Read the obituaries from a newspaper for a period of one week. As you read the obituaries, record the age, sex, and cause of death for each person noted. Multiply the data by 52 to get an equivalent of one year’s worth of data. Calculate crude mortality rates (# deaths in year/city population) and cause-specific (you pick a cause of death & count how many died from that cause from your data x 52, then divide by city population), then age-specific mortality rates (pick an age bracket, then count how many people died from your group, multiply by 52. Now divide by the population for that age bracket only (look this up online). The formula tables attached will help you. Show at least the data (sex, age, cause of death if noted) found from the newspaper for some points. Then show your math using the formulas for the rest. If you listened to the audio lecture, it states to be able to correctly do this, you must look up the population of the city you get your data from. If your city does not indicate cause of death, put “no cause listed”.  Hint: Choose a smaller city for this because if you pick a large city, the more numbers you are going to be working with.

*This will be the most difficult homework all semester, but shows you how to collect data and interpret it.

Start DateSep 7, 2020 12:00 PMDue DateSep 11, 2020 12:00 PMAttachmentstables.pdf (430.29 KB)
 

Reply 1 

Social determinants of health play a huge role in the health of people because they work in combination to either help us prevent disease or contribute to unhealthy conditions that may cause disease. According to HealthyPeople (2020), “Social determinants of health are conditions in the environments in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks,” (para. 4). Examples of social determinants of health include neighborhoods, homes, schools, etc. The conditions of the places where we spend our lives can contribute to the development of disease if they are unsafe or unclean (e.g., a home not having clean water). 

The communicable disease chain model is designed to show people the process of disease transmission. The chain of infection is described with six steps or “links” including a pathogen or causitive agent, a resorvior, a portal of exit from the resorvior, a mode of transmission, a portal of entry to a susceptible host, and a susceptible host. Breaking any of these links in the chain of infection can prevent the occurance of a new infection (Chain of infection, n.d.). An example of a way that a nurse can break the link of infection would handwashing. This is the first thing we learn in school and continues to be the simnplest and most important way that we can stop the transmission of pathogens. 

Healthy People. (2020). Social determinants of health. Retreived from https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/social-determinants-of-health?topicid=39 

Chain of infection. (n.d.) Retreived from https://lc.gcumedia.com/nsg403c/chain-of-infection/chain-of-infection-v1.1.html 

Reply 2 

Re: Topic 2 DQ 1

According to the article, Social Determinants of Health, “social determinants of health are conditions in the environments in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks” (Healthypeople, 2020). For example, socioeconomic conditions such as concentrated poverty and exposure to crime such as violence and social disorder can be detrimental to a person’s health leading to morbidity and mortality. A family living in poverty is tight on money and is limited to access to healthcare, limited to access to fresh produce, and may not enroll their kids in afterschool programs such as club sports, etc, due to being tight on money. The community they live in is a poverty city where there are crimes and violence. With high rates of poverty, there is a correlation to higher rates of morbidity such as diabetes and obesity. According to the reading, Community & Public Health: The Future of Health Care, illness such as heart diseases, chronic lower respiratory diseases, pneumonia, and diabetes “are among those that are modifiable or preventable, increasing the burden of the disease. The burden of the disease reflects the morbidity, mortality, financial costs, and health disparities resulting from disease, affecting human longevity and the well-being of countries’ social and economic bottom lines” (Grand Canyon University, 2018). These diseases are correlated to low income communities where the risk factors such as “unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, excess weight and obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and cigarette smoking” (Grand Canyon University) are much higher. Nurses are involved in all levels of prevention, “the public benefits from guidance and education from nurses at each level (primary, secondary, and tertiary) preventions” (Grand Canyon University, 2018). For example a community with high rates of diabetes. At the primary level, a nurse can screen for early detection of diabetes and educate to promote health and prevent further complications. At the secondary level, a nurse can educate the community how to manage their diabetes by checking their blood sugars, educating how diet and exercise affects their blood sugar. At the tertiary level, the nurse can continue to educates and help avoid chronic disabilities and complications related to diabetes.

Grand Canyon University (Ed). (2018). Community & public health: The future of health care. Retrieved from https://lc.gcumedia.com/nrs427vn/community-and-public-health-the-future-of-health-care/v1.1/

Social Determinants of Health. 2020 Retrieved from https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/social-determinants-of-health?topicid=39

3-Minute Reflection Guidelines: 

The 3-minute reflections are designed to focus students on a topic and to help them get their thoughts organized prior to discussion. The activity also serves as reflective summations of class discussions

Reflectively Writes:

Required criteria:
1. Writes about the assigned topic.
2. Demonstrates strong evidence of reasoned reflection.
3. Demonstrated depth of original thought.

1. Read: Mindful Moments & The Sleep Journal

2. Read: Breathing & Stress Warning Signs

Note: Write the reflection (like a summary)  2-3 paragraphs based on those two files 

Assignment: Practicum – Week 2 Journal Entry (Due in Week 4)

Learning Objectives

Students will:

• Apply documentation skills to examine family therapy sessions *
• Develop diagnoses for clients receiving family psychotherapy *
• Analyze legal and ethical implications of counseling clients with psychiatric disorders *

* The Assignment related to this Learning Objective is introduced this week and submitted in Week 3.

Select two clients you observed or counseled this week during a family therapy session. Note: The two clients you select must have attended the same family session.

Then, address in your Practicum Journal the following:

• Using the Group Therapy Progress Note in this week’s Learning Resources, document the family session.
• Describe (without violating HIPAA regulations) each client, and identify any pertinent history or medical information, including prescribed medications.
• Using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), explain and justify your diagnosis for each client.
• Explain any legal and/or ethical implications related to counseling each client.
• Support your approach with evidence-based literature.