Essays on Health

Abstract:

At the end of an interesting series of lectures like these, one is usually left wondering: Why did the lectures have to come to an end? How shall I make sure that the lessons I learnt in the lectures remain vivid in my mind? Are there ways of inculcating this in real life situations? The lessons are supposed to be internalised so that they leave an indelible mark in the life of the student. In the series of lectures, we have been studying values, ethics and sustainability. But the question is, what are these? Do they exist in ...

Introduction

In a society, nurses are highly regarded as health care providers. The enormous role that nurses play to ensure that sick people are well taken care of and are exposed to the relevant conditions in order to overcome their illnesses cannot be underrated. Traditionally, nursing was seen as a profession primarily to ensure people were well attended to. In the modern times, however, the nurses have adopted the entrepreneurial culture. Nurses have employed their nursing education to commence business ventures within the industry of health care. This calls for the nurses to have some basic knowledge on business ...

  refers to the inclination of a society towards collective life rather than individual life. The term encircles the social networks, associations and ties among the civilians of any country. The more connected to each other a society is, the higher social capital it has. Social capital is an important determinant of a society’s well-being. It includes development of trust and a reciprocal culture among the society. As measures of social capital, Putnam (1995) focuses on membership in associations. His thesis demonstrates the declining trend of membership in US. Subsequent research on the topic reveals that the ...

The intended outcomes of the project were increases in staff nurse recruitment and retention and staff nurse job satisfaction. Retention rate is the number of nurses who separated from the correctional facility divided by the total number of registered nursing staff, while job satisfaction is the score obtained from a job satisfaction survey. The effects of the mentorship program on the selected outcomes are best determined at six months or one year after implementation. Following the evaluation conducted three months after the implementation, however, the retention rate increased by 1.6% which is small but ...

Staging of kidney disease in patients involves assigning the stage of the disease based on the level to which the kidney of the patient in question is infected. Chronic kidney disease is defined as either kidney damage or GFR less than 60ml/min//1.73m squared for three months or more. Staging is important because it makes the work of the medical practitioners easy in terms of patient treatment (Hamm, 2010). As a result of staging, medical practitioners are in a better position of knowing the exact patients with the most advanced level of kidney infection with relative ease. This makes it ...

a. Innovative Nursing Care Model: The Nursing Caring Delivery Model

The clinical nursing standard suggests that the primary role of nurses’ borders on direct patient care and professional performance. In a potential hospital work setting, nurses are face challenges that revolve around patient care outcomes and improving their professional outcomes (Canadian Nurses Association [CAN], 2010). Complex responsibilities include nursing assessment, planning, diagnosis, evaluation, intervention and care coordination for patients and families. In a potential hospital setting, the accountant ability of nurses for educational, clinical and fiscal patient care outcomes can be measured using the nursing caring delivery model. In ...

Basch, C. E. (2011). Teen Pregnancy and the Achievement Gap Among Urban Minority Youth.Journal Of School Health, 81(10), 614-618. doi:10.1111/j.1746- 1561.2011.00635.x

Teens who become pregnant are at risk in terms of educational achievement (many are high school drop outs) and poverty. Moreover, daughters of teen mothers are more likely to become unwed teen mothers themselves. (Basch, 2011) Basch agrees with Kearney and Levine that teen pregnancy is mostly due to low socio-economic status. There is also an indication that teen mothers score lower on cognitive exams. He also agrees with Pazol and McKay that decreases in teen births ...

This research was supported in part by a grant from the Sample Grant Program.

Our Global Community/Public Health Services

Discussion 1: Our Global Community

Ebola, a virulent hemorrhagic fever, is holding the world hostage.A.D.A.M, 2014)Since the reporting of the current epidemic, at least 5000 people have been infected (case fatality rate 70.8%)(World Health Organization, 2014). From the Western African forests of Guinea, this disease has spread to Sierra Leone, Liberia, Uganda and the United States, (Roadmap, 2014). The US response to the Ebola outbreak was apathetic till August 2014, when two Americans contracted the virus in Liberia and infected health workers within the US.Since then it has ...

