Theory and Practice in Maori Social Work

03 Oct 2016 29 Sep 2017

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SOCIAL WORK Integrate Theory and Practice in Social work Task 1 The treaty of Waitaki presents the agreement between Maori and the Crown. The treaty was signed on 6th February 1840 at Waitaki in the Bay of Islands. The Crown signed the treaty with 540 Maori chiefs, and 60 Maori chiefs did not agree about the treaty. The Crown has the right to govern and to ...

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Benefits of a Healthy Body Weight in the Elderly

03 Oct 2016 29 Sep 2017

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A Review Of The Benefits Of Nutritional Intervention In Improving Body Weight, BMI, Activities Of Daily Living (ADL), Decrease Functional Limitation and Healthcare Cost Among Elderly. Introduction Malnutrition is a condition in which consumption of insufficient of nutrients that are required by the body to maintain optimal function of the organs and tissues. Secondary to chronic or progressive disease, older people are vulnerable to malnutrition (Klipstein-Grobusch, ...

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Are Nursing Homes Beneficial?

09 Aug 2017 21 Sep 2017

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Cameron Bond  Specific goal: To persuade families why nursing homes are beneficial Introduction: Question: Why do you think nursing homes beneficial?[PC2] Today what I will be talking about is: What are nursing homes? What are the benefits of nursing homes? How can families pay for their loved ones nursing home stay?[PC3] Thesis Statement: [PC4]Nursing homes put more emphasis on rehabilitating residents and getting ...

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Health and Diets Today: Changes in Food Habits

16 Aug 2017 21 Sep 2017

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Nhat Nguyen Eating today Are you eating an affordable, balanced diet? In today's fast-paced living, people consume various selections of foods; especially on-the-go. How healthy are their meals? Will they ensure the overall health and safety of the consumer? According to the book, Acting Out Culture, unhealthy nutrition habits are more noticeable now than ever before. "Some 47 million Americans receive food stamps, some who ...

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Health Belief Model and Hypertension Treatment Compliance

15 Aug 2017 21 Sep 2017

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The health belief model and compliance with hypertension treatment Running title: Health Belief Model and Compliance in Hypertension Pauline E. Osamor and Olanike A. Ojelabi Pauline E. Osamor, Institute of Child Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, Olanike A. Ojelabi, Worcester State University, Urban Studies Department, Worcester, MA 01605, USA Author contributions: Osamor PE, contributed to the conception and design of the study; all authors ...

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Sexuality and Sexual Health of Canadian Adolescents

14 Aug 2017 21 Sep 2017

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Argi Dankhara Is sexual health of Canadian adolescents better than yesterday, or is it safe for tomorrow? Sexual health is a situation of physical, mental and social wellbeing about sexuality. An active and respectful approach to sexual relationship is necessary, as well as the possibility of safe and nonviolent sexual experience over the violent sexual experience. In past few years, sexual harassment has increased with ...

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Effects of Isolation in the Older Person

01 Aug 2017 21 Sep 2017

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John Burke  Introduction: My assignment will focus on the isolation of the older person in Ireland today. I will be researching and investigating all aspects of these involving reasons, causes, affects and how we as a Society can assist or even alleviate this issue in Ireland. This topic is of particular interest to me due to my own personal circumstances growing up in rural Ireland ...

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Ethical Issues for Community Treatment Orders

25 Jul 2017 21 Sep 2017

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Ekta Patel "Community Treatment Orders" refer to a legal order in which patients must accept medical care such as therapy, rehabilitations, management or coping classes, counselling or other health services while living in the public. The Community Treatment Order (CTO) accounts to serve patients with psychiatric treatment plans that are essentially established by the patient's psychiatric health provider. The CTO requires patients to comply with ...

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Personal Reflection: Experience that Changed Responsibility

11 Aug 2017 21 Sep 2017

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Personal experience that impacted a change in my personal responsibility Growing up, I have found my adolescent age very interesting and easy all the while. This is because of the care and love I received from my parents. The story changed when I was 12, I was enrolled into a boarding school where I was a bit separated from my parents and siblings. Even though ...

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Development of the Understanding of Dyslexia

19 Sep 2017

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Introduction The following three chapters offer not only an introduction, but an in depth analysis of the current state of the study of Dyslexia today. Much of the information evaluated for this study was based on the preeminent minds in the study of learning disabilities today. It is the responsibility of a curious society to determine the causal and symptomological relationships for a particular disorder prior ...

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Concepts and Definitions of Mental Illness

18 Sep 2017

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INTRODUCTION The conceptualisation and definition of what is meant by the term ‘mental illness’ is not a straight forward task. This is because of two key reasons. Firstly, a given definition of mental illness will be significantly affected by the specific characteristics of the source of the definition. For example, a member of the general public would be likely to provide a definition which ...

