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Explain the role that the WHO plays in the prevention of communicable diseases.What are the possible sources of financing for programs like the one in which you are involved?

As a health care professional for an international health care network, you plan to visit 7 foreign countries this year as part of a communicable disease prevention program. Before you travel, you need to provide information to your assistants about the health care services in the countries you will be visiting, as well as on the World Health Organization (WHO), the agency that is concerned with international public health.

Research using the Library and other resources to address the following:

Provide examples that show how the WHO is involved with global health care assistance.

Explain the role that the WHO plays in the prevention of communicable diseases.

Select 7 foreign countries, and briefly describe the communicable disease situation in the selected countries. Include your statistics in a table format.

What are the possible sources of financing for programs like the one in which you are involved?

Be sure to support your information by citing at least 2 scholarly references using APA format.

What other characteristics do legumes have that meats do not?  Are the major sources of protein in your diet plant based or animal based?  Would plant based proteins have less environmental impact?  Why or why not?

M2 protein intake

Answer the following questions.  Remember to show all your calculations and indicate units after every number.

Based on your three-day average, how many grams of protein do you consume daily?
How many calories does this represent?

What percent of your average calorie intake was contributed by proteins?

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends between 10 to 15 percent of our total calories be supplied by protein.

How does your protein intake compare with this recommendation?   Explain, using examples, how you currently meet this recommendation or how you could alter your diet to meet this recommendation.

What specific foods could you reduce (or increase), and what foods would you use to replace those foods, to bring your total protein intake within the recommended range?

How does your average protein intake compare with the RDA for your age and gender? (The RDA for protein can be found on page A at the end of the text, following the index.)

Discuss the risks associated with overconsumption and underconsumption of protein.

Explain the advantages and limitations of consuming legumes as protein sources. Identify the vitamins and minerals found in legumes but not in meat.

What other characteristics do legumes have that meats do not?  Are the major sources of protein in your diet plant based or animal based?  Would plant based proteins have less environmental impact?  Why or why not?

Are high protein/low carbohydrate diets safe?  Why or why not?  What did you decide?  Support your claims/position with scientifically supported research using proper citations.

Considering what you have learned about protein, what is your opinion of protein supplements?  Defend your answer.
As your text points out, there are health benefits to vegetarian diets. However, certain types of vegetarian diets can pose health risks. What are those risks, and how can they be avoided?

What are complementary proteins? Give three examples of how several foods can be combined to yield complementary proteins.

Locate and share a ToolKit from the CDC, WHO, United States Preventative Services Taskforce, Million Hearts, or Healthy People 2030. Detail how an advanced practice nurse can utilize the tool kit for a specific population that is affected by health care inequities.

ToolKit

1. Locate and share a ToolKit from the CDC, WHO, United States Preventative Services Taskforce, Million Hearts, or Healthy People 2030. Detail how an advanced practice nurse can utilize the tool kit for a specific population that is affected by health care inequities.

3. 2 peer reviewed articles less than 5 years old.

Describe the differences between health education and health promotion.Determine a health promotion model or theory that could be applied to the selected community-based health promotion program.

Health Promotion Theory Paper

Theories provide a foundation or framework for the understanding and application of complex concepts. Theories of health promotion provide an understanding of the motivation or self-efficacy of health care seeking behaviors for individuals, groups or populations.

Health promotion models help healthcare professionals in conducting community needs assessments or developing and evaluating health promotion activities.

Assignment Criteria:For this assignment, develop a scholarly paper that includes the following criteria:

1. Describe the differences between health education and health promotion.

2. Explore a community-based health promotion program.a. For example: Million Hearts, Healthy People 2030, WHO, United States Preventative Services (USPTF., Special Olympics ,Fit5 program, YMCA, YWCA, Alcoholic Anonymous, A, Silver Sneakers, cardiac rehabilitation, diabetes support groups, Grief Support, Mental Health.

3. Determine a health promotion model or theory that could be applied to the selected community-based health promotion program.

4. The scholarly paper should be in narrative format, 3 to 4 pages excluding the title and reference page.

5. Include an introductory paragraph, purpose statement, and a conclusion.

6. Include level 1 headings to organize the paper.

7. Write the paper in third person, not first person (meaning do not use ‘we’ or) and in a scholarly manner. To clarify: we, you, me, our may not be used. In addition, describing yourself as the researcher or the author should not be used.

8. Include four professional peer-reviewed scholarly journal references to support the paper (review in Ulrich Periodical Directory) and be less than five (5) years old.

9. APA format is required (attention to spelling/grammar, a title page, a reference page, and in-text citations).