SZT1 Task 1 Western Governors University Community Description and Data Interpretation DeKalb County is located in Northeastern Indiana with a population of 42‚307. DeKalb County ranks number 35 in size in the state of Indiana. The county was named for General Johann de Kalb‚ who was wounded at the Battle of Camden in South Carolina during the Revolutionary War. The county measures a total of 364 square miles. The major cities and towns that comprise the county are Altona
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At the tender age of eighteen‚ I began my career as a correctional officer with the Texas Department of Corrections at the Ellis I Unit in Huntsville‚ Texas‚ a town with population of only about 30‚000 people‚ but with seven prisons and more than 13‚000 inmates. I attended a lengthy and thorough pre-service training academy that was conducted for eight hours every day for two weeks. All trainees were required to live in dormitories together as a group so we could sleep‚ eat‚ breathe‚ and drink
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Vulnerable Population Homeless Persons University of Phoenix By: Diana Thornton August 24‚ 2009 What does the word population and Vulnerable mean? Population means the whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region. Vulnerable population is defined as individuals made vulnerable by: Financial circumstances or place of residence Health age Functional or developmental status Ability to communicate effectively Presence of chronic or terminal illness or disability
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How can we define health care disparity? In a world in which we have set parameters‚ measurements and numbers‚ health care disparity is one of those concepts that are not easy to explain or to define‚ unless you have experienced it. As a minority myself‚ I have always wondered if this is a reality in our current health care system or just merely a difference in outcomes between races. The reality is that‚ there is a difference‚ as I have experienced it many times as a patient myself and in the work
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Health Disparities Improving the health of the socially and economically disadvantaged is a major task. Many Americans are living with poor health because of their socioeconomic statuses and it has many negative effects on their long term health. Improving access to health care is not enough to help fix the lower death rates among low income families. Our social status in our economy has large effect on our lives including how we are able to live our lives and in tern it has large measurable effects
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Assessment Tool Analysis Paper Direct participation with vulnerable populations often causes students to develop a better understanding of self and their own strengths and weaknesses. Students develop skills in problem solving‚ critical thinking‚ leadership‚ and ethical decision-making. An increased sense of civic responsibility‚ increased political and global awareness‚ and development of cultural competence may also be outcomes (Mueller & Norton‚ 1998) developed the Perceived Stress Scale
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private correctional facilities within the state and federal correctional industries. At the forefront of the private corrections industry are the Correctional Corporation of America and The GEO Group‚ Inc. These two privately contracted companies have become billion dollar corporations. Since the influx of these types of correctional institutions‚ there have been many studies and statistics developed‚ which have outlined the benefits and detriments of using privately operated correctional facilities
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the pattern of population change in the UK? There are many different components that all add together for the reason why population does change in a specific location. This change is considered ‘dynamic’ as it is constantly changing due to many factors that are always effecting the rate of population change. One of the biggest influences of population change would be the birth and death rates of an area. Birth/death rate is the total number of births/deaths per 1‚000 of a population in a year. The
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302. An Assignment on Various Population Matters. Population Definition. Population is a term which refers to the total human inhabitants of a specified area such as; a continent‚ a country‚ or a city‚ at a given time. It can be defined further in a number of ways depending on the various aspects of population that one would be looking at. It can refer to the various aspects of population such as age‚ ethnicity‚ race‚ or region. For example‚ population size may refer to either the total
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Medical Care for an Aging Population Chad Sommers HCS/440 January 12‚ 2012 Pranab Rout Aging is an inevitable event that all people will have to face at sometime in their life. No matter gender‚ ethnicity‚ or race‚ aging affects every individual in different ways as unique as their own personality. As the Baby-Boomer generation begins to reach retirement age‚ there is becoming an urgent need for expanding the national geriatric medical services
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