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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Post Surgery Care

18 Sep 2017

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Introduction Nursing care of the patient following major surgery is a complex task, involving holistic management of patient wellbeing in the light of several challenges to health and homeostatic stability. This essay sets out to discuss the care of one such patient, following surgery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm. In order to address the issue and provide the highest possible standards of individualised care, nurses ...

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Interventions for Drug Addiction: Case Study

18 Sep 2017

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18893 Many attempts have been made to arrive at a universally acceptable definition of addiction and what causes addictive behaviour but the matter still remains unresolved. People often define addiction as drug abuse and misuse. To Krivak (1982,p.83), ‘Addiction will be defined as a behaviour pattern characterised by an ongoing and overwhelming preoccupation with the used of a drug and the securing of its supply.’ This ...

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Partnership in Health and Social Care: Rochdale Case Study

14 Aug 2017 05 Sep 2017

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Introduction Partnership relationships in health and social care exist between service users and agencies like the social services, educational institutions, their families, occupational therapists, social workers, GPs and Nurses, teachers etc. Agencies in the health and social care system are also expected to work together for better outcomes for the service users they care for. If these relationships are organized effectively the outcomes for the ...

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Impact of Policies on Health and Social Care Setting

14 Aug 2017 05 Sep 2017

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2:1 Explain the implementation of national polices, legislation, regulations and codes of practice that are relevant to your work in the health and social care setting In my  place of work it imperative  that we follow the guide line,  I will be looking at national polices ,legislation ,regulations and codes of practice that was implement to help staff and health care provider to care and ...

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Conflicts in Healthcare Organisations

10 Aug 2017 05 Sep 2017

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CONFLICT AND TEAM EFFECTIVENESS INTRODUCTION (SCENARIO) LOCATION :- MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL Middlemore is a tertiary public care hospital which is managed by Counties Manukau Health Board. It provides several kinds of health and social care services. It is 800 bedded hospital with 24 operation theatres. In the hospital different kinds of departments are present. Around 4700 staff members providing their services in all departments. All the ...

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Responsibilities of Health and Social Care Workplace

10 Aug 2017 05 Sep 2017

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1.2. Assess the responsibilities in a specific health and social care workplace for the management of health and safety in relation to organisational structure. The business dictionary defines organisational structure as: The typically hierarchical arrangement of lines of authority, communications, rights and duties of an organization. Organizational structure determines how the roles, power and responsibilities are assigned, controlled, and coordinated, and how information flows ...

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Crisis of Low Morale in Nursing Staff

09 Aug 2017 05 Sep 2017

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Introduction of Firm This case study describes Los Rayos a medical center that is in a nurse crisis not only for their high turn over rate but for their low morale among its nursing staff. Although the hospital works diligently to provide quality care to its patients it is failing in many areas due to understaffed and overworked nursing staff. Mandated to keep up government ...

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Models of Infectious Diseases

08 Aug 2017 05 Sep 2017

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1.1 Introduction As an aspiring doctor, I am always on the lookout for medical news and keeping up to date with the current affairs is something that has always interested me. Another thing which has sparked my attention over the recent years is the ability of mathematicians and scientists to model infectious disease, in order for the medical professionals to make decisions on how best ...

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Meanings of Health - An Overview

01 Aug 2017 05 Sep 2017

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Definitions of health The concept of health means different things to different people. Early meanings of 'health' Prior to World War II, health was viewed as the opposite to illness. If there was no evidence of disease or physical illness, we were considered health Any breakdown in the body system meant it was not healthy - this view suggested if you were ill - ...

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Signs of Elder Financial Abuse

01 Aug 2017 05 Sep 2017

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CHAPTER 1: METHODS AND TACTICS OF AN ELDER FINANCIAL ABUSER Our families, communities and state legal system have worked in recent years to protect our loved ones from elder financial abuse. That said, families with elder adults still share a deep fear about the physical, mental and financial safety of their loved ones. Elder abusers, however reprehensible, often find ways to circumvent the protections that ...

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US Attitudes to Mental Illness

28 Jul 2017 05 Sep 2017

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Mental health is one of the primary issues that substantive open deliberation has not been connected to have a decisive concession to what really should be finished. Belittling alludes to the incomplete treatment of individuals because of their conditions. It essentially alludes to the segregation of people on account of different reasons or angles; which might possibly be supported. Mental criticism is one territory which ...

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Neurobiological Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury on At-Risk

27 Jul 2017 05 Sep 2017

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Neurobiological Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury on At-Risk Populations Throughout adolescence, the brain is not fully formed. The growth occurs in Executive Functioning. Executive functioning is your ability to plan, organize, and to defer instant gratification. It's like the "air traffic control center of the brain" (Executive Function & Self-Regulation, 2015, p. 1. It helps to regulate certain brain tasks to guard against impulsive decisions. ...

