SEARCH RESULTS

This essay presents a summary and analysis of "Video on Interviewing Vulnerable Elders (VIVE)," which instructs nurses and long-te...

The positive health benefits of quitting begin within minutes of the last smoke. The positive health outcome continue each year, s...

in 2001 (Griggs and Bazie, 2002). The median household income dropped across the board, including all racial-ethnic groups with t...

in the US. Likewise, diabetes-associated nephropathy, a progressive disorder of the kidney, is the leading cause of end stage rena...

pilot studies 1. Introduction The potential benefits of technology in the health industry are enormous. In the past the use ...

through the work of 11 agencies, with a particular focus on aiding those citizens who are "least able to help themselves" (HHS, 20...

of those "right-time, right-place" solutions for the Hospital for Sick Children, which was spearheading the initiative, the other ...

of the annual physical checkup (SAMHSA, 2010). By the 1960s, health promotion was gaining in popularity in the U.S. and gained eve...

change will soon be out of business whether it is a public or private organization. It is also true regardless of industry. As Tho...

research in terms of postal workers. 1.1 The Research Hypothesise In order to undertake this research the following hypothesis ...

or they ignore the information. This is one of the reasons it is so important to instill that knowledge and those practices in chi...

corruption have prospered. Therefore, corruption alone cannot be seen as a source of constraint. Sachs (2006) notes that the per c...

reason why pharmacies can sell personal information has to do with a loophole in HIPAA ("HIPAA Loophole Allows Pharmacies To Sell...

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

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

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...

by many the local and national government ought to have a more important role in the healthcare of the nations. As early as 1900 t...

asthma, cancer, diabetes, and childhood obesity" (Hurst, 2007, p. 207). Improved eyesight and children having higher intelligence ...

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

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

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

In this paper we will look at some of these macro environmental changes including changes in the demographics of workers, such as ...

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

Building on the work of William Farr, Jacques Bertillon, the chief statistician for the city of Paris, devised a revised classific...

most advantageously. Neither is there any consistency in the types of personality and coping responses that least effectively dea...

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

persons health" (Tickner). The implication of this survey is of political interest; says Tickner: "Disparaging attacks on long ter...

utilized by the CDC (WHO, 2009). The status of mental health in the community, the number of injuries, the level of violence, and...