pregnancy was identified as a major public health issue right along with cancer and cardiovascular disease prompting public health interventions to be created. When researching teenage pregnancy in the African-American community I wanted to know were there specific things that caused African-Americans to have such a high number of teenage pregnancies compared to other races. Things like education and socio-economic status seems to come into play when it comes to the question of why there are so many
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Hypertension Sha’mes Lashawn Handford Moss Point High School November 16‚ 2012 Abstract Hypertension is the most chronic medical condition that adults have. This disease affects many organs of the body including the heart‚ eyes‚ and kidney. Hypertension can increase with age‚ weight‚ and inheritance. Generally‚ the hypertensive population is increasing but physicians are working on various treatments to prevent and control this disease. Prescription drugs in the United States are
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Hypertension‚ also referred to as high blood pressure‚ is a condition in which the arteries have persistently elevated blood pressure. Every time the human heart beats‚ it pumps blood to the whole body through the arteries. Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing up against the blood vessel walls. The higher the pressure the harder the heart has to pump. Hypertension can lead to damaged organs‚ as well as several illnesses‚ such as renal failure (kidney failure)‚ aneurysm‚ heart failure
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Mr. O = 63-year old male patient with Hypertension Eric = 13-year old middle school honors student with Diabetes Hello Mr. O‚ I am Ashley‚ the Nurse Educator and I am here to explain your recent diagnoses‚ Hypertension to you. Hypertension means to have high blood pressure. A considerably healthy blood pressure would be between 110/70 to 120/80. A blood pressure 140/90 and above is considered a high blood pressure which causes hypertension. High blood pressure is when the force of blood pushing
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co-existence with hypertension increases the risk of cardiac events and mortality.” (p. 323). Odili‚ Augustine N.‚ Richart Tom.‚ Thijs Lutgarde.‚ Kingue Samuel.‚ Boombhi Hilaire J.‚Lemogoum Daniel.‚ Kaptue Joseph.‚ Kamdem Marius K.‚ Mipinda Jean-Bruno.‚ Omotoso Babatunde A.‚ Kolo Philip M.‚ Aderibigbe Ademola.‚ Ulasi Ifeoma I.‚ Anisiuba Benedict C.‚ Ijoma Chinwuba K.‚ Ba Serigne A.‚ Ndiaye‚ Mouhamadou B.‚ (2011). Rationale and design of the Newer Versus Older Antihypertensive Agents in African Hypertensive
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health problem I select is HIV/AIDS WITHIN THE African American population. The HIV epidemic in United States in alarming‚ however it is becoming particularly alarming more so within the African American community. It is not long ago since the first case of HIV/AIDS among the African American community was identified. The first case was identified in the 1980’s. HIV/AIDS was thought to be a disease that doesn’t exist in the African American community it was initially thought to be mainly affected
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2010 Professor Dr. Kristen Cole Psychology 137 San Diego City College “down low” in African-American and Caucasian Communities The usage of “down low” can have various definitions such as a heterosexual male having an affair with another woman‚ or keeping one’s business to his self. “The acronym DL means keep secret or hidden for teenagers in the United States‚ and for African Americans means in a clandestine‚ or sneaky manner. Adjective related to the noun low down‚ which means
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Practice: Overvie. Retrieved on October 13‚ 2007 from http://www.ahrq.gov/research/physprac.htm. Rockville‚ MD Bailey‚ Eric J. (2002). African American Alternative Medicine: Using Alternative Medicine to Prevent and Control Chronic Disease. 113‚115. Westport‚ Conn: Greenwood Braithwaite‚ Ronald L. & Taylor‚ Sandra E. (2001) Health Issues in the Black Community. 232. San Francisco‚ Calif: Jossey Bass Honeycutt‚ Amanda A. & Clayton‚ Laurel & Khavjou‚ Olga‚ & Finkelstein‚ Eric A. & Prabhu‚ Malavika
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The Effects of Teenage Violence on the African American Community Herman McBride Axia College of University of Phoenix With the increasing amount of stress placed on the African American community‚ teenage violence has become an issue that needs to be dealt with immediately. Before anything can be done about it however; one must begin with what causes it. Although we can point the finger to a number of things‚ life at home and school as well as opportunities and economic conditions are considered
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in the African American Community’s From the Censorship in Today’s Music? Is The Music Censorship Influences The Lives Of Many People? Is The Censorship In Todays Music Is The Cause Of Violence All Together? Do Many People Try To Do What The Censorship In Todays Music Says Because Of They Think That Person Is Cool‚ So They Think They Should Do It? I Think The Question Of: Is The Censorship In Todays Music Is That The Cause Of Most Of The Violence In Today’s African Americans Communities ‚I Think
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