What are the challenges faced by MCOs regarding practice variations? What do you think can be done to meet these challenges? Variations in healthcare programs are expensive. Overutilization, underutilization, and improper utilization are challenges that MCOs face. MCOs should adhere to procedures and protocols using the established standards by organizations example the national committee for quality assurance (NCQA).

Differentiate between the three main processes of institutional utilization management

Determine the main purpose of each process of institutional utilization management. Which process do you think is the most important, and why? The direct admissions’ purpose is to create timely attendant for the outpatients that come to the hospitals. The Surgical ...

The United States of America (USA) has a big problem with obesity. According to statistics by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than a third of the US adult population (34.9% or 78.6 million) is obese. An organization called Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) notes that adult obesity rates have doubled from 15 to 30 percent since 1980 (healthyamericans.org). The problem of obesity increases the prevalence of heart diseases, type 2 diabetes, stroke, certain types of cancers, and other leading causes of terminal illnesses. Moreover, health problems associated with obesity cost the US billions of ...

Health disparity is one of the biggest challenges facing the healthcare system. WHO stipulates that healthcare should be affordable available and accessible to all individuals disregarding their social status, age, sex, ethnicity, race, disability or sexual orientation. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention concurs with WHO but states that, despite the efforts to make health for all a reality, many socially disadvantaged population groups cannot still access healthcare services, or if they can, they receive a lesser healthcare service compared to the general population. I have experienced many situations of health disparities, but one that caught my most attention ...

Aday, L. A. (2001). Who are the vulnerable? In At risk in America: The health and health care needs of vulnerable populations in the United States (pp.1-15). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers

Each chapter of this book has a question that needs to be explored with regards to the health care of vulnerable populations. The author begins by defining vulnerable populations as those groups that are under risk of poor psychological, physical, or social health, consistent with the World Health Organization (WHO) definition of health. The book highlights several groups to indicate and analyze how the framework for studying vulnerability ...

Traditionally, the prevention of infections focused solely on the patient outcomes with less regard to financial and resource usage during the prevention. However, with the emergence of the new trends in healthcare governance and accounting of resources there has been a need to place focus on the financial aspect of prevention (Lipke, & Hyott, 2010).

Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) and as such, surgical site infections fall within this category where preventionists must focus on the financial implications both to the patient and the institution alongside patient outcomes. In the society, social class disparity has been reckoned as a major influencing factor ...

Introduction

According to Cameron & Quinn, (1999) the most successful companies are the ones that have a sustained profitability, which is higher than the normal kind of financial returns. These firms have their financial returns, and they have unique characteristics where there are certain well-defined conditions. The entries of these companies are higher than normal, and this is because they have higher costs of entry that make it harder for new players to enter the market. Further studies by Watson (1994) indicate that they point out in this case that they in most cases deal with the kind of goods that ...

In health practices specifically mental health issues, ethics form the backbone of its services and its operations as it governs the way things should be conducted, not just in any way. It can be noted that mental health issues are a sensitive matter hence the need to handle such issues with care and secrecy. This bring the need for a code of conduct to be set upon the practitioners and the clients in order to set the right environment for the operations in the health department to be carried out effectively. All these said, it ...

Introduction and background

Health is an extremely important element of a successful economy. In case of California, there are several diseases or ailments which are demographic specific. Obesity in children, Cancer in certain areas and flu or several such ailments are a part of this. Demographics form an extremely important element of health care and can be a reason for several chronic diseases. As the lifestyle of California is filled with luxury, higher purchasing power due to credit cards and high influence of fast food, these conditions along with higher consumption of tobacco and such products is leading to higher risk of ...

I have learned many things about fitness throughout this course. I had a basic understanding of fitness and health but did not realize just how important it was. I also did not realize how many aspects there were to my health. This class caused me to reevaluate how I was living my life in order to make better choices for my wellbeing. My initial plan was good but not exactly what I needed it to be. It involved eating too little and working out too much. As I learned more I was able to tailor my plan until it ...