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Humanistic Care Model for Higher Education Development

27 Jul 2017 05 Sep 2017

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Analysis and Contemporary Humanistic Care Model for Higher Education Development under the Perspective of interaction Keywords: Humane care, interaction, education, educational patterns, trends, analysis. Abstract. Global economic integration to promote the development of higher engineering education to the international, diversified, collaborative and other direction. Based on the analysis of the development trend of higher engineering education on the basis of international education around environmental factors ...

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Healthcare and Public Health Critical Infrastructure Sector

25 Jul 2017 05 Sep 2017

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In order to optimize the security and resilience of the countries critical infrastructure, it is essential for a concerted approach that integrates all relevant partners and stakeholders. The healthcare and public health sector are crucial partners towards this end. The continuity of healthcare operations in times of emergency is quintessential. They role is disaster response and response makes them an asset and elevates their importance ...

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Partnership in Health and Social Care

14 Aug 2017

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LO3 3.1 Evaluate possible outcomes of partnership working for users of services, professionals and organisations. In all partnerships working for users of services, professionals and organisations, outcomes are positive and negative. Positive outcomes: Partnership can result to situation where in committed employees will deliver improved services to the services users which will consequently improve their wellbeing. Positive outcomes are to improve services, empowerment, autonomy ...

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Challenges to Healthcare Industry Post Brexit

25 Jul 2017

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The report will address three challenges in which the health care industry within the UK might have to deal with after the referendum to leave. It will also include the impact of those three challenges within the global staff in the health care industry. These will be done by linking the impact of these challenges to the relevant examples in the global staffing. ...

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Impact of HIV on Society

23 Mar 2015 24 Jul 2017

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Keywords: impact of hiv aids, economic impact hiv aids The human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) pandemic is one of the most serious contemporary sexual health related issue affecting the human race today. By the end of 2009, it was approximated that 34 million people were living with the HIV virus and deaths related to AIDS were about 1.8 million people. HIV/AIDS has been the worst pandemic ...

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Teenage Pregnancy Study in the Philippines

24 Jul 2017

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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION The Philippines teenage pregnancy rate has increased by 60% in the year 2000- 2010, according to the Philippine National Statistics Office. This is very alarming. Teenage pregnancy often occurs between the ages of 15-19 years old, often in this age the girls are still studying. With early pregnancy the girls usually have to abandon their education to give birth or raise their child. ...

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Eating Disorder Case Study

24 Jul 2017

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‘When normal eating becomes abnormal’ Eating is a crucial activity for humans, as the food we consume acts to provide us with the fuel we need to keep our bodies running, and to live our daily lives. Normal levels of eating can be characterised as consuming just enough calories (of energy) to allow us to function as we require, and not to have so much left ...

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Impact of Public Smoking Ban

23 Mar 2015 17 Jul 2017

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Keywords: types of smokers, public smoking ban malaysia For decades, Malaysia has severe problems with cigarette-smoking issues (Mackay 1996). Currently, smoking has been recognized as the major drug killer in Malaysia, bringing with its huge human and economic costs. As a result, afflictions caused by cigarette smoking have taken the lives of around 3,500 Malaysian citizens in each year (Facts About Tobacco & Smoking 2008). There are ...

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Healthcare Policy in the US

23 Mar 2015 14 Jul 2017

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Keywords: health policy essay, health policy development A healthcare policy is a set of rules and regulations that are put into effect to assist in the operation and the shape of health delivery. A healthcare policy covers a range of issue including public health, chronic illness and disability, long-term care, the financing of health care, preventive health care and mental health. There are two models of a ...

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Therapeutic Recreation Models

23 Mar 2015 14 Jul 2017

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Keywords: tr models, leisure ability model, health promotion model Therapeutic Recreation seeks to promote the capacity and ability of groups and individuals to make self determined and responsible choices, in light of their needs to grow, to explore new perspectives and possibilities, and to realise their full potential. Within this assignment I am going to critically compare and evaluate the use of the following models in the ...

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Health Problems in Pakistan

23 Mar 2015 13 Jul 2017

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Keywords: healthcare system in pakistan, health care problems pakistan At the time of the independence, Pakistan inherited a health care delivery system that was a heritage of grand British period. This system was in the shape of public health services and some curative services In Pakistan the planning and formulation of health policies is dealt by federal government and the provincial government has the responsibility to ensure ...

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Inequalities in Health Care Essay

23 Mar 2015 10 Jul 2017

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Keywords: health and social care inequality, health inequality uk The conditions in which people live have a profound influence on their health. Difference in health between individuals and population groups exist in all societies. For example younger age population generally have good health compared to elder population. This kind of health difference cannot be concluded as health inequality because it is natural. So the question is that ...

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Components of Kangaroo Mother Care

23 Mar 2015 06 Jul 2017

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Keywords: components of kmc, kmc analysis The literature search has been divided in different categories to present the effects of kangaroo mother care (KMC). After stating the organization of the paper the first section will provide the definition, history, and components of KMC. The second section will describe the Universe of Developmental Care Model and its components. The next section will reflect on the effects of KMC ...

