Vulnerable Populations Introduction to Human Services‚ BSHS 302 June 21‚ 2010 Introduction Chronic illnesses are disorders that require ongoing care and treatment for much of the patients’ life to manage the illness. Examples of such illnesses are diabetes‚ high blood pressure‚ or heart disease. When discussing chronic mental illness‚ such diseases or disorders would be those that require ongoing treatment and care throughout much of the patients’ life. Examples would be schizophrenia
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Human Service Agency Interview Delores Cooper University of Phoenix BSHS/302 November 29‚ 2010 David Worsley Human Service Agency Interview The Human Service field is vast with different approaches based on uniquely meeting individual’s needs. Some of these needs are met through interdisciplinary knowledge‚ placing concentration on preventive measures as well as correcting errors of life‚ and up-holding responsibilities of enhancing the meaning of life. Human Services profession is one‚
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A common misconception is that our gender and our sex are the same thing however our gender refers to the socially and culturally constructed differences between a male or female and fashion is a means to reject‚ alter‚ express‚ define or confirm ones gender. Sexuality is a big part of gender‚ people often assume if you are a female you are automatically feminine‚ this isn’t the case. Some males identify as women and therefore they dress and behave as what society identifies as a woman‚ however many
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Injustices and Subjugation Doris Lessing grew up in Southern Rhodesia‚ which is now Zimbabwe. Doris saw the injustices and racial inequality that the native Africans were put through. She wrote the story “No Witchcraft for Sale‚” to implicitly tell the Imperial Europeans of their wrong doings. She could not come out and directly write her true message because she was a white woman in the 1950s. By analyzing the dialogue in “No Witchcraft for Sale‚” it is evident that native Africans were subjugated
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Obesity is a serious disease in today’s society. Obesity is defined as having excessive fat in body tissues. The most common measure of obesity is the body mass index (BMI). Besides‚ obesity is influenced by many causes such as eating habits‚ unhealthy lifestyle‚ and genetics. Firstly‚ the cause of obesity in our society is eating habits. Our bodies require calories for daily normal functions and activities. Gaining weight occurs due to increase in the amount of calories consumed over its need.
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Coal: A Human History was written by Barbara Freese to focus on the history of coal and how mankind has used it as part of their lifestyle. Ever since the times when early nomads used the slash-and-burn method‚ coal has been around acting as jewelry for the Romans and as fuel for peasants and the noble class in Britain. Coal was in such high demand that many inventions were utilized for the convenience of retrieving it from intolerable conditions such as vacuums and the construction of more efficient
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Advantages and disadvantages of living in a multi-racial society Nowadays 99% of the modern world countries have become a multiracial society‚ whether it is relative to their language‚ religion ‚ culture‚ or traditions . Also universities ‚ schools and other societies have become multiracial‚ it is not necessary for the whole country . And today with all aspects of economical‚ social and other types of growth ‚ it is distinguishably linked to the globalization and the immigration of people
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In the novel "The Giver" the society is much different from our society today. Well‚ it’s not completely different. The societies also have many things that are similar between them. Some are more difficult to identify‚ but all of them are still existing. There are an extremely good amount of similarities and differences that can be identified and explained from throughout our society and the society of The Giver. One example of a similarity between the two societies is‚ they are both ruled by a
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cases‚ the cell phone has become the first thing grasped in the morning‚ and the last thing read before you go to bed. The Cell phone has grown throughout our society in drastic numbers as generations continue to progress and develop new tools and features in each generation. The overwhelming amount of technology beginning to enter our society is starting to bring up questions and concerns involving face to face contact within communication. Are smartphones and cell phones impacting negatively on
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Human services is broadly defined‚ with the primary objective of meeting human needs through an interdisciplinary knowledge base focusing on prevention and remediation of certain problems‚ and retaining an obligation to improve the overall quality of life. Professionals within the field of human services are those who empower those in society who may need assistance in meeting their basic human needs emotionally‚ physically‚ and/or mentally. With that being said human services professionals work
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