...including government policies, religious conflicts, gender inequalities, economic disparities, etc. List of Social Issues in Today's Society Alcoholism Food and Drug Safety Tax Reform Church-State Separation Global Warming Birth Control Abortion Suicide Drug Abuse Capital Punishment Misuse of social networking Animal and environment abuse Homophobia Poverty Women's Rights Religion-based Discrimination World population Organ & body donation Human Rights Violations Environmental Pollution Children's Rights Corporate Downsizing Defense Spending and Preparedness Euthanasia & assisted suicide Eating Disorders Unemployment Homelessness Racial profiling Welfare Recycling and Conservation HIV/AIDS Civil Rights Genetic Engineering Consumer Debt and Bankruptcy Obesity Terrorism Judicial Reform Censorship Violence Academic Freedom Gun Control Gender issues Environmental issues Single Parenting Child Labor Immigration Tobacco Nuclear Proliferation Ageism Stress Cancer Prostitution Gay Marriages Education Health Care Reform Embryonic Stem Cell Research Affirmative Action Revelations about Social Issues in Today's Society Health Issues Health issues, which arise due to the increase in number of people detected with life-threatening diseases like cancer and AIDS every year. This social issue can be handled only if another issue i.e. health care reform, is dealt with appropriately. Teen Issues There are plethora of teen...
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...Sustainable Growth. VINNOVA´s publications are published at www.VINNOVA.se I VINNOVAs publikationsserier redovisar bland andra forskare, utredare och analytiker sina projekt. Publiceringen innebär inte att VINNOVA tar ställning till framförda åsikter, slutsatser och resultat. Undantag är publikationsserien VINNOVA Policy som återger VINNOVAs synpunkter och ställningstaganden. VINNOVAs publikationer finns att beställa, läsa och ladda ner via www.VINNOVA.se. Tryckta utgåvor av VINNOVA Analys, Forum och Rapport säljs via Fritzes, www.fritzes.se, tel 08-690 91 90, fax 08-690 91 91 eller order.fritzes@nj.se Research on Women´s Entrepreneurship A presentation of the ten projects funded by the programme Contents The Programme: Research on Women’s Entrepreneurship......................... 4 Going into Politics: Female Entrepreneurs as Policy...
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...Summary * During the early 1970s, women of color were subjected to a sterilization abuse where social workers and the government would sterilize them without their consent. * Tubal ligation was formerly the most prevalent form of sterilization in the United States. * With technological advances, new forms of contraceptives have been developed and marketed by pharmaceutical companies. * Two temporary forms of sterilization were introduced and approved in the 1990s, which include Norplant and Depo-Provera. Norplant is a contraceptive that can sterilize a woman for up to five years. * The policy makers in U.S passed a bill that made Norplant contraceptive to be mandatory for women on public aid and mostly targeted women of color. * This raised a concern, as many believed that the government was using Norplant as a punitive racially targeted population control measure. * Such move was similar to the forceful sterilization that was popular in the 1960s and 1970s within the southern states. * Depo-Provera was introduced as a substitute for Norplant after the late was proven to have several side effects, and research shows that black and Hispanic women use the drug more than the white women do. * Slide 1 * Depo-Provera (DP) refers to an injection aimed at preventing ovulation for a period of three months, and it was introduced because of the many benefits it has to other contraceptives. * A single DP injection prevents conception for...
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...life or death. This is an issue that needs to be fixed before women face the risk of life or death. The first solution to any problem is accepting it. If the country can’t accept that this is an issue that needs to be dealt with, it will never move forward with maternal mortality. In the book, Reproduction and Society, under the topic of Reasons for The Increase in Maternal Mortality it states that it is not know 100% the cause of the problem. There are few factors that going into it, for example, lack of medical needs for pregnant women, but there is much more that needs to go into depth in order overcome this problem and create a solution. A solution could help fix this problem is by testing a women’s pregnancy from contraception to birth. In this testing, the people who work for Health Care, can see what medical needs she is missing in order to prevent life or death situations. From there, they could come up with the solution and realize that it just can’t be fixed by giving a pregnant women what she needs a dangerous medical state. I hope that with a solution like that, government...
