Health Care Museum Erin Brabson HCS/235 January 19‚ 2015 Marc Schnitzer Health Care Museum Vaccination – Disease Prevention Although primitive forms of vaccination date back to the ancient Chinese‚ the creation of the small pox vaccine by Jenner in 1796 put vaccination into the mainstream of our healthcare system. In 1954‚ Saulk created the polio vaccine and in 1955 it was approved by the FDA for disbursement in the U.S. eventually eradicating the disease in this country. Vaccinations save our
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Literature Review in Research: An Annotated Bibliography University of Phoenix‚ HCS 465 March 4‚ 2013 Strunk‚ J. (2008). The effect of school-based health clinics on teenage pregnancy and parenting outcomes: An integrated literature review. The Journal of School Nursing‚ 24(1)‚ Retrieved from: http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/10.1177/10598405080240010301 This research study was conducted to determine if school-based health clinics in the United States can provide effective support
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Annotated Bibliography HCS 465 Health Research Utilization October 7‚ 2012 Reagan Parks‚ MHA Annotated Bibliography Clinical Digest. (2009‚ February 18). Aggression is a predictor of rapid repeat teen pregnancy. Nursing Standard‚ 23(24)‚ [16]. Retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=c7406762-80f7-42f7-8025-0c220415798f%40sessionmgr10&vid=6&hid=25# This article provides an interview to those adolescent mothers who had repeat
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A Short Summary of Crohn’s Disease (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) Epidemiology • Age of onset: 15-30 and 60-80 • Equal incidence between males and females • Jewish>White Caucasian>African Americans>Hispanic>Asians • Ashkenazi Jews risk is 2x that of an Israeli born Jew. • Urban areas>Rural areas • High socioeconomic > low socioeconomic classes Causes 1. Immune mediated • Pro-inflammatory>Anti-inflammatory • T-helper cells activation through cytokines to promote fibrinogenesis
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a person taking recommended preventative health action and to understand a person’s motivation and decision-making about seeking health services. The Health Belief Model proposes that people will respond best to messages about health promotion or disease prevention when the following four conditions for change exist: The model specifies that if individuals perceive a negative health outcome to be severe‚ perceive themselves to be susceptible to it‚ perceive the benefits to behaviors that reduce the
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I do not have my own personal HC plan as I am considered a dependent child on my parents’ HC plan. With my parents’ HC plan‚ I am covered with their HC insurance until my 26th birthday. 2. Identify what kind of insurance you have (i.e. traditional insurance or managed HC plan) and who is the healthcare plan provider? The health care provider that I have through my parents is called Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. The specific health care plan under Anthem that my parents own is called Blue
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hopeless‚ and sluggish. In between those periods‚ they usually feel normal You can think of the highs and the lows as two "poles" of mood‚ which is why it’s called "bipolar" disorder. Mary is a 40 year old woman with a major case of the bipolar disease. Mary has a son named matt and he is 12 years old. Has recently been getting less time with his mother as she wants to do nothing. That makes Matt feel that he is a burden to his own mother. And Mary’s husband Dave is 42. Now Mary was always very
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Communicable Disease Paper HCS 457 10/24/2011 Racheline Napier Communicable Disease Paper Your 17 year old daughter has a new boyfriend that you have been dreading this for such a long time. They are spending way too much time together and as a parent you feel it is time to step in. You go to your daughters’ room to find that she is miserable‚ no he did not break up with her‚ she has had a fever for most of the week‚ she complains of a sore throat and just really not feeling well. You
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This work of HCS 451 Week 5 Discussion Questions contains: DQ 1: Review the scenario below and answer the questions that follow: ABC Hospital is a small‚ privately owned community hospital. It has been struggling to survive financially‚ as reimbursement rates have declined and consumers are being drawn to the larger state-of-the-art hospital facilities in urban areas that are perceived to have better quality. ABC Hospital was built in 1960 and has been operating in the same manner for
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Organizational Responsibility and Current Health Care Issues HCS/545 University of Phoenix Claudette Grant July‚ 01‚ 2013 Fraud‚ Abuse‚ and Waste in the US Healthcare System is a major problem. As a result of this the government is spending a greater percentage of the GDP on healthcare for Americans. The primary reason for this increase in the overall cost for healthcare is related to the increase in fraud‚ waste‚ and abuse. It is estimated that the United States spends between 15 and 25
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