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Dawn Moore. Dawn Chanté Flythe Moore (née Flythe; born August 8, 1975) [1][2] is an American philanthropist, community organizer, campaign strategist, and the current First Lady of Maryland as the wife of Governor Wes Moore. She is the first African-American First Lady of the state.
The Andersen healthcare utilization model is a conceptual model aimed at demonstrating the factors that lead to the use of health services. According to the model, the usage of health services (including inpatient care, physician visits, dental care etc.) is determined by three dynamics: predisposing factors, enabling factors, and need.
Moore met Dawn Flythe in Washington, D.C. in 2002. [348] They moved to the Riverside community in Baltimore in 2006. [76] The couple eloped in Las Vegas while he was on a brief leave from Afghanistan and were married by an Elvis impersonator. [349] Their official wedding ceremony was held on July 6, 2007. [350] They have two children, born 2011 ...
The health belief model (HBM) is a social psychological health behavior change model developed to explain and predict health-related behaviors, particularly in regard to the uptake of health services. [1][2] The health belief model also refers to an individual's beliefs about preventing diseases, maintaining health, and striving for well-being. [3]
On July 16, 1798, President John Adams signed the first Federal public health law, " An act for the relief of sick and disabled Seamen." This assessed every seaman at American ports 20 cents a month. This was the first prepaid medical care plan in the United States.
The Donabedian model is a conceptual model that provides a framework for examining health services and evaluating quality of health care. [1] According to the model, information about quality of care can be drawn from three categories: "structure", "process", and "outcomes". [2] Structure describes the context in which care is delivered ...
The biomedical model of medicine care is the medical model used in most Western healthcare settings, and is built from the perception that a state of health is defined purely in the absence of illness. [1]: 24, 26 The biomedical model contrasts with sociological theories of care. [1]: 1 [2] Forms of the biomedical model have existed since ...
Immunization against diseases is a key preventive healthcare measure. Preventive healthcare, or prophylaxis, is the application of healthcare measures to prevent diseases. [1] Disease and disability are affected by environmental factors, genetic predisposition, disease agents, and lifestyle choices, and are dynamic processes that begin before ...