In general, any business organization can help the homeless by contributing money or volunteers to local shelters and to promote the availability of jobs for those whose circumstances are mainly attributable to their inability to find steady work an Continue Reading...
A sampling of 32 adult unmarried women aged 18 to 39, not currently pregnant or desiring to be and who recently engaged in sexual intercourse without the use of effective contraception. Half of them were white and half were African-American. Young a Continue Reading...
Many of the same issues that arise in regards to diabetes, also apply to control of obesity as well (Tilghman, 2003). Conceptual Model The symptom-focused intervention model was developed by the University of California -- San Francisco Nursing Sy Continue Reading...
African-Americans Spinal African-American with Spinal Cord Injury: Cultural Analysis of Disability African-American's with a severe disability face many unique challenges socially. A number of programs have been instituted that impact the quality o Continue Reading...
Security Management at Aviation and Healthcare Sectors Security Management Essay This paper discusses the concept of aviation security management and security management at healthcare settings. In addition to that, this paper also lists down and de Continue Reading...
New findings show that the spouses of veterans also experience mental health disorders, and the prevalence increases with the length of deployment (Mansfield, Kaufman, Marshall, Gaynes, Morrissey & Engel, 2010). When spouses are considered to be Continue Reading...
Public Health and Community Nursing Issue The exploitation of farm workers in California during the Great Depression was so heart-rending and outrageous that two powerful works of literature came out in the same year to expose it. John Steinbeck, i Continue Reading...
working for a community mental health agency that serves male adolescents aged 14-16 who have received a diagnosis of conduct disorder. You have been asked by your director of clinical training to answer the following questions (choose only one): a) Continue Reading...
Three Strikes Law on the African-American Community Three Strikes legislation, which imposes sentencing enhancement on repeat offenders, often culminating with mandatory life sentences for third-time offenders, has gained popularity throughout the Continue Reading...
history of mental health in the United States has not always been a pleasant one. Prior to the mid-20th century those unfortunate numbers of Americans who were considered mentally ill were either ignored or placed in asylums (Philo, 1997). The asylu Continue Reading...
Gestational Diabetes and African-American Women Comment by Sabina: Gestational Diabetes is a diagnosis of diabetes during pregnancy. This diagnosis is usually obtained about the 24th week of pregnancy after taking a blood glucose test. A diagnosis Continue Reading...
Mental Health Providing patients with mental health problems with the proper care can be a difficult task. There are also many ethical issues that often arise in caring for patients who are mentally ill. The case of Rocky Bennett is a prime example Continue Reading...
Poverty and Health More than half a century ago, the World Health Organization defined health as "a complete state of physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity (Ustun & Jakob 2005)." There were ob Continue Reading...
d.). Limited information about oral hygiene and difficulty accessing preventive dental care are thought to add to the racial and income difference in the incidence of caries. Underprivileged and minority kids are more probable to have untreated dent Continue Reading...
This might also be supplemented with a regular multi-vitamin strategy for Tyrone and for his family. This also hints at the need for significant dietary strategy changes for Tyrone. However, as the family profile denotes, many of these issues stem f Continue Reading...
Depression in African-American Adolescents Etiology of Depression Mental illnesses like depression can be very difficult to diagnose or to recognize: There is no serum to test for when looking for depression. In some real if rather vague way, menta Continue Reading...
Gun Violence Effect on African American Community Introduction The African American community has faced the brunt of the criminal justice system in the aftermath of gun violence. For starters, the violence takes a toll on these communities. The viole Continue Reading...
breast Cancer diagnosis among African-American and Caucasian women? Breast cancer in the United States is the most widely spread cancer in ladies aged 45 through 64. The American Cancer Society in 2014 stated that, around 232,670 ladies were determ Continue Reading...
HIV / AIDS on American Society What is HIV and where did it come from? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (a primary source) explains that HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus, and once a person acquires this virus, "… Continue Reading...
