Snelgrove et al. BMC Health Services Research 2012‚ 12:110 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/12/110 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access “Completely out-at-sea” with “two-gender medicine”: A qualitative analysis of physician-side barriers to providing healthcare for transgender patients John W Snelgrove*‚ Amanda M Jasudavisius‚ Bradley W Rowe‚ Evan M Head and Greta R Bauer Abstract Background: Members of the transgender community have identified healthcare access barriers‚ yet a corresponding
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Health and Fitness Mrs. Greene Bilal Blackwell Composition 11 5/17/13 Bilal Blackwell Mrs. Greene Composition 4/30/13 Health & Fitness Most people will not argue with the fact that sports and exercise can be beneficial‚ but there are some that feel that the risk of injury takes away from the benefit. They believe that pursuing fitness can lead the way to major injuries and is detrimental to health. Even though there are some risks that can be linked to sports and other forms
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iography Annotated Bibliography for Health Promotion Proposal Kecia Coleman Kaplan University January 14‚ 2013 Annotated Bibliography for Health Promotion Proposal Mason‚ W. W.‚ Haggerty‚ K.‚ Fleming‚ A.‚ & Casey-Goldstein‚ M. (2012). Family intervention to prevent depression and substance use among adolescents of depressed parents. Journal of Child & Family Studies‚ 21(6)‚ 891-905. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate intervention for prevention of depression
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years in the history of the United States of America. The election of 2008 will set in motion a new era for the US. With a lame duck president currently in office there is a 100 percent chance that things are going to change. One of the hot button issues during the campaign season is health care. However‚ in order to change health care‚ the United States must first be health literate. In order to do so the following should be known: the definition of health literacy‚ what health literacy skills
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Explain how current health and safety legislation‚policies and procedures are implemented in own work setting or service. A schools Health and safety policy should conform to the requirements contained in the Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. Specifically the policy should contain :- a) a General Statement of commitment to H&S‚ signed by Head/Chair of Governors or indicating that it has been endorsed by the committee of the Governing Body which has responsibility for H&S; b) details of
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Fortinash: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing‚ 5th Edition Chapter 08: Culture‚ Ethnicity and Spirituality Case Studies - Critical Thinking Answer Guidelines CASE STUDY: HOLISTIC ASSESSMENT The patient is a 66-year-old woman who has been hospitalized for an extensive period (approximately 6 weeks). The initial problems were major depression‚ anxiety‚ and a degenerative spinal condition that required several surgeries. The spinal condition is treatable‚ but the process will leave her with
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Barriers of health protection and Examples of Interventions include the following Client need/Barrier Examples of Interventions Knowledge-Awareness and information Health education Health promotion & screening Trained community and health volunteers Health fairs Availability of effective products/services Direct delivery of clinical patient care Contracts and linkages with providers Community pharmacies/drug dispensaries Referrals to health providers Loans to health providers for capital
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Secondary interventions are used when primary interventions fail to prevent the disease from occurring. Secondary interventions are steps taking to restore patients’ health by relieving or stopping signs and symptoms of the disease. In the case of asthma‚ primary intervention is least likely to prevent asthma events from happening. This is because asthma is multifaceted in nature and causes may be unpredictable. Signs and symptoms like coughing‚ shortness of breath‚ wheezing and chest tightness remains
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As mental health nurses‚ we are granted a seemingly disproportionate power and latitude to practise when compared to our colleagues in general nursing. This is due to a number of factors; firstly‚ that mental illness is difficult to define‚ in the eyes of the public it constitutes an intangible wrongness about an individual that cannot be measured or even seen clearly. Due to misrepresentation and scaremongering by the media‚ mental health services are often viewed as taking the role of protecting
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2014 Public Health is the life line of a community. It is more important to believe in prevention by means of education and programs rather than treatment when a health issue has surfaced or gotten out of control. By a partnership being built amongst a Public Health Nurse‚ neighborhood clinics‚ Local health departments‚ larger hospitals and schools a neighborhood can have the opportunity to make the best and healthiest choices possible. Public Health Nursing is the field of nursing that is concerned
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