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Developmental Boxes, Karina Ryabinina, Lauren Kelly, Marissa Bankey, Kaila Medeiros, Sammy Schultz
Developmental Boxes, Karina Ryabinina, Lauren Kelly, Marissa Bankey, Kaila Medeiros, Sammy Schultz
Nursing Leadership in Community Engagement Projects
Developmental Boxes
The assigned facility is a resource center that operates to assist families in need. Services offered include housing placement, homelessness prevention, securement of affordable childcare, after-school programs, and health education. The center has served the Mount Baker community for nearly three years and intends to continue partnering with public services to end the cycle of poverty and create brighter futures for those who need it most (Mercy Housing, 2021).
Our team conducted a windshield survey of the community served by the facility and determined there to be limited access to childcare in the area as well as minimal …
Executive Summary Of Survey Among Temporarily Homeless Families, Berenice M. Casas Rodriguez, Andrea Munoz, Kalea Soto, Ava Beranek, Reagan Watson, Kimberly Brown, Amelia Navarro
Executive Summary Of Survey Among Temporarily Homeless Families, Berenice M. Casas Rodriguez, Andrea Munoz, Kalea Soto, Ava Beranek, Reagan Watson, Kimberly Brown, Amelia Navarro
Nursing Leadership in Community Engagement Projects
Executive Summary of Survey Project Among Temporarily Homeless Families
The agency we were assigned is a non-profit organization centered around providing housing and resources for houseless families in the Seattle region. The agency consists of five housing locations along with additional day centers. The housing locations are Burien, Northshore, The Regrade, Bellevue, and the Family Diversion Center. They all offer family housing services, healthcare, education, and employment.
The goal of our project was to gather information from guests on the healthcare services that they have utilized. It was also used to gather requests for additional services at each site to …
Factors Associated With Health-Promoting Behaviors Of Adult Protective Service Workers And Professionals Who Support Vulnerable Adults, Cynthia Sterling-Fox
Factors Associated With Health-Promoting Behaviors Of Adult Protective Service Workers And Professionals Who Support Vulnerable Adults, Cynthia Sterling-Fox
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Background: Adult protective services encompass social services provided to vulnerable adults: abused, neglected and exploited elderly and adults with significant disabilities in the United States. Adult Protective Services (APS) workers investigate allegations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of vulnerable adults. APS workers work closely with multidisciplinary teams and professionals in various fields to assist with the investigations. APS workers and other professionals are exposed to individual and work environment stressors that result in a lower professional quality of life. There is evidence, however, that health-promoting behaviors mitigate the negative effects of stressors.
Purpose: Using the Health Promotion Theory by Nola …
Pediatric Health Literacy, Morgan E. Sapper, Grace G. Lloyd
Pediatric Health Literacy, Morgan E. Sapper, Grace G. Lloyd
Senior Honors Projects, 2020-current
Abstract
Background: Unless you are a healthcare provider or licensed healthcare professional, understanding the United States healthcare system and its accompanying medical jargon can be confusing and overwhelming to try to navigate. Even more difficult is comprehending what resources are available to specific populations and how to gain the most benefit from these offered resources. Limited health literacy skills have been identified as the largest barrier in identifying an individual’s health outcomes. Health affects every stage of life. The purpose of this paper is to analyze what health literacy implementations look like as well as the age and developmental stage …
Waiting Room Health Promotion For Older Adults In Rural Primary Care, Emma G. Kopecky
Waiting Room Health Promotion For Older Adults In Rural Primary Care, Emma G. Kopecky
College of Nursing and Health Sciences Nursing Master Project Publications
Background: Advances in health care technology have lead to adults living longer than in previous decades. Longer life expectancy in combination with the aging of the Baby Boomer generation is predicted to result in rapid and exponential growth among the older adult population. Adults in the U.S. over the age of 65 have on average five or more chronic illnesses, many of which are often poorly managed. Older adults who experience chronic diseases often report decreased quality of life, limitations in functional ability, loss of independence, and periods of decline and increasing disability. Health promotion efforts can help in delaying …
Factors Contributing To Poor Physical Health In Incarcerated Women, Holly M. Harner Phd, Mph, Whcnp- Bc, Suzanne Riley Ba
Factors Contributing To Poor Physical Health In Incarcerated Women, Holly M. Harner Phd, Mph, Whcnp- Bc, Suzanne Riley Ba
Public Health and Nutrition Faculty work
Prisons have become the primary health care provider for some of the poorest and sickest women in the United States. By virtue of both biological sex and gender, incarcerated women have health needs different from those of their male counterparts. The purpose of this qualitative investigation was to understand better women’s perceptions of how prison has affected their physical health. We conducted this investigation in a maximum- security women’s prison in the United States using focus group methodology (12 focus groups, made up of 65 women). Women described several specific prison- based factors that affected their physical health: limited and …