Treasure Hunt: Finding the Values of Right Angle Triangles This final weeks course asks us to find a treasure with two pieces of a map. Now this may not be a common use of the Pythagorean Theorem to solve the distances for a right angled triangle but it is a fun exercise to find the values of the right angle triangle. Buried treasure: Ahmed has half of a treasure map‚which indicates that the treasure is buried in the desert 2x + 6 paces from Castle Rock. Vanessa has the other half of the map
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to understand further the differences between public and community health. Public Health According to Stanhope and Lancaster (2008)‚ the Institute of Medicine defined public health as “Organized community and multidisciplinary efforts‚ based on epidemiology‚ aimed at preventing disease and promoting health” (Definitions of selected terms‚ p. 48). Stanhope and Lancaster (2008) further
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non-communicable diseases. I will be investigating into various aspects of two specific diseases. A high level of knowledge will be demonstrated with a detailed description of both communicable and non-communicable diseases as well as an understanding of epidemiology. I will then find a communicable and non-communicable disease example and describe the biological basis of each disease with an explanation to how the body responds to the disease. A list of at least three of the different signs and symptoms which
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John Snow’s approach to explaining cholera and how it spread consisted primarily of morbid poison entering the alimentary canal through means of contaminated water consumption. Snow believed this to be the basis of how cholera was contracted by individuals and believed improper sewage filtration was to blame as well as a means of spreading the disease from person to person. However‚ previous explanations of how cholera was contracted consisted of the theory of airborne infection. This theory proposed
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Communicable Disease: Mononucleosis Tara Waedekin Grand Canyon University March 22‚ 2015 Communicable Disease: Mononucleosis Mononucleosis has many names you might have heard it also called the “kissing disease‚” also called Epstein - Barr virus or just mono. It’s most seen among teenagers and young adults‚ especially college students. The CDC (2014) states “at least 25% of teenagers and young adults who get infected with Epstein - Barr virus will develop infectious mononucleosis. Infectious
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Healthy cheap foods would give more options for poorer families that have to rely on fast foods. An article of TIME‚ by Alice Park‚ “presentation at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology/Lifestyle meeting‚ they reported that a 10% drop in prices could prevent 515‚000 heart-related deaths and 675‚000 heart attacks and strokes by 2035. That amounts to about one more serving of fruits or vegetables a week. If that were increased to
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World Health Organization. (2011‚ April 1). Avian Influenza. Retrieved Feb 23‚ 2014‚ from www.who.int: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/avian_influenza/en/ World Health Organization. (2003‚ May 23). Consensus document on the epidemiology on the epidemiology of SARS. Retrieved Feb 18‚ 2014‚ from www.who.int: www.who.int/csr/sars/en/WHOconsensus.pdf World Health Organization. (2014‚ Jan 24). Influenza at the human-animal interface. Retrieved Feb 20‚ 2014‚ from www.who.int: www.who.int/in
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Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus Global Scenario Diabetes and other chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are significant public health challenges in the 21st century. It is estimated that 3.8 million deaths were attributable to diabetes in 2007‚ equivalent to 6% of all deaths globally. India‚ which has the largest population of diabetes patients of any country‚ diabetes accounts for 9.7% of these deaths. The prevalence of diabetes is rapidly rising all over the globe at an alarming rate
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Epidemiology Rationale for Topic The purpose of personal protective equipment is to protect the person from contracting possible pathogens and spreading them among others. The prevention of the spread of the disease is of the utmost importance to this particular population because we do not when to give another patient an illness a different patient has. According to the CDC‚ when healthcare facilities‚ care teams‚ and individual doctors and nurses‚ are aware of infection problems and follow the
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Health Promotion: A comparison between Primary‚ Secondary and Tertiary Levels Brandy Floyd Grand Canyon University: Family-centered Health Promotion NRS-429V September 9‚ 2013 Health Promotion: A comparison between Primary‚ Secondary and Tertiary Levels Health Promotion and prevention can be used interchangeably in that as a society we need to start promoting healthier lifestyles now in order to prevent disease and poor health later in life. This interchange of terms is seen in the definition
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