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    The Navajo creation story involves three underworlds where important events happened to shape the Fourth World where we now live. The Navajo were given the name Ni’hookaa Diyan Diné by their creators. It means "Holy Earth People". Navajos today simply call themselves "Diné"‚ meaning "The People". The Tewa Indians were the first to call them Navahu‚ which means "the large area of cultivated land". The Mexicans knew them as "Navajos de Apaches"‚ known as a special group somewhat distinct from the

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    Understanding society- Week 8 – Health and Illness Why do sociologists study health and illness? * Helps us understand how society works. For sociologists‚ the experience of sickness and disease is not about what happened to an individual; it is about what is happening in society‚ especially how resources are distributed. For example‚ poor living and working condition actually make people sicker and poorer people die earlier than with wealth. Disease and inequality are intimately linked...

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    Culture and spiritual belief influence end of life care in three different aspects. It affects the communication strategy that the medical professional will use in interacting with the patient or the patients family. Cultural beliefs determine the person or people that will be responsible for making the decisions. Third‚ religious and cultural beliefs influence the attitudes of the patient and their families towards advance care directives (Searight and Gafford‚ 2005). Delivering culturally sensitive

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    SPAIN Gonzalo Figueroa Schiller International University Abstract Spain is member state of the European Union. With an area of 505‚992 km2 is the fifth largest country in Europe. It has a population of 46 million and the official language is the Spanish. Talking economically‚ is the fourth largest country in the Eurozone‚ the fifth in the European Union and the fourteenth largest worldwide. GOVERNMENT Spain is a

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    BIO-PSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS INTRODUCTION The medical model has been the predominant approach used by physicians in diagnosing and management of diseases and illness in most Western countries. The biomedical model of illness and healing focuses on purely biological factors‚ and excludes psychological‚ environmental‚ and social influences. According to this model‚ good health is the freedom from pain‚ disease‚ or defect. It focuses on physical processes that affect health‚ such as the biochemistry

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    Firstly‚ I will be talking about the health belief model. The health belief model was developed to predict preventive health behaviour and it is a psychological model and it was first developed in the 1950s by a social psychologist named Hochbaum‚ Kegels and Rosenstock. The health belief model focuses mainly on the beliefs and attitude of the individuals. They believe that it makes changes to the persons behaviour. However‚ the health belief model also suggests that if an individual believes that

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    Spain shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal. Spain is 85% of the Iberian Peninsula in southwest Europe. Spain’s capital is Madrid. Spain covers a total of 192‚896 sq. mi. land area. Spain population is 47‚042‚984 with a growth rate of 0.654%. Spain ethnicity is made of Mediterranean and Nordic types. Roman Catholic’s is the most popular religion‚ having 94% of that in religion in Spain and leaving the rest of the religions at 6%. Spain’s main language is Spanish and can also be defined as Castilian;

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    began to slow in late 2007 and entered into a recession in the second quarter of 2008. GDP contracted by 3.7% in 2009‚ ending a 16-year growth trend‚ and by another 0.3% in 2010. Spain reduced its budget deficit to 9.4% of GDP in 2011‚ and roughly 6.7% of GDP in 2012‚ above the 6.3% target negotiated between Spain and the EU. Although Spain’s large budget deficit and poor economic growth prospects remain a source of concern for foreign investors‚ the government’s ongoing efforts to cut spending

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    Different cultures have different systems of health beliefs to explain the causes of an illness‚ the way it can be treated and who can be involved in the process. Hispanics and Asians have similarities and differences in their system of health beliefs. The Hispanic culture has a strong family and religion bond that is very similar to that of the Asian culture. Each culture has its own distinct cultural beliefs and customs that makes it unique. In the Hispanic culture older individuals are viewed

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    Theory used in the article: Health Belief Model (HBM) Article Title: Applying the Health Belief Model to college students’ health behavior Rationale provided by author: The authors implied rationale for using the Health Belief Model was to examine how and why college students’ health behaviors or health behavioral intentions develop (Kim‚ Ahn‚ & No‚ 2012). Alternate theory: Stages of Change (Transtheoretical) Model Rationale: 150-200 word paragraph explaining why the alternate theory might

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