Category: Health Promotion

The World Health Organization (1948) defines Health as a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. This meaning suggests that the health of an individual incorporates much more than just the absence of an illness and includes several aspects of a persons wellbeing. The World…

Mental illnesses continue to affect thousands of lives and communities globally but access and equity are the compromise. Australia’s access and equity policies were implemented to enable all Australians to access affordable, quality, and appropriate medical care. Equitable health is a fundamental human right; therefore, it should be available to all. Cumulative realization of healthcare…

Health promotion is a process that aims at attaining the full mental, physical and well-being of people in society. It enables people to have total control of their health and as a result of this improved their life. Health promotion enables people to increase control over their own health. Currently, within health, there are six…

What is health? According to (WHO 2003) health is, defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Health has characterized by conditions resulting from the bodys constant adjustment, adaptation in response to stresses, and changes in the environment for maintaining an inner equilibrium…

Throughout all the body systems covered in PNUR 113 came with a lot of different ways to keep those systems, along with the tissues, organs, and cells that are involved, healthy. In this essay, I will discuss the five systems that stood out to me the most while learning about anatomy and physiology along with…

Overview As the profession of the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) continues to evolve within the healthcare system, the utilization of theory-guided practice is imperative for the deliverance of purposeful and effective care to patients. The use of theory in nursing gives APRNs the ability to organize and structuralize knowledge to guide patient care (McEwen…

Survival of the fittest a common phrase originated from the Evolutionary Theory of Darwin to describe the mechanism of natural selection. As humankind experience pandemic today, their physical health and mental health is being put into test on how to survive this disaster. Each day people are facing an invisible enemy that threatened them and…

Executive Summary This report explores underage drinking among year nine students and what influences the drinking habits of these Australian teenagers. The data collected through this investigation suggests that peers have a significant influence in year nine students choosing to drink alcohol. This investigation aims to reduce alcohol consumption and encourage safe drinking habits within…

Introduction I would like discuss about the most public concern health challenge, that is homelessness. It is the most experiencing challenge in India. It is also a social issue. Homelessness is defined as living in housing that doesnt meet the minimum criteria or not even minimum secure. It is security of occupancy, services acceptability and…

Self-care is an essential mechanism to ensure heal regulation and monitoring health illness. According to the Middle Range Theory of Self-Care of Chronic Illness, self-care maintenance, self-care monitoring and self-care management were introduced and presented (Riegel et al., 2012). These concepts reiterate of how one distinguishes the symptoms and monitors it through rigid monitoring on…