Assignment: Public Health Actions It is important to note that a wide variety of demographic (i.e., age, gender, ethnicity, race), social and psychological (i.e., personality, social status, group pressure), and structural variables (i.e., prior experience with the disease, knowledge about the health condition) also may influence people’s perceptions and have an impact on their health …
Discussion: Public Health Programs Enter graph with average sentence length and number of syllables; plot dot where the two lines intersect. Area where dot is plotted will give you the approximate grade level. If a great deal of variability is found, putting more sample counts into the average is desirable (Discovery Education, 1995). You also …
Assignment: Cultural Blindness. Self-reflection for recognizing cultural biases. Culturally competent evaluators take the time to become mindful of potential biases and prejudices and how they might be incorporated into their research. Translation and mediation across diverse groups. Culturally competent evaluators are skilled in translating jargon-laden evaluation findings to those who may not be trained in …
Assignment: Conflict and Criticism Hispanics in the United States According to the 2013 U.S. Census Bureau population estimate, there are roughly 54 million Hispanics living in the United States, which represents 16.9% of the total U.S. population. In 2012, among Hispanic subgroups Mexicans ranked the largest at 64.3%, followed by Central and South Americans (14.9%), …
Activists and Religious Groups Informal counseling and support Culturally competent health education Advocacy Capacity building on individual and community levels First aid and emergency assistance Promotores(as) effectively address many barriers to better health for underserved populations. Some of their accomplishments include (Migrant Health Promotion, 2005): Improving access to services Helping people understand the health and …
Discussion: The Transmission of HIV Planning Models Models and theories are planning tools that assist with understanding the causes of behaviors, predicting behaviors, and evaluating programs. Models are the starting place on which to build, and they can serve different purposes, which is why so many models exist.Promoting health in a multicultural setting requires using …
Discussion: Worldview of Hispanics It is believed that the close family structure is a contributing factor to what is called the Hispanic paradox . In 1986, Kyriakos Markides coined the expression “ Hispanic epidemiological paradox” to refer to what appears to be surprisingly good health outcomes for Hispanics for mortality relative to non-Hispanic whites and …
Therapy Session For Children And Adolescents. Select two clients you observed or counseled this week during a group therapy session for children and adolescents. Then, address in your Practicum Journal the following: Describe each client (without violating HIPAA regulations), and identify any pertinent history or medical information, including prescribed medications. Using the DSM-5, explain and …
Assignment: Chief Nurse Executive Demonstrates Expertise In These Competencies. Review Appendix A, Sections I–V in Finkelman (2012, pp. 510–515). Select one of the sections and share how your chief nurse executive demonstrates expertise in these competencies. Your comments should be about the “highest nursing leader” in your organization. Typically this is the leader who represents nurses and …
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Assignment: Patient Information Management System To complete this Assignment, you will create a Microsoft Project plan for a patient information management system. The primary deliverable for the plan is the patient information management system itself, but it is comprised of many modules. Include the following tasks, subtasks, and timeframes: Create the Admission, Discharge, and Transfer …
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