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CASE :
Mary is a 76-year-old former English literature professor with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is underweight and malnourished. At one of her first homecare visits, her provider gives her an educational pamphlet on breathing exercises that includes text and pictures. The provider also emphasizes the importance of eating more and gives her another pamphlet on nutrition. Mary barely glances over the pamphlets and puts them aside


Q1:Suppose a secondary school student in your area, while sitting for an exam, started to cry uncontrollably? This could be due to their inability to control themselves in the stressful situation. Or could this suggest that they have a deeper emotional health problem?

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Q2:Which of the following examples could be considered to contribute to social health? Explain your answers.
1. Mourning when a close family member dies
2. Going to a football match or involvement in a community meeting
3. Celebrating traditional festivals within your community
4. Shopping in the market
5. Creating and maintaining friendship.

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Q3: From your previous experiences, either as a worker or as a community member, what do you think health education is ?

Answer 1

Case: Mary is a 76-year-old former English literature professor with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is underweight and malnourished. At one of her first homecare visits, her provider gives her an educational pamphlet on breathing exercises that includes text and pictures. The provider also emphasizes the importance of eating more and gives her another pamphlet on nutrition. Mary barely glances over the pamphlets and puts them aside
The provider did not take care of patients's current understanding as the provider assumed the occupational history of the patient to be helpful for her to understand the details on the Pamphlets. The provider could have given some video demonstration for better understanding of the patient.

Q1:Suppose a secondary school student in your area, while sitting for an exam, started to cry uncontrollably? This could be due to their inability to control themselves in the stressful situation. Or could this suggest that they have a deeper emotional health problem?

The intensity of the situation can be ranging from typical examination nervousness to temporary anxiety or stress disorder due to emotional issues from family like a death of near ones or so on.

Q2:Which of the following examples could be considered to contribute to social health? Explain your answers.
1. Mourning when a close family member dies
2. Going to a football match or involvement in a community meeting
3. Celebrating traditional festivals within your community
4. Shopping in the market
5. Creating and maintaining friendship.

All of these will contribute towards the social health since all involve inteeractions with people, creation of friendship, getting support and happiness from social interaction.

Q3: From your previous experiences, either as a worker or as a community member, what do you think health education is ?

Health education is never meant to be for an individual alone, but for the family and the closest social circle. A health educator can mould a sensible community on health knowledge to solve their own minor ailments within the household and prophylaxis of many diseases by distribution of government sponsored medicines for eradication of contagious diseases.

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