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Introduction to Public Health Nursing

   

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0Running head: NURSING PUBLIC HEALTHNursing public healthName of the student:Name of the University:Author’s note
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1NURSING PUBLIC HEALTHTeaching nutrition to low income people with Hypertension:Phase I: The goal of education and health promotion is to improve nutrition and reduce risk ofhypertension in low income adults.Nutrition education is important to manage uncontrolledhypertension as relationship between concentration of fat and carbohydrates and hypertensionhas been documented in research (Huckabay et al., 2016). Phase II: Certain behavioral and environmental determinant increases the risk of hypertensionin adults. The example of modifiable behavioral risk factors of hypertension includes lifestylechoices in low income group such as obesity, physical inactivity, consumption of unhealthy dietand alcohol. Eating high amount of sodium and potassium increases risk of hypertension. Theenvironmental risk factors for hypertension include chronic stress, urbanization process and lackof education (Hamano et al., 2012). Low socioeconomic status increases risk of hypertension aspoor education, physical inactivity, risky behavior and poor diet is high in low income grouppeople (Sarki et al., 2015). Hence, priority should be given to lifestyle choices such as improvingdiet and reducing obesity to prevent hypertension. Phase III: The predisposing factors that can affect changing food eating habit of low incomeadults includes low education, poor income and influence of cultural factors on food habits.People with poor income are more likely to be obese and undernourished because of limitedaccess to healthy foods. Lack of social support in the community and presence of depression andstress can also influence behavioral hypertension control (Sarki et al., 2015). Phase IV: The role of policy makers and administrative agency is also crucial to improvebehavioral risk of hypertension among low income adults. For example, the implementingprogram for nutrition education and food assistance is necessary to increase awareness about
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