Essays on Lifestyle

The concepts of health economics involve planned investments at per capita levels for following factors of the health stock, lifestyle, environmental factors, and health care. If I have a net fund of $1000 per capita for investing into health production, I will choose Mexico and develop the below mentioned plan of investment in all of the above-stated factors. $400 into Health Stock The health conditions for elderly in Mexico are found directly attributable to the socio-economic status of the individual right at the age of 10. Hence, it can be defined as the stock of health capital which returns ...

The contemporary world has seen the exponential rise of cancer prevalence in the aging population to somewhat alarming levels. This segment consists of individuals aged 65 years and above and is the fastest growing age group in the United States. Recent statistics indicate that one in every eight people in America aged 65 years, and above develops cancer, with women accounting for 58% of all cancer cases (Browner, n.d.). Since cancer risk increases with advancing age, the elderly account for 56% and 70% of all new cancer diagnoses and mortalities in the country (Browner, n.d.). The cancer burden in ...

Introduction

Diabetes and other health factors have been a growing concern in recent years amongst food-insecure individuals and families. This review includes the concept of finding ways to overcome this issue. Low-income families already have numerous issues to deal with outside of health problems, but the inclusion of health issues makes the situation for these families worse. Within the past ten years research has been dedicated to this problem. Researchers have dedicated time to finding ways of overcoming the problem by using new tactics like motivational interviewing. It has become known that diabetes is a concern of lower income families ...

Nurse Home Visiting Programs

Nurse home visiting programs are used by public health nurses who work with families in communities. The nurses make visits to assess the needs, health status, and the environments in which the families are living in order to make the appropriate interventions and provide the available resources (Kaakinen, Coehlo, Steele, Tabacco, & Hanson, 2015). The nurses assess the environmental status, such as paint conditions, aged houses, and dangerous equipment in playgrounds that pose safety hazards. The families benefit from the visits by getting recommendations such as the installation of fire extinguishers and smoke detectors in the houses. The nurses also ...

Application of Integrated Theory of Health Behavior Change (ITHBC) in Health Promotion Challenges

Application of Integrated Theory of Health Behavior Change (ITHBC) in Health Promotion Challenges

Introduction

Theoretical models of Nursing encompass a broad scope when it comes to applying such theories into a certain issue or concern. A nurse practitioner would be able to achieve his or her professional goals when applying the theories involved towards a better outcome of the patient. Thus, these theories may also be used to address various issues and concerns within the Nursing practice based which category the theory belongs to. However, outside the categorical scope of nursing theories, there is one theory that can be used ...

How to Manage Diabetes

Managing diabetes is a daily challenge that is worth the effort. The most important thing in managing diabetes is to ensure the blood sugar maintains the levels recommended by the physician (Yee Cheng et al. 3). Eating the right foods and substituting regular soda and juice with drinking water, eating foods such as bread pasta, rice, and whole grain cereals since they contain more fiber helps maintain the right blood sugar levels. Also, it is advisable to avoid high-calorie foods and instead, choose foods like vegetables, whole grains, cereals, and skim milk. It is also important to be active ...

According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary (n.d.), nutrition means consuming the products and foods that help you sustain your health and support your growth. The term can also refer to all the processes relating to food consumption by a living organism. In order to fight both hunger and obesity problems, nutrition and weight status programs were developed by Healthy People 2020 so as to promote a healthy diet and monitor body weight among Americans (“Nutrition and Weight Status”, n.d.). According to the same source, Americans keeping a healthy diet should eat nutritional products rich in vitamins and microelements covering all food ...

Introduction

Through its franchise model, McDonalds has been a leader in the fast food market. However, understanding the success of the business requires an analysis of its environment and strategies. With that, it is crucial to understand how the competitive environment it operates affects it and how it responds. Further, understanding the brand’s global marketing strategies is crucial. To achieve that, this report provides an industry analysis and the brands marketing mix analysis. To begin with, the competitive industry analysis uses the Porter five forces to analyze the competition the business faces from rivals, competitors and substitutes and the ...

Would it benefit CrossFit affiliate gyms when it comes to existing members and recruiting new members to turn towards a more functional fitness gym that incorporated more boot camp and cardio type classes and less heavy lifting?

