5. Community Health Needs Assessment: This is taken from module 5.2 of public health nursing in block 2. Community health needs assessment is a systematic process of knowing and exploring a defined community for assessing its health status and determining possible factors affecting the health of people. Book Author: Gulani (2005) The process involve the following - describing the state of health of local people, the identification of the major risk factors and causes of ill health; and the identification of the actions needed to address the risk factors. This is achieved through clinical experience and professional training and to be carried out before an effective treatment is given. 5.1 Personal Context: …show more content…
Combining population needs assessment with personal knowledge of patients’ needs may help to meet the goal. The costs of health care are rising, Medical advances and demographic changes will continue the upward pressure on costs. Health authorities had greater opportunities to try to tailor local services to their own populations, and the 1990 National Health Service Act required health authorities to assess health needs of their populations and to use these assessments to set priorities to improve the health of their local population (John …show more content…
Although the European Region includes countries with the lowest number of infant and child deaths in the world, it also includes countries where children are 25 times more likely to die before the age of 5. In addition, mortality varies not only between but within countries. Even high-income countries have child poverty as a risk factor for poor health and inequality is growing.(WHO). 6.3 Application in current job: Investing in health, social care and education in early childhood and working with families who require support to improve their parenting skills, has proven to be the most effective way to improve development and reduce inequality. Evidence shows that high-quality early years investments and services can compensate for the effects of social disadvantage on early child development and promotes the full developmental potential of all children. Routine health screening is also important for preventive purposes, early detection and early treatment of illness and disability. 6.4 Current
Individualised approach to care planning essay The care planning process is a fundamental part of nursing, Barrett et al (2012) emphasises the importance of the process by recognising it as a clinical skill that needs to be learnt and developed. Care planning enables information to be gathered, taking in to consideration an individual’s biological, psychological, sociocultural, environmental and politico economic status. These factors are incorporated in to the care planning process to enable an individualised care plan that meets the holistic needs of the individual (Doenges and Moorhouse, 2012). The aim of this assignment is to explain and explore an individual approach to care planning and how using a nursing process and nursing model collectively will provide a holistic approach to care.
PSY 211 Research Design Worksheet Complete each section of this worksheet. You will use this worksheet to inform the Research Design section of your final project submission. Citation of Literature Parfitt, Y., Pike, A., & Ayers, S. (2014). Infant Developmental Outcomes: A Family Systems Perspective. Infant & Child Development, 23(4), 353-373. doi:10.1002/
Unit 4 is the preparation of treatment in which the baseline data (activity level) is gathered. This includes daily activity record and behaviour contract. A daily activity record ( hour by hour ) is used to monitor activities clients is already doing, to see the frequency of healthy and unhealthy behaviours. (Lejuez, 2001, p. 265). In this phase, the client is encouraged to create an environment, one that promotes healthy behaviours (Lejuez, 2001).
At the age of 22 months a child`s educational level can be predicator of their educational achievements at the age of 26 years, thus reducing unemployment and low paid income jobs and therefore better living conditions. Early intervention is essential to achieve the best possible outcome for the child. However multi-agency working is important too, when all the professionals involved with a child share information and co-operate with each other lives can be improved and even saved. Baby P is an example of
Explain why child poverty remains high in the UK and is increasing Introduction Child poverty is a persistent issue in the United Kingdom (UK), affecting an significant proportion of the nations children each year. Although the UK is a developed country, the it has a higher than average rate of child poverty in Europe (see figure 1), approximately 4.2 million children were living in poverty as of 2021 (Department for Work and Pensions, 2023). The amount of children affected is predicted to increase further because more families will become vulnerable to financial hardship because of the COVID-19 pandemic, conflict in Ukraine and austerity to name a few. This essay will explore the causation of child poverty in the UK and why it continues to
The Head Start program is a free preschool for low income families who are disadvantaged. The Head Start program is in question in regards to its success in preparing children for future school success. In the article titled “How should we Interpret the Evidence about Head Start?” by Janet Currie claims “It is one of the most successful known interventions for poor children”. She claims Head Start is associated with being low quality, however, there are positive results that are surprising to the skeptics. She continues to argue that Head Start is operating at a local level and are held at high standards.
