The Application Of A Model, Paradigm And Needs Assessment Results On Program Modifications

Given that our training had to be developed within eight weeks, our team referred to Silberman’s (2006) Advantages and Disadvantages of Nine Basic Needs Assessment Techniques in order to quickly gather information (pp. 32-34). Due to our time and cost restraints, we had to exclude several of the nine basic needs such as observation, questionnaires, and group discussion (Silberman, 2006). We conducted interviews and key consultations via teleconferences with the Wellbridge corporate office staff located in Denver, which included Steve Datte, Kelly Bartlett, and Amy Thompson. Additionally, we gathered data during lectures with Jerry Rose, our instructor, from October 21 through December 9, 2014, at Webster University. Mr. Rose is also a personal trainer for Wellbridge

In order to provide culturally appropriate care, an examination of one's personal views, beliefs, and prejudices must be examined. The first portion of this paper will examine my personal values, beliefs, biases, and prejudices. The remaining paper will analyze the African American culture relating to the Ginger and Davidhizar's Transcultural Assessment Model cited in Hood (2010). This model uses six key cultural elements that include communication, space, social organization, time, environment, and biological variations. This model provides a systematic approach for assessing culturally diverse clients. I will also discuss an aspect of care that I would

The World Health Organization (WHO) published a definition of health that is widely accepted and useful for health planning purposes. This definition defines health as more than just the absence of illness, but says instead that health requires the presence of well-being (as cited in Issel, 2009, p. 4). Health professionals, in working with this definition, must still come to an understanding about the scope and nature of health programs. Culture and diversity affect this shared understanding. President Bill Clinton contributed to reaching a shared understanding by putting ethnic diversity, race, and racism on the public agenda in the late 1990s (Issel, 2009).

The outcome of a needs assessment should be that service users and their families have

Pierce, Beverly et al. (2017). Summer Health Program for African-American High School Students in Baltimore, Maryland: Community Partnership for Integrative Health. Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing, Volume 13, Issue 3, 186 – 197

Issue that in my opinion would affect the evaluation of a domestic violence program would be lack of information on the victim and abuser. Another affect on evaluation would be is there a data base on domestic violence crime. Is the data assessable, is there a statistic rate what is the ratio of women, men, and children been victim of domestic violence. Other issue that could affect the planning of domestic violence is the long term affect of being a victim of domestic violence. According to (N.D), "[The long term effects of domestic violence have not begun to be fully documented. Battered women suffer physical and mental problems as a result of domestic violence. Battering is the single major cause of injury to women, more significant that auto accidents, rapes, or muggings. In fact, the emotional and psychological abuse inflicted by batterers may be more costly to treat in the short-run than physical injury. Many of the physical injuries sustained by women seem to cause medical difficulties as women grow older. Arthritis, hypertension and heart disease have been identified by battered women as directly caused or aggravated by domestic violence suffered early in their adult lives.

The aim of this case study is to provide a detailed account of a patients holistic health care needs from a health promotion perspective utilising the Tannahill Model which will be described. In promoting the health of the patient maintaining individuality within a diverse community will also be discussed by the application of the model to the patient.

With a growing and diverse United States population, pursuing the goal of cultural competence in the workforce and health-care system emerges as a leading strategy in reducing disparities. Cultural competency, is defined as the ability of health-care providers to function effectively in the context of cultural differences (IOM, 2001). As a healthcare administrator it is important to employ several initiatives to increase the cultural competency within the workforce including the recruitment and retention of minority staff as well as providing training to increase cultural awareness, knowledge and skills. Another strategy to employ in strengthening the relationship between the patient and provider is to create buy-in from community leaders and stakeholders when launching initiatives geared toward the reduction of health disparities. One example of this type of approach is the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) projects funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). REACH projects aim to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities in minority communities. For example, a 2010 study by Liao et. al., documented overall decreasing trends in the prevalence of smoking among men in Asian communities served by the REACH project. By engaging the communities that they serve and forming community partnerships, projects such as REACH can be been successful in targeting health behaviors and consequently reducing health disparities in communities of

Cultural competence is a group of similar manners, attitudes, and strategies that collaborate in a system, organization or among experts and facilitate that system, organization or those professions to perform efficiently in cross-cultural states. A culturally competent health and wellness program provides services that take action to past inequities, existed realities, varied values, behaviors, and beliefs. It adapts advances to gather the diverse requirements of multicultural populations. Cultural competency can be implemented into our health and wellness programs by training the staff and health care experts of the programs to understand a patient’s diverse values, behaviors, beliefs, and modify treatment to meet the patients' community,

Skyland Trail is a nonprofit mental health organization founded in 1989 in Atlanta Georgia. Named one of the top mental treatment centers in the nation, Skyland Trail provides help for an arrangement of disorders ranging from schizophrenia to depression in adults. At least 82% of their clients have multiple co-occurring diagnosis (“History and Mission,” 2016). Unlike other treatment centers the facility focuses on holistic and evidence based treatment which is customized for each patient in the facility (“History and Mission,” 2016). The target population I would like to work with within Skyland Trail would be the minorities in the facility especially the African American clients. Working with the mentally ill during my undergrad it was alarming

The Afrocentric Perspective uses the humanistic values as a tool of basic training to prepare practitioners how to maintain their own

This experience has increased my orientation to wellness and prevention because I was able to identify many strengths within the Hawaiian and Pacific Islander culture. For example, it seemed that many of the people at the event had large support networks. This can help to increase wellness by being able to identify strengths that students have. Further, by understanding different cultures the school counselor is better able to provide broad prevention strategies that support many students and then support students in small groups and individually to meet unique needs. In addition, through this awareness and continued self-awareness about one’s biases and assumptions can support the school counselor to be proactive in advocating for equity, closing the achievement gap, and student achievement in the school setting (Erford,

Carter, Barba, and Kautz (2013) report culturally tailored education can lead to significant improvements in self-care in African Americans with type 2 diabetes. Also, appropriate dieting, exercise, medical checkups and medication regimens for prevention and management show efficient improvements. The Health Belief Model is realistic and acknowledges that having a desire to change health behavior may not be enough. Therefore, two elements that may be helpful include cues to action and self-efficacy. The cues to action are external whereas, self-efficacy focuses on his or her ability to make a health-related change (Boskey, 2014).

The evaluation of their success is mainly qualitative feedback as it comes from regular surveys with students (pre and post program) along with community conversations between students and staff to understand the needs and wants and how participants are feeling about the program. The program also uses hard data from DESC to evaluate success. The data includes outcomes of participants within the program to show success of students in regards to employment and higher

The African Americans are at a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality than other ethnicities.1 This obvious health disparity between African-American population compared to other ethnicities calls for attention towards the need for an increased awareness of heart disease that affects African-Americans in the United States. Although African-Americans women have a higher risk of developing heart disease, very few are aware of their risks or get the medical care. Thus, the HBM model forms the conceptual framework that helps develop an ideal intervention that targets the African-American women’s lack of awareness of their health risk. On the other hand, the TTM model provides the perfect model to assesses the participant’s readiness to take charge and make the necessary behavior change, and helps recognize and create an ideal environment for the individuals to utilize the opportunities provided for the intervention to be effective. The physical activity intervention is a great intervention that targets younger as well as non- educated or low socio-economic status