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Oxford Strengthening Technique Analysis

23 Mar 2015 03 Jul 2017

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Keywords: oxford technique, oxford technique of strength progression Strengthening exercise was used comprehensively in sport training and rehabilitation setting which recognize as an important exercise mode for sport performance as well as health purposes. The term strengthening exercise and resistive training was used interchangeably which targets to improve the maximum amount of force that can be generated by a particular muscle group. It can be define as ...

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Pre-activity Health Screening Case Study

23 Mar 2015 29 Jun 2017

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Keywords: pre activity screening, pre activity readiness When an inactive person decides to participate in physical activity for the first time, there is a risk of possible major coronary problems. Sharkey and Gaskill (2007) state that inactive people who decide to start an activity are five times more at risk during vigorous exercise. The risk of engaging in exercise varies by the type of exercise and intensity, ...

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Partnerships in Healthcare

23 Mar 2015 27 Jun 2017

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Keywords: nhs partnerships, healthcare partnership types The partnership is a formal official arrangement of entities and or individuals to work together. The partnership importantly helps to find the problem and to solve the problems in local communities. So, the partnership can be defined as an arrangement where entities and individuals agree to work together to achieve a common goal. So it is also define as relationship which ...

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Increasing Cervical Screening for BME Women in the UK

23 Mar 2015 14 Jun 2017

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Keywords: cervical screening bme, cervical screening limitations, cervical screening ethnic minorities It was not until 1988 that the NHS cervical screening programme began; since then it has proved to be a successful scheme in the detection and prevention of cervical cancer saving 4500 lives per year (NHS Cervical Screening Programme 2008, Care Commission 2008). Despite the effectiveness of smear tests, evidence shows that only 80% of women ...

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Reflective Essay on Smoking Cessation

23 Mar 2015 14 Jun 2017

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Keywords: nursing smoking cessation interventions, smoking cessation essay, health promotion smoking This essay provides a reflective account of the delivery of an opportunistic smoking cessation intervention. In constructing this account, Gibbs (1988) model of reflection has been utilised, which incorporates the following components: description; feelings; evaluation; analysis; conclusion; and action plan. Description Whilst shadowing a practice nurse, I was provided with the opportunity to implement a brief ...

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CMOP-E Case Study Example

23 Mar 2015 13 Jun 2017

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Keywords: cmope institutional environment Mrs. B is a 54 year old woman diagnosed with schizophrenia. After being stabilized with medication and receiving treatment, she struggled with finding and maintaining employment but eventually found a job as a sales associate. Recently, she was referred to see the OT because she was beginning to feel dissatisfied with her job and wanted to explore other options. In the past, she ...

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Agency Roles in Health and Disease

23 Mar 2015 13 Jun 2017

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Introduction Health is a one of the main are in any country. Public health and social care is the area which has more government concern. Due to different factors there are many health hazards reported all over the world. These factors need to consider very seriously and within the country health management policies and procedures need to be updated to control some of the issues. The health ...

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Tissue Types in the Human Body

23 Mar 2015 12 Jun 2017

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A tissue is a large collection of cells that carry out a specific function together. Organisms are made up of groups of different tissues. There are four main types of tissues, these are: Epithelial tissue, Muscle tissue, Connective tissue and Nervous tissue. These four tissue types each have their own specific function vital the human body. Because of this, each type of tissue contain cells with specific ...

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Mental Health Service User Case Study

23 Mar 2015 06 Jun 2017

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1.1 "Decision making by nurses is now firmly established in practice, policy and educational agendas. New constantly evolving, roles, and a policy context that is challenging traditional professional boundaries mean that, more than ever, nurses are being given autonomy and power to be able to exercise their decision choices (Thompson, 2001)". 1.2 Clinical decision making may be defined as having a variety of options and choices and ...

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Socioeconomic Determinants Of Health

23 Mar 2015 01 Jun 2017

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1.1 Explain the effects of socioeconomic influences on healthRecent evidence suggests that the health of the population in the United Kingdom continues to improve. However, despite this many people will experience an inequality in terms of their health and the chance of living in good health is unequally distributed within society (House of Common Health Committee 2009). Socio-economic status is one of the most important determinants of ...

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Prevention and Control of Locally Endemic Diseases

23 Mar 2015 31 May 2017

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Keywords: control of endemic diseases, locally endemic diseases Worldwide, countries are facing various public health problems but at unequal intensity. Low and middle-income countries are more suffering from high burden of disease than developed countries (Lopez et al., 2006). Public health issues in the world have existed for hundreds of years and to cope with them different interventions from different people have been put in place and ...