Abstract

The purpose of this study will be to determine whether it would benefit CrossFit affiliate gyms when it comes to existing members and recruiting new members to turn towards a more functional fitness gym that incorporated more boot camp and cardio type classes and less heavy lifting. The study will investigate the effect of implementing a program focused on boot camp fitness ...

As military veterans return back to the United States from the wars in Iraq and Afganistan, the public has become for aware of the medical condition of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). As many as 13 percent of the men and women who are inflicted with combat positions demonstrate the symptoms of the mental disability, but the general population of America has more than 6 percent struggling with the illness (Friedman, 2014). The large number of patients that exist both inside and outside the ranks of military personnel makes PTSD a major public health issue (Keane, Marx & Sloan, 2009). Soldiers ...

U.S has one of the largest and costliest health care system in the world. Healthcare is the second largest industry in the country. In spite of this achievement, the health status of the people in U.S, does not match the cost and infrastructure put into it (HealthCare.gov, 2016). Both communicable and non-communicable diseases still continue to harm a large sector of the population, when compared to other developed countries. Unlike other developed countries, people in U.S were expected to obtain individual health coverages and pay individually for health services. The right to health was not treated as a basic ...

Diabetes is a common disease brought about by blood sugar level usage and the ability of the body to produce the requisite regulating mechanisms (hormones). The disease manifest in two types: 1 & 2. Type 2 is widely spread occurring when the body is unable to use insulin produced properly. In most research instances, this is referred to as insulin resistance (Fotiadis, 2016). The prevalence of this type of diabetes has been much prevalent among the black women population in the United States. This study does the PICOT outline for this disease among the black American women. PICOT analysis is ...

INTRODUCTION

This paper outlines Marxian concepts in Workfare Street Cleaner, Crime Scene Cleaner, Poultry Factory Worker, and Stripper as in Bowe J Bowe’s book Gig: Americans talk about their jobs. The paper will use case studies drawn from Bowe’s book to explain the concepts. The study shows how Americans feel about their jobs and then relates their opinions to the concepts of Marxist theory.

CRIME SCENE CLEANER

Neal Smither is the owner of Crime Scene Cleaners. Their work involves cleaning up death scenes like homicides, accidental deaths, and suicide. He started the job after he lost his job at a mortgage-banking ...

Summary

The website contains information regarding healthy eating and acts as a reminder for the different users to observe a given system and nutritional style. It is addressing the growing need for proper dieting by Americans who continue to suffer from lifestyle diseases due to poor dietary behavior that leads to series of ailments (www.choosemyplate.gov).

What the site tells me

The site tells me to build a healthy eating style by choosing the right dietary style that will act as the determinant factor in our primary health. The site tells us that eating is influenced by several a factor amongst which is the stage of ...

I have toured a local Jewish psychiatric hospital situated in Miami Florida city, viewing to about 25 people who are under rehabilitation, and joined in playing the piano, singing in a small choir and doing a concert for about four-hour involvement. It was indeed a pleasure to at least make these unfortunate citizens happy and to make them worry not of their misfortunes. It was such a great association as we had the opportunity also to provide food for them. In between the short art performances, we were able to make food packages, contribute time talking to them and ...

Health Assessment Assignment l: Paint a Picture of Your Target Population & Community Assignment #1

Community A health assessment is a care plan that is used for the identification of specific health care needs of an individual and how addressing of those needs will be carried out through health care system or nursing facility. For the purpose of this health assessment assignment, the selected place is the Altamonte Spring-Dade County, which is in the southeastern region of the Florida state (Miami Beach, 2015). The selected region is heavily urbanized due to the excessive development carried out within the last few decades. According to the US Census Bureau (2015), the population of the county is ...

Sinem Saban and Damien Curtis’s “Our Generation” is a documentary film released in 2010 which discusses the ongoing fight of Australian aboriginals to preserve their culture , their freedom and their lands, in the context of governmental pressure to give up land rights in exchange for education, housing and other services. The filmmakers succeeded in presenting a comprehensive picture of the complex issues affecting Aboriginal Australians in the Northern Territory today. The success of this film is based upon its reliance on witness accounts, and in particular, on the testimony of ordinary people from aboriginal communities. The footage from ...

