Assignment: A Healthy Community

Assignment: A Healthy Community

ORDER NOW FOR AN ORIGINAL PAPER ASSIGNMENT: Assignment: A Healthy Community

Assignment: A Healthy Community

coment patricia
I NEED A POSITIVE COMMENT BASED IN THIS ARGUMENT. BETWEEN 150-200 WORDS

My idea of a healthy community is one where there are lowcrime rates and good physical and emotional health. A healthy community shouldpromote well-being of its inhabitants in various ways such as: strong socialnetworks, clean water, pollution-free air, affordable quality healthcare, andgreat schools. A healthy community is one that promotes well-being byencouraging its residents to screen for illnesses for prevention to avoid theburden of chronic disease. Educationcampaign should be organized to sensitize people about the most commonillnesses and educate them on how to avoid them to achieve a better life.Resident should be aware of resources available to them in their community,allowing them to feel safe. In my opinion, there is a strong relationshipbetween healthy people and strong communities.

A collaborativeeffort is needed to promote a healthy community. For example, I consider my community, Delta,British Columbia a fairly healthy community overall, compared to most. It has avery low crime rate. Delta municipality offers very good services to the publicregarding law enforcement, recreation, maintenance of public parks, recreationareas and centers. There is regular night patrolling of police in all areas.Public health services are extra ordinary in my community; community healthnurses identify vulnerable people from infant to senior, do regular healthvisits, follow- up regularly. Postnatal mothers and infants get very goodservices from public health nurses and paediatric nurses including theprovision of lots of free resources, Families with kids get reminder mails andphone calls from community health nurses before the immunizations are due.

Assignment: A Healthy Community

Assignment: A Healthy Community

There has been an improvement in air quality since the ban of smoking inall public areas and tobacco free environment in schools colleges, and publicplaces few years ago. The community offers a number of Public Health Centers,regional hospitals, great schools districts, public libraries, recreationcenters, fire stations, and police stations at walking distance for residentsof each community. There is also a variety of public parks, play ground andrecreation areas accessible to the general public at no cost or a small fee. Ibelieve in prevention and, in British Columbia and several agencies do a goodjob conducting campaigns raising awareness regarding air and water pollutionthroughout the year. Another excellent job is done by voluntary organizationsin the maintenance of each and every street in the community. In schoolsteachers and children participate in various health programs with school nursesand public health nurses. Some of the topics for creating awareness amongchildren are,

•Prevention of diseases through hand washing

•Protection of the environment

•Protection of heritage

•Safety

•Nutrition

Adolescents get health education regarding the ill effectsof smoking, alcohol, and illicit drug use. Teachers and school health nursesoffer sex education to them and provide relevant resources. In my view, thesetopics are essential for children because they grow up to be responsible futurecitizens who contribute positively to the family, community and nation.

In my view, healthy communities will have the followingcomponents in common,

•Peace and order

•Low crime rates

•Good education systems

•Low unemployment rates

•Healthy public

•A stable ecosystem

•Pollution free environment including air and water.

•Food for everyone in the community

•Shelter for all people who live in the community

•Social justice

•Adequate resources for all like water, farmland, minerals,industrial resources, plants, animals, etc.

•Creating awareness in people through health programs to maintainhealth and wellness.

As a result of increased awareness, many organizationsintroduced a variety of health programs nationwide. For example, AmericanPublic Health Association initiated strategies and programs that address thesocial determinants of health — the social, economic, environmental andpsychological factors that influence individual and community health, topromote healthy communities. (American Public Health Association. n .d.).

As a Community Health nurse, I would collaborate withothers, to identify the obstacles or barriers in the community and work toreduce or erase them to achieve the target of healthy community. I would alsonetwork with community leaders, other public health nurses, volunteers, schoolnurses to promote health programs, initiate safety strategies, promoteeducation, provide as many resources available for health promotion, initiateprevention strategies, provide health education to all age groups in thecommunity in order to reach the goal of a healthy community.

Reference

American Public Health Association. (n .d.). HealthyCommunities. Retrieved from : www.apha.org/topics-and-issues/healthy-communities

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.