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The funding agency chosen for this program is the Childrens Aid Society, a nonprofit organization that has been dedicated to impro...
This paper pertains to low-income community assessment, and then presents statistics on childhood obesity prevalence. Three pages...
2005, p.165). In obese children, the number of fat cells present in the body can be as much as three times higher than in normal w...
factor in childhood obesity is the fact that television viewing tends to be accompanied by the consumption of high-calorie, high s...
"hyperlipidemia, hypertension, blood glucose disturbances, Type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea and asthma," while emotional effects inclu...
Melnyk, 2001, p. 606). Children today live in a social and cultural climate that "idealizes thinness," and also "stigmatizes being...
This research paper offers an overview of the websites for the following health education professional organizations: the Society ...
The prevalence of obesity has increased across the world over the last three decades. Effective programs to curb and prevent overw...
to individuals connected by a blood tie. However, to be a "family," members must "live in close contact, care for one another, an...
those under stress or who are unhappy with their lives. For this reason there has been a higher use in poorer social classes where...
Effective public health agencies are essential for the health of the general public. They have many diverse responsibilities, one ...
pressure There are three types of high blood pressure observed in children. The first type is called "white-coat" high blood pres...
and three stores," which served as "stock rooms, milk stations, clinics," etc. (Lillian Wald). Roughly 3,000 people typically were...
If public health and health care could be integrated, it would result in numerous benefits, however, there are barriers and challe...
issues on that front? First, it should be said that although the government does have policy on health related issues, some compl...
Both Winslow and Acheson make the link between society and health, and the role of social actions; a concept that was seen in many...
self-reported diabetes ranged from 1.6% among persons aged 18-34 years to 12.5% among persons aged 65-74 years" (Current Trends Re...
Family crisis). However, society itself is made up of smaller units, of which the family is one, and therefore structural function...
necessary health-related behaviors" required for meeting "ones therapeutic self-care demand (needs)" (Hurst, et al 2005, p. 11). U...
This research paper presents an extensive discussion of childhood obesity that addresses prevalence, the negative effects of overw...
This 10 page paper gives an overview of childhood obesity. This paper includes how combining mental health treatment with family h...
low self-esteem," but there are also serious health repercussions that can follow children into their adult years (Henry and Royer...
of people who are constantly trying to lose weight, if they were heavy as adolescents they are at increased risk of dying younger ...
reality of the profession. It needs a makeover much as it had in the 19th century in Brittan when nursing reformers struggled to h...
to play unsupervised or accompany them to a park. Immense social and economic changes have dictated shifts in how families ...
definitions of community have emerged, with the consequence that, concurrently, definitions of health promotions have also evolved...
a number of other illnesses (Huang et al, 2007). The nurse will be involved if these risks materialize and may also have...
the "niche were multiple members encounter and respond to disease and illness across the life course" (Denham, 2003, p. 143). Nurs...
can only be expected to escalate in the near future. Therefore, issues of affordability, in relation to equitable healthcare servi...
This essay offers an overview of health and safety in Richmond County, NY (Staten Island). Demographic data and health data are in...