Epidemiology NUR 408 June 20, 2014 Karen Harriman RN, MSN, NCSN Epidemiology According to Stanhope epidemiology is considered to be the basic science of public health which involves “studying the occurrence and distribution of health-related states or events in specified populations, including the study of the determinants influencing such states, and the application of this knowledge to control the health problems” (2012,p.255). Epidemiologists’ goal is to keep all members of communities, local and global at their optimal health through studying the occurrence and distribution of diseases. It is through continued data collection, research and evidenced-based practice that these diseases and events are controlled. Prevention at the
Community health is not limited to improving outcomes of an individual suffering from a particular disease or illness, but concentrates on the improvement of the community as a whole. In public health nursing, the community rather than an individual becomes the client. Although individuals make up the community and nurses may assist individuals, priorities remain focused on the health care needs and outcomes of the community as a whole. Determining the effectiveness of interventions and evaluation of outcomes relies on data collected from members within the community. It is also important to recognize that the community and community health becomes a client when healthcare professionals work towards improving the health of the
In particular, key social factors considered under this model include the impact of poverty, poor housing, diet and pollution on persons’ health. For instance, poor housing and poverty may prove to be catalysts to respiratory problems, and in response to these causes and origins of ill health, an objective of the socio-medical model is to encourage society to provide better housing and introduce programs to tackle poverty, and these propositions are seen as viable solutions. The socio-medical model encourages people to live healthy lifestyles, it looks at the cause of the illness and tries to change the factor that causes the illness to prevent it from continuing rather than only giving when diagnosis and only medical treatment. The factors which the socio-medical model suggest is also a cause of ill health such as poor housing, poverty and diet can have a strong impact on the over health and wellness of individuals, communities and countries. The model emphasises preventing and changing the cause of an illness on a more natural way instead of relying on medication.
Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care * Contribute to the support of infection prevention and control in social care 1.1 Identify how infections are spread. There are many practices that can lead to the spread of infection. Here are a few: not washing hands, sharing personal items such as towels, toothbrushes, etc. , unsafe food practices, not keeping up to date with vaccines, and not covering coughs and sneezes properly. 1.2 Describe how breaking the chain of infection minimizes the spread of infection.
Records must be kept for all controlled drugs transactions and they must be kept in a safe cabinet that complies with these regulations • The Misuse of Drugs and the Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 specifies the handling and record keeping and storage of Controlled Drugs correctly. • The Handling of Medicines in Social Care, gives the reader guidelines to the safe handling of medicines. You can download this at www.rpharms.com if a copy is not at your place of work. • The Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) lays out regulations to reduce the risk of handling hazardous substances. • The Hazardous Waste Regulations (2005) defines the way medicines are disposed of that are no longer required, in the case of home care they are returned to the pharmacy for destruction.
Community Health 1. Community health is the process or characteristics that allows a community’s population and economy to survive. Stanhope and Lancaster (2008) states, “Community health is defined as the meeting of collective needs through identification of problems and management of behaviors within the community itself and between the community and the larger society” (p. 370). iii. Community as a client 1.
Unit 7 P2 and M1 The Functionalist Approach Talcott parsons suggests for society to function efficiently its members need to be healthy. Talcott describes illness as a form of deviance and that ill members are performing a social role, a sick role. The right associated with the sick role were being exempt from school, college or work and meeting social and family obligations. Talcott also describes that the ill members are to be cared for by family members, he describes this as the key function of the family. The responsibilities of the sick role include things like the individual taking all the reasonable steps to get better and to resume normal living as soon as possible.
Windshield Survey Cheri Schultz University of Phoenix Windshield Survey For community nurses to plan services for a community, it is important to know the specifics about it and to identify health-related resources that may be helpful to the people. The neighborhood community chosen for this windshield survey is located in Atkins, Iowa. A community is a social group determined by geographic boundaries and common values and interests. Its members know and interact with one another. It functions within a particular social structure and exhibits and creates norms, values, and social institutions.
A P Assignment #1 09/01/2013 1. Advocacy as a mental health counselor means to become an agent of support and social change through the lives of my client, but also through the world around me as a professional. Advocacy in mental health counseling profession is to fight for equality, empowerment, and awareness both in clients and through community. Also, self-advocacy should be an important role that I as a mental health counselor should practice in my profession. By promoting self-advocacy it will help clients to effectively communicate, convey, negotiate and defend their own interest and desires.
In the short article “Why evolution should be taught in public schools” by Laura H. Kahn, author states that in order to understand true science knowledge children in schools should be taught evolution of plants, animals and humans. In the beginning of her passage she gives example of previous science case that had to go through many struggles before it was accepted and approved. “In the nineteenth century, the prevailing dogma was "spontaneous generation." It did nothing to prepare scientists and physicians to develop effective strategies against the infectious diseases that were killing untold numbers of people. Louis Pasteur, the French chemist who developed the rabies vaccine, was instrumental in disproving spontaneous generation and replacing it with the germ theory of disease.