Early years are recognised as the critical time for early learners to lay the foundations of life, shape future outcomes, develop healthy lifestyle and attitudes (Pendergast & Garvis, 2013, p.17). Nutrition and healthy lifestyle are paramount to children due to the fact that they directly influence brains and bodies’ development and growth. Moreover, nutrition, health and safety are working together to establish wellness which would influence children’s abilities to develop and thrive (Sorte, Daeschel & Amador, 2011, p.26). Accordingly, in order to give enough attention to children’ health and wellness, the National Quality Standard is designed to provide better care and attention for children (National Quality Area 2). This essay will analysis …show more content…
Simultaneously, two factors are assumed as constraints that may prevent the National Quality Standard to make a bigger difference to children’s health and wellness which are curriculum about children’s health and wellness and disaster prevention training and education such as regular fire drill have not been mentioned in the National Quality Standard. National Quality Standard has made a vastly difference as it sets up guidelines and standard for services and early educators to follow and operate in relation to children’s health and wellness. When educators and services are following the National Quality Standard, they are decreasing risk factors and increasing protective factors for children to promote their health and wellness (Pendergast & Garvis, 2013, p.233). Risk factors and protective factors are two main factors that dramatically affect children’s health and wellness (Pendergast & Garvis, 2013, p.233). Risk factors refer to those that are possibly do harm to the result of health and wellbeing such as bullying, whereas protective factors refer to those that are likely to make contribution to the enhancement of health and wellbeing including a caring environment in the services (Pendergast
National Board Certification is the occupation’s label of proficient teaching established by teachers for teachers. It is assembled with National Board Standards and the five core propositions, difficult and performance-based, based on several measures, peer-reviewed, voluntary, valid and reliable. “To date, more than 112,000 teachers in all 50 states and the District of Columbia have achieved National Board Certification” (“National Board Certification”). It is very beneficial for teachers and I think the National Board Certified teachers make better educators.
Delaney, L., & Smith, J. P. (2012). Childhood Health: Trends and Consequences over the Life Course. Future Of Children, 22(1), 3. Retrieved April 4, 2014, from http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer? sid=3117d496-29ac-4318-82c9-1dfeeac7cc64%40sessionmgr113&vid=12&hid=109
This 2015 study, included a sample of 37 children between the ages of 7 and 11 years, with the education program lasting 11weeks. According to Minnosi and Pellandra (2015), in order to evaluate the outcomes of the study, “A general evaluation questionnaire will be administered to the parents, to identify personal details of parents and children, breastfeeding time, age of introduction of complementary foods, early and family history.” The evaluation tools that were used with the children are the “TDPA” and the “Cardiokid” questionnaires. The results included increased knowledge and development of healthy habits, with improvements in BMI, waist circumference, blood pressure, and lab tests in children and adults. The population of children aged 7-11 years, closely resemble the population of Let’s Get Healthy program, which includes children aged seven to ten years. Thus, Minnosi and Pellandra (2015) provides evidence obtained through a randomized controlled trial with similar population, and the use of Rosswurm and Larrabee (1999) model, which strengthens validity and reliability of the Let’s Get Healthy
The health promotion will aim to increase physical activity and enhance the individual’s consumption of nutrient dense food based on Healthy People Guidelines 2010, as well as improve the health literacy for the parent and the individual with regards to childhood obesity. It is essential that the nurse, parent, and child have open communication with mutually agreed upon goals (Caprio et al., 2008). The goals set forth by the nurse, parent, and child are that the attendee will participate in at least 60 minutes of sustained aerobic activity 5 days a week for the next 6 months. The attendee will also eat at least one and half cups of fruit and one and half cups of vegetables daily for the next 6 mont...
A person’s health along with the health of a community are influenced heavily by the social determinants of health. These determinants create a strong foundation for a healthy and proper development of a community (Public Health Agency of Canada, 2013). Further, a proper foundation will allow the children within the community to develop properly, which will foster their potential for intellectual and physical intelligence. This paper will explore the effects of healthy childhood development, personal health practices and coping skills, health services and income and social statuses with in the Maple Leaf neighbourhood. Further, this paper will explore how the above social determinants of health directly affect the students of St. Fidelis school. Lastly, this paper will explain how the rise in cavities within these children is an issue as well as approached to overcome this issue.
How will you contribute to the mission of the National Health Service Corps in providing care to underserved communities?
1. Legal, ethical and professional principle frameworks underpin all fields of nursing, and it is a requirement for all Registered Nurses to be competent and knowledgeable, act with integrity and maintain professional standards set out by Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC, 2015). Working with multidisciplinary teams within our profession, it is important to acknowledge and recognise the way in which all the professionals are guided by law and their independent regulatory bodies. The needs of the individual patient is to be considered by doctors and nurses alike, who share professional values and are set out in the respective codes of practice, The Code (NMC, 2015) and GMC (2013).
A wide variety of legislation, statutory guidance, policies and procedures support the safety and welfare of children and young people. This includes policies relating to health and wellbeing, safety and security, personal care and individual rights. The legislation and guidance has been developed over a number of years in response to:
It is apparent that living an unhealthy lifestyle, as well as eating poorly, negatively affects one’s health. From a young age it is quickly learned which foods are considered healthful as opposed to junk food. It is a parents responsibility to supervise the intake of their child's food, however there is a higher risk than ever before of childhood obesity.
Research My first research experience took place from the Fall 2012 – Summer 2013 in a neurobiology laboratory (Dr. Daniel Plas) focused on Parkinson’s Disease. In this project an undergrad student and I were tasked with optimizing a cellular medium for neural growth of the model organism Lymnaea stagnalis. This was comprised of following established protocols and altering certain variables within the formulas (differing concentrations of ions, pH, et al.) to observe growth pattern differences in vitro.
Sorte, J., Daeschel, I., Amador, C. (2011). Nutrition, Health, and Safety for Young Children. (Ashford University ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN’s) goal is to prepare future nurses with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) that are needed to continuously improve the quality and safety of the healthcare systems within which they work. QSEN focuses on six main competencies; patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics. As we have learned in earlier classes these competencies and their KSAs offer a base to help us and other nurses as we continue our education and become RNs. As we will learn in this class these KSAs go hand in hand with health assessment.
The Common Core State Standards has been adopted by many states in the United States already. This issue is gaining both positive and negative opinions within the education world and society. Some want to know why the standards were created and what the meaning behind these standards is. What is the reasoning for implementing these standards, and why is there so much controversy that follows. Why do these four words cause such controversy? The following will analyze and evaluate The Common Core State Standards in hopes to understand why education is being overtaken by them.
To compare against the educators’ childhood experiences, the world of children today turns to have less opportunities to free play with risks (Early Childhood Australia, 2013). Risk is generally viewed from two domains: positive for children development and negative for children’s physical health (Early Childhood Australia, 2013). Educators’ thoughtfully plan activities and environments in the centres can facilitate children to achieve the outcomes of the EYLF effectively. According to XXX, she suggests that educators can discuss risks with children, the potential risks of the activities and the risky play (Dwyer, 2016) for the purpose of building children’s senses of
ISO 14001 is the basis for the establishment of EMS, a framework that the company can follow to achieve an effective EMS. In fact, the whole ISO 14000 family is for EMS, which comprises organization, monitoring, evaluation and accounting of the organization’s environmental performance (ISO, 2009). The ISO 14001 is though the most recognized scheme for the EMS and certification, while the rest of the ISO 14000 family is more guidelines for EMS.