Common Health Concerns Discussion

Common Health Concerns Discussion

ORDER NOW FOR AN ORIGINAL PAPER ASSIGNMENT: Common Health Concerns Discussion

Step 1 Research health concerns for a population of your choice.

Use the Center for Disease Control to guide your research.

Step 2 Post a response to the discussion board. In your response, address the following prompts:

Describe one health concern and one health statistic of this population.
Discuss one cultural aspect of this culture.
Discuss the potential nursing role in the implementation of a recommended culturally sensitive intervention.
Step 3 Read other students’ posts and respond to at least two of them by Friday at 11:59pm MT.

In your responses, compare and contrast the nursing role of your cultures/populations with that of your peers.

Use your personal experience, if it’s relevant, to support or debate other students’ posts. If differences of opinion occur, debate the issues professionally and provide examples to support opinions.

Cite any sources in APA format.

Peer Discussion 1 (Kristopher)

The populations that I chose are Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders from the CDC website. The health concern that I wanted to focus on is smoking. The health statistic for the number of Asian smokers recorded in 2015-2017 was 16.5% (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020). In relation to how smoking affects the blood vessels, I also looked for the prevalence of high blood pressure. Hypertension was recorded with those taking hypertensive medication. 27.8% of males over the age of 20 were recorded in 2013 – 2016 and 24.2% were women the same age (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020). This health concern of smoking is generally lower when compared to other minority groups but prevalence between Asian sub-groups varies and can be higher than that of the general population (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019).

Those statistics interest me, especially the hypertensive health statistic with those also taking antihypertensive medication. One cultural aspect to most Asian cultures is that the approach towards wellness usually involves a higher power or balance to self. This can lead to some negative aspects like infrequent medical visits especially if there are language barriers and/or lack of insurance (“Profile: Asian Americans,” 2019).

The potential nursing role is working with the culture of the region that the Asian American or Pacific Islander is from. Providing education based on optimizing help needs to be uniquely adjusted towards working with the culture. This not only helps with adherence to the health plan but also promotes patient-centered care. If the adjustment works, the negative aspects that can come from cultural sensitivities may decrease.

References

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2019). Health of Asian or Pacific Islander Population. Retrieved from

https://www.cdc.gov/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2020). Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, or Pacific Islanders and Tobacco Use.

Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/

Population: Asian Americans (2019). Office of Minority Health. Retrieved from https://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/

Peer Discussion 2 (Elizabeth)

The populations that I chose are Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders from the CDC website. The health concern that I wanted to focus on is smoking. The health statistic for the number of Asian smokers recorded in 2015-2017 was 16.5% (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020). In relation to how smoking affects the blood vessels, I also looked for the prevalence of high blood pressure. Hypertension was recorded with those taking hypertensive medication. 27.8% of males over the age of 20 were recorded in 2013 – 2016 and 24.2% were women the same age (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020). This health concern of smoking is generally lower when compared to other minority groups but prevalence between Asian sub-groups varies and can be higher than that of the general population (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019).

Those statistics interest me, especially the hypertensive health statistic with those also taking antihypertensive medication. One cultural aspect to most Asian cultures is that the approach towards wellness usually involves a higher power or balance to self. This can lead to some negative aspects like infrequent medical visits especially if there are language barriers and/or lack of insurance (“Profile: Asian Americans,” 2019).

The potential nursing role is working with the culture of the region that the Asian American or Pacific Islander is from. Providing education based on optimizing help needs to be uniquely adjusted towards working with the culture. This not only helps with adherence to the health plan but also promotes patient-centered care. If the adjustment works, the negative aspects that can come from cultural sensitivities may decrease.

References

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2019). Health of Asian or Pacific Islander Population. Retrieved from

https://www.cdc.gov/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2020). Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, or Pacific Islanders and Tobacco Use.

Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/

Population: Asian Americans (2019). Office of Minority Health. Retrieved from https://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/

Common Health Concerns Discussion

Common Health Concerns Discussion

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.