The advertisement of Skyy Vodka, in which a man is standing above a woman holding a glass in one hand and a bottle of vodka in the other hand, is controversial even today, although it was published in 2000. The woman is objectified in this advertisement, but the final result is effective and this campaign is a success because it does not cross the line between what is right and what is wrong, it just tackles the issue of how gender roles could be perceived in the society. The advertisement depicts a woman as a sexual object at first ...

Role of Physical Activity in Preventing Child Obesity

Prospectus: Role of Physical Activity in Preventing Child Obesity Problem Statement It is well known that in order to be vigorous people should go in for sport and physical activities. Currently obesity among the population of the United States has reached enormous statistics and is one of the most hazardous diseases which threaten our nation. American Academy of Pediatrics states “According to the 1999 –2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the prevalence of overweight or obesity in children and youth in the United States is over 15%, a value that has tripled since the 1960s” (AAP, 2016). Doctors ...

Fashion, Culture And Global Consumerism In Fashion

Fashion and culture are the two phenomena, which are closely associated with each other. It is very important for the fashion industry to know the cultural trend of the respective community in which the business is trying to establish and flourish. The cultural aspects both tangible and intangible, influence significantly in shaping the fashion industry. The tangible aspects are available fabrics, accessories, traditional motifs etc. The intangible aspects of fashion are the cultural beliefs, values, taboos, festivals etc.

Globalization and Its impact on Fashion Industry

With the emergence of globalization, the overall approach of the businesses has rapidly changed. The globalization has had its impact on ...

Florence Nightingale’s legacy has influenced many peoples view regarding nursing and the nurses’ perception of the millennium goals. I am one of those greatly intrigued in terms of insight and perception. The eight millennium goals developed by the world leaders in the U.N reflect on the noble work of Florence Nightingale. It is amazing how she could have visualized about the solution to many problems that are even haunting us today, back then. She must have been very visionary (Wagstaff, 2004). Her concern about taking the practice of nursing to a whole different level was a great idea. ...

1.0Lesson Information 1.1 Introduction This comprehensive lesson plan will be used to teach six-year-old students in grade one the essential basketball skills. The estimated developmental stage for children in this grade is the cognitive stage. The number of students that will be trained using the lesson plan lies between fifteen and twenty. The fundamental skills that the kids will be taught include dribbling, shooting, passing, catching and handling skills. The details of the skills are provided in Table 1 in section 3.3. 1.2 Standards of Physical Education The department of physical education in Virginia offers standards that govern physical ...

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Family Health Evaluation

This essay presents a family health assessment using a questionnaire based on 11 health patterns. In this case study, a family was chosen with multiple health and behavior related challenges. Sixty years old Hispanic male Andrew once visited the health care provider with the problem of high cholesterol and being overweight. In this case study, the family of Andrew is selected for a family health evaluation. The data gathered from the diagnostic and health reports of Andrew will be used as a guide for his family. This ...

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The City: An Overview Montreal is the second largest city in the Canadian province and is situated on the island of Montreal. The city has been the hub of all sorts commercial activities ranging from finance, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, design, technology, tourism, culture, sports, film and global affairs for decades. The city is predominantly French speaking one and is fondly called as the ‘cultural capital of Canada’. The city is highly influenced by the two famous rivers Saint Lawrence and Ottawa. The city lies between the hill-heads of Mount Royal, from which the very name Montreal originated. ...

The NAB company name and its significance

The name of My NAB Company is “Ice Crystal”. The significance of the beverage is for everyone who enjoys the taste of ice cold and crystal clean water. The name is easy to remember it will stick to your customers. It clearly reflects the main goal of the product – refreshing and healthy experience from the ice cold and crystal clean water.

The Company’s Mission Statement

Our Mission is the production of environmentally friendly non-alcoholic beverages using advanced technology and quality standards. We are committed to providing enjoyable, healthy and refreshing experience for each customer.

Trends in the non-alcoholic beverage industry

In general, demand for mineral water is seasonal. The ...

Introduction

Sociology comes with a broad array of ideas and theories that describe every-day things like identity, social integration and others. Some of these concepts include the concept of the home and identity/belonging. “Home” is where a person has an attachment and builds social and political identity. On the other hand, “Belonging” is about a sense of identity and connection to a particular community. The concept of home has been split along the lines of local and global perspectives in the 21st Century. This is because in a generation of individualism, technology and globalisation, it is easier than ever to ...

