FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH

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FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH

How Do Various Factors Influence Health in Your Community? 

  1. Respond to the prompts below in full sentences.  Be sure to use standard English grammar and spelling:
  • Individual, interpersonal, community, and environmental influences all affect the health status of a community.
    • For a community you are involved in, name two key factors in each area. 
    • For your community, which factors have the most effect? The least?

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  • Healthy People 2010 follows a variety of health indicators, such as physical activity and obesity; drug, alcohol, and tobacco use; mental health; incidence of violence and injury; environmental issues; and access to health care. 

    • For a population in your community, which of these indicators do you think has the greatest impact on health and wellness? FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH
  • What media are used in your community to promote health and prevent illness or disease? 
    • Give three examples and discuss how effective they are for their target audience
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2.You were asked to choose a quality-improvement standard within health care to discuss. This standard could be related to credentialing, patient safety, utilization management services, home health care, or long-term care. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation of 6–8 slides with speaker notes of 75-150 words not including title and reference pages that will display the following information:

  • Define and explain the quality process you chose.
  • Define descriptive versus inferential statistics. If you were to survey your members, describe the form of the 4 levels of measurement that would be suited for your task (i.e. nominal, interval, ordinal, and ratio).
  • Identify the purpose of the measure.
  • Illustrate how patients or members have benefited or will benefit from the process.
  • Identify which types of health care organizations are impacted by the standard.
  • Based on your knowledge of the standard being discussed, provide 1–3 changes that you might recommend. If you do not have any recommendations, then provide your reasons for not having a recommendation FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH