Boundary is important because there may be any endamic disease in the community and in that boundary ,some are community disease in the area also
Blindness is most important disease in school age so vitamin A prophylaxis is needed
Secondly vaccination is also necessary
Bounded area is also effective emotion factor, and if there is also any endamic disease that lead to depression in people
Chapter 15 Case Study Natasha is a school nurse in a rural community. Because the community...
Alice is the school health coordinator for Wagoner County, a rural county whose main farm crop is tobacco. Nurse Alice would like to evaluate the risky health behaviors of middle and high school students in Wagoner County. She decides to use the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to assess students' current health behaviors. Survey results reveal that many students are trying and using tobacco as early as 12 years of age....
Abigail is a public health/community nurse who serves a large rural area. The area’s sustainability comes largely from a national paper mill that employs loggers in the area. Therefore, Abigail serves migrant workers, as well as the county residents. In addition to caring for clients with chronic illnesses, Abigail takes care of many clients who have sustained on-the-job injuries from working with heavy and dangerous equipment. 1. Abigail knows that the loggers have dangerous jobs because they work around heavy...
Michael is an occupational health nurse in Clay County, a rural county in Vermont. Clay County has experienced dramatic demographic changes in the past 3 years. Michael works at one of two new industries, which have brought in more than 50 new families of Hispanic origin. The dominant culture is white Anglo-Saxon Protestant. Michael, in his community health nurse role, has noted some significant health issues in the Hispanic employees working at the plant. He believes that if the health...