bad habits that one should change and avoid to protect himself from heart disease Heart disease has become a major concern over the decades in the health sectors due to the increased rate of death it has caused. Heart disease can be described as deformities or a disorder of the heart. The disease is relatively known as cardiovascular disease, a condition in which the blood vessels are blocked or narrowed, leading to a heart attack, stroke, or chest pains (Ansar & Ghosh 2016). Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common heart disease that occurs when cholesterol up along the heart arteries, thus blocking the blood flow. Other heart conditions include; Arrhythmia, Aortic aneurysms, heart infections, dilated cardiomyopathy, myocardial infarction, mitral regurgitation, mitral valve prolapse, pulmonary stenosis, and heart failure. One’s lifestyle determines one’s risk of acquiring a heart disease. The major causes of heart disease are smoking, obesity, family history, junk foods, age, lack of exercise, cholesterol, and high blood pressures. Being a deadly disease, heart disease is also preventable by embracing a healthy lifestyle. This paper explores the…
Legal and Ethical Considerations for Group and Family Therapy Newly-weds and family therapists feasibly face more ethical challenges than individually aligned therapists, yet moral philosophy and ethics have not been of great assistance. Often it appears to be that issues at hand are yet to be attended to as far as group and family therapy is concerned. For instance, there is differ in group and family therapy from those for individual treatment when it comes to legal and ethical considerations. These differences have impacted therapeutic approaches for clients in group and family therapy. Therefore, the topic seeks to address the legal and ethical concerns for group and family therapy and how the difference might impact my therapeutic approaches. legal and ethical considerations for group and family therapy versus individual therapy Firstly, there are similarities between individual and group therapy. For instance, the backdrop of both treatments needs to be one of acceptance, free from physical or emotional harm, and that which encourages personal growth. Whether the patient is participating in group or individual therapy, unique techniques need to be applied…
The Disease Model Introduction The diesel model of addiction classifies alcoholism as a disease because it is a chronic biological and chemical issue that ends up as fatal if not treated. The client is a 45-year old catholic Caucasian male from a broken family. He is divorced with two children who seem to be disconnected from him. The client’s circle consists of his father and brother, who are extreme alcohol abusers. The three live in the same city, a contributing factor to more reason for the client to drink as they meet more often than not. Despite his frequent drinking escapes, the client served in the military with an honorable discharge, which means that he delivered excellent services during his time. Despite his alcohol addiction, alcohol consumption did not affect his performance. Alcohol addiction for the client is more of a genetic predisposition because of the influence of his immediate environment, his family, and friends. The client began his alcohol endeavors as a teenager due to an impact on his peers. I believe the habit became more persistent because he…
Immigrants to Canada and intimate partner violence as it affect women’s mental health Introduction Intimate partner violence and the affiliated emotional abuse tend to have significant physical and mental health consequences especially for the women experiencing such violence type. Both aspects are always remains part of the forcible control within the society. In Canada, intimate partner violence tend to undermine immigrants more so the women and their ability to progress in life. In most cases, intimate partner violence results in mental health issues among the immigrants more specifically the women. This study will therefore focus on at least eight annotations that will differently examine the aspect of immigrant women’s health (mental health) in the Canadian context especially after intimate partner violence. Part of the study will simply be focusing on the correlations between mental health issues and IPV issues. Yohani, S., Muster, J., Ndem, A., Cahambers, T., and Pow, V. (2018). A Scoping Review on Intimate Partner Violence in Canada’s Immigrant Communities. First Published September 3, 2018. Research Article, https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838018789156 Intimate partner violence tends to destabilize immigrant’s ability to…
Communicable Diseases: Ebola Introduction Communicable disease is the illness that is caused by bacteria or viruses which are carried people and spread to one another through contacts with contaminated bodies, surfaces, air, insect bites, body fluids. In the current medical field, there are numerous communicable diseases which include but not limited to HIV, Chickenpox, TB, Influenza, Hepatitis B, Ebola Measles, and Polio. The epidemiology of infectious diseases tries to understand the distribution mechanisms and the determinants of these diseases in a defined population and its application to the control of these disease and other health-related problems. In this assignment, I would wish to talk about Ebola which is one of the deadliest communicable diseases in the world. Ebola The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) formerly known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a deadly communicable disease which was first diagnosed in Africa, in Democratic Republic of Congo in a village near River Ebola thus the name in 1976 (Gatherer, 2018). Initially, when the outbreak occurred, the public health officials made assumptions that the outbreaks were single events associated with an infected individual…
