Health promotion, prevention, or management need and appropriate contextual information As earlier stated, Type 2 Diabetes continues to be an underlying health burden in the state of Georgia, particularly among the elderly African American population. The leading socio-economic factors, as well as biological risk factors leading to Type 2 Diabetes, have been appropriately discussed in the chapters above, and understanding them is imperative in the disease’s health promotion, prevention, or management. Primarily, Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES), tends to be a proven prevention plan teaching techniques of controlling blood sugar levels as well as their medication. Presumably, DSMES extensively relies upon the seven self-management behaviors. These include healthy eating, being active, blood glucose level monitoring, problem-solving, adherence to prescribed medication, finding healthy ways to cope, and the reduction of risks of complications development (Georgia Department of Public Health, 2015). Foremost, Georgia has improved diabetes and pre-diabetes surveillance system. The system gives Accordingly, the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) has rolled out some initiates in its action plan for the health promotion, prevention, and management of Type 2 Diabetes…
Alternative Meal Project Part One The alternative meal that has been chosen is more inclined to proteins. The reason for choosing this meal is because I had been on a diet and I have lost a significant amount of weight. Breakfast Lunch Dinner Veggie eggs scrambled Chicken Pork Sweet potato hash Quinoa Beans White tea Brocolli Veggie Hummus with almond This meal was prepared, and I invited friends to share with. The recipe required included: eggs, veggies, chicken, potato, beans, milk, sugar, and pork. The meal was above average on fulfilling my minimum daily needs. This meal was nutritious since it was a balanced diet for a day and with more proteins as needed. Compared to the traditional and typical meal, this was a sweeter meal and increased appetite. In terms of planning, this meal needed more preparation and in the organization. There is an ingredient that I had to specially acquired like the almond since I rarely use it. I invited my close friends, and all of them were amazed and appreciated the delicacy served. They could not resist…
Nursing Intervention After assessing the patient and identifying some of the health problems, the nurse will proceed to care planning to manage these conditions and prevent them from worsening. The nurse will aim to ensure that the patient maintains a normal BP or lower the BP, do some physical exercises such as moving and lifting, have normal/healthy elimination, eat a nutritious diet and drink an adequate amount of water. These interventions will control the effects of both signs of constipation and hypertension and prevent further complications that may result from these symptoms. Education about BP The nurse will ensure that understand the disease process and how medication or treatment and lifestyle modifications can control hypertension. The nurse will emphasize on various of controlling hypertension, rather than focusing solely on curing it. The nurse will encourage the patient to embrace proper diet and consult a dietitian to assist in developing a weight loss plan. The program will involve restrictions of fat and sodium intake, implementing regular physical activities, consumption of vegetables and fruits (Carpenito, 2009). The nurse will explain…
The healthy development of a child Introduction The healthy development of a child requires a lot of input from the psychological realm to the physical one. Many components ensure healthy growth of the child, free from any psychological problems that may manifest themselves later in the mature life of the individual. From a child’s birth, throughout their baby phase and other stages of growth, the parent will require a combination of information and skills to ensure that the child is effectively taught, to an all-round adult, free from any psychological problems acquired in the course of their and development. There are a couple of theories throughout the development stages of a child that will come in handy in providing advice, skills and necessary information vital in assisting the child to achieve their developmental stages in a healthy manner Potty Training Potty training is one of the earliest forms of development crucial for a child’s growth, and due to the importance associated with potty training, many theories have come up, explaining and affording the best ways to potty train child. Potty…
Definition of World View World view refers to a set of beliefs concerning vital aspects of reality that impact the way a person perceives, thinks, knows, and does things. World view refers to the philosophy of life, mindset, and outlook. It is the formula that is used to perceive life, ideology, faith, and religion. There are various world views of a person’s beliefs in diverse aspects of reality, such as epistemology, metaphysics, cosmology, teleology, anthropology, and axiology. World views regarding these elements influence the answers that people give for different aspects. Word count 87 Part II The Question of Origin God created the universe. The Bible gives an account of how the earth and heavenly bodies were created (Wilson, 2013). According to the account of creation in Genesis 1 (New International Version), the universe was created in six days. God started with commanding light that ruled during the day (sun) and during the night (moon) to colonize the darkness that filled the earth. He went on with creation until the sixth day (Gen 1:1-24 New International Version). On the…
