Discuss the effects of homelessness on the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities.

Discuss the effects of homelessness on the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. Homelessness and poverty affect the health status of individuals, families, and communities in many ways. In addition, societal and cultural values influence the way our communities address the needs of the poor. Our culture believes that people should work, save money, plan for the future, and take care of themselves. In 2008, a downward shift in the economy began to quickly impact how people were able to take care of themselves and their families as well as alter how the community viewed poverty. As the job market weakened, companies laid off workers, plants closed, and businesses were downsized. As a result, many people were left homeless. Homelessness was no longer limited to a few unfortunate people, but rather began impacting all ages, a broad range of socioeconomic cohorts, and certain populations, such as returning veterans (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, p. 737). How a community addresses the homeless issue can impact the health of the community as well as the individual. The Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 (PL100-77) defines homelessness as lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence. Homeless people are often hard to find. They include those temporarily living with family and friends, on the streets, in shelters, etc. Some may have previously had homes and survived on limited incomes (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, pp. 274-279). Individual perceptions of poverty and poor are rooted in social, political, cultural, and environmental factors. Personal beliefs, social values, personal experience, cultural attitudes, media, and historical factors influence how we understand and perceive poverty (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, p. 727). Effects of Homelessness on Health Paper Read Chapter 33 in your Stanhope and Lancaster textbook. Review Healthy People 2020 from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services at (http://www.healthypeople.gov). Write a one to two page paper that responds to the effects of homelessness on the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. To achieve maximum points for content and analysis, the following elements need to be thoroughly addressed: Introduce the concept of homelessness; including the spiritual context of the concepts of poverty and homelessness. Discuss several factors that lead to homelessness (other than poverty). Analyze how the above contributing factors impact the health and well-being of the individual, family, and/or community. Describe the use of the nursing process to assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions to restore or promote health. Reflect on how Christian or spiritual concepts related to homelessness impact the services and/or resources provided within the community. Write two to three sentences on what you learned (what was new, what was challenging about the information, and what information you think was most useful).

Examine individual and social factors that contribute to the vulnerability and disparity within communities or aggregates.

Examine individual and social factors that contribute to the vulnerability and disparity within communities or aggregates. There are numerous individual and social factors that contribute to vulnerability and disparity of health in our communities. Vulnerability means susceptibility to harm resulting from an interaction between resources available and/or life challenges. Factors that can result in vulnerability include developmental problems, personal incapacities, disadvantaged social status and lack of interpersonal support, degraded neighborhoods and environment; and the complex interactions of these factors over a life course (Mechanic & Tanner, 2007, p. 1220). Vulnerability may arise from individual, community, or larger population challenges and is a global concern (Mechanic & Tanner, 2007, p. 1220; Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, p. 719). Vulnerable populations require different types of policy interventionsfrom social and economic development of neighborhoods and communities and educational and income policies, to individual medical interventions (Mechanic & Tanner, 2007, p. 1220; Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, p. 719). Vulnerable populations include the poor, homeless, migrant workers, immigrants, pregnant adolescents, individuals with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV), and those with severe mental illness (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, p. 720). These vulnerable groups are more likely to develop health problems due to exposure to risk, or have worse outcomes from health problems when compared to the rest of the population. These groups suffer from disparities in access to care and quality of care, and not surprisingly, have the poorest health outcomes. The Institute of Medicine (IOM, 2003) defined these disparities as racial or ethnic differences in the quality of care that are not due to access-related factors of clinical needs, preferences, and appropriateness of intervention (pp. 3-4). Healthy People 2020 (USDHHS, 2010), a federal initiative, discusses vulnerable population groups and identifies illness prevention and health promotion objectives. One of the four Healthy People 2020 goals is to eliminate health disparities. The project has been ongoing since the 1990s and has collected and analyzed massive amounts of data: a wealth of knowledge for those involved in initiatives to improve population health or identify community vulnerabilities (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, p. 720; Healthy People 2020). References: Healthy People 2020 from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services at: http://www.healthypeople.gov. Stanhope, M. & Lancaster, J. (2012). Public health nursing: Population-centered health care in the community. (8th ed). St. Louis, MO: Mosby. Mechanic, D & Tanner, J. (September, 2007). Vulnerable people, groups, and populations: Societal view. Health Affairs, (26)5, pp. 1220-1230. Learning Activity #4: Vulnerability & Disparity within Communities or Aggregates Discussion Read Chapter 32 (pp. 719-726) in your Stanhope and Lancaster textbook. Review Healthy People 2020 from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services at (http://www.healthypeople.gov) At a time when federal goals include eliminating health disparities, the proportion of vulnerable populations in the U.S. is increasing. Write two to three paragraphs that respond to the following: What extent do you think economic issues and social values play a role in the way that health services are offered to vulnerable population groups? Who should assume responsibility for providing health services to vulnerable populations? What role do you think nurse-managed centers and community health centers should provide in caring for vulnerable populations?

Explain the meaning of Verbal communication.

A 47-year-old man has morbid obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure. He seems to understand the regimen of medications the doctors have prescribed for him, and he seems to comply. However, he is having problems controlling his eating. He loves fast food,especially the triple cheeseburgers with bacon and chocolate milk-shakes from a local restaurant. What would be the appropriate tone to use with this patient? Explain your answer, providing examples.

Emotions, Moods, Traits, and Values:how do someones values relate to their culture and to organizational outcomes?

Unit 3 Discussion Subscribe Discussion Overview Although emotions and moods impact on-the-job performance, employees are often times chosen for their personality traits. Along with a persons personality type, the organizations culture is considered. The company recruiter tries to hire decision-makers he/she thinks will fit into the existing company culture. In this Discussion, you will consider all three aspects impacting employee hiring and employee effectiveness. Label the three parts of your response as Part A, Part B, and Part C. Topic 1: Emotions, Moods, Traits, and Values: Part A: Based in the Reading, which emotions and moods have you experienced in your past or current job and how did it impact your performance? How was Affective Events Theory or Trait Activation Theory (see Chapter 5) involved or not? Explain. Part B: Characterize the personality of your past or current boss (do not use any names or organization names) using one of the major personality theories presented in your Reading. Part C: According to your Reading, how do someones values relate to their culture and to organizational outcomes?

Examine the Value of Developmental Science.

Create content for a blog post about the field of developmental science. Imagine this blog post would be for the website Division 7: Developmental Psychology of the American Psychological Association. In this blog entry, be sure to address the following: Introduce the value of developmental science. Present an example of at least one of the defining assumptions/features of developmental inquiry. Identify and explain one developmental issue in each of the major life periods: 1. Childhood 2. Adolescence 3. Adulthood Support this blog post with at least five scholarly sources.