Introduction Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious public health problem in the United States. Each year‚ traumatic brain injuries contribute to a substantial number of deaths and cases of permanent disability. A TBI is caused by a bump‚ blow or jolt to the head or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain. Not all blows or jolts to the head result in a TBI. The severity of a TBI may range from “mild‚” i.e.‚ a brief change in mental status or consciousness to “severe
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Describe the roles of different agencies involved in safeguarding the welfare of children and young people; *** Answer submitted on Apr 7 2013 4:55PM *** Schools: Schools have the responsibility to develop childrens awareness and their knowledge of what is acceptable and what is not acceptable behaviour‚ including when using the internet. Support and protect children who are identified as being at greater risk or are on the at risk register and provide professional training of all staff
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MARKETING TO CHILDREN Rasmussen CollegeG124/ENC1101 Section 23 English Composition 11/30/2013 Authors Note This essay is being submitted on 12/1/2013 for Tonja Cox‚ G124/ ENC1101 Section 23 English Composition Looking deep into the heart of America‚ you see the small business man making his living. You see the marketing and advertising becoming the way word would spread for any business. This marketing touched the lives of many Americans including our future‚
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Marketing Practices Towards Children Marketing ethics deals with the morality of principles and techniques that companies use to advertise and promote their products. An important issue concerning this deals with the ethics of marketing to children‚ as there are many concerns when it comes to this topic. Marketing to children only is unethical because children are naïve‚ impressionable‚ and lacking knowledge and experience‚ they make easy targets for marketers. Children are at a stage in their
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4/21/2005 Homeless Children in America To be homeless is to not have a home or a permanent place of residence. Nationwide‚ there is estimated to be 3.5 million people that are homeless‚ and roughly 1.35 million of them are children. It is shown that homeless rates‚ which are the number of sheltered beds in a city divided by the cities population‚ have tripled since the 1980 ’s (National Coalition for Homeless‚ 2002). Worldwide‚ it is estimated that 100 million children live and work on the
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Many parents are now considering not allowing their children to play the American institution: Football. American parents are reluctant because of the risk of severe injuries to their children. More research should be completed in order to prevent high impact sports injuries that cause concussions‚ major brain damage such as CTE‚ and can sometimes result in death. Concussions as a result of high impact sports are something that can affect a person for life. The text states‚ “several former football
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rtisingAdvertisement and Children: An Ethical Concern Advertising‚ this very term once used to express as a tool to inform customers about a particular brand or a product. But‚ now-a-days‚ it is argued to be one of the most powerful‚ convincing‚ manipulative and persuasive vehicles of the companies to provoke customers toward materialism and consumption (Treise‚ et al. 1994). This influence sometimes crosses the limit by jumping over the fence of ethical responsibility of a company toward consumers
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All people do not deal with traumatic brain injuries the same in the way that it takes people a different amount of time to recover than others and that it effects the patient’s qualities that they had prior to the injury differently. Traumatic brain injuries are common and they disable 150 million- 200 million people per year which is the leading cause of disability in people under 40 years old by injuring the frontal and temporal lobes. Recovery times are different for different people (most people
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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can occur frequently and may cause serious damage. TBI can happen when a bump‚ jolt‚ blow‚ or any head injury causes damage to the brain. MIllions of people a year suffer brain injuries in the United States alone. More than half of those million incidents require the patient to be taken to a hospital because of the severity of the injury. Depending on how severe the injury is‚ it could cause serious brain damage and potentially be life threatening. Half of all TBIs occur
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What is a brain injury? What does being "brain-injured"? A brain-injured patient is a person with severe brain damage that result in achieving the thought process. Brain damage may occur after: - Head injury - An aneurysm or stroke - A tumor - A brain abscess - Following a disease affecting the nervous system (multiple sclerosis‚ Behcet’s disease ...) Consecutive brain damage such accidents and diseases often cause coma‚ neurological damage and cognitive impairment. What problems does it
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