358 Search Results for Obesity Prevention and Treatment Community
The most common cause is blockage of an artery, usually by a piece of atherosclerotic plaque in one of the brain's main arteries that ahs broken off and gotten stuck "downstream." TIA are also caused by blood clots that originate in the heart, trave Continue Reading...
More specifically, when certain species (including homo Sapiens) consume more calories than necessary for immediate energy requirements, their digestive systems efficiently converts those excess calories into storable forms of reserve energy that ar Continue Reading...
Geagua County, OH
Planning -- The most effective strategy within a community for any public health issue is two-fold: education and focus. To accomplish this at the community level, there needs to be a broad level of focus and support from all level Continue Reading...
(Obesity in Young Children: Impact and Intervention. NICHM Research Brief. 2004). The report echoes the views of many other critics that there is a decided need for further research to understand how overweight status can impact on children's mental Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity
The prevalence of childhood obesity has grown into a significant health issue over the past three decades. Research indicates that 70% of obese youths become obese adults (Gierzynski et al., 2010). The purpose of this longitudinal Continue Reading...
" (1999) Moran states that it has been demonstrated in many studies that a "familial aggregation f risk factors for obesity exist and the family "provides the child's major social learning environment." (1999)
Surgical and Pharmacological Treatment
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Barriers to provision of healthcare in rural areas include "provider shortages and infrastructure issues." (Hearne, et al. 2004)
Obesity related costs are inclusive of both direct and indirect costs which include 'medical costs and lost productivit Continue Reading...
Reducing Childhood Obesity in the USAIntroductionObesity among teenagers and younger children has exacerbated epidemic proportions in America, adversely impacting millions of lives. In the last thirty years, childhood obesity rates have increased thr Continue Reading...
Role of Schools on Childhood Obesity
Eating and Exercise Behaviors of School Professionals
What Should Schools Do to Make a Difference?
Address physical activity and nutrition through a Coordinated School Health Program (CSHP) approach.
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EBP Population Health - Childhood Obesity among the Hispanic population living in FloridaAbstractThere is higher childhood obesity across the age ranges among Latino children compared to their white and Asian counterparts. Available data shows that L Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity Focused on 6 to 11-Year-Olds in Tyler, Texas
Obesity is associated with a condition of calorific imbalance in which the ratio of consumption of calories consumed and the ones expended is skewed such that the amount of the ones spe Continue Reading...
Research Proposal Option: Proposal to Conduct an Evaluation(Evaluation Template)Proposed Outcomes Evaluation of the Maryland Department of Housing and CommunityDevelopments Homelessness Solutions ProgramHM893January 26, 2024Note: You are provided rec Continue Reading...
Reduce the Proportion of Adults with ObesityI. IntroductionGlobally, obesity is rising to epidemic levels. If current trends persist, it has been estimated that the percentage of overweight or obese adults worldwide will rise from 33 percent in 2005 Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity
Obesity in young ones is a major public health issue in the U.S. as the figure of overweight teenagers has tripled over the last thirty years such that 17%, that is, 12.5 million of children and teenagers aged between 2 and 19 year Continue Reading...
Enhancing Patient Engagement Through Healthcare Technology: A Needs Assessment on Childhood ObesityIntroductionChildhood obesity is a critical public health issue that demands patient-centered approaches for successful management. Central to this is Continue Reading...
The Childhood Obesity Epidemic: Addressing the Causes and Consequences
Childhood obesity has emerged as a significant public health crisis, with alarming prevalence rates and severe consequences for both physical and mental well-being (World Health Continue Reading...
Management of Obesity in Primary Care Settings
The prevalence of obesity has reached epidemic levels in the United States and the human and economic toll of this condition is staggering. Besides the adverse effects that obesity has on quality of lif Continue Reading...
Policy, Politics, and Global Health
The public policy issue selected is childhood obesity. I selected this issue because childhood obesity has a considerable longstanding impact on the health of the public as well as the cost of health care. This is Continue Reading...
