Community Health

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As a resident in Fresh Meadows for twenty years, conducting a community health assessment was an opportunity to learn more about the neighborhood. Located in the northeastern section of New York 's Queens County, this small town was first named “Flushing Meadows” before the American Revolution. This was due to large areas of wet meadows that were also partially located in Flushing. Nonetheless, Fresh Meadows has become home to many with its diverse community in cultures and ages, and activities for the local.

A community health assessment is a fundamental instrument of public health practice. Its objective is to depict the health of the community, by presenting information on health standing, community health needs, resources, and epidemiologic and other studies of present local health problems. It seeks to recognize target populations that may be at augmented risk of poor health results and to increase a better understanding of their needs, as well as evaluates the larger community surroundings and how it relate to the health of people. It also identifies those areas where better information is desired, particularly information on health differences amid different subpopulations, quality of health care, and the incidence and severity of disabilities in the population. The Community Health Assessment is the foundation for all local public health development, giving the local health component the instance to recognize and network with key community leaders, businesses and concerned residents about health priorities and concerns. This information shapes the foundation of improving the health status of the community by way of a strategic plan (The Municipal Public Health Services Plan Community Health Assessment Guidance and Format, n.d.).

This author’s personal perceptions concerning patients facing a lingering terminal illness, have been shaped by over 20 years of critical care nursing experience. Facing death and illness on a daily basis requires self-examination and a high degree of comfort with one’s own mortality, limits and values. Constant exposure to the fragility of life forces respect for the whole person and the people who love them. A general approach to patients who are actively dying is to allow them to define what they want and need during this time. The nurse’s role

Even though there are some common themes throughout this community there are some big differences. In the part of the community close to Moody Airforce base there is mostly new neighborhoods made up of nice looking houses. When driving through these neighborhoods in the middle of the day young kids are seen riding bikes without helmets and playing in the middle of the road. Also, many young adults can be seen walking or running around the neighborhoods. Additionally, there is a railroad track that runs through some of these neighborhoods and there is no railroad arm or lights to signal when a train

In the United States we are very fortunate. For the most part we do not live in fear of disease outbreaks from day to day. Our government along with the Centers for Disease Control and Public Health Departments have managed to have adults and children vaccinated and set up recommendations regarding those vaccinations. Despite all that is done our country allows freedoms. One of these freedoms is to not vaccinate your child from communicable diseases due to personal beliefs. With the worlds populations becoming more mobile, that sets your child up for dangerous encounters; because some countries are not as strict on laws regarding vaccinations and some

Background: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requires that not-for-profit health agencies identify and prioritize the health needs of the communities they serve and determine approaches to address these concerns [1, 2]. Community and patient engagement in research process provided a structural framework for the identification of the leading health concerns for residents that live in the counties served by Mayo Clinic. This process enables multiple healthcare providers and academic partners to develop appropriate techniques to gain insight directly from the community [1, 3-6].Community health needs assessments (CHNA) emphasize areas that have more prevalent health disparities [4]. The CPER used provided information on

A. Analyze the community health needs assessment in the case study by doing the following:

In January of 2015 Kanabec County and Pine County Public Health Departments merged into one entity; Kanabec and Pine Community Health Services (KPCHS), as the State revenue is going to start applying funding to larger demographic areas instead of smaller counties.

A community’s health is a reflection of the health experiences of its members (Kaakinen, Coehlo, Steele, Tabacco, & Harmon-Hanson, 2015). Family health nurses have a critical role in improving the health of the community by empowering families to lead a healthful life, as well as facilitating a family’s access to needed resources (Kaakinen et. al., 2015). The purpose of this paper is to discuss the varies roles of family health nurses in my community, as well as the assets their position provides our community. Huntington, the second largest city in the state, is a quaint community located in Cabell County, West Virginia along the banks of the Ohio River (COH, 2016). Huntington’s population of approximately 49,000 people relies on health care and education as its primary sources of revenue (COH, 2016).

When I was assigned this Community Health Agent Project I knew I would focus on the problem of individuals living a sedentary lifestyle. I have recently found a great passion for health and fitness; I was eager to research and learn more about how people

Guest parking is complimentary, and an outdoor garden setting allows guests to enjoy the peaceful scenery and colorful flowers when the weather permits. It is especially nice to be able to leave your car and just walk a few short blocks to plenty of neighborhood restaurants.

The roles of community in advancing the health status of the population are varied. While community participation is essential to advancing population health, evidence to support whether community participation directly advances the health status of the population is limited.1,2 It is limited because the role of community is constantly re-formulated to fit the needs of the population it serves.1,2 According to McLeroy et al, community can be defined in four ways: “community as setting, community as target, community as agent, and community as resource.” Due to the numerous ways community can be defined, generalizing the role of community and how it impacts health is difficult.

Which scenario is more suitable for sustaining a healthy community, meeting the needs of the many or the needs of the few? One could reconcile with all for one and one for all. I wonder how often this question haunts the minds of the Omela people. There comes a time in every Omela’s life when one is informed of the dark secret hidden in a small, locked room. Hidden in plain sight is a young, feebile child stripped from his family and freedom, spending treacherous days sitting in a dark, lonely room for the sake of Omela’s happiness and luxuries. The thought of living in a civilization that sacrifices the quality of life for one child to satisfy one’s own pleasure sinks into the pit of my stomach. Some choose to trade in beauty and prosperity for a destiny that is unknown; the knowing strictly belongs to those who have made it out of Omela. I would too choose to leave Omela but not alone and not without a fight. Staying in this town would mean standing amongst a group of people who refuse to stand up for what is good, only to protect the self-centered comfort and vain beauties of life; this is something that I simply will not do.

Public health may mean different things if you ask different people. However, the main definition is, “the health status of a defined group of people, or community, and the actions and conditions that protect and improve the health of the community (2002).” Public health can also be referred to as community health and truly involves the whole community and the issues that surrounds it. There are different health issues depending on the community meaning different assessments and implementations.