The Importance Of Health

In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, Sanger Rainsford, the protagonist, and General Zaroff, the antagonist, have similar life experiences and beliefs, but their one difference, the will to take a human life for sport, builds the suspense up to Rainsford killing Zaroff for the greater good. Zaroff and Rainsford share many life experiences that majorly impacts their conflict. For example, Rainsford set up three different animal traps to kill Zaroff and Zaroff recognized two of the three immediately because of the similar hunting experiences. Rainsford starts thinking like the General when he is setting up traps such as the Malay Man Catcher and the Burmese tiger pit. When Zaroff is hit by Rainsford’s first trap he says, “I, too, have hunted in Malacca,”(14) here right off the bat if it hadn’t been for Zaroff and Rainsford going to Malacca and learning the Malay Mancatcher then Zaroff might have been killed by Rainsford.

However, this can be hard to promote if a community such as Germantown experiences such health disparities that puts them at risk for chronic illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, and obesity, all of which could be preventable. Therefore, as nurses we can intervene and plan ways to improve the health of Germantown in the most realistic way possible. The nursing intervention to help try and eliminate the health disparity of knowledge deficit related to nutritious foods primarily focuses on education, as it is a primary means of impacting change. Our intervention would be implemented through an educational program at multiple community locations such as school or churches. The program would consist of weekly meetings discussing the characteristics of a healthy diet, how to read food labels correctly, picking the right food choices based on the options available in the community, and informing the participants about the impacts nutrition has on health such as obesity, heart disease, and diabetes. Each session would encompass pre-briefing followed by demonstration of healthy food recipes and then a debriefing to reiterate the importance of that session. Through education, we hope to impact more people of Germantown to use the public transportation to shop at the local farmer's market or supermarkets and have a positive change in their health. Therefore, there shall be a decreased incidence in obesity, hypertension, and diabetes and increase in the community’s knowledge about obtaining nutritional

In June 2011, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) launched the MyPlate icon, “a simple, yet powerful, visual cue to prompt consumers to think about their food choices across food groups and to build a healthy plate at meal times” (Levine et al., 2012). MyPlate like its predecessors, the Food Guide Pyramid and MyPyramid follow the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA), which includes communication tools and materials to assist with choosing healthy food options. In addition, the MyPlate Web site encompasses “the SuperTracker tool to personalize food plans, consumer educational materials and e-tools, social media engagement, and a partnership initiative to help coordinate and disseminate consistent messages of the DGA” (Levine et al., 2012). Research shows that seventy-two percent of individuals responsible for the purchasing and preparing of food for the entire household have a strong influence over meal consumption. Therefore, by targeting those individuals who purchase and prepare most of the food, the communication strategy for MyPlate can be best employed for all users. However, since the launch of MyPlate the African American community has failed to utilize the MyPlate website. Most importantly, African Americans are disproportionately affected by “obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease, and it is likely that a host of factors interact in complex, and yet unexplained, ways to

Under the disability discriminating Act 2005 we have a duty of care to provide safe access and facilities to people with wheel chairs. This has included a large toilet facility with a wide door and drop down latch and an exit button by the front door at a lower height. Unfortunately tin Action for Children this was also at a height that young children could press. Although we maintained that all children should be supervised by their parents on our site it was felt that it was our duty of care to take away the risk of children running out into the street which is on a main road. After consultation with the parents through our family forum, our manager and the site manager made the decision to move the button up higher so that children

The Pardoner constantly preaches the theme of greed and he frequently states in his sermons that money/greed is the root of all evil. Although the Pardoner, when he deceives people into donating money and buying his relics in order to absolve their sins, shows his own sins for greed and money which he preaches is the root of all evil. The theme could be a lesson on double standards or “do as I say, not as I do”. (The Norton Anthology World Literature, pg. 721-722, line 538-602) (http://www.gradesaver.com/the-canterbury-tales/study-guide/summary)

The health belief model was developed to explain why individuals adopt healthy lifestyles. The first element of this model states that, individuals must believe that they are susceptible to a particular health problem. Americans, in general tend to feel invincible and often do not believe that something can happen to them. The second factor states that, one must believe the problem is serious; where, Americans believe that a doctor can cure the problem, so no problem is often serious. The third factor states that they must believe that adopting preventive measures reduces risk significantly; which would imply that Americans don’t believe that not eating fruits and vegetables correleates into a serious problem. The final factor states that

The health problem of interest is sickle cell disease. Sickle Cell Disease is also called Sickle Cell Anemia. Sickle Cell disease is an inherited blood disorder which means it 's not contagious. Anybody that has sickle cell disease, must have two defective hemoglobin genes from each parent. If a person has only one hemoglobin gene that is sickled and the other hemoglobin gene is normal the person will have the sickle cell trait. Hemoglobin is a molecule in the red blood cell that helps carry oxygen. There is an error in the hemoglobin that causes the cell to be sickled. This disease deforms the red blood cells shape from a disc like shape meaning the red blood cells are healthy to a crescent moon shape meaning that 's unhealthy. The one thing in common that people either have the disease or trait is they are immune from catching malaria.

