Vulnerable Populations in Current Events NUR/440 January 24‚ 2010 Vulnerable Populations in Current Events Smith‚ Tingle‚ and Twiss (2010) estimate in the year 2030‚ 20% of all Americans will be elderly adults. This is a vulnerable population that will have barriers including transportation‚ mobility‚ financial‚ and medical. As this vulnerable population continues to age‚ they often find it difficult to ask for help‚ which further increases the barriers they must overcome. Defining a Vulnerable
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Vulnerable populations are defined as those at greater risk for poor health status and health care access‚ vulnerable groups are categorized by: • Disease: e.g.‚ HIV‚ cancer or any chronic health conditions‚ • Age groups: e.g.‚ the elderly‚ children • Demographics e.g.‚ homeless individuals • Racial and ethnic minorities‚ • low SES populations • And those without adequate potential access to care (e.g.‚ the uninsured or those without a regular source of care) (NCBI‚ 2005). The health
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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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τρέπειν trepein meaning "to bend/turn". Nootropics are thought to work by altering the availability of thebrain’s supply of neurochemicals (neurotransmitters‚ enzymes‚ and hormones)‚ by improving the brain’s oxygen supply‚ or by stimulating nerve growth. There are a lot of herbal and non-herbal medicines that are said to be effective when it comes to enhancing one’s memory. Here are some of the most famous memory enhancers that can be found today: a.) Ginkgo biloba. Is one that shows more promise
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The general and specific objectives are listed and the scopes of the study are described. 1.1 Background of the Study 1.1.1 Malaysia Economic Growth Malaysian economy was consistently reached a GDP growth of more than 7% followed by the low inflation rate in the 1980s and 1990s. The economy went on to an extensive diversification and continued economic growth averaging 9% per annum in the period of 1988-1997. During the year of 1996-1997‚ on average‚ the economy had grown at annual rate of 8.7% whereas
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need three kinds of better information. First‚ we need better information about students. A student’s achievement should be digitized so that high schools and colleges can target those who are most likely to succeed in their programs. Second‚ we need better information about the college application process. Students and families need to benchmark achievement against a roadmap of success. Third‚ we need better information about schools. Applicants need to know where they fit‚ where their money might
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ST The population of our planet will quickly reach a point where there will not be adequate amount of resources to support life on Earth. Population control must be enforced to avoid such a catastrophic occurrence. Many economic‚ social and environmental problems are either affiliated with or are increased due to overpopulation. With an exponentially increasing world population‚ the problems created by overpopulation grow correspondingly. In order to stabilize the massive population‚ the world
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records. It enables monitoring of the statistics and performance of the blood donation activity such that relevant and quantifiable objectives of the organization can be checked. It provides to management timely‚ confidential and secure information about blood donation and consumption that facilitates planning and decision making and hence improved medical service delivery. The reports generated by the system give answers to most of the challenges management may have to face as far as blood donor record
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Results from the U.S. Bureau of the Census displays that there are 7.6 percent or 46 million elderly people in the year of 2000. The elderly is categorized as old which are persons between the ages of 60 to 79‚ as well as the oldest-old population consist of persons 80 and above. Facing the high percentage of elderly people in the United States‚ there will be several challenges that will have to be confronted. (Yang 15). First‚ the decline of fertility relates to the increasing number of older people
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increased quality for life for persons who might otherwise require caregivers or institutional care. This time of technology innovation people kept themselves updated with the modern appliances and gadgets without sufficient knowledge about the amount of electricity that appliances consume. They just simply purchase it because they want to be in and updated. Another thing is that sometimes the owner forgot to turn off the lights or unplug the appliances which lead to high consumption
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