01 Oct Health Risks, Disasters, and Nursing
NSG4074 Health Promotion and Clinical Prevention
Week 3 Discussion
TASK
Post your initial response to one of the two topics below.
Health Risks, Disasters, and Nursing
Topic 1: Child and Adolescent Health Risks
As you discovered in this week’s lectures and readings, several populations face multiple health risks across their lifespan. Children and adolescents are a population that is at a higher health risk for obesity. A national movement is underway to reduce risk factors for developing obesity in children. Part of this movement is the “Let’s Move!” campaign, which is a comprehensive and coordinated initiative to prevent childhood obesity. The initiative emphasizes four primary components: healthy schools, access to affordable and healthy food, raising children’s physical activity levels, and empowering families to make healthy choices. Review Healthy People 2020:
Identify risk factors for childhood obesity.
Do the risk factors differ and how do they differ between children and adolescents?
Identify objectives that will combat childhood and adolescent obesity.
Provide suggestions on how community health nurses can contribute to these national health objectives and accomplish the goal of decreasing obesity among this population.
Topic 2: Disaster Management
Contact your local public health department to learn about its role in a local disaster, including the role of the nurses who work there.
What did you learn from your discussion with the local health department?
Would you be a good candidate to serve on a disaster team?
Would your current employer be flexible in allowing you to participate in a disaster situation?
What is your personal preparedness to face a disaster?