Christopher Columbus was one of the greatest explorers and navigators in the early 15th centuries. History books remember him from his 1942 voyage to the West Indies from Spain (McNeill par 1). The voyage orchestrated the European colonization in Americas. Throughout his trips, he used the Atlantic Ocean four times from Spain in the quest to find a direct connection between Asia and Europe. The trips were in the year, 1502, 1492, 1493 and 1498. However, he did not manage to find one though he came to ‘discover’ the Americas. In his stay in Americas, he adopted their way ...

Integration of Theory and the Nursing Process

Integration of Theory and the Nursing Process

How the Theory Could Be Used To Change Behavior or Provide Health Education To Over Weight Family The Theory of Caring by Jean Watson focuses on the caring relationships between humans and life’s deep experiences (Raile, 2013). Caring is a universal phenomenon, but nurses and patients are likely to perceive it differently, especially when they are not from the same cultural backgrounds. Watson’s caring theory suggests that an individual’s life is a gift that should be cherished. Every person is invaluable; therefore, they should be respected, cared for, nurtured, ...

Abstract

Health education and promotion have been gaining momentum since the 1930s when its role in illness prevention in America became apparent although it had been in existence before civilization in the form of trial-and-error and the use of herbs (Cottrell et al., 2015). During the period of Renaissance, society believed that disease was caused by sin. The focus during the 1930s was to mitigate the effect and spread of contagious illnesses by teaching proper sanitation techniques and finding ways to improve the healthcare system. With the rise of modern medicine and very high sanitation standards in the 1950s, the ...

Today, most people live in a very dynamic world and face the lack of time. Each day more people are turning to the basics of time management in order to optimize their time expenses. However, the self-time management is both simple and complex science, which is necessary for all people who try to live their life with maximum efficiency. This assignment is a reflective essay, which describes the author's experience in self-time management. My everyday duties are quite similar every day. As many people, I try to combine studying, work and housework. Given that I am about to graduate ...

Phase 3: Analyzing the aggregate strengths and weaknesses

Using the MAP-IT framework which stands for Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement and Track to plan and evaluate the extent of diabetes which is a key public health issue of concern within the aggregate has the potential to contribute to a healthy group (Harris & LeDoux, 2012). The aggregate was made up of African Americans within Ft. Pierce, Florida. To better understand the factors that may have contributed to the rise of diabetic conditions among the African American population data consisting of a group 50 African Americans mobilized with the help of local clinics was analyzed by their diabetes status and ...

Improved home energy use has become an area of great interest in many countries because of its promise of cost reduction when it comes to efforts to improve energy efficiency (Clinch & Healy, 2000). High energy costs can have numerous adverse effects. For instance, winter deaths caused by extremely low temperatures have affected people from poor households are not able to afford enough fuel to warm their homes during winter (Clinch & Healy, 2000). The costs associated with inefficient home energy use encourages homeowners to find ways of reducing their energy bills to manageable levels thus making hundreds of dollars annually ...

ATTENTION GAINER: As I speak, there will be people amongst us who would be checking their phones and if not checking they would be thinking of the one email that needs to be sent or that one application you heard about. Today’s generation is more dependent on technology than any of the generations that existed or have existed before us. We can hardly imagine life without the gadgets around us. Let me prove my point with the following example. SIGNIFICANCE (SOURCE): A Phoenix-based CEO of The J Brand Group, Jenn Hoffman, while giving an interview over breakfast ...

NURSING – PURNELL’S 12 DOMAINS OF CULTURAL ASSESSMENT

Cultural Group -African American – Nursing – Purnell’s 12 Domains of Cultural Assessment Introduction Applying Purnell’s 12 Domains of Cultural Assessment Model to an African American cultural health issue provides a means for gathering data and formulating a culturally competent prevention strategy linked to the group’s common health risk aligned to cardio vascular disease (CVD). The following provides the profile according to Purnell’s model and the suggested application for creating a competent primary prevention strategy for CVD.

Purnell’s 12 Doman of Cultural Assessment Model

According to the National Association of School Nurses (2013) the model creates a circle made of 12 cultural domains. Global ...

Introduction

The Modern Green Movement is distinguished by its actions for combating the cataclysmic consequence of climate changes, by conducting global environmental events, conservation of natural resources, preservation of the environment, and overcoming the green gas issues. The consciousness of the people has become more intense now, yet, most of the environmental issues remain unresolved. And the chemically contaminated water and foods, genetically altered seeds, and other problems are putting the daily lives in dangerous conditions. To make matters worse, most of the natural resources dwindle, while the climate change plays havoc. The Modern Green Movement is convincing people, to ...

