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America's Best Drug Policy Option

of the crime problem, they carried with them the frustration of knowing that despite all good intentions, alcohol (like drugs) wil...

Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

n.d.). The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) explains that "Ultimately, health promotion activit...

Public Health Organizations

Both Winslow and Acheson make the link between society and health, and the role of social actions; a concept that was seen in many...

School Programs to Reduce Obesity

The same results were not seen for boys. Shaya and colleagues conducted a similar study in 2008. The results of the empirical re...

Importance of Isolation Precautions

most effective forms of primary prevention for the spread of contagious diseases (Gould, 2009). There are five principles regardin...

Anthrax Cause and Response

The disease known as Anthrax is caused by the highly infectious microorganism Bacillus anthracis. The bacteria...

Making People Healthier

of the annual physical checkup (SAMHSA, 2010). By the 1960s, health promotion was gaining in popularity in the U.S. and gained eve...

Hate Crimes Legislation

history, and how politics and media have affected it can help shed light on this relevant issue. The Hate Crimes Prevention Ac...

Liberalized Trade and Economic Growth of Zimbabwe

This 4 page essay studies Zimbabwe and the influence of the WTO and the IMF on AIDS. This paper argues for increased liberalizatio...

Dehydration, Effects and Prevention

has a negative impact on cognitive and physical performance and a loss of 7 percent "can lead to body collapse" (Suhayda and Walto...

Bringing CPTED to the University Campus

not directly under campus managements control. University of Tennessee pre-vet student Jessica Smith parked her car after g...

A Good Customer Service Model

to use preventative measures to thwart competition and also to see that the firm stays on course. In order to create a viable an...

Enhancing Outcomes by Revising a Protocol Based on Evidenced Based Practice

populations, and changes within the structure of the hospital or facility as a whole. Because falls impact patients health, nursi...

Emergency Response and Fire Prevention Plan

any conditions including total darkness or thick smoke. This requires that the signs have their own backup power systems that wil...

Preventing Falls

Institute as one of the top 100 hospitals in the country, which set the benchmarks for success (Jackson and Gleason 37). St. Clare...

Loss Prevention Program for Golf Course Turf Management

the applicator or the general public, however, and some have the ability to damage the turfgrass plants they are meant to protect ...

Smoking and Lung Cancer in Women

a Machiavelli. This assertion could be argued in challenging the central premise of this article. In fact, in order for effecti...

Quality Improvement/Pressure Ulcers

a "collaborative quality improvement project" that focuses on PUs in nursing homes as its primary focus (Lynn, et al, 2007). QIOs,...

Pros and Cons of QII

of projects is critical to the success elements affecting the Six Sigma program (Antony 3). Prioritization is often based on subje...

Proactive Approaches to Street Racing and Underage Drinking

is bothersome to the point of creating fear and ask for their help in reaching a resolution. From this interactive encounter, the...

U.S. Health System

U.S. healthcare system is dangerous and lethal. That is a fact already confirmed by the data cited from Cortese and Smoldt (2005)....

Spinal Tuberculosis Management and Prevention Literature Review

is actually a form of tuberculosis. The story of Alexander Pope is just an anecdote and by no means signifies its origin. Skeleton...

Colorectal Cancer Prevention and Management

to the health care system, or that everyone should be screened just in case, but rather, that the testing can be uncomfortable, an...

Preventing Obesity

(2004) reported the following: in 2000, 64.5 percent of American adults were identified as overweight and 30.5 percent were obese....

United Kingdom and Policies of Suicide Prevention

considered. Durkheim looked at suicide, which was defined as any action which lead subsequently to the death of the individual, ei...

Cancer Interventions

care professionals and systems because of previous negative experiences. The literature emphasizes that all women, regardless of...

Security Manager Assistance Offered by Analyzing Crime Patterns

in front of their school are all examples of provocative situations that may escalate and trigger crimes."1 Human nature i...

Smoking Prevention Strategies from an Economic Perspective

is 130% of ideal bodyweight5. There are also other hidden costs that are often ignored in terms of the cost and benefit of smokin...

March of 1988 Kurdish Halabja Massacre

in the alleys, in homes, in their own beds (Atroushi, 2006). Kaveh Golestan, an Iranian photographer, described the scene: "It w...

Dropout Prevention for Youth with Disabilities

1998). In order to keep young people in school, they have to be engaged in learning and further, see a reason for continuing. The ...