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Overview of San Diego's Project 'Jump Start'

enter for up to a full year. Because obesity is a family problem as well as one of society, project Jump Start has the potential ...

DVT and Evidence-Based Practice

breath (King, 2003, p. 24). The factors comprising the triad are "venous stasis, vessel wall damage and coagulation changes" (Van ...

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...

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 ...

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...

United Kingdom and Policies of Suicide Prevention

considered. Durkheim looked at suicide, which was defined as any action which lead subsequently to the death of the individual, ei...

Security Manager Assistance Offered by Analyzing Crime Patterns

in front of their school are all examples of provocative situations that may escalate and trigger crimes."1 Human nature i...

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...

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...

Hate Crimes Legislation

history, and how politics and media have affected it can help shed light on this relevant issue. The Hate Crimes Prevention Ac...

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...

Anthrax Cause and Response

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

Making People Healthier

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

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...

Primary Prevention Strategy Against Divorce

todays marriages. Those factors are money and gender expectations. The literature has recognized the fact that gender roles in s...

Polk County, Florida Diabetes Prevention Program Proposal

50.9% of the population ("Polk County Quick Facts," 2005). The population is 79.6 white ("Polk County Quick Facts," 2005). It seem...

Need for Community Prevention and Correction Programs

officers and to a much lesser extent fund prevention programs ( Petersilia, 1995). In the next year, 1995, the bill was revised a...

Deadly Skin Cancer Form Malignant Melanoma

of UV radiation than where the ozone layer is intact. Even where there are no particular problems with overhead ozone, peop...

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...

Preventing Obesity

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

Cancer Interventions

care professionals and systems because of previous negative experiences. The literature emphasizes that all women, regardless of...

Examination of Diabetes

causes behind the increased incidence of this disease (Mathur and Shiel, 2003). Experts feel that, in general, the risk for type 2...

Long Island City Community Program of Drug Prevention Proposal

drug use, there is good reason to rail against the problem. How can a community organize against drug abuse? First, what is orga...

Infant Abduction Consulting Firm

And finally, outfitting hospitals with the most effective and appropriate infant abduction security system is the main task of Res...

Social Organization and the Self Control Criminology Theory of Michael Gottredson and Travis Hirschi

interest of society as a whole, criminals have not. Gottredson and Hirschi attribute this failure to inadequate or improper child...

HVC or Hepatitis C

Although certain populations are more prone to the disease, because young people are inordinately affected, this is a problem that...

Overview of Existing Research on Nitric Oxide Induced Apoptosis

apoptosis in particular cell types (RCDRG, 2004). "Nitric oxide has been demonstrated to inhibit apoptosis in a number of cell ty...

Instrument Cleaning Prior to Sterilization

workplace performance, motivation and overall productivity. Research suggests that workplace motivation and overall productivity ...

Stetler Model and Decision Making

studies have reported more satisfactory results for the Norton and Braden scales, but that the researchers nonetheless "have confi...