SEARCH RESULTS

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

of literature about biomedical ethics relative to patient autonomy. This type of autonomy is limited, at best, with managed health...

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...

markets that can be quite lucrative. The industry can expect greater numbers of patients in the future, resulting both from demog...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

infected individuals essentially quadrupled in South Africa and Zimbabwe (El-Asfahani and Girvan, 2009). Today an estimated 25 pe...

anticipated to help improve the system over the long term, short-term there will have to be adaptations by organizations as they d...

"minimum standards for licensing, vehicles, equipment for vehicles, personnel, training, communications and the treatment of acute...

example of this was introduced by Coreil et al in 2001 when discussing breast cancer - they point out that incidence rates for bre...

to adopt healthy living habits (Schiavo, 2007). The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) says health communication is ...

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...

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

but society as a whole. Businesses, organizations, and even the government itself could flounder in the face of such a severe pro...

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...

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

of consumptions vary, with the industrialized countries using more than the developing countries (Rheingans 363). Various energy s...

directly with families in their home, aiding them with complex care situations (Denham, 2003). How has the family changed? In 20...

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

concern for hospital executives is the fact that as managed care contracts increase, hospital marketing orientation decreases. Ma...

to keep in mind is the United States is the only industrialized nation in the world that does not have some sort of national unive...