Health promotion week1 peers response 

respond to peers thoughtfully, add value to the discussion, and apply ideas, insights, or concepts from scholarly sources, such as: journal articles, assigned readings, textbook material, lectures, course materials, or authoritative websites. For specific details and criteria, refer to the discussion rubric in the Menu (⋮) or in the Course Overview Weekly Discussion Guidelines

1st peers post

Emilee Harper

WEEK 1 DISCUSSION 2

· Define health promotion in your own words.

 Health promotion, in my own words, is the process of empowering individuals, communities, and societies to enhance their overall well-being and achieve their highest level of physical, mental, and social health. It involves dedicated efforts to prevent illness, promote healthy behaviors, and address the encouragement of health to achieve optimal quality of life. 

· Discuss the differences in primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.

1. Primary Prevention: This focuses on preventing the onset of health issues. It aims to reduce the risk of disease or injury before they occur. Examples include vaccinations, health education, and lifestyle interventions to promote healthy habits.

2. Secondary Prevention: Secondary prevention is about early detection and intervention to prevent the progression of a health issue. It includes activities like regular screenings, diagnostic tests, and prompt treatment to control a disease or injury in its early stages.

3. Tertiary Prevention: Tertiary prevention is geared towards minimizing the impact of established diseases or injuries and preventing their complications. It involves rehabilitation, disease management, and strategies to improve the patient's quality of life.

 

· Identify two patient-focused topics of interest from the Healthy People 2030 website that interest you. For each topic, identify an objective from the Healthy People 2030 website on which you would like to focus. Why are these topics of interest to you? Provide a rationale for your selections.

1. Topic 1: Mental Health and Mental Disorders

· Objective: “Increase the proportion of children, adolescents, and adults who receive treatment for a major depressive episode.”

· Rationale: Mental health is a critical but often stigmatized aspect of overall well-being. Focusing on increasing access to treatment for depression aligns with the goal of promoting mental health and reducing the burden of mental disorders.

2. Topic 2: Substance Abuse (Drug and Alcohol Use)

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· Objective: “Reduce the proportion of people who misuse prescription drugs in the past year.”

· Rationale: The misuse of prescription drugs is a growing public health concern. Reducing this misuse can reduce the associated health risks, addiction, and adverse consequences on individuals and communities.

 

Increase the proportion of children and adolescents who get appropriate treatment for anxiety or depression – EMCD04. Increase the proportion of children and adolescents who get appropriate treatment for anxiety or depression – EMCD04 – Healthy People 2030. (n.d.).
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/children/increase-proportion-children-and-adolescents-who-get-appropriate-treatment-anxiety-or-depression-emc-d04

Prevention strategies – STATPEARLS – NCBI bookshelf. (n.d.).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537222/ Kisling LA, M Das J. Prevention Strategies. [Updated 2023 Aug 1]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2023 Jan-.

Reduce the proportion of people who misused prescription drugs in the past year – su12. Reduce the proportion of people who misused prescription drugs in the past year – SU12 – Healthy People 2030. (n.d.).
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/drug-and-alcohol-use/reduce-proportion-people-who-misused-prescription-drugs-past-year-su-12

 

2nd peer post

Melinda Goebel

Health Promotion is a huge factor in health care. It is about taking care of your health and preventing or treating disease and illness. Primary prevention is mostly about preventing damage to your health before it can occur. Secondary prevention is about preventing the illness from progressing and further damaging health. Tertiary prevention helps manage long term, complex health problems to improve life with the disease as much as a possible.

 

I chose to focus on Heart Disease and Stoke from the Health People 2030 website. I chose this because it relates so closely to my practice at work on a Heart and Vascular Unit. Another reasoning I had behind researching this topic is because it is so relevant in health promotion and heart disease effects so many Americans, when it could be prevented.

 

Part of the Heart Disease and Stroke topic included screening for atrial fibrillation. This objective caught my interest because it is so much more common than people realize and often people live with atrial fibrillation without knowing until a larger event, such as heart attack or stroke occur. It could do so much for Secondary Prevention if the general population had more of an understanding of atrial fibrillation and a way to screen.

 

Diabetes is a huge problem in the population of the United States and effects so many of all ages. As a nurse I about half of my patient will come in with type 2 diabetes. This is another disease that has so many other effects on the body and health that could be prevented or controlled.

 

Type 2 diabetes is occurring in children and young adults more often. This could be prevented with education on a balanced diet and the risk of being diabetic. There is also ways to control blood sugars and lower A1C in these younger generations that are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2021). Healthy People 2030. Health.gov. https://health.gov/healthypeople

 Week 1 Learning Exercise Analysis: Ethical Issues/Legal and Legislative IssuesSolve one of the following Learning Exercises from Huston’s Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing, 11th edition.

