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Childhood Obesity

2005, p.165). In obese children, the number of fat cells present in the body can be as much as three times higher than in normal w...

Health Care - United States vs Canada

knowledge safely and appropriately" (p. 17). Morath (2003) went so far as to state clearly that the U.S. healthcare system is dang...

Access to Services for People with Disabilities

conversation with MaryAlice Mowry," 2003). Many people do not realize that government benefits aligned with disabilities would be ...

Water And Air Pollution Plan

has proven effective for eradicating its presence. In order for Calcasieu Parish to address the overwhelming air and water pollut...

Public Health/Then & Now

and three stores," which served as "stock rooms, milk stations, clinics," etc. (Lillian Wald). Roughly 3,000 people typically were...

Universal Prescription Drug Coverage

Foundation, 2006). In 2003, at least US$700 million was spent by Americans purchasing drugs from Canadian pharmacies (Kaiser Famil...

E-Health and Women's Hypertension

E-Health resources are utilized not just by the healthcare establishment itself but also by patients and consumers (HIMSS, 2006; E...

Topics for a Course in Health

course, there is no need to go into depth, as an entire course does, when speaking of a general health course. A general health co...

Factors Affecting Health Care

now our nations elderly have depended on Medicare/Medicaid for their medical needs. The Medicare/Medicaid system upon which these...

Spirituality & Religion in Counseling

to focus on the therapeutic relationship. Counselor C, who is a biblical counselor, rejects all secular approaches and turns to Sc...

An Overview of the Health Care System in the United States

The estimated increase for 1999 is between 7 and 10 percent.4 Of the expenditures in 1997, 33 percent went towards hospital costs,...

'Unraveling the Mystery of Health' by Aaron Antonovsky

events in life. Antonovsky suggests that a sense of coherence is an essential factor in the maintenance of health. In his "salu...

The National Health Care System in Canada

Fifteen pages and 14 sources. This paper relates the fact of the increasing discontentment with the universal health care system ...

Education and Health Promotion

fundamental differences between the two concepts. Whitehead (2004), for sake of clarity, delineates the foundation of health-rela...

Debate on Mental Health Parity Legislation

is still very much on the burner as far as an issue we want to see addressed before we recess" (Landa, 2001; p. 8)....

Safety and Health Program Implementation

In six pages this paper examines how an administrative organization can implement a safety and health program with references made...

Yemen, United Kingdom, and United States Healthcare Delivery Systems

In five pages this paper examines Yemen's Ministry of Health, the UK's National Health Service, and the US's Medicaid in a compara...

Public Health Outreach for Pregnant Women for an African American Population

15 pages and 19 sources. This paper considers the importance of public health outreach for women who are pregnant, especially wom...

Health Care Policy and Influential Factors

Paul Starrs (1983) book, The Social Transformation of American Medicine, provides insightful vision into the changes that had occu...

Home Health Care Marketing

In five pages this paper examines how to market home health care with a local marketer interviewed and a community facility that f...

OSHA Regulations and Nursing Workplace Violence

any given time, but the Bureau of Labor Statistics has deemed that health care and social service employees are subject to a highe...

Managed Health Care and HMOs

In ten pages this paper discusses the evolution of the health care industry in an overview of cost containment and HMO and managed...

Pontiac, Michigan and African Americans County Public Health Outreach Services

In ten pages this paper discusses a county public health outreach program for African Americans who have been consistently denied ...

Medicaid Laws of New York State

In nine pages the Family Health Plus and Health Care Reform Act of 2000 are among the topics discussed in a consideration of New Y...

New Hampshire's House Bill 672

In seven pages this paper discusses New Hampshire's efforts to correct health benefits inequities with its introduction of House B...

Partnership Between WHO and the Pharmaceuticals Industry

In fifty pages this paper discusses the necessary collaboration between the World Health Organization and the pharmaceuticals indu...

Health Services Integration

In sixteen pages this paper examines the changes to U.S. health care in a review of 3 articles pertaining to the integration of he...

Metabolic Syndrome Explored

apple shaped rather than a pear shaped body) has been associated with an increased risk for heart disease" (The metabolic syndrome...

Diversity in Occupations in Health Care

hallways of hospitals, it does seem to contain a great deal of minority workers. Yet, it is not clear who are in managerial roles ...

Definitions, Determinants of Health

This research paper begins with a discussion of various definitions of "health," then the writer sifts to a literature review and ...