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The Effects of Long-Term Unemployment

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

Intergenerational Family Relationships

elderly population is finding it difficult to meet their own financial needs and have few choices but to pool resources with other...

Elderly Divorce

life expectancy than in previous generation, but to face it alone, that is, in a one-person household (De Jong Gierveld, 2002). Th...

Reaction Paper/Public Health Readings/Videos

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

Funding Universal Health Care

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...

Hypothetical Framework for a Single Client Study

depression in the elderly is under-treated, the suicide rate for the depressed elderly is double the rate for elderly individuals ...

Depression And Massage Complementary Therapy

is readily accessible by virtue of muscle and soft tissue manipulation inherent to massage therapy; that this particular complemen...

Funding Universal Health Care

care without knowing some data. It is also lopsided to discuss the cost without discussing the savings. In 2009, the National Coal...

Planning for a Pandemic Health Care Oversight in Western Kentucky

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

Characteristics of Health Education

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

A Public Health Inspection of Apartment Housing and Public Swimming Pools

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

Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

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

Establish Ethical Culture in Public Health

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

Macroeconomic Effects of the "Public Option"

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

Importance of Health Care Communication

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

The Importance of a Public Option in Health Care Reform? ?

overall. We should insure that everyone in our society not only has access to but the ability to pay for adequate healthcare. U...

AN EXPLANATION OF CAUSALITY CONTINUUM

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

Developing a Care Plan

prior to being admitted to the care facility, it is possible that these needs are not being met. There is also the religious need ...

Cigarette Smoking and The Health Care System

health outcomes are generally found in proportion to the number of cigarettes that a smoker uses each day (Goodwin, Keyes and Hasi...

The NHS as a Model of Healthcare

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...

APN Role in Protecting Elderly Abuse Victims

"an older person with adequate food, clothing, shelter, medical care or assistance with activities of daily living" (Gray-Vickrey,...

Medical Law

In order to determine whether or not the consent form signed is valid we need to consider the concept of informed consent. The con...

Fluoride: Overview

dental problems or cancer. So acute is this problem that in 2005 the EWG pushed for fluoride to be included in the National Toxic...

Weight and Self-Esteem

The percentage of obese children between the ages of 6 and 11 was 18 percent in 2012 while 21 percent of adolescents are obese. Th...

Healthy People 2010/Obesity Objective

in nutritional value. High risk also results from the fact that poor neighborhoods frequently lack "well-maintained sidewalks and ...

Demography Of Aging: Impact Upon Life, Job And Society

both generations; their lives by having to virtually give up themselves and their interests, passions or aspirations just to have ...

Child Tracking Technology: Protecting Those With Cognitive Disorders

with some type of cognitive deficit disorder such as dementia or Alzheimers. In order to anticipate the percentage of those who w...

Importance Of Good Health, Emphasis Oral Health

reported that periodontal disease is a cause of low birth weight. Delta Dental stated their research suggests that oral infections...

Rapid Response Team: Quick Recognition And Intervention Of Problems At Va Medical Centers

being more capable of acting proactively and preventively. The philosophy of nursing is something much grander and more complex t...

Withholding Nutrition in the Terminally Ill Child

remaining days, weeks, months, or perhaps even years of their life. Pros...