Community Heatth Vol. 28‚ No. 1‚ pp. 51-63 © 2005 Uppincott Williams & Wilkins‚ Inc. Health-Promoting Behaviors of Sheltered Homeless Women Meg Wilson‚ PhD‚ RN To expand the body of knowledge and provide further insight into the complex area of homelessness and health‚ health practices of sheltered homeless women were investigated using a crosssectional‚ descriptive‚ and non-experimental design using Pender ’s Health Promotion Model as the theoretical framework. The sample (w = 137) was weU educated
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Throughout the 2008 presidential election and continuing into the current term‚ the greatest and most controversial debate has been centered around one thing‚ a universal healthcare system in the United States. It has occupied the minds of politicians and Americans day and night. Debates and speeches on this topic have taken over rallies‚ city council meetings‚ and more than one State of the Union Address. These debates are heating with concerns of increase taxes‚ decrease salaries for doctors
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HEALTH CARE COSTS IMPACT OF THE COST OF HEALTH CARE ON THE U.S ECONOMY Health care in the U.S. is a subject of heated debate in Congress because the federal government is spending trillions to insure Americans and regulating private health insurance companies and the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a big factor in this debate. As America becomes richer‚ Americans are growing poorer due to the rise of health care. According to Kovner and Knickman (2010)‚ the Gross Domestic
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Significant Health Care Event: Affordable Care Act Tiffany L. Boldon University of Phoenix Abstract The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) (ACA) or Obamacare is the most signification change the U.S. medical system since Medicare and Medicaid reform during the 1960’s. The Affordable Care Act or ACA is designed to ensure that all Americans have medical coverage. It gives those that were uninsured a means to now have health insurance‚ offers a more affordable coverage to those
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15‚ 10:53am Medicare Crisis You are chief of staff to your brother-in-law‚ Representative Howard Hughes‚ who was recently elected to fill out a term in Congress. a panel discussion on the Medicare funding crisis. You have been asked to prepare paper for him. The panel is asked to respond to a proposal for reducing Medicare expenditures by enrolling participants in HMOs. What does the Congressperson say? The following key questions must be addressed in the paper: Is Medicare in a state of
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access and use the standard resources offered in disaster preparedness‚ relief and recovery. According to statistics of vulnerable populations‚ American Indians are part of the vulnerable populations of the United States. This vulnerable population has had to face irreversible damages all their lives. Based on treaties‚ laws‚ presidential executive orders and numerous court decisions‚ the United States established federally governmental relationships with the American Indian and Alaskan Tribes through
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tells you how Florida has impacted over the years and what the point of it was. NASA influenced Florida and the economy by bringing in money and job openings. On page two of the film transcript it states that families who were suffering due to poverty were given the opportunity for jobs because of how big the program is. NASA was in need of thousands of employees willing to give all that they could. This impacted the economy because it meant less poverty around the area. NASA has also helped Florida’s
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Table of Contents Info graphic: Why Sex Ed for Teens May Need to Start Earlier Page 1-4 5 Medicine Mistakes You Could be Making Page 5-9 Drugs helping kids’ mental health Page 10-13 Antibiotics Improve Health of Children In Developing Countries Page 14-17 Pediatricians Say Training Can Help Teens Avoid Knee Injures Page 18-22 Two Major Cities Make Condoms More Easily Available to Young People Page 23-26 Learning the Yin and Yang of Sexuality Page 27-32 Boy Scouts member accidently
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December 8‚ 2003‚ President Bush signed into existence the Medicare Prescription Drug‚ Improvement‚ and Modernization Act (CMS‚ 2003). This Act over the years is intended to provide prescription drug benefits to seniors. It will also provide subsidies to insurance companies‚ health maintenance organizations‚ and would allow private plans to compete with Medicare (CMS‚ 2003). Why were changes to Medicare deemed necessary? The changes to Medicare where deemed necessary‚ because many seniors and elderly
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in the wider care sector Page 9 – 12 Section 4: Career pathways in the care sector Page 12 – 15 Section 5: Issues of public concern in the care sector Page 16 – 17 Assessment Questions Page 18 – 29 The assessment questions will cover all the criteria for the ERR unit: Understand employment responsibilities and rights in health and social care of the Level 2 Award in ERR. Where criteria have been covered is outlined in the table below: Assessment Criteria Question it has been covered
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