PREVENTATIVE CARE Community health centers offer preventive care to patients to help stop health problems before they start. CHCs comprehensive care often includes providing “dental‚ vision and behavioral health services‚ community-centered services and care integration - including health education and case management” (NCSL). Nearly three-quarters of children who are treated at CHCs receive all recommended immunizations by their second birthday. As of 2010‚ immunizations‚ physicals‚ and other
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Childhood Obesity Prevention Obesity in children and adolescents has almost tripled over the past three decades in the United States (American Heart Association‚ 2015). Obesity in children is increasing at a faster rate than obesity in adults (Lakshman‚ Elks & Ong‚ 2012). Obesity in children and teens is described as having a body mass index (BMI) at the 95th percentile or above (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2015). This increase in childhood obesity places a major health challenge
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My Sister’s Keeper Jodi Picoult’s ‘My sister’s keeper’ is a novel based on conflicts surrounding the main character‚ Anna Fitzgerald. Anna did many procedures‚ endured pain‚ gave cells‚ bone marrow and blood to her sister‚ Kate. If that wasn’t enough‚ now the doctors want her to give away one of her kidneys. It was a shock to the whole family when her mom‚ Sara received a letter stating that her daughter‚ Anna is suing her for medical emancipation. When a law suit is filed it is usually for
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also benefit from the increased patient volume from universal health care coverage. More people able to access the system. Pharmaceutical companies will be able to offer more innovative products to a displaced population that has been previously underserved. Con The Medicare and Medicaid decreased reimbursement as well as pay for performance criteria based on quality measures being met. The need to upgrade technology to meet the requirements for
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cost which the community and the government can afford 5. participatory with the overall socio-economic development WHY PHC? - Despite the fielding of midwives to serve the health needs of remote rural areas‚ 33% of rural population is still UNDERSERVED and UNSERVED. - Situation is aggravated by: 1. Poverty 2. Increasing population 3. Uncertain supply and rising costs of fuel 4. Increasing prices of basic commodities 5. Crowded and inadequate shelter 6. Limited and unequally distributed
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not Toothless” program‚ Dr. Grossman was able to bless the less fortunate with an opportunity to get treatments that average people would pay lots of money to get. Dr. Grossman quoted in an interview "I felt if we could provide the homeless and underserved with quality dental care‚ maybe it would raise their pride and dignity and help them gain employment." Little things can change a person dramatically and can
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Logistics is the management of goods from point of origin to destination. There are many things to take note of in the current logistics world. Consumers have become more and more demanding due to advanced technology. Advanced technology has brought much convenience to consumers which cause them to demand for fast delivery‚ customization of product and so on. Consumers have different needs and wants and logistic people need to find ways to satisfy those needs and wants. Logistics is essential to
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A. Case Overview Redbox is a wholly-owned subsidiary by Coinstar‚ Inc. For only $1 per night it offers movie rentals. The first kiosks were located at McDonald’s. On 31 March‚ 2010‚ the total number of installed Redbox and DVDCpress Kiosks was 24‚800. Redbox’s main strategy is to have kiosks that contain mostly new releases of movies on DVDs in shopping areas that are visited a lot. The rental fee is cheap‚ only $1 per night and the whole order and return process is fast‚ simple and easy for the
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the fray are two of the most vocal advocates for refugees and immigrant causes in the US today‚ journalists Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin. Through the Larkin & Lacey Frontera Fund‚ the civil rights advocates have been fighting for the rights of underserved communities in and out of the corridors of
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treatment for many patients‚ especially when combined with counseling and other behavioral therapies. An individual’s treatment and services plan must be assessed continually and modified as necessary to ensure that it meets his or her changing needs. Medically assisted detoxification is only the first stage of addiction treatment and by itself does little to change long–term drug abuse. Treatment does not need to be voluntary to be effective. Drug use during treatment must be monitored continuously‚
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