Environmental Factors and Health Promotion Pamphlet: Accident Prevention and Safety Promotion for Parents and Caregivers of Infants To prepare for this assignment view the following brief video from the American Medical Association titled, ″Health Literacy and Patient Safety: Help Patients Understand.″ The video can be accessed through the following link: https://youtu.be/cGtTZ_vxjyA Part I: Pamphlet Develop a pamphlet to inform parents and caregivers about environmental factors that can affect the health of infants. Use the ″Pamphlet Template″ document to help you create your pamphlet. Include the following: Select an environmental factor that poses a threat to the health or safety of infants. Explain how the environmental factor you selected can potentially affect the health or safety of infants. Offer recommendations on accident prevention and safety promotion as they relate to the selected environmental factor and the health or safety of infants. Offer examples, interventions, and suggestions from evidence-based research. A minimum of three scholarly resources are required. Provide readers with two community resources, a national resource, and a Web-based resource. Include a brief desсrіption and contact information for each resource. In developing your…
Conflicts Between Healthcare Staff The type of conflict The staff of the Safety and Quality department is experiencing a workplace interpersonal conflict. A workplace interpersonal conflict is an emotional experience where one feels that their needs, values or sense of identity is threatened or undermined by the behavior of someone else. In the case of the safety and quality department, the conflict is due to excessive authority and power of the department manager which creates an uncomfortable working environment for the staff. The workplace interpersonal conflict has been present for a long time because even before the expansion of the hospital, the old team has worked under the same department manager for nine years in perfect harmony but with conflict occurring amongst them. Conflict resolution approach used by the junior staff Since the senior team has been working under the same conditions, the junior staff have adapted the avoidance strategy as a conflict resolution approach. The avoidance strategy involves ignoring the problem in the hope that the conflict will resolve itself without a confrontation. The junior staff has adopted the…
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is an infection that causes the blocking of the airways causing difficulties in breathing. COPD mostly occurs as a combination of two medical conditions; the Obstructive Chronic Bronchitis and the Emphysema. The blockage of the airways is mainly caused by pollutants like cigarette smoke, that create a thick mucus lining on the walls of the windpipe causing difficulties in breathing. Also, the condition may be caused by the damage of alveoli (part of bronchitis where the exchange of gases takes place); a condition that makes the lungs unable to empty gases, and receives fresh gases. The diagnosis of COPD involves a procedure referred to as spirometry where a patient blows into a pipe connected to a machine to measure the rate at which the lungs of an individual can empty gases and refill. A well-defined cure for COPD does not exist, but a series of well-taken treatment steps maintains the condition at a manageable level. The treatment procedure for OCPD includes quitting cigarette smoking, taking COPD medication to manage symptoms, choosing…
Couples and Family Therapy intervention Question 2 Couples and Family Therapists as I imagine it Couples and Family Therapist is a professional who is concerned with the mental and emotional health of couples and families. They help in diagnosing and treating emotional and mental disorders in marriage and family systems. They help in addressing the wide array of behavioral issues that face family systems. In this regard, they are much concerned with both the short-term and the long-term well-being at the family level and at the individual level. Therefore, a Couples and Family therapist is an individual who can help deal with the problem of family violence and divorce that has for a long time affected the cohesion of families. How I would implement the Couples and Family therapy Couples and Family and therapy is not a spontaneous intervention to family problems, and therefore it requires an elaborate plan. As a result, I will develop an intervention to help deal with the family problem that a given couple is facing. the plan will have the various characters. One of the…
CHILDHOOD OBESITY AND DIABETES In recent decades, obesity and diabetes in US youth and children have become an epidemic. The epidemic is new but it has been spread widely within a short period and has majorly affected people with few resources to stop it. The situation has been accelerated by the fact that over the last 20-30 years there have been several dietary changes and people have helped their kids to feel more comfortable with a different kind of lifestyle. The current adopted lifestyle has excluded physical education which used to be very fundamental in the past. According to me, parental measures are the most convenient ways that could be relied on to effectively prevent or stop early obesity and diabetes epidemic. The home environment is the first or the primary environment that children interact with. It has a strong influence on the way they perform in almost all their life activities. So families should be the first call in addressing this epidemic. If a child makes an effort to change their diet they may end up being successful but…