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Preventing Childhood Obesity

This paper introduces the concept of childhood obesity and why it is important for the CDC to address the issue. Communication met...

Overcoming Unrealistic Fears Preventing Early Screening for Prostate Problems

This paper compares and contrasts the facts verses the misperceptions of prostate problems. The author argues that physicians are...

Preventing Exposure to Radioactive Isotopes

This paper reviews the characteristics of Strontium 90 and how humans can limit their contact with the contaminant. There are fou...

Children, Teens, and Preventing Smoking

advertisements make it clear to young people that smoking is a sophisticated and reasonable way to be an adult. Obviously, better...

Safety and Preventing Wildfires

fires to reach unmanageable intensity. As white settlers moved into the fire zones of the West, it became desirable to prev...

Eighth Annual Prevent Child Abuse Illinois

The booklet, "About Disciplining Your Child," provides an overview for parents of what constitutes appropriate disciplinary measur...

1995 Ruby Ridge Incident and How it Could Have Been Prevented

though the Justice Departments attorney knew "that a court official notified Weaver of an incorrect court date. (Weaver wasnt goin...

Preventing Violence in the Workplace

they may have (Grossman, 2002). Experts believe that workplace violence can be prevented if certain types of training programs ar...

Preventing Domestic Violence

in that it brings a measure of security to those threatened by family violence, but police involvement does not fall into the real...

Program to Prevent Violence in Schools

Childrens Defense Fund places gunfire as "the second-leading cause of death among Americans ages 10-19" (Anonymous, 1996, p. PG). ...

Creative Accounting and the Failure of Accounting Standards to Prevent It

there are variations, which if all put together may make a very large impact on results. There is a need for many company to try a...

Preventing Sexually Transmitted Diseases Program

teens living in non-institutionalized group situations at the time of the 1990 census (US Census Bureau). Figures from the 2000 C...

Elder Abuse: What It Is, Why It Occurs and How to Prevent It

or she does)" (Elder abuse and neglect, 2007). Abuse may also take the form of financial exploitation, when the caregiver steals f...

Preventing Discrimination

Using a scenario provided by the student the legal position in the US regarding discrimination in the recruitment process is discu...

Gun Control: Does It Prevent Crime?

gun control activists maintain that these controls have not only affected crime rates in a positive manner but have also proven to...

Alternative Education and Preventing High School Dropouts

greater dropout likelihood, including poor attendance, substandard academic performance, and lack of credits earned to graduate (A...

Ethics of Plagiarism and Preventing Plagiarism

importance of learning ones subject matter. An example follows: "Student who finds and uses term paper on Internet saves it on com...

Policy Proposal: Preventing Assault

you have a potentially volatile atmosphere" (Hughes, 2005). Kowalenko, Walters, Khare, and Compton (2005) surveyed 171 ED p...

The Community Role in Preventing Child Maltreatment

of school truancy" (Nelson, 2004, p. 415). In this simple statement, we see that not only do parents have to be involved in order ...

Preventing Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus from Infiltrating Communities

Aureus or MRSA is a bacteria that tends to be resistant to some antibiotics ("Healthcare-Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphy...

Preventing Injury and Other Preschool-Care Issues

as treatment. Postgraduate Medicine, 103(6). Retrieved September 22, 2005 from http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/1998/06_98/than...

Program to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy

more than twice as likely to become pregnant as white teens and Latina teens were 3.5 times more likely to get pregnant than white...

Profit Created by Preventing Pollution

by the company in order to protect the environment. The projects recommendations for environmental measures saw 72% which had a pa...

Preventing Obesity

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

Preventing Medication Error Change Project

for the precise coding of medication and, thereby, helps nurses avoid the common errors listed above (Woods and Doan-Johnson, 2002...

How to Prevent Youth Recruitment by The Bloods

the Bloods and the Crips, both originating in Los Angeles (Siegel, Welsh & Senna, 2005). Both gangs mentioned expanded to the poi...

Preventing Juvenile Delinquency

and drug abuse violations at a rate of 1,447.1, 1032.7, 699.5 and 561.8 per 100,000 youth population (National Center for Juvenile...

Preventing Burnout in Coaching

Burnout is a problem in many high-stress, goal-oriented professions. This paper defines the concept, shows how it may be spotted a...

Reasons for Predatory Crime and How to Prevent It

up indifferent and hostile as well (Anonymous, 1996). "Growing up in such families is like being raised by a pack of wolves," the ...

Predatory Crimes and How to Prevent Them

myriad of ways. For example, someone might become "street wise" and make sure their pocketbook is held tightly. They can continual...