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Abstract for Article on Diabetes Screening

criterion for inclusion in the study as all children previously diagnosed with type 2 diabetes were excluded. Body mass index (B...

The Effects of Second-Hand Smoke on Children

risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke: even small amounts of secondhand smoke exposure can be harmful to peoples health"...

THE RISING COSTS OF HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED STATES

doctors and hospitals who have no problems charging a patient three dollars for an aspirin tablet. Its also easy to point the fing...

Reflective Learning Document; Healthcare Promotion

the stage of evaluation is being one mainly concerned with health-related assessment activities so that progress can be measured a...

HIV in the California Prison System

economic and historical issues surrounding the problem of HIV in prison. Perhaps one place to start is to look at the overall pro...

Proposal for the Application of Collaborative Practices in Health Care Provision

The paper, which is written in the style of a White Paper, proposes an increased level of collaborative practices between medical ...

Heart Failure Readmissions

The incidence of heart failure is so great, it has become a public health concern. The readmission rates are very high for heart f...

Crimes Against Medicare

The Office of Inspector General, Department of Health & Human Services publishes several reports each year in addition to giving t...

CAFR Department of HHS

The acronym CAFR stands for Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. Numerous agencies and governmental entities must complete this ...

Reliable Information on Providers, Facilities

This research paper discusses how patient can obtain valid information on reliable providers and health care facilities and the re...

Reports on Medicare

Activities performed by the Department of Health and Human Services are discussed in comprehensive semiannual reports that are aut...

Hospitals and Practitioners, Nationwide Health Coverage

This research paper examines various aspect of the Affordable Care Act within the context of the need for national health coverage...

Personality and Health

This paper emphasizes the relationship that exists between personality, emotions and health. There are four sources in this three...

Culture Care Theory

There are dozens of nursing theories that have been developed over decades. Each has its own value and each is beneficial for nurs...

Critical Analysis of an Article

Sleep is a hot topic in the United States because survey after survey reveals that most Americans do not get enough sleep. There a...

Teen Substance Abuse, Pediatric Health Promotion

This research paper/essay pertains to the topics of health promotions, which are designed to address the needs of teens in regards...

Family Systems Theory

in psychoanalytical theory away from a focus on individual and towards a focus on the whole. While psychoanalysts had previously ...

Assessment of Independent Living

she does "light housekeeping," which is also not consistent with someone who needs assistance getting out of bed. However, the stu...

TELEMEDICINE AND VALUE TO THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

radiologist must travel to a rural hospital to examine the images (Gamble et al, 2004). If he or she cant travel, then a courier w...

DIABETES AND COST INCREASES

the rise, more people are needing the drug therapies to help with controlling the disease (Buono, 2008). Its estimated that diabet...

Alcohol Abuse and Public Health

(Time for coordinated action on alcohol, 2004). It is particularly dangerous to young people, who are more likely than anyone else...

Evaluation of Usablity.gov

which entices the user to explore further. The target audience for this site is quite broad. As indicated in the introduction to ...

Role of Public Health Nurse/Diabetes Care

reveals about diabetic populations. The normal digestive processes of the body turn any form of carbohydrate that is consumed in...

The Obama and McCain Health Care Reform Plans

remainder in expanded Health Savings Accounts" (Straight talk, 2008). As for the currently uninsured, McCains plan is to work with...

Diabetes and the Aging Native American Population

serve to further complicate these problems. Many elderly Native Americans suffering with diabetes, for example, may have been att...

Nursing Management Issue/Medication Error

systems. The following examination of the problem of medication errors focuses on the context of mental health nursing within the ...

Reforming Health Care

the fact that Americans demand extraordinary health care but refuse to pay for it; that medical science is now able to extend life...

The Positive and Negative Effects of Using Cloning to Treat Genetic Disease

Switching around an embryos mitochondria might appear innocent enough but we must realize that mitochondrial genes act well outsid...

USING A SWOT ANALYSIS TO DEVELOP NEW SERVICE OR HEALTH CARE PROGRAM

a machine, as it were, even if the machine is connected to a health-care professional on the other end. Along those lines,...

Advanced Nursing Practice and Family Theory: Lessons From the Movie “Thirteen”

begins using drugs, stealing, experimenting with sex, and seeking out more radical means of self mutilation. Each of these change...