According to the article “The voice of Florence Nightingale on Advocacy”‚ Florence Nightingale was born on May 12‚ 1820 as the second daughter to English parents. She was intelligent‚ and as a young woman learned several languages. Nightingale was known to be most comfortable in the solitary activities of reading‚ writing in her journals and attempting to discern purpose in her life (Selanders & Crane‚ 2012). However‚ Florence Nightingale believed in making mankind’s life better. With these thoughts
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Advocacy and the Mentally Ill Summer Fleming BSHS/442 January 13‚ 2014 Dr. Elizabeth Thompson Advocacy and the Mentally Ill The American mentally ill population faces numerous barriers to acquiring basic services that those without mental illness receive daily. Advocating for the mentally ill population gives a voice to those who cannot voice their problems or may not know how. Mental illness is often misdiagnosed or underdiagnosed. Individuals who are not properly diagnosed cannot receive
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“ Recently some critics of science have drawn attention to the dangers as well as the benefits of scientific knowledge‚ and there has been something of a backlash against “science worship”. Questioning whether in the long-term the benefits of science outweigh the costs The concern is with the nature and status of scientific knowledge. It is important to distinguish between science and non-sciences‚ and at the three theories how science works. Science and Pseudo-Science Science denote
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Dual Pane Company‚ founded in 2001 by John Grayson‚ is based on a machine he created. The machine could remove windows from their frames without destroying the wooden panes known as muntins and mullions. John and his wife Elizabeth are the owners of the company‚ as well as its only employees. He does the actual installation of windows‚ while she takes care of all the financial aspects of the company. The Dual Pane Company generally focuses its business in the residential market of the Boston area
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Advocacy for Diverse ClienteleName Capella University Advocacy for Diverse ClienteleOne of the populations that has a lot of culturally diverse individuals is the military and veterans. In veterans there is a lot of cultural diversity with individuals ranging in backgrounds from all over including African-American‚ Asian-American‚ Hispanic-American‚ and Caucasian-Americans. Veterans suffer from a wide range of mental illnesses including depression‚ PTSD‚ anxiety‚ suicide‚ and substance abuse. PTSD
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Ethics Case Study: Juan S. The social worker in this case study worked at the ABC Children’s Wellness Center. An ESL teacher at a local elementary school referred Juan S. to her. Juan came to the center with his mother‚ Silvia. Before seeing Juan and his mother‚ the social worker called the ESL teacher who referred Juan to her to discuss the case. The teacher reported that Juan was showing little interest in classroom activities or his peers‚ and always seemed exhausted. He was irritable and
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and community and has been referred to your agency for advocacy services. She has been asked not to return to her soccer team because of her behavior and is no longer permitted at her after school program. One day when you are talking with Josie‚ she reports that she has been extremely depressed and just does not care about living anymore. In paragraph format‚ discuss‚ and describe the basic theories or methodologies involved in advocacy and the role of the advocate in working with at-risk families
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Community Health Advocacy Project - Part two Tonya Krell Phoenix June 28‚ 2014 Community Health Advocacy Project - Part two The aspects of community and aggregate are closely connected and people tend to use the terms interchangeably. The best way to explain the difference between the two concepts is by examples to differentiate and get a clearer understanding of the difference between the two concepts. This paper will define aggregate and community giving a brief support from current literature
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Foreign and Domestic Affairs and the Dual Realities of the 1950s One of the key strategic plans of the President Harry Truman’s administration is encapsulated in the National Security Council (NSC) 20/4 of November 1948 and NSC 68 of April 1950‚ among others‚ stressing the containment of Soviet Union from controlling Eurasian territories‚ an approach which President Dwight Eisenhower continued using his own methods. During Eisenhower’s 1952 presidential campaign‚ he strongly attacked Truman’s national
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Graded Assignment Project: Advocacy Planning 1. First‚ print your worksheet‚ "Youth Advocacy around the Country‚" and read through the examples of advocacy projects and activities from the web sites. Circle the activities that most appeal to you. These will be your inspiration. 2. Now think about your school or neighborhood. What problems do you know about related to drugs‚ alcohol‚ or tobacco? Problems might be things like kids getting sick from alcohol or drugs at parties; kids smoking on
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