Question

Procedure 22-1. DEVELOP A LIST OF COMMUNITY RESEARCHES FOR PATIENTS HEALTHCARE NEEDS, ALSO, FACILIATE REFERRALS IN THE ROLE OF PATIENT NAVIGATOR.

TASK: Develop a list of community research and perform the role of the patient navigator by referring patient resource.

              One of the roles in medical assistant is to help patient in need of community health education or support service. To prepare for this role, collect a minimum of 15 community research in Sioux Falls, SD such as groups, educational, workshops, dietary assistance, national organization, medical equipment suppliers, and so forth, that available in your area. Include in your directory the name of group and service provide: the contact person; telephone number, address, meeting time and locations; and a related website. As a patient navigator; apply what you have learned about community researches to assist the patient in the following case study.

SCENARIO: Mr. Tomas Garcia was admitted to the hospital last week for an acute myocardial infarction (MI). Mr. Garcia is 54 years old, is overweight, smokers two packs of cigarettes a day, eat fast food almost daily, has family history of heart disease, and works as a carpenter. The provider recommends he lose weight, follow a high-fiber, reduced saturated-fat diet, and quit smoking. What community resources might help educate and support Mr. Garcia with these complex lifestyle changes.

Answer 1

Lifestyle modification as a secondary prevention to reduce the risk factor of myocardial infarction include prevention of obesity,dietary changes and behavior modification..Lifestyle modification through health education benefit to the reduction in mortality and morbidity..Behavior related to smoking,physical activity and diet,education,food policy..Recommended lifestyle changes include avoiding smoking by preventing initiation and prevent coronary vascular disease..obesity prevention include the valuable inflammation by controlling BMI..Finding out the causes of obesity can prevent the way of control it..Recommended low fat and high carbohydrate can control the calorie intake..physical activity with regular basis is the one way to control obesity and reduce the risk of CAD..
  Walking for half an hour per day and use of public transport instead of private automobile..using staircase instead of lifts, promote livable walking user friendly community and doing high intense activity can reduce the obesity..
  Avoiding saturated diet and including saturated and transfats with unsaturated fat contain omega 3 fatty acids can reduce the risk of CAD and reduce the LDL level..Education about benefits of fruits and vegetables and folic acid,whole grain and high fiber diet intake play a key role to prevent cardiac risk factors and help for weight control..Implemented preventive program can reduce rate of cardiac mortality..
changing behavior regarding lifestyle with traditional acceptance by educating people through various place can support the policy..initiation to promote effective involvement of individual within the community by educating them to change their lifestyle..training for CVD control,rehabilitation program and community intervention to promote safety policy towards economic,cost-effective legislation education can support the people with lifestyle changes ..