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Nosocomial Infections: Literature Review

23 Mar 2015 31 May 2017

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Nosocomial infections are infections that are a result of treatment in a hospital or a healthcare unit. These infections are identified at least forty-eight to seventy-two hours following admission, so infections incubating, but not clinically apparent, at admission are excluded. It may also be within 30 days after discharge. With recent changes in health care delivery, the concept of nosocomial infections has sometimes been expanded to include ...

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Public Health And Health Promotion

23 Mar 2015 30 May 2017

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Keywords: community health messages, promoting health In this research paper I discussed the role of Public Relations in communicating health and delivering healthy messages to the public or community. It is more or less the same working with other ministries but Ministry of Health (MOH) are more focused on educating and promoting healthy lifestyle. There are five strategic SMART objectives that as a PR need to be ...

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Effects of Dementia | Considering Gender and Age

23 Mar 2015 26 May 2017

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Keywords: dementia effects, dementia and age, dementia and gender Dementia has been associated with impaired memory, poor orientation, low thinking capacity, low comprehension, language problems, poor calculation, poor judgment and learning capacity. With such effects there is need to establish the magnitude on the patients so as to paint a clear picture of the pandemic. This proposal seeks to identify the effects of dementia with patients in ...

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American Vs Australian Healthcare Systems

23 Mar 2015 19 May 2017

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The following essay discusses personal observations of the United States of America's health care system and breaks it down in terms of equity efficiency and access. These observations are then compared with knowledge of the Australian health system and produce detailed evidence of the positive and negative aspects of both. Through this comparison the Australian use of the mixed market of operating healthcare is seen to be ...

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Zancolli Classification Hand Function Scale

23 Mar 2015 19 May 2017

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Zancolli classification hand function scale was formed by Eduardo Zancolli in 2003. He first used this scale in assessing the children with cerebral palsy who underwent reconstructive surgery. In this scale he explained about the grasping and release patterns between the wrist and fingers and hand appearance of the spastic children. He explained the hand appearance in degrees and that, degrees of extension can be measured using ...

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Injuries Associated With Tenpin Bowling

23 Mar 2015 19 May 2017

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Tenpin bowling is an indoor sport in which a player scores points by striking down as many pins as possible with a bowling ball rolled along a wooden or polyurethane lane. According to an estimate, more individuals play bowling than any other sports; with the notable exception of football. Also, bowling is considered to have more registered players than any other competitive sport. The governing body for ...

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Study Of Falls In The Elderly

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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Aging is a normal phenomenon in all over the world so that the necessity of old age care is very important. WHO states that world countries have accepted the chronological age of 65 years as a definition of elderly. Nowadays, world is developing too fast I all the sectors especially in medical science and technology. It makes great differences in the life span and the quality of ...

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A Professional Development Plan

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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In reflecting on my professional development, I consider that my skills and competencies have developed significantly and that my level of responsibility has developed to reflect this. Leading the production of the Neighbourhood Plan is a challenging task that has drawn on my skills across a very broad range of areas. It has also however been a very rewarding area of work and one that I feel ...

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Type 2 Diabetes Health Inequalities

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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This paper will discuss diabetes mellitus, which is a chronic medical condition that worsens over time. The levels of glucose in the blood become too high because the body cannot use it properly. The pancreas fails to produce enough of the hormone insulin which controls the levels of glucose (WHO, 2002a). If diabetes is not treated, it can lead to heart disease, stroke, blindness, kidney failure, lower ...

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Radiation Protection Personal Protective Equipment

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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Introduction: The assignment, consist of three parts including this introduction, which mentions how the assignment will take shape. Ideas and concepts taken from elsewhere for the preparation of this document will be cited appropriately within the work. The document which will be given to staff will address the issues pertaining to the appropriate use of personal protective equipment(PPE), legislations associated with their use, the principles of physics ...

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UK Health Policies on Obesity

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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Social, economic and industrial changes have changed the patterns of life globally. Changes in diet and physical activity patterns have been central to the rise of obesity among many of the world's population. Obesity was traditionally seen as a disease of high-income countries only, but it is now replacing malnutrition and infectious diseases as a problem transcending social divides. Obesity carries a higher incidence of chronic illness ...

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Role Of Nurse Promoting Health

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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This essay will look at the role of the nurse in promoting health of female adults (25-45) in terms of sexual health and behaviour. It will give definitions of Sexual health and promotion, which will also cover areas such as health models in relation to sexual health and behaviour. It will give an overview of what the role of the sexual health nurse is and throughout the ...

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Alcohol Consumption Interventions

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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To investigate how interventions may work we will look at the effects of alcohol consumption on individuals and populations, and draw attention to the search for policies that protect health, prevent health problems such as liver cirrhosis, cardiovascular disease and disability, and address the social problems associated with the misuse of alcohol consumption. What alcohol policy is why it is needed, which interventions are effective, how policy ...

