The issue of obesity and other chronic diseases among employees of the state is so common‚ in fact‚ that North Carolina created a prevention plan to address it. Eat Smart‚ Move More NC and North Carolina’s Obesity Prevention Plan 2013-2020 work in conjunction with one another to help those working for the state and local government gain access to resources for healthy eating and physical activity (Eat Smart‚ Move More NC‚ 2013)
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In the midst of the 1853 yellow fever epidemic‚ physician Samuel A. Cartwright published “Prevention of Yellow Fever” in the New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal. After introducing the predominant theories of disease transmission‚ contagionism and non-contagionism‚ Cartwright characterizes these ideologies as groundless “relics of medieval science … not derived from nature or the observation of facts” (292). Cartwright notes that the contagionists’ emphasis on strict quarantines had historically
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1.0 Introduction Working presently as Senior Assistant Medical Officer at the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health‚ I had been in this profession since 1982. Global warnings over diabetes increase. Research carried out by the International Diabetes Federation (2009) reveals that around 314 million people‚ equating to 8.2% of the global adult population‚ may have impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) which is a condition that often precedes the development of diabetes. The incidence of
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According to The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)‚ a child who is being looked after by the local authority is known as a child in care. In some cases a child will have been placed in care voluntarily by parents struggling to cope. In other cases children ’s services will have intervened because a child was at risk of significant harm. There are a number of reasons why a child may need to be put into care. Living with a disabled child can have a number of effects
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The Badgers for Life campaign is a suicide prevention campaign to raise awareness about college student depression and provide information about services on campus that aim to combat suicide. Depression is an often overlooked prominent issue among college students that I do not see discussed very often on campus. Part of the campaign is targeted at students who are suffering from depression and the other part is targeted at the student body as a whole. Badgers for Life aims to urge students suffering
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secondary effects the most hazardous aspects of tsunamis? Tsunami s are a series of giant sea waves created when a large volume of a body of water‚ such as an ocean‚ is rapidly displaced. Earthquakes‚ volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions‚ landslides‚ asteroid impacts‚ and other mass movements above or below water all have the potential to generate a tsunami. Due to the immense volumes of water and energy involved‚ the effects of tsunamis can be devastating. Their hazards can be split
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Harmful Habits and Infectious Disease Prevention Second Hand Smoke Second hand smoke can be a serious concern for smokers and non smokers alike. When one thinks of smoking‚ they think of individuals who smoke and the effects of lung cancer that are attributed to smoking. One usually never thinks that second hand smoke can be harmful. After all they are not the ones smoking tobacco. Each day in America 1‚200 people die from smoking and exposure to second hand smoke; according to Kick Butts
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Unit 9 The principles of infection prevention and control. 1.1 As an employee it is our responsibility to take all precautionary measures to prevent and control the spread of infection in the workplace; this means working safely to protect myself‚ other members of staff‚ the patients and all other individuals from infection. As a health worker we should; Maintain high standards of personal health and hygiene‚ where possible we should avoid coming in to contact with pathogens‚ such as
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APPROACHES TO CRIME PREVENTION Robert Lincoln Kaplan University CJ 212-01 December 2‚ 2013 Introduction Crime prevention can be influenced by many things like social work‚ sociology‚ community‚ urban planning and design‚ criminology and even education. This paper will focus on the dominant approaches to crime prevention that is used by law enforcement‚ courts and corrections. It will compare and contrast all the dominant approaches and then analyze which are the most effective. Dominant approaches
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Homophobia is an immense issue in todays society‚ but especially in America. The completely irrational prejudices against the community of this country is on the rise. This is due to a number of causes of which we as the American people have the ability to change. We must closely exam the causes and the effects of homophobia in America to completely understand why and where this is still occurring in modern day society and how it may be further prevented. Homosexuality has existed as long as humanity
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