Art/Major in Graphic Design. Prior to starting the MSW program I was working as a tutor and did a bit of volunteering at the American Breast Cancer Society‚ which further developed my interest for social justice. On my second day of volunteering at the WIC office in Palmdale for the American Cancer Society‚ I encountered an epiphany as I was waiting in one of the presentation rooms. I realized that social work was my vocation. I was able to foresee myself doing something related to this population‚ which
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Discrimination in Today’s Society through a Biblical Sense Blessed with life is the most precious gift people have been bestowed by God. It should be the primary concern for all. One should provide protection for not just oneself but for the preservation of the human race. God created both sexes as equals. However‚ with time passing‚ man-made influences have created inequality between the two sexes. It is quite prevalent that there are several different forms of discrimination‚ yet‚ the
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This paper will address social support and self sufficiency values and how they relate to the strength based model. Social support means receiving assistance from outside resources these resources can be family members‚ friends‚ church but most often it is the assistance of government programs and self-sufficiency when one has the resources and capabilities to take care of themselves without the help or assistance of outside resources. Both are essential to the well-being of families and individual
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I believe some interventions and services necessary to carry out the course of action is to get DCFS involved because the landlord threatens to turn off the utilities and kick her out if Marquit doesn’t cooperate with his advances. The children are forced to watch the landlord “taking advantage” of their mother. The landlord laughs at them and criticizes them if they turn away. They see the agony on their mom’s face‚ but feel powerless to help. I believe this is a form of emotional child abuse because
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provided in her medical history states that she was born full term with no prenatal care‚ weighting 2.3 kg. She was admitted to the NICU for meconium aspiration‚ respiratory distress and hypotonia. Afterwards‚ she was discharged home and at a 5 month WIC visit was noted that she had hypotonia and difficulty breathing. After referrals to more specialized doctors she was finally diagnosed with congenital myotonic dystrophy Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is a genetic disorder that affects many parts of the body
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References: WWW.hawaill.edu/powerkills/genocide.ency.htm WWW.un.org/en/99/president/66/issues/drugs/drugs-crimeshtml WWW.ushmm.org/wic/article.php?moduled=10007839
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VULNERABLE POPULATION ASSESSMENT A woman presents to the Emergency Room(ER) in Leon‚ Iowa with her 2-year-old little girls who she states has had a cough for 1 hour. It is 2pm on a Tuesday and the Community clinic is open. Our community is the second poorest county in Iowa and we have a federally funded Clinic available to anyone regardless of insurance coverage. The patient also is notable wheezy. I ask the mom if she or anyone in the home smokes and she says yes. There are four people total
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According to the World Health Organization‚ a LBW infant is one born weighing <2500 g (5). Preterm infants are those born at <37 wk from the first day of the last menstrual period‚ regardless of birth weight‚ whereas growth-restricted infants are those born weighing less than the 10th percentile of birth weight–for–gestational age‚ regardless of whether that weight is <2500 g Thus‚ it is possible for both preterm and growth-restricted infants to weigh >2500 g. http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/85/2/584S
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UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN DEPARTMENT: AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT. COURSE CODE: AED 713 COURSE TITLE: EXTENSION ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION BY CHUKWUEMEKA A. NKWOCHA QUESTION: SET UP AN EXTENSION PROGRAME ON HOW TO IMPROVE THE NUTRITION OF A RURAL SETTING‚ GOING THROUGH THE BASIC PROCESSES OF ADMINISTRATION. INTRODUCTION Good nutrition is very essential for a healthy living‚ and to achieve that‚ we have to eat balanced diet all the time. A balanced
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play in the dirt more than older children. The pamphlet was presented to a young mother of an 11 month old and a 2.5 year old. The mother and father of the children were both Caucasian ages 23 and 31. They were of low socioeconomic status and received WIC and food assistance. They both had high school educations‚ but hadn’t completed college. The mother had never heard of lead poisoning or the environmental risks‚ symptoms‚ etc.‚ and was eager to learn. The father wasn’t present for the teaching.
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