Nursing Recent research shows that mental health problems can manifest in early childhood. As many as one in ten Australian children under five exhibit symptoms of social, emotional, and mental disorders including temper tantrums, difficulty adaptin Continue Reading...
, 2011, pp. 263). In implementing something as simple as phone-based CBT with the veterans in the research project at hand, an overall improvement in mental health and well-being could be achieved through relatively few treatments as research has sho Continue Reading...
Adol Health According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, adolescents and young adults comprise more than one-fifth, 21%, of the American population.[footnoteRef:1] These teens and young adults will become clients of the he Continue Reading...
Metal Health Mental Issue 2226 Mental Health Researches indicate that poverty and mental illness are correlated with each other in a broader spectrum. This research paper is commissioned on the basis of two exhaustively researched hypotheses: H1 P Continue Reading...
Global Health & HIV Global Health Issue It is a small World: HIV / AIDS and Global Health It is a small World: HIV / AIDS and Global Health The purpose of this essay is to discuss in detail the HIV / AIDS issue and its different aspects and i Continue Reading...
Evident diaphoresis would further support the CHF diagnosis. The nurse should then concentrate her physical examination on the heart itself. Ausculation of the heart should be performed carefully with a stethoscope. In performing the assessment, th Continue Reading...
African-American males between the ages of 15 and 24 are at relatively higher risk of suicide according to Center for Disease control and prevention. Since 1980s the suicide rate has increased tremendously and many young seemingly successful males ar Continue Reading...
Recommended policy To deal with these difficulties, several recommendations can be formulated: 1. Cross-cultural variables: Ethnic matches should be arranged between client and therapist. These will be effective in dealing not only with communica Continue Reading...
S. And from the battle field back to the families here in the U.S.A. As well (Military Advantage, 2011). IV. Relief Impact on Economic growth The relief that the ARC provides to the various disaster stricken areas has over the years proven to be vi Continue Reading...
Post Deployment on Family Life It is stated in a Defense Watch document entitled "Post-Deployment Stressful for Many Veterans" that deployments are not only stressful for members of the armed forces but as well deployments are "also very stressful Continue Reading...
Other evidence suggests patterns of dependence symptoms and alcohol abuse may be linked with depressive or other disorders in adolescents, which may progress into adulthood leading to criminal activity (Martin, Kaczynski, Maisto & Bukstein, 199 Continue Reading...
(Davis, 2001) That number is sure to have risen dramatically since Davis did her research. The debates surrounding both the efficacy and the morality of racial profiling have created a lot of disagreement from many communities of color. Kabzuag Vaj Continue Reading...
African American mental illness has become a very contentious issues with society. For one, the recent COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacted minorities and communities of color through job loss and an economic downturn. Here, the country init Continue Reading...
Vietnamese American Culture Cultural Phenomena of Vietnamese American Culture The assessment of a patient can be critical to the nursing process. The culture phenomena that a nurse may face can be critical to a proper diagnosis in many cases as wel Continue Reading...
NCFR The National Council on Family Relations places a high degree of emphasis on the development of quality policy and programs. Methodical and research-based program development in particularly important, evidenced by the tenth major content area Continue Reading...
Pediatric Guidelines - School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Pediatric Guidelines: School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity In schools, eating right and getting enough exercise are Continue Reading...
Mental Health Policy Issues in Mental Health and Impact Mental healthcare is an area of care that has been neglected by policy makers and by the medical community at some point in its history. Examining how the mentally ill have been treated throug Continue Reading...
School Breakfast Clubs on Children's Health And Well-being A number of factors may influence bodyweight, including diet, exercise, genetics, physical and social atmosphere, and socioeconomic status (SES), and every one of these factors should be ad Continue Reading...
Aging & Health Technologies Theoretical perspectives on aging seem to suggest that people are either almost completely controlled by the social and normative expectations of being elderly, or that they are motivated by their own cycles of goals, Continue Reading...
