Consider Levels of Prevention in your Community

Week 3: Consider Levels of Prevention in your Community
Consider primary and secondary prevention for the population at risk in your community.

 

Because you are experts on tertiary care, you need to focus your project on primary and secondary prevention at the community or system level of care. Sometimes organizing interventions at all three levels will help you to focus your project on primary prevention at the community and system level of care. You may include a secondary prevention at the community and system level of care.  Just make sure you cover primary prevention well. (See shaded cells in the table below.) Note any gaps in care in your community at this time WRITE 250 WORDS PAPER, This week try to find examples of prevention levels which are already in place in your community

 

 

	Nursing Interventions/Services
Level of Prevention	Individual / Family	Community	System
Primary	This is an important  area to address, but do not focus your project on the individual	Focus of Project	Focus of Project
Secondary	Do not focus on individuals  for this  project	You may include secondary prevention in addition to primary prevention	You may include a focus on secondary prevention in addition to primary prevention
Tertiary	Up to now most of your practice has been focused at this level of care.(Acute Care) In this course you will focus on primary prevention

 

 

Please address the following in your discussions:  POPULATION OF INTEREST : (Hispanic children of Georgia are  at-risk population of oral diseases )

 

• Share your progress:  your population of interest and your initial ideas on what is needed to address the health problem. (If it is helpful, use the chart above to map all levels of prevention. Highlight primary prevention and post for the group.)
• What do you know about this group so far? Who have you contacted about the population at risk?
• Where is the gap in care to address and prevent this health problem?.
• Support your response with references from the professional nursing literature

   

 

Running head: ORAL HEALTH 1

 

ORAL HEALTH 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oral Health

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Oral Health

Hispanic children of Georgia are the at-risk population of oral diseases. Oral disease encompasses the different type of infections in the oral areas, including tooth decay, periodontal diseases, and occasionally, oral cancer (Centre for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2011). Tooth decay comprises of cavities forming in the teeth, which can be painful and lead to a poor appearance. Tooth decay affects adults and children alike. The diseases affect people from poor backgrounds and are prone to people from some ethnic and racial groups (CDC, 2011). Poor diet and poverty are among the risk factors of tooth cavities (Griffin, et al., 2012).

Periodontal disease affects the gums. The disease comes about as a result of bacterial infections that get into and destroy the gums and bone (CDC, 2011). Periodontal disease is characterized by bad breath, gums that are red or swollen, bleeding and tender of gums, feeling pain while chewing, increased teeth sensitivity, gums pulling from the teeth, and loose teeth (CDC, n.d). Risk factors for the periodontal disease include cigarette smoking, poor oral hygiene, infections in the family, stress, deformed teeth, defective fillings, change of hormones in females and diabetes infection (CDC, n.d).

Dental caries among children in the United States is the most common and is five and seven times more prevalent than asthma and hay fever respectively (). The prevalence of dental caries is twice in poor children relative to the well-off families (Department of Health, 2000). Periodontal disease signs are expressed in 14% of American adults aged 45-54 years (Department of Health, 2000). In older adults aged 65-74 years, severe periodontal is expressed in 23% of the population (Department of Health, 2000).

In Georgia, Hispanic and children living in rural areas have an oral disease prevalence of 64% and 60% respectively (Kabore, et al., 2014). On the other hand, the non-Hispanic and children in living urban areas have 50% and 40% oral disease prevalence respectively (Kabore, et al., 2014). In excess of a quarter if the Hispanic population in Georgia lives below the poverty levels (Andes, 2012). Most Hispanics in Georgia have no access to health insurance (Andes, 2012). The Hispanic children have less access to health care than their racial peers do (Andes, 2012).

Webliography

CDC Website at http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/

Georgia Department of Public Health Website at http://www.dph.georgia.gov/

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Website at http://www.nidcr.gov/

Oral Health America Website at http://www.oralhealthamerica.org/

American Dental Association Website at http://www.ada.org/

Children Oral Health Website at http://www2.aap.org/

 

References

Andes, K., et al. (2012). Georgia Latino health report 2012. Hispanic Health Coalition of Georgia: Atlanta

CDC. (2011). “Oral health: Preventing cavities, gum disease, tooth loss and oral cancers at a glance 2011.” Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/publications/aag/doh.htm

CDC. (n.d). “Periodontal disease.” Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/periodontal_disease/

Kabore, H., Smith, C., Bernal., J, Parker, D., Csukas, S., & Chapple-McGruder, T. (2014) The Burden of Oral Health in Georgia. Georgia Department of Public Health, Maternal and Child Health, Office of MCH Epidemiology, Georgia Oral Health Program.