It is a rigid political paradox which puts us at ends with creating a system of health care for the betterment of all of humanity but also one that which is ultra-sensitive to local/personal continuities. And within the highly charged political arena of "universal- health care, it often calls for inquiry into the national and international context which it is placed. ... While the economically privileged societies benefit most from material wealth, availability of information, and accessibility to health care, those less economically privileged of other parts of the world have suffered setba...

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Introduction This paper will focus on the importance of workplace health and safety and why it is important for organizations and businesses to adopt and promote the health and safety practices. ... The promotion of health and safety and related activities resulted in a decrease of absentees due to sickness and health concerns, and also reduced the occurrence of workplace accidents. ... Health and safety trainings should be conducted as a necessity, to help the employers and employees understand their roles in promoting and obtaining workplace health and safety. ... The development and promo...

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Secondly creating a holistic health care service model for the inter-professional health care facility where all health care disciplines in the center work collaboratively in delivering health care service. ... The inter-professional health care centre will be built in the new extension block at Werribee Mercy Hospital. ... There will also be an interactive online website where people can access general health information of the inter-professional health care centre and also other health care organisation around Wyndham city council. ... The inter-professional health care clinic will embrace...

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In the Russian Federation, provision for healthcare is one of the primary social functions of the state; covering delivery of medical care, prevention of disease, and improvement of the population's health. ... By the mid-1960s, the country's health indicators had improved considerably. ... Since 2005, hospitals, 7,951 health centers, 2,330 outpatient/polyclinic institutions, and 827 dental clinics. ... Additional channels for funds are private medical care and voluntary health insurance (VHI) programs. ... Medical care is delivered to the population at nearly 5,993 hospitals, 7,951 ...

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At the London Ivy League study abroad site, I will be learning under a new academic system and environment and completing coursework from a rich variety of strong pre-med health and core liberal arts classes. ... I intend do research in public health through local hospitals and fieldwork that will prepare me for internships when I return to my home university. Studying abroad in London will allow me to complete one of the six core components of my pre-health concentration. I will be able to better understand public health by learning about health policies and strategies in London. ... My r...

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Community health nurses (CHNs) provide care to groups, individuals, and families at an outside hospital setting with the aim of improving the communities' health outcomes. ... Further, the practice goes beyond taking care of the sick to encompass health education, advocacy, social reforms, and community organizing. ... Hence, the role of the community health nurses became indispensable in the provision of preventive health care. ... The community health care nurses have a duty to care and partner with the community at home setting. ... Hence, community health nurses offer important advice...

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Important strides have been made towards automating exchanges of information in the health care industry. ... Health care reform initiatives and the increasing penetration of managed care into the health care delivery system have further heightened the need for comprehensive automation and the automated need for health care information. Whether it is to monitor costs, improve patient care, or evaluate participating health care professionals, the basis is in gathering and sharing health care information. ... The computerization of health care information, and in particular automated payment sys...

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Table 1; "(Note: Reprinted from (Challenge 1, Community Services & Health Industry Skills Council, " n.d.) ... Apart from having a profound and devastating impact on dementia sufferers & their carers and families, Dementia poses a significant economic and social burden on our community, health and residential care systems. ... According to the AIHW publication ("Dementia in Australia, " 2012) the national health care expenditure figure for dementia care of $144.5 million in 2009 and 2010, this figure is potentially an underestimation as it only included expenditure where dementia had already...

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Yet, when it comes to reports on health care, the writing style differs because the audience includes both the general public and higher-up officials. Through collection of data, the National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force wrote the "National Transgender Discrimination Survey Report on Health and Health Care" in which its main focus was to "show that racial bias presents a significant, additional risk of discrimination for transgender and gender non-conforming people of color in virtually every major area of the study, making their health care ac...

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The Decisions That Are Made With The Family Medical Leave Act Congress enacted the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (the "FMLA") in response to growing concerns about inadequate job security for employees who had serious health conditions that prevented them from working for temporary periods. Under the FMLA, eligible employees are entitled to twelve weeks of leave during any twelve-month period for the birth and care of a newborn child, placement of a child for adoption or foster care, care for an immediate family member (spouse, child, parent) with a serious health condition, or me...

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The public health infrastructures must be prepared to prevent illness and injury that may result from chemical and biological accidents or terrorism, especially an unanticipated terrorist attacks. ... In addition to the threat of chemical or biological disasters, care providers of all types and local communities, in partnership with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, throughout the United States must be vigilant and prepared to respond to such matters efficiently for the health safety of the masses. ... A report generated by the Center for Disease and Control and Prevention strate...

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Despite a general consensus that pressure ulcers are largely preventable, they continue to be a problematic and persisting health concern (Australian Wound Management Association, 2012). ... It is these issues that are of concern and allow health professionals to recognize that pressure ulcer prevention is a complex and multi-factorial problem that requires the vigilant and active involvement of staff and patient cooperation across the continuum of care (Australian Wound Management Association, 2012). ... Their paper also concurred with the argument of many wound experts that some pressure ...

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This is a statement to express my interest in a Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) scholarship to pursue a Masters in Health Policy, Planning and financing at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). ... For the past 6 years I have been involved in a number of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment projects as a clinician and middle level manager, I currently work as the Program officer for voluntary Adult medical male circumcision for HIV prevention services at the University Research CoLLC 's USAID/ SUSTAIN project . A major challenge in o...