The Centers for Disease Control 1.The most significant population for intervening in the obesity pandemic. Adults are the most significant in yielding the best outcomes for intervening in the obesity pandemic. The interventions can take place within the community initiatives of clinical guidelines. Reasons why I think the adults are the most significant population to target for yielding the best outcomes for intervening in the obesity pandemic. Adults are responsible for creating and modifying policies that emphasize changing the environment. Such systems may include; modifying the design of buildings to encourage the use of stairs, examining urban design to make neighborhoods more walkable, promoting active transport by providing a safer and more integrated network of footpaths and bicycle lanes, improving food labeling to help consumers to make informed choices, and increasing the range of healthy foods in schools and work cafeterias. Adults and parents can read food labels, make use of label information, and can calculate fat contents, and hence they are able o make healthy choices. Obesity/diabetes statistics for adults According to data from the National Health and…
Changing our Laws Within an ever-changing legal environment, mismatches between legislations and societal values are commonplace. The law derives its power from the populace, and all constitutional and federal authorities are based on an implicit social contract. For this reason, the law must reflect the social values and attitudes of most of the people under its jurisdiction. For instance, the US amendment forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages in 1920, was made at a time of public disdain for alcohol consumption. The bill was later repealed in 1933, because popular opinion had changed, and most Americans wanted to be able to purchase alcohol. People’s values and customs change on a regular basis, and the law must be able to accommodate such changes. However, laws are often slow to reflect the changes in people’s values. Constitutional amendments are thus vital interventions required to correct mismatches between the law and the evolving societal values. The US war on drugs borders on failure, and the stringent legislations on drug use are to blame. The out-and-out war on drugs is an expensive waste of…
Consumer Protection The government should take full responsibility for protecting consumers’ products that are likely to harm them by limiting the sales of these products. It should take an effort to ban these products or looking for alternatives to control the intake, or even making these products better through modifications of the products to become less harmful. Even if the government wanted to protect the consumers, half of the responsibility is on the consumers’ side, too; I don’t think you can protect someone if they don’t want protection. Therefore, after the consumers are warned about the adverse effects of the products, it is their role to avoid these products too. Fast foods are also quite harmful to people’s health as they cause obesity, diabetes, and heart diseases. However, I don’t think the government should ban them, because there are so many people who would be affected; many people depend on the fast-food business for a livelihood. The best the government can do is limit too much cholesterol in fast food by implementing food control policies in food manufacturing. There should…
What obligations do DNA testing services have in notifying people or not about genetic disorders? A recent development in technology has greatly improved the accuracy of genetic testing and analysis and significantly decreased its cost, leading to a dramatic increase in the quantity of genetic information generated, analyzed, shared, and stored by different individuals and bodies. Given the diversity of stakeholders and their interests, together with the huge variety of ways genetic data are held, it has been not easy to develop broadly applicable legal principles for genetic privacy.Genetic information comprises the information that concerns the genotype of an individual (Lynch, Jennifer, and Saira). It is typically generated through the processing of saliva by 23andMe.This paper discusses the current area of genetic privacy to identify the roles that the law does or should play, focusing on federal statutes and regulations. Such statues and regulations include the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act as well as Health Information Nondiscrimination Act. After taking into account the numerous contexts in which issues of genetic privacy arise, the paper notes that few if any…
Cultural perspectives Cultural practices differ from one ethnic group, race, and national origins in terms of beliefs, practices, languages, behaviors, and expressions. It can be as simple as the way certain ethnic groups and races graduate their children from childhood to adulthood, business culture, cultural greetings, and Many Cultural others. They extend to complex cultural practices like social norms where behavior and thoughts are unique within a specified cultural group or social group due to shared beliefs. Different ethnic groups have different cultural expectations. In most communities, for example, men are believed to be the breadwinner in a family while women are given the responsibility to care for the children. Most cultural practices are commonly shared by different communities, while others are unique for a particular community. Due to the erosion of informal education in today’s world, formal life is dominating all the ethnic groups and races, resulting in the erosion of most of the traditional beliefs. In different societies, there are various ways of how people learn within their specific cultures and gather information to inform themselves about their…