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Related Literature Health. According to the World Health Organization, health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of infirmity. A healthy community as described by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Healthy People 2010 report is one that continuously creates and improves both its physical and social environments, helping people to support one another in aspects of daily life and to develop to their fullest potential. Healthy places are those designed and built to improve the quality of life for all people who live, work, worship, learn, and play within their borders -- where every person is free to make choices amid a variety of healthy, available, accessible, and affordable …show more content…

Health care facilities in these areas are small and often provide limited services. Often, due to geographic distance, extreme weather conditions, environmental and climatic barriers, lack of public transportation, and challenging roads, rural residents may be limited/ prohibited from accessing health care services. The difficulties of access to health care facilities may impair outcomes by increasing patients’ physical and emotional stress, reducing the likelihood of seeking follow-up care, and limiting proximate family support. ( Periyakoil, …show more content…

service users, health workers and health managers) and collective actors (e.g. whole communities and community groups) are recognized and given priority in the day-to-day operations of the health system. To achieve people-centred health systems, there is a need for an approach to governance which incorporates the roles and relations of all health system actors (Abimbola et al., 2014). A high performance rural health care system is responsive to the unique needs of each rural community and each resident of that community. At the individual level, health care is a partnership between the patient and his or her health care team, each taking responsibility for health decisions and behaviors. The primary care team serves as the hub of patient information flow and interactions. Shared decision making and similar tools are used to evaluate treatment options in ways that respectfully consider both patient preferences/values, and clinical/scientific evidence. Providers are also culturally competent, delivering care and information that is sensitive to an individual’s or family’s unique needs (Mueller et al.,

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1. What does health mean to you? Health to me refers to someone’s physical and mental well-being. It is more than just the absence of any disease or illness.

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In this essay, "In Health. We 're Not No.1," Robert J. Samuelson argues that it turns out that being American is bad for you health, relative speaking. An exhaustive statistics and studies show that Americans ' health is at the lowest levels in compared to most advanced countries. The United Sates possess a higher death rates 15 over 21 illnesses and a lower life expectancy of 78.2 years in compare of 83 years by Japan.

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Produced by Kip Anderson and Keegan Kuhn, the Netflix documentary What The Health is available. This documentary focuses on the connection between our dietary choices and both our health and the environment. In addition to talking about health issues, they also emphasize how corporations, the economy, and public policy all impact what we eat. One of the initial arguments claimed that the primary causes of cancer, diabetes, obesity, and heart disease are meat and dairy products. The advantages of a vegan diet are promoted and covered in this documentary.

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The four spheres of political action in nursing are government, workplace, professional organizations, and community. They are all interrelated and interconnected. The government enacts policies that govern and affect all spheres. Healthcare policies are often made to ensure access, quality, and affordability of care. It determines the scope of nursing practice at a state level.

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The mission of Health People 2020 is to help identify nationwide improvement priorities as well as increase public awareness and understanding of the influences

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• What has changed since 2010, which objectives are new? According to Healthypeople.gov, There has been a few revisions under their objectives sections. They have seemed to revise adolescent health, blood disorder and blood safety, genomics, global health, preparedness, older adults and as well as a few others. • How does this national initiative stimulate disease prevention and health promotion agendas?

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The Bayou Region of Louisiana has seen a consistent increase of environmental disasters which have negatively impacted the physical, emotional, and financial well beings of residents in these parishes. Over the past decade, as a result of tragedies such as Hurricanes Gustav, Katrina, Rita and the BP oil spill. The Health Resource Services Administration defines medically underserved as having a physician shortage of primary care providers, high rates of infant deaths, high poverty or high elderly population. Despite the continual efforts to stabilize healthcare delivery in this region we have seen a significant increase in infectious diseases, chronic illnesses, mental health disorders and other healthcare disparities for minorities in this population. The majority of these patients are low-income, 65% are uninsured, 13% have Medicaid and 75 % are minorities inclusive of African Americans, Hispanic and others.