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Issues that are very contrast between both candidates are the Economy, Health care, the federal debt, social security, education, role of the government and foreign policy. ... Obama's health care policies are very appealing, the democratic view that "no Americans should have the security that comes with good health care, and that no one should go broke because they get sick". Is extremely relatible (something that for me sounds confusing because here in Northern Ireland are free health care doesn't even feel like a privilege it feels somewhat normal) and is something that the major...

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As a result, stroke is "a major drain on health-care funding" (Rothwell 1613). ... In the mid-80's, the new idea of assisted living was launched by the demands of the baby boomers who "sought out new types of elder care facilities for their parents" (Raymond 58). As the biggest contributors to the improvement of elder care, the baby boomers will soon face the same situation where they too will require extra medical help and Bob Cramer, director of the National Investment Conference, a non profit education forum based in Annapolis, Maryland, believes that "if the boomers want more for thei...

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Disadvantages to having elderly people in the workforce include, a reduced number of positions/opportunities that elderly workers can fill compared to those for younger workers (Special Committee on Aging, 2008), a tendency for decreased participation in training activities by older workers (Shea & Haasen, 2006), increased potential health issues in elderly workers that can lead to higher rates of absenteeism (CDC, 2012), and missed time due to having to care for sick relatives (Special Committee on Aging, 2008). ... This includes potential health problems of the worker as well health issues o...

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Alcoholism is a disease that includes drinking alcoholic beverages at an uncontrollable level where an individual's profession, education, family relationships, or personal safety and health are seriously jeopardized. Today in the United States, a debate about serious health care issues in young adults cannot be completed without discussing underage drinking. ... Through its various research, the NIAAA finds underage drinking, a major public health problem. ... The NIAAA website offers brochures, fact sheets, posters, presentations and webinars covering wide range of alcohol-related topi...

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INTRODUCTION Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS) was initially outlined from the results of studies into the encephalopathy (brain function/disorder) of `petit-mal' seizures by Lennox and Davis (1950), and was later expanded to its now widely accepted form as a syndrome by Gastaut, Roger, Soulayrol, Tassinari, Regis, Dravet, Bernard, Pinscard, and Saint-Jean (1966). LGS is described as having three interrelated symptoms, consisting of the following: 1. Epileptic seizures (axial tonic, atypical absences, atonic seizures, and less frequently - myoclonias, generalised tonic-clonic, an...

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The article cites some of the health effects of arsenic poisoning, stating that effects of arsenic poisoning are slow to arise, but can be deadly (Rahman, 2002). ... The population health concern is simple: the arsenic adversely affects the health of those affected by it. ... As a result, the arsenic poisoning problem in Bangladesh, as a public health issue, acts more as a multiplier of already existing threats, rather than a sole threat all its own. ... Diminishing this health issue is a difficult prospect because of the somewhat elusive nature of the arsenic poisoning. ... Naturally, there...

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With weight on the rise, the number of health risks related to obesity is exponentially rising. ... In 2010, when President Obama signed health care legislation he required that fast food corporations consisting of more than twenty chains must list the nutritional information about the food they provide. ... With the new legislation signed by President Obama and health based websites providing the nation with nutritional information, Zinczenko's argument, "there are no calorie information charts on fast-food packaging," is invalid; therefore, in Zinczenko's article, "...

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It is widely known that what happens in the mind also happens in the body, and therefore a healthy and strong mind directly influences our physical health as well as our mental and emotional health, due to the mind-body connection. There are two main channels of focus, both of which train the mind in various ways and aid health and wellbeing on a number of levels. ... The approach could be compared to lovingly attending a crying baby who requires nurturing, love, care and comfort as opposed to being ignored, berated or punished, which we often do to ourselves in times of powerlessness or fr...

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The family planning domain includes the policies of reproductive health, implying the ability to have a responsible, satisfying and safe sex life and having the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so (What is SRHR?). ... One such example is that of Lady Health Workers (LHW), an initiative by the government under the National Program for Family Planning and Primary Health Care, who though are appointed from within the locality of in question, never seem to carry adequate supplies and seldom ask women about their preferences (Lady Health Workers (LHW)...

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Direct-to-consumer publicity also supports to increase consciousness of specific ailments, warning patients to pursue health care when they influence not have otherwise. ... The principal participants in the pharmaceutical straight to customer situation are the pharmaceutical businesses, who viewpoint to make incredible revenues by swaying customers to obtaining their merchandises, as well as the customers, due to the detail that the choice that they make regarding which medicines to enable the use of, will have an excellent result on their condition and health. ...

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It is thus a break down in social development because it suggests that the quality of health and the availability to it is poor. ... People who are poor do not have the human resources of adequate health care and education to fully partake in and contribute to development. It too, like high infant and child mortality rates, shows a lack of social development because quality of health and accessibility to it is one of the major indicators of social development. ...

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Another reason is a child with health problems I mean if you bring that child to live you are bringing him to suffer by seeing himself different and rejected by others, and the last reason that I am exposing and is the one that most of the couples and teens face are lack of preparation from both parents they would not want that kid if they know there not ready or they just can bring another life yet not until they are stable in the relation and in the life of both of the parents. ... And who guaranties you that that child will have a father, if at that age teenagers don't care if th...

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