Health promotion or rather social determinates of health begins within our homes, schools, workplaces, neighborhoods, and/or communities (Healthy People 2020, 2018). It has been proven in numerous research studies if individuals regularly took care of themselves by eating well, made healthy food choices, stayed physically active, did not smoke or do drugs, maintained regular doctors’ […]
Abstract Prevalent health problems, in communities, will be addressed by providing health promotion programs (Kumar & Preetha, 2012, p. 5). Health promotion programs have the potential to change participants health behaviors and increase their knowledge about health problems (Kumar & Preetha, 2012, p. 8). Breast cancer is found in women of different ages and ethnicities, […]
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Order nowBackground: There are many theoretical frameworks in behavioral science that act as baselines for possible intervention programs that are successful in assessing most social determinants leading to unhealthy behaviors. These unhealthy behaviors often lead to life threatening diseases that are caused from behavioral leading activity. The use of tobacco in hookah (waterpipe) smoking is an […]
One of the key areas of concern in risk-taking behaviors that are common in adolescence is sexual health. Juntunen and Schwartz (2016) suggest that “there are four aspects of family life that influence an adolescent’s sexual heath: family structure, family connectedness, parental monitoring, and parent’s attitudes about sex (Wight and Fullerton, 2013).” For example, positive […]
1. After analyzing my life, I came to a realization that stress plays a huge role in my life compared to any other minor issue. Stress is a factor that I would like to change, if possible. I would prefer to maintain the stress in my life because it only leads to a life of […]
According to the U.S. Department of Education (2017), the general Black and Latinx college student populations attending both two-year and four-year universities maintain the highest rates for dropping out of college in comparison to other racial groups on campuses in the United States. A lack of institution-wide and structured culturally enhancing experiences and student health […]
I have decided to alter my own habits surrounding consumption of fruit. The intervention I will use as an attempt to eat more fruit is by setting alarms in my phone for 11:00 a.m., and for 4:00 p.m. I believe this intervention will be useful to alter my habits because it will actively remind me […]
As social workers, we are concerned with modifying possible negative environmental stressors of our client’s lives and facilitating growth. We use a biopsychosocial approach because we believe that the biological, psychological and social are all important to understanding what makes a person and the challenges they may face. Specifically, regarding the biological aspect, there has […]
College is a time where various students like to try new things. Whether it be exploring their sexuality, doing drugs, drinking alcohol, etc., students at universities are susceptible to fall into peer pressure when exploring the different facets that living by oneself has to offer. When delving into the topic of risky behaviors, I decided […]
Stress and Health Behaviors The first article I read was written by Patrick M. Krueger and Virginia W. Chang. They wrote an article named “”Being Poor and Coping With Stress: Health Behaviors and the Risk of Death on the relationship between stress and the possibility of dying. Their focal point is based on pointing out […]
Introduction Childhood obesity has become a widespread epidemic, especially in the United States. Twenty five percent of children in the United States are overweight and eleven percent are obese (Dehghan, et al, 2005). On top of that, about seventy percent of those children will grow up to be obese adults (Dehgan, et al, 2005). There […]
My communication skills during the Heritage Assessment made the interviewee feel comfortable, trusting of me and have confidence that I was listening to what they had to say. I introduced myself, the capacity in which I was speaking with her and the details of assignment at hand. I also asked permission to record her answers […]
The issue of using proletarian hunger killers such as coffee, tea, chocolates, and tobacco has taken on the appearance of addiction (Mintz, 1986). Indeed, users of these products are akin to ordinary addicts in the manner that they depend upon these commodities to maintain a functional predisposition. There are questions regarding whether these commodities actually […]
