Logistical Concerns: Community/ provider attitudes Understanding Substance Abuse: “Substance abuse refers to a set of related conditions that are associated with consumption of mind-behavior-altering drugs‚ which have negative behavioral and health concerns” HHS (2010). Social and community attitudes towards consumption of illicit drugs make substance abuse a complex issue with public health. In addition‚ substance abuse has been a flash-point within the criminal justice system with a major focal
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The global Concern By Shadi Badawood The global warming phenomenon is one of the most controversial global issues in globalization era‚ and it has changed the world’s agenda‚ it has made scientists and many others to predict‚ undertake research and explore facts which might be inconvenient. Marlo Lewis‚ a Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute‚ wrote a critique of “An Inconvenient Truth”‚ which states that Al Gore‚ former vice president of the United States of America‚ has exaggerated
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ability of every woman‚ and should therefore be socially acceptable and supported by everyone. For some reason this is not the case in our society‚ in fact breastfeeding continues to be a controversial issue that must be addressed by women’s rights activist groups. Breastfeeding is a feminist issue because the natural act has been medicalized and devalued by major companies because of their interests in profits in bottle feeding. According to Penny Van Esterik a coordinator in the World Alliance for
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Problems in healthcare‚ public and private mix In recent years the health care sector has been the focus of much debate. Even during the boom in Ireland‚ the Health Care Sector was widely criticised as having poor outcomes for patients compared to other countries and being a ‘two tier’ system. Despite large increases in Health Care expenditure during the boom these problems continued. One problem that can still be noticed and felt today in any A&E department in Dublin for instance is the over crowdedness
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Introduction Infant childcare can have a major role in an infants’ present and future psychological way of thinking‚ mindset‚ and dealing with everyday life obstacles. Making an informed decision about what type of infant childcare best suits the parent and the child’s needs takes time and research. Whether the parent wants to watch their child themselves or place them in a preschool; both decisions have pro and cons. These pros and cons of infant childcare can have vital implications on
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Contemporary issues in Nigeria public administration. Title: Meritocratic abuse in the Nigeria public sector BY EKANEM VIVIEN ONYINYE Matric no: 2004/Degree/DL0766 Department of public administration and local government University of Nigeria Nsuka. A seminar paper presented in the partial fulfillment of the
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Going Concern in a Credit Crisis – Call for Your Views Steve Priddy Director of Technical Policy and Research October 2008 You can comment on this piece at http://discuss.accaglobal.com/view_topic.php?id=49&forum_id=62 One of the fundamental accounting concepts is that financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis – that is that there is an underlying assumption that the entity will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and that the entity has neither the intention
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As a business that provides services to youth ages six weeks to twelve years‚ for Peas and Potatoes Child Care Center it is essential for all employees to keep a highly ethical workplace. The owners‚ employees‚ and patrons of the childcare center would benefit most from presenting every employee with ethics policies and codes necessary to keep unethical practices at bay; this information is obtainable through the “Code of Ethical Conduct and Statement of Commitment” set forth by the National Association
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Single Mothers; How Family and Childcare Issues Affect Employment In fall of 2009 Specialist Alexis Hutchinson‚ a 21-year-old Army cook and single parent‚ was days from deploying to Afghanistan for a year when her mother backed out of an agreement to take care of her 10-month-old son for the duration of her tour. Her mother‚ Angelique Hughes‚ had a child of her own at home and was also caring for a sick sister while running a day care from her home in California. Feeling overwhelmed‚ Ms. Hughes
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‘international concern’ test from Koowarta v Bjelke – Petersen[1] been effectively rejected following the decision of XYZ v Commonwealth[2]? What practical role‚ if any‚ could the test play in future cases? By Paul McKay (87/100 – High Distinction) Abstract During the 1980’s some High Court judges suggested that the external affairs power[3] includes a power to legislate on matters of ‘international concern’. This paper will trace the development of the ‘international concern’ doctrine
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