Vulnerable populations La Donna F. Manuel HCA430: Special Populations Instructor: Nancy Silva October 14‚ 2012 Vulnerable populations Vulnerable populations include the economically disadvantaged‚ racial and ethnic minorities‚ the un insured‚ low-income children‚ the elderly‚ the homeless‚ those with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‚ and those with other chronic health conditions‚ including severe mental illness.(Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Abstract Water is a finite resource which means that the total amount of water in the planet is only limited. Its supply remains the same and yet human population recently grows resulting to a decrease of available amount of freshwater per person. The relatively small amount of available freshwater elaborates on how critical it is for everyone to help preserve and maintain clean‚ healthy lakes and streams‚ our sources of water. Water is mostly now being wasted because it is under-priced. We do not
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It supports the food webs that sustain life; it provides us with a vast collection of natural resources‚ and it plays a vital role in the purification of the water we drink. We also depend on it to dispose of some of our wastes. The increasing population within the world has had an impact on the lithosphere and consequently as led to the deterioration of this essential component of the biophysical environment. Land degradation has become one of the primary issues of concern arising from the
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Global population is currently over 7 billion. The biggest contributors to the world’s population are China and India‚ they both have populations of over 1 billion and China contains 19% of the population whilst India contains 17.4%. The highest populated continents are Asia and Africa‚ which are continents that most of the LEDCs are from. Asia has a population of over 4 billion and Africa has a population of over 1 billion‚ which makes up more than half of the world’s population. The population in these
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Vulnerable Population in the Workplace NUR 440 February 11‚ 2013 Vulnerable Population in the Workplace One has chosen to focus on the substance abuse patients as the vulnerable population for the project. Frequently one has identified and seen stigmatization‚ prejudgments‚ and poor care given to this population in the workplace. Many patients are discharged each day with no plan of care‚ no education on resources and no instructions for follow up care. The outcomes and possibilities
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BUS 173 Assignment 2 Prepared For: Md. Siddique Hossain (Sqh) Answer to the question no 01 Inference Regarding the population variance‚ σ 2 An important area of statistic is concern with making inference about the population variance. Knowledge of population variability is an important element of statistical analysis. Two possibilities arise For example. A) For a car rental agency . * Tires with low variability’s is preferred compared with durable lives with high variability
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My population of interest is the Asian Indians. This population is an interesting group of people who have different cultures‚ religion‚ social status‚ and ethnicity. It is common knowledge that this population is rich with culture. There are 3.4 million Asian Indians living in the United States‚ the majority of which emigrated from India‚ Pakistan‚ and Bangladesh. The States densely populated are: California‚ New York‚ New Jersey‚ Texas‚ and Illinois. Due to the several languages spoken and myriad
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AMERICAN POPULATION OVER THE YEARS 1950-151‚325‚798 2010-308‚745‚538 2025-349‚760‚000 2050-403‚101‚000 The United States‚ the third most populous country globally‚ accounts for about 4.5% of the world’s population. The U.S. population—currently estimated at 307.5 million persons—has more than doubled since its 1950 level of 152.3 million. More than just being double in size‚ the population has become qualitatively different from what it was in 1950. As noted by the Population Reference Bureau
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Special Populations paper University of Phoenix Case Management BSHS 402 Andrea Winston May 02‚ 2007 Special Populations paper The job of a case manager is as unique as the population that they serve. Case management is "a collaborative process of assessment‚ planning‚ facilitation and advocacy for options and services to meet an individual ’s health needs through communication and available resources to promote quality cost-effective outcomes." (Case Management Society of America [CMSA]
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Vulnerable Populations: Homelessness BSHS 302 As far back as the fourteenth century‚ homelessness was only an issue for those who could help it. The church in these times was able to take care of the deserving poor and make sure that they were not on the streets. At this time the homeless people included those who wandered‚ such as men who were migrating workers; they made up most of the homeless population at this time. The undeserving poor were sometimes forced to work in work camps and
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