Abstract This paper will conduct a community assessment of Marion County‚ Indiana. Marion County is located in the heart of Indianapolis‚ which is the capital of the state of Indiana. Marion County was created April 1‚ 1822 and was formed from Delaware New Purchase. It was named after General Frances Marion from South Carolina in the Revolutionary War period. This assessment will address the health needs and risks of Marion County through the use of the WGU assessment forms identifying the population’s
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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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Modern African literature is considered a byproduct as well as an explicit goal engineered at the Berlin Conference (1884-5) by the imperialist nations of Europe. The challenge for African literature is to be incorporated in the ‘universal’ standards of literary canons without the demeaning criticisms of this controlled universalism by the very Westerners whom much of the literary positions African writers had adopted‚ yet rejected. According to Pius Adesanmi‚ third generation African writers
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Table of Contents Definition and background 2 Reasons for growth of e-commerce in East Africa. 4 Influence of e-commerce on trading practices in East Africa. 5 Types of e-commerce 8 Challenges facing the growth of e-commerce in East Africa. 9 1. Poor infrastructure 9 Computer illiteracy 9 Lack of proper regulation 9 Inadequate capital 10 Inadequate personnel 10 Conclusion 10 References 11 Definition and background E-commerce refers to business conducted through the use
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A written proposal outlining a project based on community development principles to assess and address health inequalities within a particular community. Health inequalities are likely to affect different population groups in a variety of ways. Certain groups of people and particular factors are linked to an increased risk of experiencing health problems. Commentators such as McKeown (1979) have made the case that medicine has a small impact as a determinant of health. Others have also argued
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ROLE OF COMMUNITY RADIO IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT By Saad Ullah Khan Research Scholar‚ Department of Mass Communication Aligarh Muslim University‚ Aligarh 202002‚U.P.‚ India Email: saadgeneration84@yahoo.co.in ABSTRACT: India became independent on 15 August 1947.Though‚ after Independence we achieved tremendous success in many fields but still much is needed to be done in order to become a developed nation. Statistics betrays that after Independence our growth rate has increased from 3% to 9 %
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Indigenous communities have been the targets of many groups that believe they are superior; this belief has resulted in them to be mistreated‚ and ignored. However‚ their principles have allowed them to view humanity differently and appreciate their surroundings. In the article‚ The Study of Indigenous Political Economies and Colonialism in Native California: Implication for Contemporary Tribal Groups and Federal Recognition‚ Lightfoot et al. showed that Native Californians lost their traditions
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African literature is highly diversified‚ even though it shows some similarities. In fact‚ the common denominator of the cultures of the African continent is undoubtedly the oral tradition. Writing on black Africa started in the middle Ages with the introduction of the Arabic language and later‚ in the nineteenth century with introduction of the Latin alphabet. Since 1934‚ with the birth of the "Negritude‚" African authors began to write in French or in English. Since the 1960’s quantitative and
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October 6‚ 2012 The Message of African Drums In the African culture‚ music is a part of daily life. It is used to convey news‚ to teach‚ to tell stories‚ and for religious purposes. The variety of musical instruments is as diverse as their culture‚ but the most important musical instrument to the African people is the drum. The djembe is the most famous African drum. It is made from goatskin and shaped like a large goblet. The djembe is made to be played with bare hands. Use of the djembe dates
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African Problems 2 As it is known‚ human history began in Africa from appearance of first human dated to 3.000.000 years. Nowadays humanity has made a huge progress in social‚ technical‚ scientific spheres. But unfortunately‚ human society has digressed in some cases of social development and there are lots of poor examples. For 3.000.000 year history‚ a human being still has many problems beginning from physical solution of many problems such as fights‚ murders‚ wars ending by many types of discriminations
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