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Anthrax Cause and Response

The disease known as Anthrax is caused by the highly infectious microorganism Bacillus anthracis. The bacteria...

Dehydration, Effects and Prevention

has a negative impact on cognitive and physical performance and a loss of 7 percent "can lead to body collapse" (Suhayda and Walto...

Public Health Organizations

Both Winslow and Acheson make the link between society and health, and the role of social actions; a concept that was seen in many...

Importance of Isolation Precautions

most effective forms of primary prevention for the spread of contagious diseases (Gould, 2009). There are five principles regardin...

Visual Images and Communication

forceful idea behind this image is that AIDS should be a collective problem, one that sparks a community-based response. ...

Nursing Home Falls - A Literature Review

of falls in nursing homes, it was essential to collect information from as wide a variety of credible sources as possible. Title s...

Designing Community-Based Prevention

any demographic characteristics. Considering these principles from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the fact that drug a...

Factors Influencing Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Relation to Health Education

behavioral choices or at-risk status have been indicated. Q-2) What are some barriers to health promotion in your own community?...

The Tertiary Level of Prevention

family violence has occurred relate the importance of a community base and social support mechanisms for reducing recidivism by pe...

Secondary Prevention and Family Violence

facts concerning domestic violence. First of all, research data shows that domestic violence rates are high, as there is lifetime ...

School Programs to Reduce Obesity

The same results were not seen for boys. Shaya and colleagues conducted a similar study in 2008. The results of the empirical re...

Liberalized Trade and Economic Growth of Zimbabwe

This 4 page essay studies Zimbabwe and the influence of the WTO and the IMF on AIDS. This paper argues for increased liberalizatio...

Healthcare and the Dangers of Nosocomial Infections

services. However, the greatest cost of all has been to human life, because nosocomial infections have resulted in patient deaths...

Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

n.d.). The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) explains that "Ultimately, health promotion activit...

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EASTERN AND WESTERN MEDICINE

western medicine treats symptoms and diseases through drugs, radiation or surgery (Western Medicine, 2009). Eastern medic...

Preventable Dangers in the Home

or preschoolers they sometimes neglect to hide outlets. A toddler for example may get a hold of keys or something metal and stick ...

America's Best Drug Policy Option

of the crime problem, they carried with them the frustration of knowing that despite all good intentions, alcohol (like drugs) wil...

Dropout Prevention for Youth with Disabilities

1998). In order to keep young people in school, they have to be engaged in learning and further, see a reason for continuing. The ...

U.S. Health System

U.S. healthcare system is dangerous and lethal. That is a fact already confirmed by the data cited from Cortese and Smoldt (2005)....

Proactive Approaches to Street Racing and Underage Drinking

is bothersome to the point of creating fear and ask for their help in reaching a resolution. From this interactive encounter, the...

HIV/AIDS & African American Women

"African American womens rights and underscores their physical, emotional and sociocultural vulnerability to HIV/AIDS" (Williams, ...

Colorectal Cancer Prevention and Management

to the health care system, or that everyone should be screened just in case, but rather, that the testing can be uncomfortable, an...

Smoking Prevention Strategies from an Economic Perspective

is 130% of ideal bodyweight5. There are also other hidden costs that are often ignored in terms of the cost and benefit of smokin...

Preventing Obesity

(2004) reported the following: in 2000, 64.5 percent of American adults were identified as overweight and 30.5 percent were obese....

Surgery Preparation of Hands

non-sterile paper. The participant would then use a sufficient amount of the aqueous alcoholic solution to fully cover the hands...

Spinal Tuberculosis Management and Prevention Literature Review

is actually a form of tuberculosis. The story of Alexander Pope is just an anecdote and by no means signifies its origin. Skeleton...

MRSA Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

of settings ranging from nursing homes, to prisons, to athletic teams (Turabelidze, Mei Lin, Wolkoff, Dosson, Gladback, and Zhu, 2...

March of 1988 Kurdish Halabja Massacre

in the alleys, in homes, in their own beds (Atroushi, 2006). Kaveh Golestan, an Iranian photographer, described the scene: "It w...

Program for the Prevention of Teen Suicide

suicide. This same instrument can be used following therapy to determine differences before and after counseling. Because teen su...

Proteus Vulgaris

2000, p. 6888). Transmission Proteus is commonly found in such venues as hospitals and long-term care facilities (Gonzalez, 2006)...