in the community, funding/reimbursement arrangements, expansion of evidence-based fall prevention programs, public awareness and education and public policy and advocacy (NCOA, 2016).
As for very specific interventions that the NCOA advocates in terms of preventing falls, they suggest finding a good balance and exercise program, talking regularly to a healthcare provider, reviewing current medications with a doctor or pharmacist, keeping one's home safe, talking to family members and checking vision/hearing so as to make sure that hazards and challenges are both visible and hearable as they should be (NCOA, 2016). The amount of money that results from falls is… Continue Reading...
2009). Similarly disappointing results have been found when measuring the effectiveness of obesity prevention programs administered through early childhood education in other countries. For example, one UK study showed that school-based programs led to no statistically significant reduction in overall BMI scores; the results show that “schools are unlikely to impact on the childhood obesity epidemic by incorporating such interventions without wider support across multiple sectors and environments,” (Adab, Lancashire, Hemming, et al. (2018, p. 1).
Among all populations, the most important reason why anti-obesity policies and programs have been ineffective is that they have failed to address some of the systemic issues… Continue Reading...
initiatives that are designed to prevent school violence. In addition, school-based violence prevention programs can also help reduce the incidence of violent behaviors such as bullying through coursework in empathy and character building (Gibbone & Manson, 2010).
Definitions
The following definitions of key terms will be used for the purposes of the study proposed herein.
Methods: This term will include both school- and community-based initiatives that are specifically designed to prevent school violence.
School violence: This term will generally include all forms of physical and emotional abuse, including teasing, bullying, stabbings, shootings, assaults, and fights involving students (King, 2014).
Violence: More specifically,… Continue Reading...
the prevention of psychological disorder through avoidance of drug use (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2016).
Although the National Institute on Drug Abuse (2016) advocates for continued awareness and prevention programs as a medium of alleviating drug addiction the reality is that drug smuggling and drug trafficking has become a big business not only in third world countries but also in developed economies like the U.S. (Dell, 2015). If the drugs are not at the disposal of the young people then there will be no problem of drug addiction. The government should be more vigilant against drug trafficking and smuggling cartels with a view of eliminating them. Another backward policy in the U.S. is the incarceration of repeat drug… Continue Reading...
mitigating adverse effects (e.g., through incorporating violence prevention programs) (Fitriani, 3).
Females’ domestic roles frequently end up causing them to disproportionately utilize natural resources. Water resources like wells situated far from their homes may appreciably increase their workload. Further, forest conservation plans may restrict their forest product accessibility, thereby adversely affecting their survival plans. Hence, donors must include females when designing programs (Federation, 10).
Moreover, females’ contribution within the agricultural sector is usually not as visible as compared to that of their male counterparts. The latter will more likely be landowners, with access to fertilizers and credit… Continue Reading...
budgets and management of private institutions. Lawrence noted, for example, that “expands public health and prevention programs to support communities and individuals,” (“Public Health Nurse,” n.d., p. 1). Moreover, Lawrence has seen shifts in attitudes towards the role that public health nurses play. The career is increasingly data-driven, and community health nurses now need more professional competencies in information technologies. When Lawrence first started working as a community health nurse, she focused more on program planning and budgeting. Now, she is much more involved in epidemiology and public relations. She still focuses a lot on financial management but has to take into account issues related… Continue Reading...