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Health Risk Of Cell Phones

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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The cellular phone is a pervasive technology that has evolved from a luxury item justified only by the rich businessman to a necessity to some and an addiction to others. According to Portio Research Limited approximately 4.344 billion cell phones are in use globally. Since the latter part of 2008 one fifth of households in the United States have chosen this technology as their sole method of ...

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Electronic Health Record Benefits

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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The electronic health record is a mean of organizing patient's data making use in the field of information technology. Its purpose is to fulfill the various needs for information not only of patients and healthcare providers but also of other beneficiaries. The implementation of electronic health record system in health care organization is very complex and involves many parameters. Introduction Electronic health record is currently used by ...

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Australia's Health Care System | Analysis

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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The key principle underlying Australian healthcare system is equity to universal access to most health care regardless of the situation or ability to pay. This is achieved since revenue for this healthcare comes from taxation. Health services are funded through Medicare and pharmaceuticals schemes which are highly subsidized by the government while public hospitals and public healthcare are partly funded by commonwealth and state funding agreements. The ...

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Decrease Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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Patients on ventilator support are very prone to respiratory infections. These patients have no means or control over what enters their lungs or what does not. One prevalent infectious process that can occur in these patients is ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP), and affects many patients every year who require ventilator support. Ventilator associated pneumonia is a form of pneumonia, a lung infection, which occurs in mechanically ventilated ...

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Major Functions Of The Skin

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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The skin is the largest organ of the body. Measuring between 1.5 and 2.0 square metres in an adult, it forms an extensive contact area with the environment. This contact presents a variety of important challenges, which the skin must meet in order to protect the body. It also provides important opportunities, which the skin uses to maintain homeostasis. Consider the challenges and opportunities posed by contact ...

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Corruption In Health Care

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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Our optimism is derived not from theory but from our day-to-day work, which ranges from health policy leadership roles to the management of an academic integrated delivery system to hands-on patient care. From this work, we have a frontline view of the good that an organization can produce, but also the inefficiency, missed opportunities, confusion, and occasional harm that cycles the working of a health care organization ...

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Factors Influencing Calprotectin Levels

23 Mar 2015 12 May 2017

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Several factors have been reported to affect faecal calprotectin levels. Some of these factors have been investigated in this study through the survey. Referring to Figure 3.1, 34% participant are aged between 50-59 years. From this study, a correlation between age and calprotectin level is positive, meaning that, as age of participant increases, calprotectin level increases (p <0.05; R=0.249) (Table 3.6). Another study also reported that calprotectin ...

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Principles Of Primary Health Care

23 Mar 2015 12 May 2017

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This essay will discuss the principles of primary health care and its applicability in in Australian Indigenous communities. First it will discuss how and where primary Health Care came about. Secondly, this essay will talk about the social determinants of health and its principles, and the importance of community development and its principles. Finally it will discuss its relevance in Indigenous communities. The international movement to implement ...

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Factors Which Are Affecting Health

23 Mar 2015 11 May 2017

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The social determinants of health consists of various factors that determine health and wellbeing, for instance, socio-economic factors, genders, cultures and education (McMurray, 2010). Some groups of people are healthier than others. There is a relation between income and health, as well as they are strong predictors of health. People with low economic status have poor education, unemployment, job insecurity bad working conditions and lower class jobs ...

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Quality Care In The NHS

23 Mar 2015 11 May 2017

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1. What is meant by 'quality' in the phrase 'quality of care'? Quality, broadly speaking, is a subjective measure of excellence and when applied to health care, 'quality' can be understood as systems and provisions of care said to be free from defects, deficiencies, and significant variations. Within the NHS, this encompasses the provision of high quality primary, secondary and community care in which the interests of ...

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Complication In Grand Multi Parity

23 Mar 2015 11 May 2017

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Grand multi parity is the condition of giving birth after the 28th weeks of gestation, following 5 or more previous viable babies. Grand multiparae is relation to obstetric performance is labeled high risk. High risk pregnancy is define as one in which the mother, fetus or newborn will be at increased risk of morbidity or mortality at or after birth. The risk to the mother and child ...

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Health Promotion And HIV

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The origins of health promotion lie in the 19th century when epidemic disease eventually led to pressure for sanitary reform for the overcrowded industrial towns. Alongside the health movement emerged the idea of educating the public for the good of its health (Naidoo and Wills, 2000). In 1977 the World health Assembly at Alma Ata committed all member countries to the principles of Health for all 2000 ...

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Utilising Health Promotion Models

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Health promotion is a new public health initiative which has been integrated into governmental strategies to improve health either within a family, a community, health institutions and work places. It refers to effort to prevent ill health and promote positive health with the aim of enabling people to take control over their own health (Wills, 2007). This essay primarily seeks to discuss how a health promotion model ...