Finance is arguably the most important facet to any organization’s endeavor. Not only is the finance factor a good indicator of a program’s overall health, but it also holds a vital role in the management or success of any health program. Since the core function of a health program is to ensure maximum involvement of populations affected by the disease in formulating policies and implementation, strategic planning with regard to finances becomes imperative. The impact of finance on the success of a program can be analyzed by taking into consideration concepts such as cost-effectiveness, cost benefit and ...

Conklin, T. P. (2002). Health Care in the United States: An Evolving System. Info: Ann

Arbor, MI: MPublshing, University of Michigan Library, 7(1).

This article not only cover the changes that the health care system has endured over the years but also elucidates more on the future expectations that are perceived to take place in health care owing to the technological advances and the many specialized fields in healthcare that are perceived to develop in the near future. In this article, the motives and drive factors behind the changes in health care systems are well dealt with. As a research source, this article offers insights on the ...

- In most of these countries, does universal coverage provide the gold standard of care?

Universal coverage is provided by the state to its residents. In most of the countries, universal health coverage is funded through public and private funds. Also, private insurance and care are available for those who opt to pay. However, universal health care coverage in many countries does not provide the gold standard of care (Basch, 2006). In Canada, universal coverage is financed by both value added and income tax. Nonetheless, many residents have private insurance to allow them access fast and scarce services and ...

There are many gray areas when it comes to ethical and legal guidelines in the healthcare industry. This is because healthcare providers are supposed to care for all of the people that they are providing healthcare for. Therefore, the healthcare provider is going to have his or her beliefs on what they believe is ethical or not. Sometimes this could interfere with the standards of the law for their practice. On the contrary, a healthcare provider can only do what the patient asks them to do based on personal beliefs of the patients and their ethical issues. When a ...

TB cases between 1985 and 1992 were recorded to have increased by an alarming rate of 20%. While much effort has since then been placed in controlling the prevalence and spread of the disease, there is still a gap that needs to be filled. This involves ensuring the full utilization of available health resources to bring the cases to an absolute minimum (Aguirre, K. M). The resurgence in TB could have been attributed to a lack of systematic management of TB cases and lack of proper structures aimed at promoting wellness and health education in the society. It is ...

Stress is a form of reaction that someone experiences that disturbs a person’s psychological condition. Stressful situation causes different reaction such as lack of appetite, feeling upset, trauma and inability to conduct daily activities as usual. In addition, long-term stress can affect the mental health of an individual (Jeanne 9). However, different individuals have different ways of dealing with stress at home, school or even at the workplace. This paper looks at how an individual can manage stress in an MBA course. In addition, I will apply my life experience as an example to vividly show how stress ...

In the debate regarding Genetically Modified Foods, ethical concerns and scientific uncertainties have played different roles in the US and the European Union. While the regulatory and rule-making system in the US is centralized, the regulatory system in the EU is decentralized. However, rule enforcement among regulatory agencies of continental European states is more centralized. The European Union’s precautionary principle when it comes to avoiding technologies used in the production of genetically modified foods, particularly when the long-term consequences culture, health and the environment are unknown, is preferable. This traditional rule helps European Unions to exercise safety until ...

What was the client’s business problems? How does your solution help solve the problem?

The Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) had the problem of providing affordable healthcare to people with disabilities. For this reason, the organization issued RPF for the purpose of ensuring that all residents with disabilities benefit from outreach programs on healthcare. The organization had the problem of ensuring that all people with disabilities received proper healthcare. The solutions provide the processes and procedures that would help the organization provide healthcare that suits the needs of all people with disabilities. The guideline provides a focus on the actions DMHC should take to develop a healthcare system that is ...

Psychological Testing is a field in psychological studies also referred to as psychological assessment. It is a process through which individuals in the profession of psychology try to evaluate and understand a person and his mental behavior in depth. In addition, this testing allows for the determination of one’s personality, individuality and their IQ and the mental components. In this study one gains the ability decipher a person's strengths and their weaknesses.

