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county-wide efforts to identify, seek out and serve the needs of the countys older population. Of course many locales have center...
some measures and assessments does not mean that it gains no attention at all, however. The World Health Organization (WHO) repor...
Private organizations designed primarily for drug and alcohol treatment rarely if ever will accept any patient who does not have i...
Genetic Association for Cigarette Smoking Behavior". Research in smoking addiction have revealed that along with several social fa...
in the heart and nervous system, or in some cases, death (WHO, 1996). While health promotion relating to STDs may be a global mis...
issues difficult to address, in that there is often an interchange of duties as a means by which to compensate for the sometimes-i...
to keep in mind is the United States is the only industrialized nation in the world that does not have some sort of national unive...
individuals contact ring, smallpox could be halted with available resources, making the seemingly impossible, possible. Similarl...
concern for hospital executives is the fact that as managed care contracts increase, hospital marketing orientation decreases. Ma...
When the report was undertaken it was noted that there were significant inadequacies in the way the workers compensation is dealt ...
does. Literature Search By November 2008, there were more than 10.3 million people unemployed in the United States (Families USA...
persons health" (Tickner). The implication of this survey is of political interest; says Tickner: "Disparaging attacks on long ter...
care without knowing some data. It is also lopsided to discuss the cost without discussing the savings. In 2009, the National Coal...
but society as a whole. Businesses, organizations, and even the government itself could flounder in the face of such a severe pro...
2006 edition of the Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, the editors asked their readers their opinions on issues re...
2007). It is much better and will have more impact if this training and communication happens in a face-to-face situation and not...
goal of totally reforming all of US healthcare has been shelved, with the focus now being exclusively on health insurance. The na...
n.d.). The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) explains that "Ultimately, health promotion activit...
manufactured before 1978 are particularly likely to contain lead-based paints because it wasnt until that year that lead-based pai...
directly with families in their home, aiding them with complex care situations (Denham, 2003). How has the family changed? In 20...
Foundation, 2006). In 2003, at least US$700 million was spent by Americans purchasing drugs from Canadian pharmacies (Kaiser Famil...
knowledge safely and appropriately" (p. 17). Morath (2003) went so far as to state clearly that the U.S. healthcare system is dang...
E-Health resources are utilized not just by the healthcare establishment itself but also by patients and consumers (HIMSS, 2006; E...
now our nations elderly have depended on Medicare/Medicaid for their medical needs. The Medicare/Medicaid system upon which these...
course, there is no need to go into depth, as an entire course does, when speaking of a general health course. A general health co...
Impact of the Health Care Delivery System on the Availability of Health Education Services in the United States...
asthma, cancer, diabetes, and childhood obesity" (Hurst, 2007, p. 207). Improved eyesight and children having higher intelligence ...
health outcomes are generally found in proportion to the number of cigarettes that a smoker uses each day (Goodwin, Keyes and Hasi...
by many the local and national government ought to have a more important role in the healthcare of the nations. As early as 1900 t...
to adopt healthy living habits (Schiavo, 2007). The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) says health communication is ...