyone to pretend to be someone else, which leads to many problems. The three aspects of health that can be impacted