Question

I. Hypothetical situation to develop an essay:
As a requirement of the Community course, you are part of a team of healthcare professionals assigned to assess the needs of residents of a mental health home. The community is a diverse one in ages where people over 60 years old predominate. Within your work plan with the other health professionals, consider the aspects of health promotion and prevention and include the ethical-legal elements to intervene with this population.

The needs that have been identified are the following:
• Overcrowding
•   Sedentary life
• Physiological diseases such as diabetes and hypertension

 Considers the needs identified in the community for the content of the essay

Answer 1

Schedule adequate time for team building and give the work group a clear timeline. Consider opportunities to foster mutual trust among the care team, especially sharing patient success stories. Create opportunities for team members to get to know each other and interact outside of patient care

crowding is a condition where the number of occupants exceeds the capacity of the dwelling space available, whether measured as rooms, bedrooms or floor area, resulting in adverse physical and mental health outcomes . Crowding is a result of a mismatch between the dwelling and the household. The level of crowding relates to the size and design of the dwelling, including the size of the rooms, and to the type, size and needs of the household, including any long-term visitors. Whether a household is “crowded” depends not only on the number of people sharing the dwelling, but on their age, their relationship and their sex. For example, a dwelling might be considered crowded if two adults share a bedroom, but not crowded if those adults are in a relationship . Crowding relates to the conditions of the dwelling as well as the space it provides: people may crowd into particular rooms in their home to avoid cold or uninhabitable parts of the dwelling or to save on heating and other costs

In the workplace
Some workplaces have implemented exercise classes at lunch, walking challenges among coworkers, or allowing employees to stand rather than sit at their desks during work. Workplace interventions such as alternative activity workstations, sit-stand desks, and promotion of stair use are among measures implemented to counter the harms of a sedentary workplace.[29] A 2018 Cochrane review concluded that "at present there is very low quality evidence that sit-stand desks can reduce sitting at work at the short term. There is no evidence for other types of interventions." There is no high-quality evidence that such interventions provide long-term health benefits.[30]

In education
The majority of time children are in a classroom, they are seated (60% of the time).Children who regularly engage in physical activity are more likely to become healthy adults; children benefit both physically and mentally when they replace sedentary behavior with active behavior.[31] Despite this knowledge and due in part to an increase in sedentary behaviors, children have 8 fewer hours of free play each week than they did 20 years ago.

Several studies have examined the effects of adding height-adjustable standing desks to classrooms, which have reduced the time spent sitting. However, associating the reduction in sitting with health effects is challenging. In one study conducted on Australian school children, known as the Transform-Us! study, interventions reduced the amount of time children spent sitting in the classroom, which was associated with lower body mass index and waist circumference. The interventions used in the study included stand-up desks and easels, the use of timers, and sport and circus equipment in the classroom. Teachers also made lessons more active, and added breaks to lessons to promote active time.[7] In the US, another intervention for children is promoting the use of active transportation to and from school, such as through the Safe Routes to School program