HOMEWORK GUIDE | Discuss how you provided health promotion in the clinical setting this week.

Focus on patients age 35–65:
• Discuss how you provided health promotion in the clinical setting this week.
o Patient suffering Hypertension
• How did the patient’s social factors contribute to the patient outcomes?
• Reflect on how the patient’s economic status influences the provider’s plan of care.
o Include medication regimen and diagnostic tests.

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Health Promotion

            Health promotion involves activities such as advocacy, health policy development, identification and mitigation of risk factor, and provision of health education (McManus, 2013). In this week, I have been involved in providing health promotion in the clinical setting by creating awareness on how to manage detrimental effects of hypertension on patients aged 35–65 years. The aim of this intervention have been to encourage patients to adopt healthier lifestyles in order promote public health and improve their safety and outcome. The major educational areas focused on include physical exercise, control of body weight, moderate alcohol consumption, adequate potassium intake, avoiding eating …

Contribution of Social Factors to Patient Outcome

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Influence of Patients’ Economic Status On Providers’ Plan of Care

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References

Heiman, H. J., & Artiga, S. (2015). Beyond Health Care: The Role of Social Determinants in Promoting Health and Health Equity. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Retrieved 30 March 2018, from https://www.kff.org/disparities-policy/issue-brief/beyond-health-care-the-role-of-social-determinants-in-promoting-health-and-health-equity/

McManus, A. (2013). Health promotion innovation in primary health care. The Australasian Medical Journal, 6(1), 15–18. http://doi.org/10.4066/AMJ.2013.1578

Senterfitt, J. W., Long, A., Shih, M., & Teutsch, S. M. (2013). How social and economic factors affect health. Los Angeles County of Department of Public Health.