From learning about social media and professional identity to learning about multilevel models of health and vulnerable populations, this course hit the target for providing an excellent overview of various topics that together, work to provide a deeper understanding of our health care system overall. One of the key learnings I have gained from...
When I think about the future of healthcare, I begin to ponder how we can make health care services more accessible to the entire population, and I also think about how we can decrease hospital and long-term care home admissions and cut down the wait times in emergency departments and walk-in clinics, as these are some of the most highly...
According to the Government of Canada, vulnerable populations are groups of people who we know are negatively impacted by many factors including but not limited to physical differences, behaviours, education, income, and the environment (Government of Canada, 2011). Several specific groups are described as being vulnerable populations including...
To begin, as I have previously noted in other postings, I am quite naïve to all things related to indigenous communities as I have never personally worked closely with the indigenous communities that fall within my health unit's jurisdiction, nor have I had the opportunity to have any close contact on a personal level with any indigenous...
According to a report done by my workplace, the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (2012), the leading cause of death for residents of this region from 2000-2011 was identified as diseases of the circulatory system. With this in mind, I am going to examine the ecological model of health using circulatory system diseases as an...
According to a report by the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPRDHU) (2012), the leading cause of death for residents of the HKPRDHU region from 2000-2011 was identified as diseases of the circulatory system, including but not limited to ischemic heart disease, cardiac arrest, heart failure, stroke, and diseases of the...
The Ministry of Health and Long-term Care (MOHLTC) (2018) Health Equity Guideline lists the following as the key social determinants of health (SDOH) in Ontario: access to health services; culture, race, and ethnicity; disability; early childhood development; education, literacy and skills; employment, job security and working conditions; food...
If we look back on the definition of health created in 1948 by the World Health Organization (WHO) (2018), health is defined as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease". Thinking about this definition, I find it good in the sense that it is clear to state that health is not...
What is my professional identity, and what are my professional values?
I think it is hard to generalize what an appropriate social media presence is because this may vary for each person based on their own circumstances, such as their profession, and based on each person's own values. With that said, the International Nurse Regulator Collaborative (INRC) (2016) provides some guidance to health care professionals when...