Rural/Migrant Health
Population less than 6 people per square mile
What is a frontier?
Number one cause of death in women age 15-35
What are unintentional injuries?
Heart Disease, Cancer, Unintentional injuries
What are the top 3 causes of death for all men, all ages?
Ability to perform activities of daily living.
What is functional age?
Those who care for their children and their aging parents
What is the sandwich generation?
Most common cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries among agricultural workers.
What is agricultural machinery? or What are tractors?
The number one overall killer of women.
What is cardiovascular disease? ( HTN,CHD, stoke, congenital defects)
Most likely to influence men to change health behaviors.
Who are female family members?
Desire to live in your own home as long as possible
What is "age in place"?
System outside the family
What is a suprasystem"?
This group has the poorest health outcomes than any other aggregate in the US.
Who are migrant farm workers?
Leading cause of maternal deaths
What is a Pulmonary Embolism?
Females are sicker, males die sooner.
What is the male-female paradox?
Continue through life as in previous years.
What is Continuity theory?
Disengagement theory-withdraw, decreased interaction
Activity theory- remaining active and involverd necessary to life satisfaction
A tool that helps the nurse outline the family structure
What is a genogram?
Symptoms include H/A, nausea, diaphoresis, vomiting, progressing to dyspnea, bronchospasm, muscle twitching.
What is pesticide poisoning?
The single largest cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 and 44 in the US.
What is domestic violence?
Risk taking behavior, gaps in preventive care, poor reporting of symptoms, infrequent use of Healthcare system.
What are factors that impede men's health?
Primary source of income
What is social security?
The family as a unit interacts with larger units outside the family (suprasystem) and with smaller units inside the family (subsystem).
What is systems theory approach?
Two- way, real time, interactive communication between patient and provider.
What is telemedicine?
Type of Cancer responsible for most deaths in women.
What is lung cancer?
Should occur every year in men after age 50.
What is a prostate exam?
Group of diseases that damage the optic nerve
What is glaucoma?
More than 30% of children live in this type of family
What is a single parent family?