Lord Laming produced a report called Every Child Matters which should ensure that each child should have their basic needs met i.e. food, water, warmth, be loved, feel safe respected and able to reach their full potential. The report has 5 outcomes: • being healthy: enjoying good physical and mental health and living a healthy lifestyle • staying safe: being protected from harm and neglect • enjoying and achieving: getting the most out of life and developing the skills for adulthood • making a positive contribution: being involved with the community and society and not engaging in anti-social or offending behaviour • Economic well-being: not being prevented by economic disadvantage from achieving their full potential in life. The needs and views of the child must not go un-noticed by putting the needs of the adult first. The wishes and feelings of the child should be a priority.
3.1 – Assess health and wellbeing priorities in health and social care settings The UKs Health and Wellbeing Directorate mission is to save lives, promote wellbeing and creates environments where individuals, families, and communities can feel informed, empowered, healthier and happier. They take an integrated approach to promoting health and wellbeing. Working with a range of partners to develop and implement robust, effective health programmes and to address the social factors that affect people’s health. The Health and Social Care Act 2012 has delivered a significant shift in the way that local health services are designed.
The Open University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Institute of Professional and Continuing Education PTD38 Higher Diploma in Early Childhood Education (2014-2015) ASSIGNMENT 1 MY PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION Student Number: 11396646 Student: CHENG KA YIU, YOYO Class: U09A Course Code: EDU4017EP Course Title: Introduction to Early Childhood Education Instructor: Ms. Hailey Chan Programme Leader: Dr. Eunice Yim Submission Date: 14 November 2014
It may surprise you that, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank, at least 400 million people lack access to essential health services. They said, at least 6 percent of people in 37 low and middle income countries are living in poverty because they must spend the money for health. Health care services is the most importance thing that we need because it is not only for improve the health but also through individual behaviour and lifestyle choices such as quitting smoking, eating the nutritious food and living a healthy lifestyles.
Introduction “The sooner the better” is the ideal tag line for early childhood education. The experiences of children in their early years
Susan, thank you for addressing international issues in child life! I personally feel that we need to begin to advocate for internationalizing the field of child life on the individual and council level. If you look at other jobs, for example, a physician, there are universally understood careers and roles. Whereas child life is not internationally understood because there are so many different job titles and variations of our role across countries/continents. I have always been fascinated by the ‘child life’ service provision in other countries, which is why I loved this VT and the reserve readings.
There are a great number of studies that state that the first five years of a child’s development are the most important and that they will set the tone for the child’s ability to learn, socialize, and be a successful member of society. Because of this, proponents believe that preschool should become mandatory for all children. While this might seem like a good solution to some, preschool should not be mandatory for all children before they enter kindergarten. There are many factors to be considered in a child 's early development and to put a blanket demand on entering preschool, could be a disservice to some children based on parental influences, environmental factors, and the level of education and care being given in a particular home childcare
I. Introduction A. Thesis statement: A child’s early development is greatly impacted by living in poverty which leads to poor cognitive outcomes, school achievement, and severe emotional, and behavioral problems. II. Body Paragraph 1. Claim: According to (Short, 2016) poverty consists of two parts: a measure of need and resources available to meet those needs.
The United Kingdom established a national child poverty target and policy changes that cut Britain’s child poverty rate by 50 percent during the effort’s first decade, 1999-2009 (first focus). Subsequently, H.R. 3381 intends to follow the United Kingdom’s Child Poverty Strategy and Child Poverty Unit to institute investments for children, measures to make work pay, and efforts to increase financial support for families. It also chooses to operate within the different United States’ Departments to enact policies that coincide with poverty reduction in the areas of in-work tax credits, increasing incentives for parents to work, improving earnings from employment, early education programs, and a new child support