Article #1 ASHA This article is about Presbycusis and how it is not taken into concern as much because it comes along with aging. Hearing loss is one of the most common chronic health concerns among older adults. This article points out that although so many people develop a hearing loss with age‚ only a fraction actually do something about it. Only a small part of those who notice their hearing problems go to get treatment‚ when it could actually help them with their hearing loss. People
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Community Health Nursing - Emergency Response WGU Community Health Nursing HAT1 (0310) Community Health Nursing - Emergency Response Whether a disaster is natural or man-made it can have immediate and lasting effects on a community the can affect the financial‚ environmental and health aspects of an individual or a community. Quick and efficient response is imperative in all aspects of emergency response including healthcare. Ongoing personnel training‚ establishing preparedness plans
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Public Health significance: There are services provided to those who have OA‚ help them to live with the disease. One of them is that most drug companies have programs to help reduce the cost of arthritis’ medications. OA requires ongoing treatment and the cost of the medications will put it out of reach for some patients. So these programs come to help those who can’t afford those medications. Another service is that people with severe OA can get the benefits that Ministry of Health in KSA gives
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2012 Is The Study of History Worthwhile? “Is the study of history worthwhile?” is one of the most important questions we face today in our academic communities. Whether we should be persistent in our study of man’s triumphs and mistakes‚ or whether we should leave where we have come from and merely focus on where we are going. There are compelling arguments for both sides‚ but by far‚ the logical answer to this question is without a doubt. Yes. History is an incredibly important part of our daily
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Community Health Issue: Drowning Glenda Bruckner Dimensions of Community Nursing Practice/NUR 471PN December 22‚ 2010 Community Health Issue: Drowning Drowning is the main cause of death in Arizona in kids below four years of age‚ (Arizona Department of Health Services‚ 2010). Because of the warm weather throughout the year‚ water safety is a high priority for Phoenix residents all year long. Water safety is not just important around swimming pools. Phoenix residents need to be aware of
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Hippa Protecting personal information should always be a priority in any medical field.The Protected health information is suppose to be secured under the Health and accountability act beginning in 1996.This act is currently known as the HIPPA Act which is designed to protect medical rights. Imagine your information shared without knowledge even though HIPPA should be already set in place to protect rights of citizens. Does HIPPA seem to fall short in securing data and protecting American rights
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very important to get a vaccine for many reasons‚ the top three reasons are to prevent diseases and new diseases for getting into your body‚ keep your body healthy and lastly vaccines are safe and effective. Vaccines are here to make sure we don’t get the flu or any other disease. Vaccines could be a matter of life or death without them millions of people would be either very sick or dead. Vaccines help keep us healthy and strong. It also keeps us awake and out of harm’s way. The reason why I say
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One might ask why try to do anything if extinction is natural and there have already been five other mass extinctions in the history of the planet. It is important to remember that humans also live on the Earth and we will be highly affected by a mass extinction. Biodiversity is extremely important to the functionality of an ecosystem. It allows for food security for animals‚ including humans. It also is important for resilience. If an ecological disturbance were to happen such as a drought‚ flood
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Community Health Department Investigation Janae C. Anderson Kaplan University SC300-22 Big Ideas in Science: From Methods to Mutation James Fuller 3-11-2011 Community Health Department Investigation The Health Department received a letter notifying them of a possible health problem in regards to students at Truman and Jackson Middle Schools. It is my duties as a member of the investigative team to find out if there was an increase of absences and for what classes. In looking at the charts
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approach to community work been overall? The healing hands health rights campaign is an initiative by ANTaR which was launched in February 2004. The campaign itself is an effective way of promoting health as a fundamental human right issue‚ raising awareness of political will and promoting the need for a change in policy so that resources are allocated on the basis of indigenous health. The development of the campaign and the various tactics employed have enabled the issues of indigenous health rights
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