TY - BOOK AU - Correia, Cecy AU - Cecy Correia TI - Comprehensive community health nursing SN - 9789350251621 PY - 2011/// PB - Jaypee Btothers N1 - 1. Rural and Urban Sociocultural Community ..................................................................................... 1 Plight/socioeconomic condition......................................................................................................... 2 2. Family: The Center of Community .................................................................................................... 13 3. Integral Development of the Rural Community .............................................................................. 22 4. Community Building .......................................................................................................................... 28 5. Community Welfare ............................................................................................................................ 38 6. People Awakening .............................................................................................................................. 54 7. Comprehensive Health Care ............................................................................................................. 61 8. Community Based Health Worker .................................................................................................... 67 9. Indigenous Alternative System of Medicines ................................................................................. 77 10. Women’s Health and Development ................................................................................................. 96 Empowering women for capacity building ................................................................................... 103 Impact of women’s lack of education and misconceptions .........................................................105 11. Our Environment—Global Warming and Climate Change ........................................................ 112 12. Disaster Management: The New Challenge ..................................................................................126 Initial first aid for natural calamities ..............................................................................................130 When the calamity sticks ................................................................................................................. 130 Responsibilities of health workers .................................................................................................. 131 Health .................................................................................................................................................132 Build people ...................................................................................................................................... 132 13. Comprehensive Community Based Nourishment ........................................................................138 Change pattern of food consumption .............................................................................................139 Child malnourishment .....................................................................................................................139 Mid-day school meal ..................................................................................................... Child habits ....................................................................................................................................... 151 Micronutrient .................................................................................................................................... 151 Food surrounding place ................................................................................................................... 152 Qualities of food ................................................................................................................................ 153 Overnutrition ..................................................................................................................................... 154 Economic condition of the poor ...................................................................................................... 154 Nutritional status ............................................................................................................................. 155 Public services ................................................................................................................................... 157 14. Youth: In the Community................................................................................................................. 164 15. Malaria: A Community Health Problem ........................................................................................ 181 Presumptive treatment for malaria ................................................................................................. 183 Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................... 184 16. Lymphatic Filariasis: Public Health Problem ................................................................................ 188 17. Deadly Disease: Tuberculosis ......................................................................................................... 191 18. Sexually Transmitted Diseases : STDs ........................................................................................... 197 19. AIDS: Growing Threat to Public Health ......................................................................................... 202 What is the difference between HIV and AIDS? ............................................................................ 203 How HIV spreads? ........................................................................................................................... 203 How HIV does not spread? .............................................................................................................. 203 How can one know if he is infected with HIV? ............................................................................. 203 What should you do if found HIV positive? .................................................................................. 203 Is there a test to detect HIV? ............................................................................................................. 203 Prevention .......................................................................................................................................... 204 Medical management of HIV/AIDS cases ..................................................................................... 204 Home based care ............................................................................................................................... 204 Protection of the care provider ........................................................................................................ 204 Care of the dead body ....................................................................................................................... 204 What is antiretroviral therapy (ART)? ............................................................................................ 205 The benefit of taking regularly medicines: How do anti-HIV medicines work? ....................... 205 How does the virus spread? ............................................................................................................ 206 Counseling can make a world of difference ................................................................................... 207 Factors having negative impact on adherence .............................................................................. 210 Interventions to educate and explain adherence (to stick, to cling, state of clinging) .............. 210 Aims of pretest counseling .............................................................................................................. 210 Aims of post-HIV test counseling ................................................................................................... 210 20. Leprosy: National Health Problem ................................................................................................. 213 21. Tetanus: The Rural Health Problem ............................................................................................... 220 22. Rabies: The Fatal Disease ................................................................................................................. 224 23. Snake Bite: Common Problem in Rural Villages (some amazing facts) ...................................... 227 xiv Comprehensive Community Health Nursing 24. Accidents: Human Errors ................................................................................................................232 25. Gastrointestinal Disorders that Affect Rural Poor (Food poisoning; diarrhea, dysentery, amebiasis; worm infestation; appendicitis) ................. 234 Appendicitis ...................................................................................................................................... 235 Amebiasis ..........................................................................................................................................238 26. Living Well with Diabetes ...............................................................................................................241 Nursing role in management of diabetes .......................................................................................244 27. Healthy Heart ....................................................................................................................................247 Cues to cardiovascular problems ....................................................................................................250 What level the pressure should be labeled as hypertension? ......................................................250 Why is high blood pressure dangerous? ........................................................................................250 28. Obesity: Increasing Rate of Public Health Problem ......................................................................259 29. Prevention and Early Diagnosis of Cancer ....................................................................................263 Causes of cancer ................................................................................................................................ 265 30. Terminal Illness and Palliative Care ..............................................................................................270 31. What Makes a Person Grow Old? ...................................................................................................274 32. Death: The Unknown Path .............................................................................................................. 285 Index ....................................................................................................................................................293 ER -