The CDC has provided almost $7 million in funding to establish DPPs for research purposes, which means the number of pre-diabetes individuals helped by these programs will be very limited (CDC, 2012). While these programs will probably provide free Continue Reading...
Diabetes and Drug Treatments
Diabetes Types
Type 1 diabetes is also called juvenile diabetes because it tends to occur in young people and children. It happens when the person’s body fails to produce adequate amounts of insulin. Insulin is the Continue Reading...
Community Contributes to Your Identified Problem and Resolving the Issue
Childhood obesity is a common problem. It has a relationship with short and long-term adverse outcomes. It affects ethnic/racial minority and children who are deprived economic Continue Reading...
In person interviews can be an effective research tool but for the purpose of this study it would not be the most effective tool. Asking children in person how many hours they watch of television may not get accurate answers or results. In addition, Continue Reading...
102). Therefore, there is a need to establish reliability and validity levels for the methods used by these researchers.
Data analysis. The analysis of the data included the following:
1. Calculation of body mass indexes (BMI) calculated from meas Continue Reading...
Community Health Project for Pregnant Women
Healthcare is the fundamental necessity for every individual living in any state, regardless of religion, race, sex, color, etc. The population chosen for this paper is that of JMJ Pregnancy Center, which i Continue Reading...
Community Analysis: Columbus, Ohio - Hilltop Area/Franklinton
Identification and History
The Franklinton/Hilltop area of Columbus, Ohio is located on the west side of the greater metropolitan area. Franklinton is in a river valley next to the Sciot Continue Reading...
Community Teaching Proposal for Primary Prevention/Health Promotion
The objective of this study is to create a community teaching proposal for primary prevention and health promotion. The work of Kulbok, wet al (2012) reports that public health nurs Continue Reading...
Evidence-Based Practice
Translation of Research in Evidence-Based Practice
Nursing involves men and women who are willing to help the patients with their skills like health maintenance, recovery of ill or injured people and the treatment. They deve Continue Reading...
Prevention Epidemiology Provide a Framework Health Professional Intervene Prevent Disease, Injury Disability
Levels of prevention in epidemiology: Obesity
Obesity is responsible for an estimated 3,000,000 premature deaths every year and the number Continue Reading...
Epidemiological Analysis of Obesity
As a result of increasingly sedentary lifestyles and poor nutritional choices, an increasing number of consumers are gaining weight and obesity has reached epidemic levels in many countries. Although the social a Continue Reading...
childhood obesity and its correlation to social-economic background. The researchers argued that attention to childhood obesity focuses on genetic and environmental factors, and there is the increasingly prevalent belief that pediatric obesity may b Continue Reading...
Risk Factors for Obesity: A Critique
Non-Infectious Disease
Major Risk Factors for Obesity: A Critique of the Research Literature
Major Risk Factors for Obesity: A Critique of the Research Literature
The World Health Organization (WHO, 2013) est Continue Reading...
There are remedies (albeit not easy ones for the individuals involved), as suggested by the research. However, and this is very important, the current public health approaches that the Saudi government has taken, as Mabrey et al. (2010) note, have Continue Reading...
Obesity
A website for Current Nursing touts a health promotion model as espoused by Nola J. Pender, a former professor of nursing at the University of Michigan. The model's focus is on three areas: 1) individual characteristics and experiences, 2) b Continue Reading...
Depression can be a warning sign that there are more serious potential consequences unless the depression is treated.
Background factors that contribute to the issue: The HP2010 offers ten leading health indicators, and within those are sub-categor Continue Reading...
Obesity a Disease?
Introduction, Background, and Definition
Persuade the scientists
Persuade the advocacy groups
Persuade the federal agencies
Persuade the insurance companies
Persuade the drug makers
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Community Nursing Practice Model
For a long time, community nursing has been an issue of major concern to most health care sectors. Values are based on the model for providing grounding for the nursing practice. The transcendent values include carin Continue Reading...
Not only do they treat patients, they also connect them with other necessary health services they may require (Become a Public Health Nurse, 2010).
A community health nurse can work in many different settings. These include working in patient's hom Continue Reading...