Cheri W. Bluford Nur/440 June 3‚ 2013 Vulnerable population is not limited to a specific disease‚ race‚ income‚ or gender. There are different situations that can cause an individual to be classified into this category. A Vulnerable population can also include the neighborhood where an individual resides because healthcare resources may be limited. The focus of this will include the understanding of how the different biases affect the delivery of healthcare
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Population Control: Effects on the Global Environment Dependence of Man on the Environment March16‚ 2009 Population Control: Effects on the Global Environment The debate of population control is by no means a new phenomenon. Since early times it has been on the minds of many people. Population lies at the heart of this debate and while there is no argument that humans are increasing daily‚ the question arises in whether this is a problem or rather a natural occurrence which will level
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Over Population The world’s population is approximately 5.9 billion‚ and it is still growing. It has just about doubled in the past forty years. We are now faced with the issue of over population. The problem is very severe‚ and important. It is controversial how many people this planet can hold. Some are arguing that we have plenty of room‚ and we could fit everyone on the state of Alaska‚ if we just put 10‚000 people on each square mile. Alaska only makes up about one
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Population Health Proposal Population Health Proposal Introduction In today’s changing healthcare landscape‚ health systems will need to become population health managers and remain financially viable. In order to accomplish this‚ the leadership team will have to attain a comprehensive economic perspective. This requires integration of payer‚ physician‚ health system and patient considerations to understand the financial impact on the system as a whole. Economic awareness and understanding
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erable population Vulnerable Populations Karl Brennan Health Assessment and Promotion of Vulnerable Populations NUR 440 Vulnerable Population My definition of a vulnerable population would be a group of individuals or peoples regardless of race and ethnicity‚ that have become a concern to the healthcare community and people at large due to health disparities or the lack of equality between a peoples and appropriate medical care‚ treatment and education‚ of which most of us take for granted
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foreign substances or energies‚ or naturally occurring; when naturally occurring‚ they are considered contaminants when they exceed natural levels. Pollution is often classed as point source or nonpoint source pollution. Sources of Pollution 1. Anthropogenic (Human Caused) Sources of Pollution Agricultural - comprises wastes‚ emissions‚ and discharges arising from farming activities. Industrial - pollution which can be directly linked with industry‚ in contrast to other pollution sources
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RISK AND POPULATION STRATEGIES FOR PREVENTIVE HEALTH WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF 21ST CENTURY AUSTRALIA. INTRODUCTION The concept of high risk and population strategies for preventative health was first introduced by Geoffrey Rose in his 1985 paper “Sick Individuals and Sick Populations” (Rose 2001). High risk strategy involves the identification of individuals who are more likely to get a disease and then providing treatment or preventative measures‚ while population strategies target population risk
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Vulnerable Population: Homeless Priscilla Cabreza HCS/531 January 23‚ 2012 Debbie Vaughn Vulnerable Population: Homeless Introduction Many factors can affect the delivery of health care. It is believed that environmental‚ political‚ economic‚ medical‚ demographic location‚ social‚ cultural‚ and spiritual factors can affect certain population groups and can make these groups more vulnerable than the general population. The question of who is vulnerable and what makes an individual vulnerable
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INTRODUCTION " The growth of a large business is merely the survival of the fittest : it is merely the working out of a law of nature" John D Rockefeller Population ecology is a perspective that seeks to explain the factors that affect the life cycles of organizations. It also suggests why some organizations survive for longer than the others. Earlier theories such a the such as the strategic choice theory argued that organizations try to adapt
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Practitioner (ANP) when assessing and analysing the health needs of a specific population. The author will focus on one specific disease‚ Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in relation to South Asian men living in both the United Kingdom (UK) and in South Asia. In view of the large demographics of South Asia the author will specifically focus on Indian‚ Pakistan and Bangladeshi groups also making a comparison with the population residing in Ireland. The author will provide a critical and analytical
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