According to the World Health Organization, depression is a common illness worldwide, with more than 264 million people affected. Depression is different from usual mood fluctuations and short-lived emotional responses to challenges in everyday life. Especially when long-lasting and with moderate or severe intensity, depression may become a serious health condition. It can cause the […]
Occasional anxiety is an expected part of life. You might feel anxious when faced with a problem at work, before taking a test, or before making an important decision. But anxiety disorders involve more than temporary worry or fear. For a person with an anxiety disorder, the anxiety does not go away and can get […]
This approach integrates psychotherapeutic and coping skills-training techniques with abstinence-based addiction counseling. The primary goals of treatment are to enhance and sustain patient motivation for change, establish and maintain abstinence from all psychoactive drugs, and foster development of (nonchemical) coping and problem solving skills to thwart and ultimately eliminate impulses to “self-medicate” with psychoactive drugs. […]
During a bachelor’s degree program in community health, students may be expected to take courses that are fundamental to their understanding of community health education and health promotion practices and policies. This can include classes that focus on disease prevention, communication methods and techniques, worksite health promotion, and family health and wellness. Additionally, there will […]
A Community Health Practitioner is a specially trained Professional who provides promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative health activities and services to the people where they live and work. In carrying out these tasks, there are a set of codes of professional conducts, ethics and etiquette that they are mandatory to follow. Community Health Practitioners Registration […]
What is community health care? Community health is a branch of public health which focuses on people and their role as determinants of their own and other people’s health it focuses on the physical and mental well-being of the people in a specific geographic region. This important subsection of public health includes initiatives to help […]
According to the World Health Organization, community health workers serves as a liaison between the community and the health care, government and social service systems. These are the people on the front lines, providing advocacy, education and support to civilians in order to help them improve their lifestyle and connect them with their proper healthcare […]
Definition of Public Health Public health is defined as the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. This work is achieved by promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing and responding to infectious diseases. What is the function of public health? Generally, public health is concerned […]
What is Flagyl? Flagyl is an antibiotic containing Metronidazole which fights bacteria. Flagyl is used to treat bacterial infections of the vagina, stomach or intestines, liver, skin, joints, brain, heart, and respiratory tract. Flagyl is effective against anaerobic bacteria and certain parasites. Anaerobic bacteria are single-celled, living organisms that thrive in environments in which there […]
Poison ivy rash is a type of allergic contact dermatitis caused by an oily resin called urushiol. It’s found in the leaves, stems and roots of poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac. This resin is very sticky, so it easily attaches to your skin, clothing, tools, equipment and pet’s fur. The reaction usually starts […]
