Population health

Running Head : Population Health - Literature Review

Manual Handling Injuries in Nursing - Mental Health

The objective of this paper is to conduct a literature review and apply the population health knowledge and principles to professional practice through the development of an understanding of key influences on the health of the population and strategies to help influence health outcomes for individuals and communities . The literature review would focus and critique on manual handling injuries in nursing and the impact it has on the health of the population and strategies to influence health outcomes

for individuals and communities . Few studies of manual handling injuries in nursing have been critiqued and reviewed

Key learning outcomes that will be assessed are

Discuss Health and illness from a population perspective

Utilize bio-statistical and epidemiological methodologies in population health research

Understand the interdisciplinary , inter-sectoral and global imperatives for health

What is the relationship between behavior and health outcome

This paper would also demonstrate how existing population health is applied to mental health , which pertains to manual handling injuries in nursing . Evidence based recommendations would be provided to suggest changes in area of practice relating to manual handling injuries in nursing applying to mental health

Literature review

The definition of Manual handling includes the supporting and transporting the load by hand or by any other part of the body . Various activities included as part of the manual handling are lowering pulling , lifting , intentional throw and carrying of load . Nursing care has manual handling as its integral part . A...