practice OPEN DISTANCE LEARNING DIPLOMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 2 (ABM) COMMUNITY HEALTH Writer: Mwansa David M. Contact: 0977744745/0968941175 Email:mwnsamumbad@yahoo.com CONTENT Unit 1: Introduction 1. Subjective 2. Subject overview Unit 2: The concept of Community health 1. Introduction 1. Definitions of community Unit 3: Community-based health care and raising health awareness 1. Introduction 2. Community Care Access Centres: 3. Community-Based Health Care Models Unit 4: Health
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December 2014 Depression in Children: Detect the Problem Before It’s Too Late Throughout our world and nation people are suffering from depression. Depression affects people of all genders‚ all ages‚ and all backgrounds. People once believed that teens never went through any form of severe depression. Some still believe this to be true‚ but if it were‚ then why are teens suicidal? This disorder is nothing to shrug your shoulders at‚ and early detection is very important. Depression can be easily
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Causes of Depression Depression is a psychological disorder when the human being has negative thoughts and behaviors due to low mood caused by stress‚ overwork‚ or any other events. Among doctors depression is seen as an illness or disorder. When depression occurs‚ one might also have headache‚ slow speech‚ feel pain through entire body‚ digestion problems‚ and problems with sex. Depression happens to people of any age; every person experiences it differently. An old-age person with depression may feel
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101 Essay Two 10 Feburary 2013 Teenage Depression Throughout America‚ the rate of teenage is increasing each year. About 20 percent of teens will experience teen depression before they reach adulthood. Teen depression can affect a teen regardless of gender‚ social background‚ income level‚ race‚ or school or other achievements‚ though teenage girls report suffering from depression more often than teenage boys. Teenage depression is a serious topic and it is important to understand
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The Great Depression The 1930’s was a huge decade of history filled with many important events that changed how we think. However‚ one crucial influence to the 1930’s was the Great Depression. The Great Depression was a major event in history and widely affected the 1930’s. The Great Depression was a world-wide economic downfall in which things such as industrialism and construction came to a near halt. There is no true date as to when the Great Depression started‚ but experts
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Elderly Driving: A Peril to Society The older you are the wiser you will have become is a classic saying that adorns the elderly with experience and wisdom. One might recall endless stories beginning with “back in my day‚” but what about the stories in present-day? Countless senior citizens have provided some interesting news stories for reporters in recent years; major accidents‚ which many have only seen in movies‚ have become real life due to elderly driving. In 2003‚ George Weller‚ an 89-year
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In this paper‚ I will be explaining my perception of my community placement in the context of community as partner by reflecting on my interactions with a target group of the population which include pre and post natal mothers who are in vulnerable situations in the community. I will also describe this group of population using various sources and share some experiences which helped me gain an insight into their lived experiences and the health issues and concerns within this group with the intention
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The Great Depression The Great Depression (1929-39) was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. In the United States‚ the Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929‚ which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. Over the next several years‚ consumer spending and investment dropped‚ causing steep declines in industrial output and rising levels of unemployment as failing companies
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Introduction What is Postpartum Depression Having a baby should be one of the happiest and most important events in a woman’s life. However‚ although life with a new baby can be both thrilling and rewarding‚ it can also be a difficult and quite stressful task. Most women make the transition without great difficulty‚ yet some women experience considerable complexity that may manifest itself as a postpartum psychiatric disorder (O’hara‚ Hoffman‚ Philips‚ & Wright‚ 1992). Many physical and emotional
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Depression in the Workplace Shannon Courson Everest College Phoenix Depression in the workplace carries a huge stigma‚ both internally and externally‚ making it difficult for sufferers largely because of the negativity of the disease and has a need that needs to be addressed by employers and coworkers. Depression can cause employees to be less productive‚ accident prone and uninterested in their duties. Because of this‚ it has serious cost to the employer‚ in the form of insurance claims
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