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Population health is a field which includes health outcomes, patterns of health determinants and policies and interventions that link these two (Kindig & Stoddart, 2003). More recently, the National Academy of Medicine defined population health as an approach that treats the population as a whole (including the environmental and community contexts) as the patient (NACNEP, 2016). Allied health professionals relate to population health through the understanding of the increased demand to serve the population rather than only the individual. The three most critical areas to better serve the health of the population as allied health professionals include 1) viewing the population’s health as a whole, versus as individuals, 2) to emphasize the need to practice quality improvement and patient safety in all instances when a medical decision is made, and 3) take into consideration all sub-populations when judging the health of an entire population. To shift from individual patient care, based on active symptoms, is the current practice of most healthcare professionals.

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It is predicted that by 2019, more than 32 million rural residents will be insured (Choi, 2012). With this increase, it will influence management and leadership of health services organizations in rural communities to provide additional needed health services and to increase the declining healthcare professional population at their facilities (Choi, 2012). For example, management and leadership of health services organizations can make healthcare more accessible and improve wellness by providing more electronic telecommunication services like telehealth, televideo, and telemedicine to residents in rural communities. In addition, management and leadership of health services organizations can also work with the Federal Qualified Health Centers in rural communities to help residents with low-income to pay for healthcare expenses and obtain the needed transportation to and from their healthcare

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The VA is situated to care for veterans in decent size towns and populated cities. However, in remote towns with populations of less than a thousand people the chances of these veterans having access to just V.A health care is not very promising. Understandably the V.A cannot be everywhere, but veterans should not have to drive hours out of the way to seek care or to attend appointments. According to Susan C. Hunnicutt, “ Individuals living in rural areas have traditionally been underserved with regard to health care access… rural populations tend to be in poorer health; in fact , a study by the Office of Health and Human Services estimates that half of the adults living in rural areas suffer from a chronic health condition. (Para 7) ”

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The human body is a machine with a very complicated working mechanism. For a human being to be productive, his body should be in good shape and health. Therefore, health is a major determinant factor in our resourcefulness. All human beings are entitled to good healthcare. In a general perspective, healthcare is all about maintaining one’s health and improving the health of deteriorating bodies.

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Daniel & Rosenstein (2008) define collaboration in health care as “health care professionals assuming complementary roles and cooperatively working together, sharing responsibility for problem-solving and making decisions to formulate and carry out plans for patient care.” Finkleman (2006, cited in Ndoro, 2014) states there are many advantages of working in multidisciplinary teams, such as professionals having a greater understanding of one another’s job roles. This permits greater communication between each other. Working within a multidisciplinary team enables collaborative working and improves patient care. Although collaborative person-centred care is vital, it needs improvement.

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Introduction Health is an important element throughout our life. A person’s health can be affected by many social factors such as gender roles and economic positions. As there are differences in health status between different populations groups, health inequality is then formed, for example, differences in morbidity and mortality rates between people from different social classes. In my essay, I will first define the meaning of ‘health’ from different perspectives. Then, I will talk about how social factors such as gender roles and economic positions determine a person’s health.

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When exploring what is health, it looks at the idea of an individual being free from illness or injuries (World Health Organization 1948). WHO further explains that it is the state of complete: physical, mental, and social well-being and not the absence of disease or infirmity (health context, 2018) In 1986 during Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, WHO said health is a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living, also is a positive concept emphasizing social, personal resources, and physical capacities. There are different aspects that contribute and impact a person’s health such as their: family and friends, education or job, body, spirit and mind, and all these need to balance to ensure good health (health context, 2018).

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Any idea?? Health – according to World Health Organization (WHO), health is the state of being complete physical, mental and social well being, and not merely freedom to disease or absences of any infirmity. So meaning, even when you are physically fit but you are not mentally and socially well, you cant still call yourself a healthy person.

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