1.What are at least two ethical issues associated with psychological testing? What impact do these issues have on the field of psychological testing?

One of the ...

Globalization is otherwise known as the increased connectedness of the people living across geographical boundaries; there are two elements which are interrelated to each other including the elimination of borders so that there is an increase in the flow of goods, services, people, money and ideas; and the simultaneous changes in the policies so that the flow is facilitated (Dator). In the recent years, the globalization has shown dramatic increase. Mainly the driving forces have been the advancement in technology, the ease in mobility of capital and the decline in the transaction costs across the borders. So, globalization affects ...

Question 1

One of the greatest concerns for Ronald Mc Donald ads is the lack of health warning message. The entire ads from the company work only to woe kids into buying these products. The kids are not warned against any possible consequence of consuming these products. This causes great debate to the health experts who understand deeply the possible effects of these products. They advise that, Ronald Mc Donald products should also bear a health message that works to warn any buyer, especially the kids of any possible consequence of consuming these products. Yes, Ronald Mc Donald’s should eliminate ...

A multi cultural and vivid personality, who is proficient in English and Korean, and has completed a full comprehensive 3-year training course in School of Pharmacy, I am applying to the Doctor of Pharmacy program. Internationally astute, with a great aptitude for details, and excellent time management, communication and interpersonal skills, I am especially gifted at problem solving and providing the first-class health care services and practice management. Growing up in a family of health care professionals in Korea, among which my grandfather was a pharmacist and other family members were nurses and a doctor, I spent my childhood ...

Northern Healthcare Corporation is a large, investor-owned provider of outpatient and rehabilitative service. Over the years, it has expanded and proved to be a great source of income and money generation for investors who own Northern Healthcare Corporation. The company is following the right standards for preparing its financial statements. Its financial statements are rightly segregated by different segments the company operates in and its records are kept very aptly and efficiently. National Healthcare has blossomed into a large organization that operates more than 200 facilities and serves a large customer base.

In the recent years, however, there are ...

Sexual orientation is an issue that has been topic of discussion over the world with it being accepted in some communities and rejected in others. In recent, years people have been allowed to engage in same sex relationship, a situation whereby a man is viewed normally despite being in an intimate relationship with another man or lady with a lady. Sexual intercourse, which contributes to a high percentage of the spread of the disease, is of an alarming rate among the African American male between the age of 13-24. The observation is contributed by several factors as a community-based ...

Healthy People 2020 is a program of the Department of Health and Human Services that benchmarks and monitors the health progress of the Americans with a 10-year national health objectives. Among its priorities is to identify health disparity issues among a diverse group of people in the community. Health disparity occurs when a health difference exists due to socio-economic and environmental disadvantages (Healthy People 2020, 2010). One of the current health issues from Healthy People 2020 that may be related to my practice area involves the lack of access to health care and services in the ...

Patient Advantage. (2009). Proposal for a pilot study to identify cost saving measures in management of muskuloskeletal conditions. Patient Advantage.

The proposal gives details the methodology, objectives and expected outcomes of a pilot project aimed at identifying the opportunities for saving cost in the management of musculoskeletal problems, with a particular focus on myofascial pain. The literature reviewed in the proposal identifies myofascial pain as a major underlying factor in many cases of chronic musculoskeletal pain and yet it is grossly under diagnosed and under treated. This justifies the need for the study using the action research modality. The ...

In 2010, the Institute of Medicine released its report Future of Nursing and this document identifies specific areas to improve the nursing profession. In the report, the IOM recommends that (a) the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree is increased to 80% by 2020, (b) the number of nurses with a doctorate is doubled by 2020, (d) nurses engage in lifelong learning. There is already an existing high demand for nurses in the US. Such demand will continue because there are a growing number of older populations, and the population has also become more diverse. The ...

Executive Summary

Recently, many hospitals worldwide have experienced some setbacks in reference to health care delivery system. This setback was primarily caused by the growing shortage in the number of experienced and competent healthcare workers, particularly nurses in the health profession. One of these hospitals is Renfrey Memorial Hospital, who is facing not major problems related to an aging nursing staff, overworked personnel and migration of able and experienced nurses to other health institutions because of the more promising professional life.

