Community Health Nursing Caring for the Publics Health

Questions: 1. What is the difference between a group "at risk" for poor health and a group considered a "vulnerable" population? Provide an example of a group at risk and a group considered a vulnerable population. 2. Explain why members of these groups cannot advocate for themselves or why advocating for these groups would be beneficial. What would you advocate for? Answers: 1. What is the difference between a group "at risk" for poor health and a group considered a "vulnerable" population? Provide an example of a group at risk and a group considered a vulnerable population. The group at risk for poor health attributes to the population experiencing the predisposition toward developing psychosomatic abnormalities in the community environment (Lundy Janes, 2009). The health risk reciprocally varies in accordance with the interaction between genetic profile, quality of life and psychosocial environment experienced by the target population. However, the vulnerable population comprises of group of individuals that remain prone to experiencing various health issues in relation to their inaccessibility to medical facilities and financial instability (Maure Smith, 2013). The group at risk include the individuals of older age groups and people with personal/family history of chronic conditions including diabetes, hypertension and cancer. However, the vulnerable groups include the people affected with homelessness, poverty, disability and mental instability. 2. Explain why members of these groups cannot advocate for themselves or why advocating for these groups would be beneficial. What would you advocate for? The groups experiencing the risk of poor health outcomes find it difficult to advocate themselves in relation to the health disparities, ignorance and unethical outlook of common masses regarding health challenges faced by at risk individuals in the context of their genetic predisposition or history of chronic abnormalities. Furthermore, the vulnerable individuals face numerous challenges in terms of financial instability and poverty that make them prone to developing various psychosomatic disorders, thereby reducing their resistance in terms of effectively presenting the health challenges experienced by these individuals in the community environment. Indeed, the mitigation of challenges and constraints faced by vulnerable and at risk individuals requires advocating their contention and health concerns for strategically configuring proactive remedies in the context of reducing predisposition of these individuals toward developing disease patterns and other health related challenges across the globe. References Lundy, K. S., Janes, S. (2009). Community Health Nursing: Caring for the Public's Health (2 ed.). USA: Jones and Bartlett. Maure, F. A., Smith, C. M. (2013). Community/Public Health Nursing Practice: Health for Families and Populations. Missouri: Elsevier - Saunders.