Why You Shouldn't Get Sick at College Letter to the Editor Review Due to the shrinking budget of many colleges, the health care available at these institutions is diminishing. ... For example most schools charge a health fee as part of the tuition to help pay for the medical costs of the school. ... D. contends that she has been in the health care of college students for seven years and although the pay is not as good as other areas of the profession, the emotional reward and satisfaction is very high. She says that she loves educating the students, parents and administra...

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I was going to a trade school called Boces for personal training at the time, and I had narrowed down my profession to becoming something in the health field. ... This class has taught me things about the health care system that I didn't even know existed. The group assignments, and the guest speakers were all a very good hands on approach to learning about the different paths in the health care system, and I liked how it kept the class interesting for me. ...

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Health care, Education, welfare, Canada pension, and old age pension are only a few of Canada's universal social services with financial problems that the government has to deal with. ... We should all have access to affordable health care. ... Canadians are all equal so we should all pay into income tax to support affordable health care, so this will never happen. The better the quality of life people can get from health care the better chance of having a higher standard of living. ...

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Our reasons or contentions in favor of this resolve are: overall student health, student performance, and parental concerns. First of, student's health. ... "Principals and teachers should care more about what their students are putting into their mouths," Molnar said. ... "I think it is shameful that anyone would want to make money off the health of our children." ... It affects the students' overall health, performance in school and parental concerns. ...

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Most teen mothers are less likely to graduate from high school and their kids are often born at low birth weight or experience health and development problems. ... Teenage pregnancy poses a "substantial financial burden to society, estimated at 7 billion annually in lost tax revenues, public assistance, child health care, foster care, and involvement with the criminal justice system"(RTP1). ... Easy and confidential access to family planning services through clinics, school linked health centers and condom availability have been found to help prevent unintended pregnancy (...

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It especially can not buy health even though many would say the rich get all the advantages in medical research. Granted it does cost lots of money in order to receive health care and to pay for such things as prescriptions or premiums on policies. ... Easy to take care of my health with a lump sum of money or what not. ... In conclusion, Health is a major part of my life and the lack of good health has its ups and downs. ...

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My name is Nirali. I was born in India in the state of Gujarat in 1972.My parents wanted me to have good education and so the decision was made to send me to a catholic school in India called "Sophia High School". So at the age of 4years. I was sent to a boarding school where I ...

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Wilt's mother was a stay-at-home mom who took care of all eleven children. Since the family had a lot of children to care for, while growing up, Wilt took as many odd jobs as he could to help his parents pay the bills. ... When Wilt was a child, he had a lot of health problems. ...

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Some schools are trying to make their schools the center of community life by providing health facilities, continuing education classes, weekend activities, and providing other services on site. ... First of all it shows that your parents care. School is a huge part of your life and if your parents show no interest in your education it seems like they don't care as much as parents who do get involved. ...

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The fact of being able to have health insurance in Africa is considered a real privilege. ... It is there that I plan on traveling around the country and even possibly become a missionary in the African continent helping a lot of people who cannot afford Health Care insurance. ...

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Corporate Infulences on Today's Youth, Health Issue or No Issue? ... I think that the government or the legal system should protect it's citizens from harmful influences that care only for profit and not for society. More health conscience corporations today should replace these corporate influences on the education system. ... If no action is done today, how many more deaths and health issues will come up in the near future that could have been avoided? I understand that pulling simple sponsors out of our school systems, like the soda industry will not show an immediate heal...

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My career of interests needs to be linked to medicine, hospital or clinical care, not a corporate building or a small cluttered office. ... As I grew older, in middle school I became more intrigued with Health education. ... She always had jobs as nurse whether it was being a CNA (Certified Nurse Aide) or a PCA (Patient Care Assistant). ...

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We build churches, run a VBS (vacation bible school), health expo, and a dental clinic. ... Since it has been proven that people who serve have better health, and more self-worth, it should be a bonus to those to feel service is not the best way to spend their time. ... The person receiving the care gets care from a caring person, or even a friend. ...

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According to a recent Press Release, The United States Departments of Education, Justice, and Health and Human Services, 1994 stated "every school day more then 150,000 students stay home because they are sick of violence and afraid they might be stabbed, shot, or beaten." ... How many run-away kids look for the love they need and the care they want? ... Parents or guardians are responsible from the kids, but the busy work lives they lead they care more about than their kids and this makes children feel left out. Do parents really care about this? ...

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ent medical coverage to seek the needed health care. ... They need to have safety, health, attention and education. ... These kids have no medical care; they are subjected to violence, poor living standards and a dozen other things. ...

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This estimate does not include neonatal health care costs. Direct neonatal health care costs attributable to maternal smoking that were paid by Medicaid in 1996 are estimated to be more than $227 million. ... Hence, as they enter a new decade and a new century, reducing national smoking rates in pregnancy remains a national public health priority. ...

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Many teens today do not care about using birth control. ... Think about what it would be like if you had a child to take care of. ... Most of your expenses will be toward your rent, food, clothing for yourself and the baby, child care, health care, transportation, social life, and savings. ... By going to a school for pregnant and parenting teens that provide child care in the facilities, you can continue your education and get a great paying job so you can support you and your child. ...

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The Republic of Panama A Spanish explorer named Rodrigo de Bastidas discovered Panama in 1501. But Columbus claimed it for Spain 1 year later. In 1821, Spanish rule was overthrown, and Panama became a province of Columbia. Later on around 1907, the construction of the Panama Canal took ...

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He has a messy appearance and does not seem as if he is in good health. ... Bill admits that he is stressed due to having to take care of is mom and he is also grieving because of the loss of his father. He has had to take care of himself at an early age. ... During our time together he is becoming more trusting and taking better care of himself. ...

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A physical therapist (PT) and an occupational therapist (OT) have similar tendencies of rehabilitation and aiding patents back to their normal health. ... "According to the BLS, patience is another key attribute that benefits Occupational Therapists, due to the length of time and duration of ongoing care that is required over time, sometimes with little improvement detectable in the patient"[And13]. ... I have been taking care of my elderly grandparents since I was ten years old. ... Throughout my experience between physical therapy and having to take care of my grandparents it has ...

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Researchers have found that there has been an increase in teenage pregnancies out of wedlock and found that this is partly because more teenage girls think it's okay to have a baby out of wedlock.(359, Wood) They have also realized that what was once thought to be a learning experience for teenagers...

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In "Getting Serious about Eradicating Binge drinking," the Harvard School of Public Health informs us that, "binge drinking is a major problem on many college campuses (20)." ... Like for example colleges can't make students clean up vomit, care for drunken students, or pick up liter for a punishment for being drunk. ...

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First of all, making school begin later will improve students' health and demeanor. ... As well, small kids whose parents work would only have to be in after school day care, since earlier bus arrival would replace before school day care. ...

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Children born to teenage mothers normally have economic, social, and health problems. Teenage mothers are less likely than older women to get on time prenatal care. ... While she works during the day her grandmother takes care of the baby for free. ...

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New York's RCCP program is widely regarded as one of the most promising violence- prevention programs among public health experts. ... One parent Sandra Stephens said, "we've brought issues to the administrators but the principal has swept them under the rug- principal Stephanie D"Amore told us that it was going to be taken care of and school officials are addressing the problem." ...

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