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The Sociology of Dentistry

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Sociology as applied to dentistry is an essential part of training for dentists. The case for asking, even requiring, medical and other students of the health professions to engage with the multiple ways in which health-related phenomena, from individual behaviours through classifications of and strategies for coping with medically defined disease to the funding of healthcare systems, are embedded in the social world remains undeniable (Scambler 2008). ...

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Various Global Health Issues

23 Mar 2015 10 May 2017

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1.1. Identify the global health risks (due to either internal or external sources) that threaten the health of the UK population. Global health is focused on people across the whole planet rather than the concerns of particular nations. It recognises that health is determined by problems, issues and concerns that transcend national boundaries (HM Government (HMG), 2008). Health risk is a disease precursor associated with a higher ...

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Philosophical Basis Of Occupational Therapy

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This paper aims to explore the defining of occupational therapy together with its philosophical basis, discussing the relationship between the philosophy of occupational therapy and practice, including the role of the College of Occupational Therapists (COT) and the Health Professions Council (HPC). This paper is going to be structured in essay form, beginning with a discussion of definitions of occupational therapy and the development of occupational therapy ...

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Road Traffic Accidents In Oman

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RTAs are the direct cause of three-quarters of all accidental deaths of people between the ages of 15 and 24 years (ROP, 2005). In 2005,688 men, women and children were killed and 6,500 injured in 9247 crashes. There have been nearly 45,000 injured since the year 2000. For every death in a road accident, 2 to 3 young people are permanently disabled (ROP, 2010). Factors Influencing THE ...

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Explaining CAM And Its Followers

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BASIC DEFINITION OF CAM "A cam is a mechanical component of a machine that is used to transmit motion to another component, called the follower, through a prescribed motion program by direct contact." INTRODUCTION TO CAM AND FOLLOWERS A cam follower, also known as a track follower,[1] is a specialized type of roller or needle bearing designed to follow cams. Cam followers come in a vast array ...

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Class Inequalities in Health

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The Black Report (Black et al, 1980) was commissioned in 1977 by the Labour Secretary of State. Though there had always been a public concern about social class difference and mortality, it was the first ever review of the Health of Britain's working age population. The initial purpose of the report was to measure the impact of ill health within the workforce (Macintyre, 1997). However, the report ...

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The Challenges In Paediatric Radiography

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In generally paediatric radiography is take the radiography image of children. The purpose to take the radiography image has two purposes which are for the diagnostic and therapeutic purpose. Diagnostic purpose commonly is for evaluate or see the children body condition in anatomical and pathological aspect. But therapeutic purpose mainly is for treatment like surgical repair the fracture such as insert plate to join the bone that ...

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Patients With Complex Needs

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A learning disability (LD) is a combination of a significantly reduced ability to understand new or complex information and the inability to cope independently (Department of Health, 2001). The assessment of the severity of LD is open to interpretation as there are no distinct differences between the classifications of LD (Royal College of Nursing, 2009). The level of disability is determined by the patients IQ score (Swanson ...

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Causes Of Global Health Issues

23 Mar 2015 05 May 2017

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus, the so called HIV, is still one of the most influential global health issues. According to the investigations of WHO (2011), it is estimated that approximately 34 million people were infected and 25 million people died because of HIV and related diseases. However, the numbers are still increased by 2.7 million of the newly affected and 1.8 million of death per year (Averting HIV ...

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Case Study: Pregnancy Gestational Diabetes

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Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as glucose intolerance of variable severity, with onset or first recognised during pregnancy1. This definition includes women whose blood glucose goes back to normal after giving birth, those with undiagnosed type I or type II diabetes and also those with monogenic diabetic2. GDM is believed to complicate approximately 1% to 5% of all pregnancies and is associated with increased foetal and ...

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Biomedical And Biopsychosocial Models

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Health may be defined as 'the absence of disease and infirmary' (Stroebe, 2000) or alternatively 'not merely an absence of disease or infirmary but a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being (World Health Organisation, 1948). One definition more elaborate than the other, the latter suggesting health is effected by other factors that cannot be physically measured. Since the start of evolution people have looked back ...

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Animal Assisted Therapy

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The man-animal bond has existed since time immemorial and has always been a beautiful one. Keeping a pet is a wonderful and rewarding experience and has many advantages. Animal therapy, also called Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT), consists of a wide range of activities and a diverse group of animals that are able to help. [Animal therapy, also called Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT), is a blanket term for a wide ...

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Episiotomy Rates Vary Widely Worldwide

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Labour is a wondrous act of nature and unique to every childbearing women. It is a transformative and special event in a women's life. It is the magic of creation. The very process of giving birth is the most beautiful one on earth and the mother attains unique capacities and true nobility through childbirth. The onset of motherhood present a unique set of physical, emotional and psychological ...

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Educate People On Pusher Syndrome

23 Mar 2015 04 May 2017

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The brain is a very complex organ. Everything we do or think takes place in a very confined, small space. Any injury that occurs in the brain can affect the whole body. Pusher syndrome is a disorder following right or left brain damage. Pusher syndrome occurs when the patient pushes away from the nonhemiparetic side.2 Pusher syndrome is observed in about 10 percent of acute stroke patients ...

