Vulnerable populations La Donna F. Manuel HCA430: Special Populations Instructor: Nancy Silva October 14‚ 2012 Vulnerable populations Vulnerable populations include the economically disadvantaged‚ racial and ethnic minorities‚ the un insured‚ low-income children‚ the elderly‚ the homeless‚ those with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‚ and those with other chronic health conditions‚ including severe mental illness.(Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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quarter of the twentieth century‚ the rise in life expectancy has been accompanied by a downward trend in fertility which results in an aging population. Similar to many developing countries with aging populations‚ aging populations indisputably brings challenges. The Government has many plans and policies in preparing our nation for the inevitable aging population – One of such policies implemented by the government is to ensure that everyone in the society to play a part. Where one should at least
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Kheri Murphy AMH 2020 Devil in the White City Essay November 14‚ 2012 Erik Larson’s‚ Devil in the White City is a nonfiction literary work that takes place in Chicago during the Gilded Age. Larson transports readers to a moment in American history that shows the splendor of imagination evident at the time‚ and the violence and poverty that surrounded it. This story is one of good and evil. Daniel Burnham‚ the brilliant architect responsible for the grandeur and construction of The
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Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam all have historical relations to the city of Jerusalem dating back to the start of each religion. For the past 1‚400 years these three monotheistic religions have been feuding over the ¨ownership¨ of Jerusalem. The popularly asked question is who does Jerusalem belong to? All three religions have valid historical reasons as to why they believe the city of Jerusalem should belong to them. Judaism‚ however‚ has offered the most compelling argument. Although Islam‚ and
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Sampling Methodologies Population: Population is defined as including all items with the characteristic one wishes to understand. Because there is seldom enough time or money to gather information from everyone or everything in a population‚ the goal is to find a representative sample (or subset) of that population. For example‚ a researcher might study the success rate of a new ’quit smoking’ program on a sample group of 50 patients‚ in order to predict the effects of the program if it were
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VULNERABLE POPULATION ASSESSMENT A woman presents to the Emergency Room(ER) in Leon‚ Iowa with her 2-year-old little girls who she states has had a cough for 1 hour. It is 2pm on a Tuesday and the Community clinic is open. Our community is the second poorest county in Iowa and we have a federally funded Clinic available to anyone regardless of insurance coverage. The patient also is notable wheezy. I ask the mom if she or anyone in the home smokes and she says yes. There are four people total
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Environmental Science – 6M Week 2 Individual Work Unlike China‚ Germany has a declining population growth. The citizens there now worry about not having enough people to fulfill the jobs needed to be done so that they can remain a sustainable country. They have more people leaving the country than new people coming in. Even their own residents are starting to leave. Sure‚ everybody loves to visit Germany because it’s a hot vacation spot‚ but very few are staying. In 2009‚ 734 thousand
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City life has got to be one of the most exciting places to live. Many people seem to think city life is too fast paced or too fake for them to enjoy a city life. Living in the city for me seems to be one of the most exciting places to be. Hearing all of the hustle and bustle going on out side of my house seems to give me a sign‚ that I am not alone in this world. Some may like city life and some may not due to their difference in their character. Some may like bright lights‚ busy life which is
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Special Populations paper University of Phoenix Case Management BSHS 402 Andrea Winston May 02‚ 2007 Special Populations paper The job of a case manager is as unique as the population that they serve. Case management is "a collaborative process of assessment‚ planning‚ facilitation and advocacy for options and services to meet an individual ’s health needs through communication and available resources to promote quality cost-effective outcomes." (Case Management Society of America [CMSA]
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It supports the food webs that sustain life; it provides us with a vast collection of natural resources‚ and it plays a vital role in the purification of the water we drink. We also depend on it to dispose of some of our wastes. The increasing population within the world has had an impact on the lithosphere and consequently as led to the deterioration of this essential component of the biophysical environment. Land degradation has become one of the primary issues of concern arising from the
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