access to IHS facilities (ACOG, 2012). The outcomes for this community in urban areas tend to be poor – higher rates of teenaged pregnancy, late or no prenatal care, alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy, higher infant mortality, higher SIDS and higher preterm birth. These outcomes are the result of a lack of access to care for urban Native American women (ACOG, 2012).
One of the issues facing underserved communities in general is that there are a lack of trained physicians for such communities. This means that majority ethnicity physicians ultimately end up playing an important role in care delivery, but also points to a… Continue Reading...
and Amish patients. For example, it is commonly assumed that the Amish “lack the preventive practices of immunizations and prenatal care,” (Adams & Leverland, 1986, p. 58). While the rates of immunizations are relatively low among the Amish, the Amish church does 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.
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of the population that can be addressed via improvements to the healthcare system, including prenatal care deficiencies and problems related to low birth weight and infant mortality. Immunization numbers have also been on a decline, with resulting public health concerns (Miami-Dade County, 2011). Substance abuse and alcohol-related problems are also major issues of concern, as are high rates of sexually transmitted diseases. Rates of HIV/AIDS have also been increasing, and remain twice the Florida average (Miami-Dade County, 2011). Rates of cancer in the area have actually been decreasing, according to the Miami-Dade County (2011) report. As the largest and leading healthcare organization in Miami-Dade… Continue Reading...
of the population that can be addressed via improvements to the healthcare system, including prenatal care deficiencies and problems related to low birth weight and infant mortality. Immunization numbers have also been on a decline, with resulting public health concerns. Substance abuse and alcohol-related problems are also major issues of concern, as are high rates of sexually transmitted diseases. As the largest and leading healthcare organization in area, Baptist Health Care system is on the front lines of public health services and has a distinct role to play in improving county health outcomes.
Nurse Leader’s Role
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intended, the results when it comes to mortality, economic and health statistics will still be affected. By default, the amount of prenatal care and such would be lower until the pregnancy is actually discovered and that could easily take a few weeks as compared to someone that is vigilantly keeping tabs on their ovulation and pregnancy status. To put it concisely, women of any age getting pregnant in an unplanned or otherwise haphazard fashion from a health and prevention standpoint are going to tend to skew the overall dataset. As such, that needs to be part of the consideration when it comes to how and whether birth defects are caught, when… Continue Reading...