I. Introduction When Great Britain and Spain set out to colonize other regions, they both have goals that they wanted to accomplish in their conquest. The idea of taking over of other regions, considerably differ with each colonizer, but their goals were defended on the presumption that they wanted to civilize other places that they considered to have yet to experience the European progress. While the advancement of the Christian faith was said to figure prominently in Spain’s conquest, the Great Britain was said to have set its eye on seeking out better settlement. However, most historians claimed ...

Introduction

Our company name is called LifeWater. The company is dedicated to delivering healthy, natural, detox water to consumers and encouraging a healthier lifestyle for all. Our beverage consists of natural drinking water infused with fresh fruits such as oranges, lemons, limes, and cucumbers; which are natural detox remedies. Our mission is to be the world’s number one respected choice for drinking water in the beverage industry. We aim to offer a high quality product at a revolutionary price while changing the lives of our customers; one beverage at a time. Our purpose is to inspire people to make ...

Type II Diabetes

Type II diabetes presents a serious social and health risk to the community and to the country as a whole. Type II diabetes— previously called adult-onset diabetes— plagues many individuals who are struggling with obesity and lifestyle problems associated with obesity. The evidence compiled in this research report demonstrates conclusively that Type II diabetes is a problem that must be addressed for the longevity and the overall health of the community as a whole. Without intervention, Type II diabetes and associated issues will continue to snowball and cause social, health, and even financial problems in the United States as ...

The intent of this paper is to use community assessment tactics to identify community health matters and to associate these matters with community health nursing problems as well as attempt to provide ways that these problems can be dealt with and eventually eliminated or reduced significantly. In particular, it will address the prevalence obesity among Hispanics in the Bronx compared to the other states in New York and nationwide (Nelson & Doyle, 2013). It will also evaluate the preventive measures that can be taken to address this problem from a community health nursing perspective. The Norwood is a community that ...

Abstract

Health education/promotion in the country has been gaining momentum since the 1930s in the country when its role in disease prevention became apparent although it had been in existence as civilization itself where it was in the form of trial-and-error and the use of herbs was prominent (Cottrell, Girvan, McKenzie and Seabert, 2015). During the period of renaissance, society believed that disease was caused by sinning against. The focus during the 1930s was to mitigate the effect and spread of contagious diseases by teaching proper sanitation techniques and finding ways to improve the healthcare system. By the 1950s, with ...

LITERATURE REVIEW – GENDER EQUALITY IN

Literature Review – Gender Equality in Corporate America Literature reveals the ongoing issue of gender equality in corporate America remains problematic for women. The importance of this issue aligns to implications of the continued lack of social progress taking place in American business among other areas and represents the backward view society continues practicing in general. Gender is the specific issue of inequality among the female population in the corporate America but unfortunately again, as statistics found in literature from studies of inequalities of diversity compounds the situation connecting to hiring practices. This institutionalization of such illegal ideas leads to ...

Ischemic Heart Disease in Older Adults

Ischemic Heart Disease in Older Adults Older patients frequently suffer from ischemic heart disease either in isolation or in combination with other processes (Butler, 20120). As a common clinical syndrome, heart failure is the result of impaired cardiac functioning of the action of pumping the blood through the body. Signs and symptoms of ischemic heart disease include fatigue and an inability to tolerate exercise and edema of the abdomen, legs, ankles, and feet. Although heart disease has a poor rate of survival, early diagnosis and treatment may improve life expectancy. The goal of nursing intervention is to extend life ...

Raising a perfect family in the 21st century has proven to be a lot more different than it was two decades ago. With so many technological advancements around and many people going with the flow, family dynamics have changed. The present culture depends so much on what they find online whether good or bad. Friendships are formed through social so are they broken. At the family level, parents are constantly chatting with their peers and strangers, many more Facebook and send tweets even during family gatherings or meetings. The influence that social media has had on families is changing ...

[Institution Title] Clinical Case: Patient W.R.

