Week 3

Part 1:

Part of health promotion is meeting a patient at their definition of health. One person’s health goals and possibilities may differ from another’s. 

Assume you are a nurse at a community health clinic. Your supervisor has asked you to prepare a summary of definitions of health for the clinic’s staff. 

Search the internet for representations of various definitions of health in populations like newborn babies, a healthy older adult, or a person in a wheelchair or with another physical disability. 

Based on your research, write a 600-word summary of your findings in which you:

- Describe 6 representations of definitions of health for the following types of individuals:

• 1. Newborn babies
• 2. Healthy adult Asian woman over age 55
• 3. Disabled 35-year-old African American male veteran
• 4. Pre-teen White female entering middle school
• 5. Sexually active 20-something Hispanic male
• 6. Obese 75-year-old White male living with debilitating arthritis

- Explain the importance of meeting a patient at their definition of health.

Part 2:

Based on the windshield survey you completed in Week 2, respond to the following in a minimum of 200 words:

• Describe the community you surveyed.
• What is the role of community/public health nursing and community partnerships as they apply to your surveyed community?
• What influence do social determinants of health, such as culture and access to resources, have on your community?