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Comparing US-Canadian Healthcare Systems

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Health care in many parts of the world is considered a basic right that should be given to people. Access is crucial in order to ensure the efficient delivery of basic health care services. In general, health care systems are organized in order to provide treatment of diagnosed health care problems and these systems are usually government-run, meaning they utilize the people's taxes. Though most of the ...

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Drug Addiction In Pakistan Youths

23 Mar 2015 04 May 2017

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Drug addiction is a state of periodic or constant intoxication produced by the repeated consumption of a drug. Its characteristics include Uncontrollable desire to continue taking the drugs, a tendency to increase the dose after interval of time, a psychological and physical dependence on drugs, effects of drugs on individual and society. Drug addiction is an abnormal condition which arises due to frequent drug use. The disorder ...

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Professional Philosophy And Occupational Therapy

23 Mar 2015 04 May 2017

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The definition of occupational therapy as gradually metamorphosis from its genesis till date, yet it has gradually evolved from its first definition in 1914 by George Barton who stated that 'if there is an occupational disease, why not an occupational therapy'. While in 1919, he further postulated that 'occupational therapy is the science of instructing and encouraging the sick in such labours as will involve those energies ...

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Ottawa Charter Influences Health Promotion

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In recent years there has been a growing expectation of new strategies concerning Health Promotion and a number of conferences have been held around the world. One such conference on Health Promotion was held on the 21st day of November 1986 in Ottawa. The objectives of the conference centred on the needs in industrialised countries, and their main concerns were the Declaration on Primary Health Care at ...

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The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure

23 Mar 2015 04 May 2017

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Introduction Paediatric is a field which comprises of many complex and interesting issues which always related with child development. The development of child that begins from simple to complex that revolves on each of components such as physical, sensory, psychological, cognitive and social issues have always being discuss by many researcher who always doing their studies to understand more about the earliest stage of mankind in the ...

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Complementary Therapies in UK Medicine

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There is an increasing use of complementary therapies and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) nowadays, and its use has steadily increased over the last ten to fifteen years in United Kingdom (UK) (Ernst and White 2000; 35). A more specifically data obtained within the UK has shown that there is a rapid increase in the use of complementary therapies and CAM with an estimated 15 million users ...

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Management Of Minor Injuries

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Introduction: As part of this minor injuries course we have been asked to provide a 3000 word assignment utilising a case method as means of researching a patient scenario we experienced during clinical practise. Case study method enables a researcher to investigate an individual and evaluate these findings and relate this evidence to clinical practice ( REFERENCE 1) Case studies are also often subjective and based around ...

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St Jude Children's Research Hospital

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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is a not-for-profit hospital located in the heart of Memphis, Tennessee. It is an internationally recognized hospital that pioneered research finding cures and saving children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. It treats patients from all 50 states and around the world, without regard to ability to pay, never requiring families to pay for treatment not covered by insurance (St. Jude Children's ...

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Role Of Public Health Practitioner

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The writer seeks to critically analyse the role of the public health practitioner in general, taking into consideration the current socio-political context, the knowledge and skills needed for the role, challenges that exists in fulfilling the public health role and the approaches. In the second part of this work, the writer has chosen an initiative and will critically appraise how well the identified initiative meets the criteria ...

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Why STIs are called 'silent infections'

23 Mar 2015 03 May 2017

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In the following paragraphs I will be discussing why sexually transmitted diseases are called silent infections. I will also be discussing the topic of urinalysis and its components and how these components may reveal if the body is functioning normally or abnormally. . The information pertaining to these subjects relates to the knowledge I have gained through my readings of The Human Body in Health & Disease, ...

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Women's Reproductive Health: Human Rights

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Women's rights to reproductive and sexual health are fundamental to women's health in the United States and abroad. Efforts concerning women's rights to reproductive health have been essential in expanding women's human rights. Adoption of a health and human rights framework encourages logical applications about the correlation between women's health and human rights, social justice, and respect for human dignity. Hindrance to reproductive health rights is political, ...

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Public Health Issue: Diabetes Mellitus

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This assignment will address the public health issue of the increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus (diabetes) and explore links with health inequalities both nationally and locally. It will discuss the frameworks available which give guidance for standards of care for diabetes patients and their influence on diabetes care. It will then critically discuss the issue of diabetes management in relation to patient education and the ability of ...

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The Review Of Randomised Control Trials

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The effectiveness of the methodological approach used in any study most certainly determines the accuracy and reliability of the research hence the need to select the most viable methodology. Subsequent studies indicate that the use of a poor methodology is not only misleading but it could also lead to detrimental consequences in the event that the results of the study are used as a basis for decision ...

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