From the Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act (Section 27), venereal diseases refer to ailments like gonorrhoea, granuloma, chlamydia, chancroid, syphilis, lymphopathia venereum and inguinale (Public Health Law Research, 2014). Established by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), the California Regulations and Reportable Disease Information Exchange refer to a safe system used for automated disease diagnosis and monitoring. A number of certain conditions and diseases are authorized by State regulations and rules to be stated by laboratories and healthcare providers to the state healthcare agencies. The mission CPDH pursues is the enhancement… Continue Reading...
fairly well documented, with emerging research detailing possible pathways or mechanisms of action. Such research has a tremendous impact on disease prevention strategies and best practices in healthcare. One of the areas revealing the strongest connection between stress and physical health is cardiology, with a strong correlation between environmental, psychological, and psychosocial stress and the etiology or exacerbation of heart disease. The following five articles provide an overview of recent research into the link between stress and cardiovascular disease.
Cohen, B.E., Edmondson, D. & Kronish, I.M. (2015). State of the art review. American Journal of Hypertension 28(11): 1295-1302.
Stress contributes to the etiology of cardiovascular disease, even in patients who… Continue Reading...
of safeguarding and improving family and community health by promoting a healthy way of living, researching into injury and disease prevention, and identifying and controlling communicable diseases in a timely manner. On the whole, public health's focus is the safeguarding of whole populations' health, right from local communities to entire nations and world regions.
Public health workers aim at disease prevention before their onset or recurrence via the implementation of educational initiatives, policy recommendations, research, and delivery of appropriate services; this is contrary to nurses, physicians and other clinical healthcare workers whose chief focus is treatment after a person gets injured or diagnosed with a health problem. Furthermore, public… Continue Reading...
Treatment of MS
Multiple sclerosis has no cure or disease prevention approach, as of the year 2016. Treatment differs based on… Continue Reading...
available at the University of Colorado, concentrated on the areas of family health, health promotion and disease prevention (History of nurse practitioners in the United States, 2014).
Family Nurse Practitioner
A specialty under the NP profession is the FNP or family nurse practitioner. An FNP is an APRN (advanced practice registered nurse) who operates independently or collaborates with other health care providers for delivering family-directed therapy (Family Nurse Practitioner, 2016). PRIMEX, one among the foremost family nurse practitioner initiatives, was introduced into the University of Washington; ever since, FNPs have been engaging patients/clients in care, aiding them in comprehending their ailment, and educating them on practical… Continue Reading...
the age of 20 years, the highest pervasiveness in being overweight or obese was established amongst children ages 10 to 14, with boys at 38 percent and girls at 37 percent (Murray et al., 2018).
The obesity pervasiveness in West Virginia has been incessantly greater as compared to that of the United States in its entirety since state-level checking started via the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control’s (CDC) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Notably, in the year 1990, the West Virginia rate of adult obesity was 15 percent as compared to a national rate of 11.6 percent. A decade later, the state rate was 23.2 percent as compared to the national rate of 20.1 percent. The obesity rate has increased… Continue Reading...
community health education project is Physical Education. According to the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (2018), the goal of Physical Education for Healthy People 2020 is to “improve health, fitness, and quality of life through daily physical activity.” The windshield survey of the population in Maricopa County in Phoenix, Arizona, reveals that very few people in the community are outdoors exercising—few people are seen talking walks, riding bikes, playing sports on playgrounds or on courts, and many people are seen who appear to suffer from obesity. This indicates that there is a need to educate the community on the importance… Continue Reading...
to late diagnoses among ethnic minority and Black populations. Moreover, studies reveal that cultural and religious factors intervene and impact health behaviors of patients, including the perceived advantage of undertaking disease prevention efforts, the delay in seeking medical assistance, and treatment alternatives chosen (Bamidele, Ali, Papadopoulos & Gurch, 2017).
Describe drug treatment options for patients diagnosed with the type of cancer you selected.
Chemotherapy involves using drugs… Continue Reading...
there is an issue with either of the three it will result in the breakout of a disease. Therefore, disease prevention methods should be in place and there should be systems to ensure that the outbreak of diseases is prevented. Facilitation and not hindrance should be the role of the government (Adler-Milstein et al., 2015). Facilitation is terms of ensuring that water is treated before it gets to consumers. There should also be good pest control strategies that will ensure that pests are kept at bay and they are not allowed to breed. This will guarantee that people will be healthy and there will not require healthcare services. Sewerage… Continue Reading...
5). The nature of a balanced healthcare system is such that individuals are provided with a continuum of healthcare promotion, diagnosis, disease prevention, treatment and its management, the general course of life and palliative health care via the various sites and levels of care in the healthcare system. These are also based on their needs through their life (Hirshon et al., 2013, p. 387). Any healthcare system should aim at fostering easy access to healthcare by making it affordable, patient-centered and with emphasis on service provision. Healthcare systems should be made in such a way that they motivate both care providers and the patients alike. All decisions made should be in… Continue Reading...
not forbid immunization (Adams & Leverland, 1986). The Amish also have a keen interest in disease prevention, health education, and lifestyle choices that prevent health problems (Talpos, 2016). Although Amish attitudes towards health, wellness, and the healthcare system may be at odds with those outside their communities, there are important points of convergence that nurses can incorporate into a transcultural model of care.
One of the hallmarks of Amish healthcare is the community’s internal insurance program. The Amish have been exempt from paying Social Security on religious grounds since 1965, and the same principles have also exempted the Amish from participating in the Affordable Care… Continue Reading...
