Vulnerable populations are groups that are not well integrated into the health care system because of ethnic‚ cultural‚ economic‚ geographic‚ or health characteristics. This isolation puts members of these groups at risk for not obtaining necessary medical care‚ and thus constitutes a potential threat to their health. Commonly cited examples of vulnerable populations include racial and ethnic minorities‚ the rural and urban poor‚ undocumented immigrants‚ and people with disabilities or multiple chronic
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development‚ and environmental factors (source). Anxiety disorders are the most common diagnosed disorders in adolescent populations‚ including the child welfare population‚ which this assignment will focus on (source). The prevalence rate for anxiety disorders in the child welfare population is between 9% and 20% (source). Youth in foster care are a frequently marginalized population that encounters extensive stressors both past and present. These stressors negatively affect their health and mental
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This effort preserved the population and habitat of these bat colonies. These colonies need to be embraced by the public and honored/revered just as much as the mountain ranges themselves. Local changes in North Carolina towns and neighborhoods can be made in effort to promote bat life. Installing bat boxes around local homes can positively impact bats in local areas by providing an area for roosting (Bat House General Information). The best location for bat houses are on top of poles or buildings
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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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Environmental Science – 6M Week 2 Individual Work Unlike China‚ Germany has a declining population growth. The citizens there now worry about not having enough people to fulfill the jobs needed to be done so that they can remain a sustainable country. They have more people leaving the country than new people coming in. Even their own residents are starting to leave. Sure‚ everybody loves to visit Germany because it’s a hot vacation spot‚ but very few are staying. In 2009‚ 734 thousand
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On the neighborhood level‚ population loss is still an area of concern. According to data collected by the Greater Ohio Policy Center‚ the number of neighborhoods losing population faster than the city as a whole dropped slightly from thirteen out of twenty-one between 1990 and 2000 to eleven between 2000 and 2010. However‚ the total number of neighborhoods losing population at all rose from thirteen in 2000 to nineteen in 2010. Additionally‚ the number of neighborhoods with a higher rate of poverty
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Population Seven Billion There will soon be seven billion people on the planet. By 2045‚ the global population is projected to reach nine billion. Can the planet take the strain? The first attempt to estimate the human population may have been carried out by Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek in the 17th century. Based on his calculations‚ Leeuwenhoek concluded triumphantly‚ there could not be more than 13.385 billion people on Earth - a small number indeed compared with the 150 billion sperm cells of
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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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Why there is a need to increase population in Singapore? As‚ we all know‚ Singapore is becoming an ageing population soon. So‚ a shrinking and ageing population means younger workforce‚ and a less vibrant and innovative economy. With slower business activity and employment opportunities‚ it will become more difficult to match the higher aspirations of a better educated and mobile Singaporean population. This may hollow out our population and workforce and worsen our ratio of younger to older
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The current estimate of the worldwide human population at this moment is 7‚241‚862‚395. For every person who dies during the next three days‚ somewhere around the world a baby will be born who will‚ physically speaking‚ replace that death. With that being said there are 108 deaths per minutes‚ 155‚911 deaths per day and 56‚907‚606 per year. After all of those replacement births take place‚ 684‚000 additional births will occur. Every Minute of the day there are 267 births so that means every day
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