of Epidemiology in Public Health Nursing The public health nurse has a challenging undertaking when dealing with the health concerns of a community. These health concerns are multifocal in nature and include health promotion, management of chronic disease, along with assuring access to health care. Additionally, each community will change over time with the nurse needing to adapt and shift the health concern focus. Essentially, the nurse will need to know what the health concerns are in the community
education has been shifted towards a more clinical approach and patient-centred practice termed as pharmaceutical care.1 The concept of pharmaceutical care requires pharmacists to equipped with in-depth knowledge of drug therapy and support other health professionals in order to achieve the optimum outcomes 2. Along with this paradigm shift, the pharmacists today have taken on expanded roles in providing clinical pharmacy services to the patients with a specific disease state. According to the Board
faced with serious health deprivation (Pick, 2013). The chance of developing cardiovascular diseases (CVD), is as high as any other diseases faced in developing countries (Kuenburg, Fellinger, & Fellinger, 2015). Deaf and Hard of Hearing people have low life expectancy due to the inadequate health care services (WHO, 2015). It is questionable to find out what percentages of DHOH population are affected by CVD. Communication barriers play a vital role in access to health care services (Pick
managed, such as cholesterol, hypertension, malnutrition causing over weight and obesity, tobacco usage, physical inactivity and diabetes mellitus. 2. 0bjectives Explains the concept of cardiovascular diseases. Understand the contributing factors for CVD. 3. Cardio vascular diseases The contribution to cardio vascular diseases is 13 per cent
1. INTRODUCTION Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) were the second leading cause of death in 2013 in Singapore at 30.4%.1 With numerous established Cardiovascular Risk Factors (CVRFs) and appropriate management guidelines, more can be done to alter the disease progression and reduce complications and mortality due to CVD. In this study, we will focus on Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), which is a class of CVD that occurs when the blood supplied to the heart muscle is decreased or blocked, leading to heart
Health inequalities/disparities as said by Margaret Whitehead (1990, 106.107) that “health differences are not only unnecessary and avoidable but, in addition, are considered unfair and unjust”1. The complicated and overlapping structures in the society and economy are responsible for most of the health inequalities. These systems include the physical and social environment, health system and various societal elements. Among these, Social Determinants of Health (SDH) are identified to be the main
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the main cause of death and the most common disease worldwide. The aim of this review is to find the effectiveness of clinical pharmacist interventions with in the secondary prevention of CHD, using studies conducted on patients with heart failure and coronary heart disease. The study is based on electronic search results. Studies included were reported direct care from a clinical pharmacist in CHD or CHD-related therapeutic areas in collaboration with other health care workers
However, effectiveness of yogic lifestyle for enhancing adolescent health in schools remains partially or minimally attempted. Aims: To examine relevance of yogic life style education in improving holistic aspects of adolescent health in schools. Settings and Design: A four week field experiment was conducted on a sample of 100 students enrolled in a residential school located at semi-urban setting by utilizing 2 (Control and intervention group) X 2 (male and female students) X 2 (pre and post-test)
relationship with health status of the participants. 2.2 Health Issue Health issue is the independent variable of the study. Independent variable is mean by a variable that is changed or controlled in a scientific experiment or a study to test the effects on dependent variable. Health is important for people so that they are able to put through a large amount of work in a short time, work properly and for student, they can shines in their examinations (Vijay, 2016). Among health factors are health behaviours
population and while the biology of frailty is generally understood, there exists major divergence of opinion in its conceptual definition, technicalities and operationalization.1 Its multidimensional nature impacts on the interconnected variables of health and quality of life (QOL) which has necessitated the development of multiple clinically applicable tools for the detection and quantification of frailty. Multidisciplinary approaches have been developed to manage its wide spectrum of effects. These