The obstructive sleep apnea area of the Mayo Clinic website does not specifically target my patient. There were no ethnic‚ age‚ or gender specific information listed. It provided general information for the variety of people who deal with sleep apnea. When it comes to relevance‚ I believe the website succeeded in that aspect. A general overview was provided when arriving to the main page‚ which quickly explained what sleep apnea is. As you continue through the various tabs‚ it supplies information
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Health promotion has been seen as ‘the process of enabling people to increase control over‚ and to improve ‚ their health’ (WHO‚ 1984). It is clear that the responsibility of the promotion of health and quality of life can not be shouldered by government alone. The long period of time at working in daily life means that the work organizations can provide access to health promotion to individual conveniently (Cox‚ 1997). Therefore‚ workplaces can be seen as core players in health promotion. NightOwl
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Health promotion and disease prevention are processes that enable individuals to improve their health. Health promotion seeks to increase an individual’s control over their health by addressing behavior under the control of the individual. Disease prevention is associated with medical and public health activities to prevent diseases. Health promotion and disease prevention have been utilized in the U.S. health care system for many of years and extensive research has been done on which preventive
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The diets that I would recommend to a friend to help achieve a safe‚ healthy‚ effective and sustainable weight loss would be the Dash Diet‚ the TLC (Therapeutic Lifestyle change) Diet‚ and the Mayo Clinic Diet. I would consider these three diets to be among the best that were discussed on the websites. The Dash diet uses a healthier eating pattern as their key to weight loss. The Dash diet keeps salt‚ fats and sugar out of the diet plan‚ while allowing flexibility with meat‚ grains‚ vegetables and
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Social Promotion in Education In the United States‚ there have been many calls to change the effectiveness of the educational system. From a Common Core curriculum to standardized testing‚ the goal has been to make sure that no child is left behind. Some school districts have taken this philosophy and created a system known as ‘social promotion.’ (Gaille) Society practices social promotion to help both students with learning disabilities and low-performing students. However‚ research suggests
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For the nurse to be successful in its role towards family health promotion‚ it is important to familiarize itself with the Gordon’s eleven functional health patterns. These patterns serve as basis for nursing diagnosis and health promotion. It focuses on how developmental tasks are completed by the family‚ it assist with learning about health perception and beliefs; it also assists the nurse to formulate health promotional goals and ways to improve family’s overall health practices (Edelman &
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Introduction Sales promotion is one of the seven aspects of the promotional mix‚ which are advertising personal selling‚ direct marketing publicity/ public relations‚ corporate image and exhibitions. Sales promotions are short-term incentives that are done to encourage the purchase or sale of a product or service [P.DALOK 200]. Sales promotion can be used to inform‚ persuade‚ and remind target customers about the business and its market mix. Some common types of sale promotion include: Samples‚ Coupons
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The Poverty Clinic by Paul Tough focuses on the relationship between childhood trauma and health. The findings in The Poverty Clinic are consistent with the theories in the ‘health onion.’ Monisha Sullivan’s health issue derives from a quantum of factors. Factors of which include lifestyle‚ outside influences‚ situational factors‚ community and environment factors. All of which falls under the frameworks of the ‘health onion.’ Health issues are no longer reliant only on the biological processes‚
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archive.org/web/20090303130702/http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/alzheimers/AZ99999 Format is clear and comprehensible and navigation is straightforward and very user-friendly. 1) Credibility This website is affiliated with the world renowned Mayo Clinic. A trustworthy site of useful health information with reputable‚ nonprofit sources with no agenda or bias other than the distribution of information - provides information from reputable sources and cites the names and credentials of authors for each
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Targeting Employers for Gender-Based Pay and Promotion Discrimination: The Next Big Thing? Fred W. Alvarez and Allison Moser The authors discuss steps that employers can take to limit their exposure to claims of gender-based pay and promotion discrimination. reventing and defending claims of gender-based pay and promotion discrimination is fast emerging as the latest challenge for employers seeking to reduce litigation risks. That these claims could be “the next big thing” is clear from recent
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