The traditional American family is pictured as a two parent household made up of a mother and father. Times have changed and families are anything but traditional. In fact according to the U.S Census Bureau‚ there were 11.7 million single parents living with their children in 2010. Of these‚ 9.9 million were single mothers and 1.8 million were single fathers. (Commerce) These facts may be astonishing to some‚ and a cold reality to others. While there are undoubtedly many challenges and difficulties
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Mississippi Constituent Services Directory Agency Name: Auditor’ Office Auditor’ Office Constituent Services Contact Name: Brent Henderson Phone: 601-576-2639 Email: Brent.henderson@osa.ms.gov Back up Contact: Bill Pope Phone: 601-576-2667 Email: Bill.Pope@osa.ms.gov Handmail Address: Suite 801 Woolfolk Building Brief description of your agency and how it serves the public. Our Agency audits public funds such as County governments and State Agencies as well as Universities
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Date of CompletionEx. 8/11/14Ex. Community Health Nurse identifies and trains lay advisors in community as case finders Ex. Community Health Nurse (CHN)Ex. Lay advisors will be able to verbally describe case-finding methods to CHN Number of new WIC cases will be tracked by CHN on monthly basis for 1 year to determine if goal of 80 has been metEx. Lay advisor training completed by 10/17/2014Refer
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Problem Definition: Background Information: Obesity is a disease attacking at the core of this country. In 2003‚ the National Institutes of Health estimated 44 million American adults‚ approximately 64 percent of the adult population‚ are considered medically obese and that number has only increased since then8. This self-inflicted disease has contributed to as many as 300‚000 deaths annually due to its causing many chronic diseases like diabetes‚ high blood pressure‚ arthritis and elevated levels
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Community & Population Health Nursing Task 1‚ C228 Michael Felkner‚ Student ID: 000355161 County Assessment My assessment is of Henrico County in the state of Virginia. Henrico County is located within the Commonwealth of Virginia‚ 2010 census count for the county population was 306‚935 with an estimated 2013 county population of 316‚973. (Wikipedia‚ n.d.) Henrico County is the 5TH most populous county within the state and also one of the oldest counties within the country. (Wikipedia‚ n.d.) Henrico
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Introduction Teenage pregnancies have become a topic of discussion within most households of today’s society. Recent television shows such as Teen Mom and The Secret Life of an American Teenager has introduced a topic in a major way. Within the past twenty years‚ the amount of teenage pregnancy has increased by 10 percent (Brown). According to the Medical dictionary teen pregnancy is defined as “Pregnancy by a female‚ age 13 to 19‚ which is understood to occur in a girl who hasn’t completed her
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Food for Thought As of 2005‚ hunger continues to be a worldwide problem. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations‚ "850 million people worldwide were undernourished in 1999 to 2005‚ the most recent years for which figures are available" and the number of hungry people has recently been increasing. The official poverty rate in the U.S. has increased for four consecutive years‚ from a 26-year low of 11.3%
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Second Edition Starting Smart How Early Experiences Affect Brain Development ® S THE OUNCE OF PREVENTION FUND Starting Smart How Early Experiences Affect Brain Development Michael Stevens is a healthy‚ beautiful newborn baby. As his parents admire him‚ they wonder‚ "What will Michael be like when he grows up? Will he do well in school? Will he get along with other kids and be happy?" Scientists now believe that the answers to these questions depend in large part on how
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Bi My role as a career is to provide personal and practical care services for people with a wide range of illnesses and disabilities‚ to assist service users with getting up in the morning and getting washed also helping them get undress also bathing and the toilet where necessary. To help service users with mobility problems and other physical disabilities‚ including Incontinence and help in use- and care of aids and Personal equipment. To help in the promotion of mental and physical Activity
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BEH 225 ALL DQ’S WEEKS ONE THROUGH NINE BEH 225 ALL DQ’S WEEKS ONE THROUGH NINE WEEK 1 DQ 1 Consider the statement “psychology has a long past but a short history.” What do you think this means? In your opinion‚ which person or perspective has had the most influence on the growth of psychology? That statement means that psychology has been around for a long time but was never socially accepted and practiced until later. The author is commenting ironically upon the fact that millions of persons
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