The priorities of care

The first priority in relation to provision of care in the case of patient W.R is relieving him of the discomfort brought about by perceived unrelieved indigestion. The second priority is to address the elevated blood pressure of the patient. Finally, the third concern would be to transfer W.R to the Regional Medical Center so that he could be subjected to cardiac catheterization and given proper medical attention.

The Admission VS

For a man his age, the vital signs of W.R., in particular of his blood pressure recorded at 200/124 is not normal. The blood pressure ...

Who and How Was Affected?

Tyco, a manufacturer of a wide variety of goods from health care products to some electronics, occurred in the center of the greatest scandal in 2002. This scandal was raging on and on, involving new parties and unveiling new details. These details unveiled dirty deals of three people who enjoyed luxurious lifestyle, stealing from the company. The top management turned out to be the key player of the entire story. There are lots of parties affected by the scandal. The company enjoyed sky-ranking profit margins, and turned into a conglomerate. Its strategy was built on numerous mergers and acquisitions ...

Definition and description of osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a complex chronic disease, characterized by the reduction of bone mass, increasing the likelihood of bone fractures. There are two types of osteoporosis. The first type is common among the women who have the lack of estrogen during postmenopausal period. The deficit of estrogen leads to the increasing rate of bone loss. Osteoporosis type 2 is common among the male and female who are older than 70 years (Peña & Perez, 2012, p. 37). As Unnanuntana and Kleimeyer indicate, scientists predict that the incidence of hip fractures increased from 1.26 million in 1990 to 4, 5-million by ...

Alzheimer’s disease has been a growing issue in the United States in the past few decades. Of course, the topic of Alzheimer’s disease itself is too broad; therefore, I chose to focus on the rising rates and prevalence of the disease in the United States. If the trend continue with no treatment or cure provided to citizens, it is likely to incur serious medical and economical damages on citizens, and I wanted to explore that. Moreover, the reason behind the relatively new prevalence was intriguing. The topic is relevant to nursing, as well as nursing education because ...

Analysis of Situation

As a company, Harley-Davidson is one of the most recognizable motorcycle brands in the United States today. The motorcycles produced by the company are the primary things that the company is known for, but it also produces transportation vehicles—including recreational and commercial vehicles, and participates in some defense contracting. The case study discusses the state of Harley-Davidson in the 1990s, when the company was experiencing serious financial trouble as a result of the environment, industry, organization, and marketing strategy of the organization as a whole. Understanding each of these facets is important to understanding an analysis of the ...

The stakeholders for this particular research project are quite widespread. The nursing community and the community as a whole have been affected by diabetes and the side effects and complications of diabetes; determining the best methods for dealing with the problems associated with diabetes has become incredibly important (ACCORD Study Group, 2010). Stakeholders are, of course, individuals who are highly at risk for the disease; however, medical professionals are also affected by the outcome of the study and will benefit from the experience gleaned by the researchers (Dixon et al., 2008; Gæde et al., 2008; Sigal et al., ...

In this essay, I will discuss my experience with an acute mental health service user which occurred while I was on clinical placement in this care setting. Medication concordance in major depression is an important part of illness management and will be the emphasis of this paper. First will be a discussion of the service user’s profile including her background, history, and social status which aims to generate an understanding of the factors contributing to non-concordance. Consistent with the Code of Conduct of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2015), care will be taken to uphold the privacy of ...

The Health Promotion Model of Nola Pender is a theory that proposes that health promotion activities of healthy lifestyle and health choices help with the prevention of illness and disease. This model assists nurses in understanding of the detrimental impact associated with irresponsible health choices. The article covered the topic of physical activity as it applies to Pender’s Health Promotion Model developing the parallel between sedentary lifestyle and irresponsible physical activities behaviors correlating the negative health outcomes Pender’s theory discussed (Robbins et al., 2001). The study “Health-Promoting Behaviors in Men age 45 and above” researched and explains ...

IDENTIFYING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL BARRIERS TOWARDS TAKING UP AND SUSTAINING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN OLDER PEOPLE WITH TYPE II DIABETES

(PART 2)

Introduction

Type II diabetes mellitus has a wide prevalence in the UK and across the globe, with significant impact on the aging population. Literature reviews have been consistent to define the disease as a growing epidemic with lifestyle implications. Lifestyle modification has been considered to be an important preventive measure against the development of the disease. Feinglos and Bethel (2008, p. 337) supported this view, indicating that behavioral and lifestyle changes should be included in the treatment program for diabetes mellitus, not only as a treatment approach but also as a preventive measure as well. However, it is ...