• Learning Exercise 4.2 (page 85)
• Learning Exercise 4.7 (page 96)
• Learning Exercise 4.10 (page 98)
• Learning Exercise 5.2 (page 109)
• Learning Exercise 5.8 (page 126)
• Learning Exercise 5.9 (pages 126-127)

Please help me write this speech! I will add personal details to it later. Here is the relevant info, as well as the completed outline attached.

The purpose of the speech is to inform on a specific career related to the Academic Degree you are pursuing. The speech is not specifically about you.  Instead, it is about the career itself.

How To Get Started:

Imagine you are delivering a speech during Career Day at a school. Describe to your audience the nature of this profession such as specific daily job duties, working environment, educational requirements, job prospects, advancement prospects, salaries, etc.

Required Speech Details

1. Educational and Training requirements
2. Job prospects
3. Type of physical location job occurs in such as office buildings, hospitals, outdoors, travel, etc.
4. Type of social environment such as group settings, partners, solo work, etc.
5. Day to day duties
6. Salaries
7. Continuing education and training required
8. An interesting fact or anecdote about profession
9. Formally cite three source citations in your speech. Sources can come from any verifiable publications: books, websites, journals, etc. Only one citation from each “type” of source is allowed. For example, one website, one magazine, one book, etc. 

 

Select one of the discussion prompts below and respond to it with an initial post by Day #4 of the unit week. Your initial post needs to thoroughly address all parts of the selected prompt and be supported by at least one scholarly source. Then, respond to at least two threads on two additional days to drive the weekly discussions. All posts must demonstrate critical thinking and effective written communication including proper spelling, grammar, professional language, and APA formatting of references and in-text citations. All posts must also be submitted no later than the last day of the unit week.

Discussion 

1

Discuss a time when you may have had difficulty discussing an issue related to oppression, privilege, or intersectionality due to struggles with using the terminology. In this situation, what sort of uncertainty or struggle did you face? What was the outcome? What did you learn during this unit that can help you overcome the struggle with discussing the issue?

(USLO 2.1) 

2

Please watch the following video that is comprised of several short clips demonstrating stereotypes, microaggressions, and instances of prejudice and discrimination: “Power of One” (Thomas, 2007).

After you’ve watched the short video, answer the following questions:

1. Have you or someone you have known ever experienced or witnessed similar instances of what happened in the clips?
2. How did it feel to witness someone else act against the instances of prejudice and discrimination?
3. Do you think you could combat these prejudices, microaggressions, and stereotypes as the people did in the clips? Would you feel comfortable doing this with a family member? A friend? What if you heard an older person make a stereotypical or prejudiced statement?
4. What advice would you give to someone who has experienced stereotyping, discrimination, and prejudice?

(USLO 2.3)

4

What does it mean to be an “American?” Is there an overriding definition of what it means to be an American? How would we encompass the multitude number of races, ethnicities, cultures, religions, and various more identities into one single national identity? Is that even possible? What is the danger behind pushing for a single “story?” Reflect on these questions critically in your answer.

(USLO 2.4)

5

Discuss the privileges ‘natural’ born U.S. citizens enjoy that people with different immigrant and migrant identities do not. What institutional or systemic factors give rise to nationalism for in-groups and oppression of the non-citizen groups?

(USLO 2.6)

6

Immigrants, migrants, and asylum seekers belong to various race, gender, age, religion, and more identities. How does the intersectionality of multiple identities affect these non-citizen groups? Provide a couple of examples and discuss ways to mitigate the detrimental effects and trauma these groups face in the host country.

(USLO 2.4)

7

In recent times, there is a growing fear of diversability regarding people with immigrant identities. Historically, the U.S. is a nation formed with groups of people who fled their countries due to various threats to their lives and safety. Then, on what basis is the current fear of immigrants, migrants, and refugees, justified? How would you change the narrative to mitigate such fears?

(USLO 2.5)

8

Despite the immigrant, migrant, and undocumented workers’ contributions to the U.S. economy, the groups experience various socio-economic, political, and legal barriers to inclusion. Why is immigrant inclusion vital to a nation? What are the critical challenges to inclusive practices for these groups? And as a society, what can we do to ensure equitable access to resources for the immigrant groups?

  

Discussion 2

Discuss how a comprehensive clinical assessment presents a unique opportunity for intervention in the psychotherapeutic context.

Two scholarly sources references are required unless stated otherwise by your professor. 

The student provides a substantive response to the discussion question or topic 

Here are the categories of the new discussion rubric:

Initial Post relevance to the topic of discussion, applicability, and insight. (20%)

Quality of Written Communication Appropriateness of audience and words choice is specific, purposeful, dynamic, and varied. Grammar, spelling, punctuation. (20%)

Inclusion of APNA standards essentials explored in the discussion as well as the role-specific competencies as applicable.(10%)

Rigor, currency, and relevance of the scholarly references. (Use articles that are below 5 years). (20%)