Upon reviewing the community vitality data I came to the conclusion that the health problem that a health education program would be most appropriate to address would be childhood nutritional health and fitness. I came to this conclusion after careful data analysis. Of the county’s adults (18+) 77% ate less than five servings of fruits and vegetables per day, this percentage is so high likely because of attitudes and habits these adults picked up when they were children. The second largest age demographic in the county is children aged 10 to 17 are overweight, six percent more than the state average, 88% of children age 10 to 17 are not meeting daily targets for fruit and vegetable consumption and 30% age 10 to 17 watch 3 or

Over the past few years, US citizen’s health has been a major concern for the government. After the center of disease control members performed a research on the leading cause of deaths in the United States, they confirmed that deaths due to morbidity surpasses all other natural causes of deaths. They also concluded that more than half of the death cause in the United States is due to the lack of good health. In order to reduce the likelihood of getting a disease or having bad health, it is important to exercise regularly, eat a healthy diet, and get regular checkup. Also, it is important to be knowledgeable about all different types of diseases, how to avoid them, and who to speak with about them. Although being well informed about achieving wellness can lower the possibility of potentially having a disease, Public health can still interfere with the chances of someone trying to obtain good health. For that

What if there was free healthcare, preventive medicine, and a minimally ill population in the United States? Healthcare is inaccessible to too many of our neighbors, and the consequences of this are as devastating as they are unnecessary. On October 12th, 1993 my family experienced this directly when my brother passed away at the age of five. Coming from a poor family in the South Bronx, we did not have access to the preventative care that could have saved my brother’s life. Growing up without ever knowing Michael left a void in my family, and although we are functioning the damage still lingers. We continue to question what could have gone differently, and we sometimes talk about how present someone can be even in their absence. My desire

Diet quality in children and adolescents has declined increasingly in the last few decades and this occurrence has a profound effect on the rise of childhood obesity (Fahlman, Dake, McCaughtry, & Martin, 2008). In 2008, Fahlman, Dake, McCaughtry, and Martin tested the effectiveness of the Michigan Model (MM) Nutrition Curriculum on nutrition knowledge and eating behaviors in middle school students. This study used a pre-test, post-test quasi-experimental design with a sample size of 783 middle school students. The instrument developed consisted of 33 questions, assessing the students eating patterns and knowledge of nutrition facts and was tested for internal reliability. The intervention was conducted by teachers trained in the MM curriculum, and was taught over a period of one month. The post-test was administered two weeks after the conclusion of the intervention. Statistical analysis was used to determine effectiveness by comparing pre/post-tests in both control and experimental groups. The results indicated that middle school students who were taught the educational lessons not only increased their nutrition knowledge, but also were more likely to make healthy changes in their diet. This study is an example of a successful educational program focusing on prevention of childhood obesity. Implementation of a curriculum similar to the MM should be considered for all states (Fahlman, Dake, McCaughtry, & Martin, 2008).

Studies have shown that undergraduate and graduate who read food labels are feasible to have a healthier diet, than those who don’t read food labels (Cha et al., 2014). The population that we’re trying to influence are students who don’t know the proper steps to take to live a healthy lifestyle. This is the population to target to get them to start living a healthy

Nutritional education sessions were hoped to increase the knowledge about fruits, vegetables, and other healthy eating – teachers also attended workshops to increase their knowledge. Students were given a questionnaire that assessed the questions stated (whether or not the student’s fruits and vegetables consumption increased, along with the availability of fruits and vegetables in the home, knowledge of food groups expanded, and if attitudes on the consumption of fruits and vegetables changed). The evidence shows there was an increase in the attitudes on the consumption of fruits and vegetables, increase in knowledge of food groups, and although the children and parents may know to increase their consumption of fruits and vegetables, it may not actually

The Health Belief Model (HBM) is a model of health developed in an effort to explain the widespread failure of people to participate in programs to prevent or to detect disease (Rosenstock, Stretcher & Becker, 1994). The model has been expanded to apply a variety of responses to people’s ideas to disease, symptoms, and compliance to treatment. The HBM puts an emphasis on the desire to avoid being sick or getting well. The HBM is based on the understanding that an individual will take a health-related act (such as eating healthy or exercising) if that person: (1.) feels as if a negative health condition (obesity) can be prevented, (2.) has a positive expectation that by

The US constitution doesn 't guarantee healthcare of its citizens nonetheless, most of its dictates implies brotherhood, love and equity. The free market economy that the health care in the United State is provided is a major challenge, mostly because people instinctively think healthcare is an essential service and would be guaranteed in a rich and developed country like the US. However, Health care is a commodity in the US which means it will be affected by forces of the market just like automotive industries for example. So each provider in the industry has to figure out a way to balance demand and supply, pay employees, fight competition, market their products and services appropriately, merge and acquire possible facilities with the aim of making profit amongst other things. Likewise, the buyer has to search for healthcare package that best fits his needs. The apparent advantage of having options has been lost in the fragmented, multi-layered and often confusing nature of the health system.