In Diabetic type II Patients, how does Self-Management Education Affect Overall Health Care Cost?

Introduction Self-management education is a fundamental paradigm that helps a majority of diabetic patients from severe consequences associated with the disease. Since debates type 2 is one of the chronic diabetic conditions, proper DSME is an appealing solution that provides a firm foundation to diabetic patients towards an overall improvement of their health conditions and physical activities (Kumar, & Snooks, 2011). In addition, DSME has been shown to be an intervention that improves on the overall health outcome of these patients. DSME often involves processes that facilitates the knowledge, skills, and the ability that aid with the prerequisite techniques for ...

Descriptive Paper:

Tokyo, Japan Stepping into the main streets of the city there is a feeling of connectivity that is felt not only by the crisscrossing power lines, fiber optics, and other black, silver, and white cords that adorn the spaces between buildings in several districts, but from the people as well. There is no one set style in the capital city of Tokyo, Japan. There are wonders to be seen on every corner, an abundance of lights, goods, and user-friendly conveniences that stand in stark contrast to the more traditional aspects of the fabled avenues. Tokyo is an old, much ...

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Abstract

This paper reviews the effects of effects of breast cancer at a later stage among women living in the United States of America and its relation to factors such as ethnicity, race, geographic location, and availability of insurance, access to medical test facilities, and course of treatments, lifestyle and socio-economic factors and so on. A special focus has been laid on the racial and ethnic discrimination among women affected with breast cancer in regards to the surgical treatments being offered in health facilities in the United States of America. Many authors ...

Nursing Research

Diabetic conditions are dreaded. There are two types of diabetic conditions, type 1 and 2. These conditions have been on the rise in the recent times and are socially term lifestyle diseases. The reality of the conditions has led to evolution in the field of medical research, especially among the racial minority population in the United States. There has been observed trend of increased diabetic conditions among the African-American population, especially at Ft. Pierce, Florida. The trend has been worrying especially due to its observable racial inclination. This has brought the need to objectively research on the relationship thereof. ...

In the 21st century the importance of considering the problem of cultural diversity in the context of different human activities increases. Nurses provide people with high quality medical care not only within the national boarders but within the complex system of the global society. Globalization poses a significant challenge to nurses whose services are crucial in order to save the lives of their patients. Transcultural nursing is an essential part of healthcare today because nurses need to appreciate cultural differences to provide personal individualized care. The professional competence of nurses depends on understanding cultural diversity, beliefs and other factors ...

WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO IMPROVING HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC THAT PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION MAKES TODAY?

The most important aspect of a public health administration is working for the community and its ‘health requirements’. It means that besides looking after the proper work of the health care institutions (it can be also called ‘indirect treatment’), public health administration takes a direct role in healing patients. Some public health administrators do some special work, for example, as diet instructors. In healthcare institutions where there is no special doctor (nutritionist), public health care administrators consult people on healthy diet or healthy lifestyle. Besides, in case of really widespread and dangerous illness, it is the public health administrators, ...

The purpose of the proposed solution is to begin to deal with the endemic problems associated with type II diabetes within the community. Research has conclusively demonstrated that type II diabetes poses a significant threat to the long-term wellbeing of the community as a whole, and that the problems associated with diabetes will cost the average taxpayer significantly over time (Lindström et al, 2006; Gæde et al, 2008; Yoon et al., 2006). Because of the potential threat to the community at large, developing coherent strategies for dealing with obesity and type II diabetes is a community-wide problem ...

Hyperlipidemia

Hyperlipidemia

Introduction

Patients diagnosed with hyperlipidemia have inherited or developed elevated fat or lipid levels in their blood. The condition increases the patient’s risk of blood vessel disease leading to stroke as well as heart disease. Patient Lori is a 44-year-old Caucasian female and during her well-woman-exam voiced no medical complaints. Lori is a telephone operator for a busy law firm. Her Vital signs: BP 128/84; wt; 133 lbs; Ht 64 inches; eyes have yellow-orange raised lesions on eyelids; remainder of exam is unremarkable.

Literature Review

According to Rosenson (2015), Nelson (2012), Chanoine (2008), Jones et al (2013), Bays et al ( ...