This report would identify the best practices and benchmark techniques used by differently medical facilities that have experienced similar problems. ...

Healthcare is a dynamic sector and continues to experiences changes that aim at offering better service to the citizens. There are changing trends that health organizations need to put into consideration when they are formulating policies in the state, local and national level. The policies formulated at of these levels determine the effectiveness and efficiency of care that the patients receive. The future seems to have many transformations in healthcare. The current formulation and implementation of Affordable Care Act represent many changes that are yet to come to the healthcare industry.

The healthcare reimbursement program is due for a ...

Assignment 4.3: Report – Revised Version

Dear Sir,

I would like to inform your good-self that, today we are finding several challenges of healthcare amongst the Middle Level Managers within the organization. They are not only facing with the issues of physical pain, but are also facing with the issues of tension and stress, due to which they are not able to perform as per the required expectations. As a result, the productivity is affected from both the ends, and hence, we are not able to achieve our desired objectives. I have therefore prepared this report, which shall try to provide you issues on health ...

Information Technology and Health Informatics

Information Technology and Health Informatics

Information technology is the terminology used to describe all forms of technological applications in designing the encoding of information (or data), managing, to using the information according to the needs of an organization. In contrast, health informatics streamline technological application of information pertaining to the health care setting. Specifically, health informatics is defined as “the knowledge, skills and tools which enable information to be collected, managed, used and shared to support the delivery of healthcare and promote health” .

Give examples from your work experiences of clinical information systems, administrative information systems and decision support systems in healthcare delivery.

Clinical information systems are technology-based data systems designed primarily to serve the needs of clinicians in ...

Focus Activity 2

Job listings in the health sector

Health care Assistant: The professions in this position work in both the hospitals as well as the community setting. Their role is usually very diverse depending on the health sector’s settings. This people are at times known as the nursing auxiliaries. They work with both the nurses as well as the midwives. Their duties include but not limited to serving food to patients and aid in feeding them when necessary, monitor various patients’ conditions such as temperatures and heart rates, and enhancing the comfort of the patient. The healthcare assistants work for ...

Basic Facts:

According to Dr. William C. Shiel Jr., “Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a slowly progressive disease of the brain.” As Dr. Shiel pointed out, the patients of AD often suffer memory loss as well as problems with reasoning, planning, language, and perception but all these impairments usually happen gradually.

Older people especially those over the age of 70 are more at risk of having Alzheimer’s disease. In fact, studies show that 50% of people who are 85 and above are affected with this illness. However, an ...

Policy Issues on Healthcare

Medicare policies are instrumental in shaping the delivery of quality health care to the society. A number of policies influencing medical service delivery in the U.S today borders on the contribution of the government through the respective ministries. An interview with medical doctor at John Hopkins hospital shows that policies developed by the government influence the delivery of healthcare to the society.

Some of the identified policy issues include:

1. The U.S population has special groups who need special attention when it comes to provision of healthcare. Largely, the care that these groups receive depends directly or indirectly on the choices that the government makes concerning ...

The main objective of health care is to give patients added value in the form of improved health (Government.se, 2014). This necessitates smooth and efficient running of health care businesses to the advantage of the patients. Unlike other businesses where maximization of profits is the main agenda, businesses providing health care services put the well-being of their patients before any other objective.

In our case, I believe there is a problem as our hospital needs to serve the needs of its patients by providing them with the new stents whereas the offer presented by Pharma Inc to purchase the ...

In the lens of Jean Baker Miller, the author of rational cultural theory (RCT), contextual and social cultural factors dictate individual’s sexuality (Comstock, et al. 2008). Issues surrounding an individual’s life including environmental factors tend to shape the future of one’s sexual life. Arguing from this sense, one would settle that healthy sexuality look different for men than it does for women. In any given social setting, cultural aspects tend to differ from one community to the other.

