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individuals contact ring, smallpox could be halted with available resources, making the seemingly impossible, possible. Similarl...

allergies. He has never been involved in a serious industrial or automobile accident (Physical assessment, 2007). He is not taking...

promotion can address a variety of nursing clients in a variety of circumstances. For example, Richardson (2002) acknowledges that...

factor in childhood obesity is the fact that television viewing tends to be accompanied by the consumption of high-calorie, high s...

families often have little access to health care services (Bauman, Silver and Stein, 2006). In many cases, access is provided thro...

well as making it clear that HIV/AIDS is not only an issue which affects other countries but is also very relevant to residents of...

quality of life to a term relative to happiness. This result is less measurable than the authors had hoped, and so they proposed ...

those Aboriginal people living on reserves--in fact--the entire history of "colonialist and paternalistic relations" between the g...

cost effectiveness (The Conference Board of Canada, 2005). In Australia, for example, a physician located in one area can examine ...

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

1997, p.42). Mental health is not only something that is peculiar to an individual, but it is something that affects the entire c...

those under stress or who are unhappy with their lives. For this reason there has been a higher use in poorer social classes where...

absence of disease and infirmity" ("Definitions of Health and Fitness," 2006). Health promotion, on the other hand, " is the combi...

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

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

To consider public health issues we heed to start by looking at models of health. Health is seen and defined as the way the physic...

gum disease in one form or another (Cardiovascular Week, 2005). Gingivitis is the first step of periodontal disease. The...

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

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...

actual sexual violence (Pateman, 2002). Students further learn how to set sexual limits and the need to respect the limits of othe...

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...

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

of linking to other programs that also serve very young children and their families, and tertiary (indicated) prevention, or clini...

2006 edition of the Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, the editors asked their readers their opinions on issues re...

manufactured before 1978 are particularly likely to contain lead-based paints because it wasnt until that year that lead-based pai...

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

2007). It is much better and will have more impact if this training and communication happens in a face-to-face situation and not...

goal of totally reforming all of US healthcare has been shelved, with the focus now being exclusively on health insurance. The na...

to adulthood or general maturation processes. In an institutionalised environment, this can be a difficult transition, yet in a co...

to examine whether womens social roles mediate the impact of heart surgery on their psychological well-being" (Plach and Heidrich,...