As noted by Miller (2012), in his book Toward a new psychology of women, individual inclination to the ...

Influence

The anti-reform camp is constituted mostly by political interest groups. This is mainly because the political groups are funded by the insurance, pharmaceutical and other for profit sectors of the healthcare industry. The antireform camp mainly uses the fear or scare tactic. This is a situation where the political class instills fear onto the citizens. This they do by relating the so called healthcare reforms to Americas’ biggest enemies. They show the intended health care reforms as likely to have drastic negative effects on the citizens which includes putting their own security as a country in danger. They say ...

There is a dramatic change in the demands and needs of the health care system and debates arise whether the current health care system has become a market failure and whether government intervention is needed in order to address the current health care reform needs. At the onset, this author believes that the current health care system is not a complete failure, however, it is flawed that can be corrected through proper legislative reforms that will address the current needs of the health care system. The cost of health care services is rising, and this has a chilling effect ...

Annotated Bibliography Elder Adult Care

Chang, H. J. (2009). Preventive Care for Older Adults. AMA'S Journal of Ethics Vol 302, No. 24, 1.

According to this article, the population of older people in the United States at the age of 65 years is expected to be at 20 percent by 2030. The author stipulates that the risk of mortality will be determined by an individual’s ability to carry out daily chores necessary to accomplish basic needs. The author of the article lists some recommended preventive measures that can be carried out on adults and people over the age of 65 years. For instance, ...

I believe that a person is born into a context; race, sex, family, country. The interplay between personal traits and external circumstances makes a person the way they are. The same person born to a different family or a different culture would suffer from different kinds of hardship or distress.

Optimal Functioning

In my eyes, optimal mental health does not necessarily mean happiness at all times; optimal mental health, in my view, is flexibility and the ability to look at one's thoughts and feelings, examine their viability and how they may be affected by factors such as thought patterns, bias and ...

1) Nursing calls for individual endurance, attention and commitment towards the career. The requirements for nursing do not only call for a career choice, but also a personal attitude towards the profession with the aim of aiding the sick. This calls for our attention towards those in need of help around us, far and way beyond. Following the nature of the job and having been in the healthcare system for over 12 years, I believe this will be the best profession for me to venture in, both as a professional path and an educational path for exploration.

My desire ...

The world is suffering from several problems, and these problems are common in the developing as well as in the developed world. Such as Julian Cribb has described in, ‘The Coming Famine’ that there is a problem global food shortage prevailing in the world. The resources of high demand such as land, water, technology, knowledge, and energy are depleting that is effecting the economic growth (Cribb, 2010). Similarly, the spread of the infectious diseases is also a global problem that has disturbed the countries worldwide. The advent of the novel infections and diseases and there-emergence of the previous infections ...

The role of the school nurse is different from a community nurse. School nurses are specialized nurses who are trained to care for children at schools. Most of the school nurses undergo specialized training in family nursing and child health nursing (pediatrics). It is considered that higher the educational level of the school nurse, the better the nurse would be at delivering care to the child. The roles and functions of school nurses are inclined towards the care of children. Some of the roles that school nurses play are educators, counselors, direct caregivers, case managers, and consultants.

Direct caregiver ...

Health Care Information Technologies (HCIT) can assist improve the overall quality of health care delivery but it’s faced with many challenges (Michael 2010). Privacy as well as security concerns of the user are some of the challenges for managing Health Care Information Technologies (HCIT). Data from in-home sensors as well as medical records is typically communicated electronically through the Internet and wireless transmissions. Thus, this heightens the danger of compromising the privacy and security of persons. When personal health information is connected to the Internet it exposes this information to more hostile attacks contrast to the paper-based medical ...

Introduction

Population ageing is currently viewed as most wide-spread demographic trend. Decreasing fertility and increasing life expectancy have tremendously altered the ratio between the young and old in current population of the world. Global UN research on population ageing (2007) suggests that population ageing is concerned with four salient aspects, such as being unprecedented in human history; pervasiveness of the trend, which is now affecting almost all parts of the world; enduring nature of the trend (the situation is not likely to be subjected to significant changes; and, what is more important, the trend’s having profound consequences for almost ...

The Prevalence of Co-Occurring Disorders

Individuals with substance abuse disorders as defined by the DSM-V can present with symptoms of many other mental health disorders. It can be difficult to separate the symptoms of these two categories of illness without treatment to determine what the precipitating event was. In some instances, the existence of a mental health disorder can be the cause and the substance abuse disorder can be one of the symptoms that has progressed to the point of meeting diagnostic criteria on its own. In other instances, the substance abuse disorder can be creating symptoms of ...

Organizational structure in nursing practice comprises of shared values, behavioral norms and beliefs that have set by a given organization unit. It is crucial to note that the organizational culture influences the outcomes of a given organization because it shapes the attitude of the employees (Bolman, 2008). Also, all employees are expected to value and abide by the organizational code and creed in order to avoid internal conflict within the organization. Also, organizational structure in a health facility enables its employees to resolve any conflicts or overcome barriers encountered by the staff. It is significant to understand that there ...

Review of the 21st Century Elderly in India

A casual observation reveals that current senior citizens in India lead healthy, honorable, and satisfying lives. After retirement from regular job, they work full day or part-time. Many have sufficient savings, travel to places, learn and use computers, use empowering technology like internet, and live with integrity as active members of the community. On the other side, it is observable that many elderly retire without a pension, provident fund or even savings. Some are exposed to health hazards, lack access to basic healthcare, and suffer abuse and neglect from their kith and kin. This pathetic situation is unacceptable, and ...

I have been amazed at how many area of public life a public health nursing practice may include. With regard to public health I had always thought it had more to do with large scale epidemiology and massive world-wide epidemics but since it was a public discipline had nothing to do with individuals. I was surprised to find that there are nurses involved in all aspects of public health including teaching, research and practice in the areas of biostatistics, Environmental Health, Health & Social Behavior, Health Policy & Management, Infectious Diseases & Vaccinology, Interdisciplinary Approaches, Maternal & Child Health, Public Health Nutrition and ...

Selecting a model is an extremely tricky art and requires exclusive skills as well as consideration of various factors. The characteristics of the model in practice are extremely crucial and they need to be subject to exclusive respect. One of the characteristics is confinement to the data under the research. The model must possess details on the research question. The setup of the model must be in a way that it shows its significance as a tool for considering the health intervention.

This means that the model should be suggestive of the use in which it should be put ( ...

I agree that sustainable economic development and social stability in China will be a mirage even when institutional reforms in leadership succession, anti-corruption, environmental protection and the legal system have been reformed. All these are good practises that cement the gains of economic growth, but they cannot independently spark economic growth. It is clear that the corruption discredits the legitimacy of the regime, and in turn scenes of demonstrations could be precipitated. It goes without saying that civilian unrest discredits investments and political growth, as that witnessed in the 1990s by students in china (Yang, 220).

This is to ...

The major health challenge faced by individuals living within Newark revolves around sexually transmitted diseases. Based on the community`s medical statistics over four thousand individuals have had one of two common STD`s within the region. The common STD`s within Newark include Chlamydia and gonorrhea. Of the over four thousand individuals, 3,022 have had Chlamydia while 1,228 have had gonorrhea. The rational implemented while choosing the STD`s included identifying a health issue that closely links with reproductive health as identified within the healthy people 2020 (Office of Population Affairs, 2010). In addition, the rational ...

The United Sates economy is the strongest economy in the world. The economy remains vibrant despite having experienced eight recessions since 1929. The goal of all the economic policy makers is to maintain a healthy economic growth rate. In the last quarter of 2013, the economy had grown at a rate of 2.6 %. The same growth was not reflected in the first quarter of 2014, with a Gross Domestic product, decreasing with one percent. A healthy growth rate grows fast enough to create jobs for the unemployed and avoid inflation (Matoloni, Shoemaker, & Aversa, 2014).

The Gross Domestic Product of ...