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...in treating diabetes effectively. The patchwork of health insurance that exist today, particularly Medicare Part D, is culpable in allowing unequivocal disparities among race, gender, and socioeconomic status. This paper will examine quality of care among Medicare beneficiaries, particularly women, and implications for revision in social policy. Maintaining an active and healthy lifestyle is a necessity for achieving longevity. A nutritional, well balanced diet coupled with regular exercise is a simple, yet effective way to sustain healthy living. Neglecting to address diet and exercise, as part of a weekly regimen, is a precursor to the onset of an acute, lifelong illness. Diabetes is one of the largest and fastest growing causes of chronic disease mortality, morbidity, and disability in the United States (Robbins & Webb, 2006). Currently, there is no vaccine to prevent diabetes and no cure for the disease once acquired. According to the American Diabetes Association, more than twenty-three million Americans have diabetes. Patients age 65 years or older account for approximately forty percent of all cases, the largest percentage of any age group (Fisher, Brownson, O’toole, Sherry, Anwuri, & Glasgow, 2005). Approximately twelve million of these cases are women (Owens, Beckles, Gorrell, Brady & Kaftarian, 2008). Impoverished and disenfranchised populations are especially at risk and subjected to disparities related to the quality of diabetes care...
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...Over the last 30-40, it has become accepted wisdom that enhancing the position of females is one of the most crucial levers of global development. When females are skilled and can earn their living and control their profits, many positive results follow: infant mortality rate reduces, child health and nutrition enhance, agricultural productivity increases, economies successfully evolve, and cycles of scarcity are broken (Coleman 13). However, the challenges are still strikingly large. In the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, particularly, persistent gender gaps keep females from being really productive members of society (Coleman 13). Entrenched sex prejudice remains a leading feature of life for the majority of the world’s bottom two billion people, helping sustain the gulf between the most deprived and everyone else on the planet (Coleman 13). Narrowing that gulf requires the involvement of the international major organizations. Not simply does the global private sector have more money than some governments organizations, but it can use crucial leverage with its popular labels and by expanding promises of investment and employment. Some organizations already promote initiatives focused on women as part of their corporate programs (Coleman 13). But the really transformative shift - for global businesses and for females internationally – will happen when the organizations recognize that empowering women positively influences their bottom lines (Coleman 13). The...
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... BACKGROUND International Forum on Women and Sustainable Development was organized by the All China Women’s Federation in Beijing, China. The All-China Women’s Federation (ACWF) was founded on April 3rd, 1949. It is a mass organization of Chinese women of all ethnic groups in all walks of life, striving for women’s advancement. Its mission is to represent and safeguard women’s rights and interests and to promote equality between women and men. ACWF is also a member of the National Working Committee on Women and Children under the State Council. It is in consultative status with the ECOSOC of the United Nations. INTRODUCTION Sustainable development, as a visionary development paradigm shift, represents a big step forward in the progress of human society. It demonstrates the resolve and efforts of people around the world to ensure sound development and the well-being of the current and future generations. Sustainable development can neither be achieved nor sustained without the participation of women who are an important driving force. The United Nations and member states have already initiated different kinds of activities to prepare for the Rio+20 Summit. Both sustainable development and empowerment of women are considered a priority of the United Nations in 2011. As such, it is of special significance to reflect women’s needs and concerns and heed women’s voices in the preparations for the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, and to incorporate gender...
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...becomes weak, the body becomes susceptible to various diseases and infections. The virus that attacks the immune system as well as the infection that affects the body as a result of the weak immune system is called HIV. In 2014 alone, 5,128 African American women were diagnosed with HIV compared to 1,483 white women and 1,350 Latino/Hispanic women in the USA (CDC, 2016). This study is going to investigate the problem of HIV among this vulnerable population. The study will also investigate the risk factors of HIV among this population. Finally, the study is going to discuss the nursing implications. Problems, Susceptibility, Exposures and Frequency An earlier report by Global-Campaign in 2006 indicated that of the total population of the United States, African Americans only account for 13 percent. However, African Americans account for more than half of all the new HIV cases in the U.S. especially the women, making them a vulnerable community (Ragsdale-Hearns, 2012). This high frequency rates among them is due to various problems and high exposures to HIV/AIDS. For instance, African American heavily inhabited areas in the USA are known for high rates of drug abuse and poverty. Due to the high instances of drug abuse, needle sharing among the drug users is common due to poverty hence in the process HIV transmission through contaminated needles is common. Some of the young African Americans are also naïve and hence ignorant...
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...The rapid growth of Chinas economy over the past four decades has been greeted with largely unquestioned assumptions that increasing affluence would lead to a happier, wealthier more equitable society. Have the benefits of Chinas economy growth been distributed equitably and what are the social implications of this modernization process? Despite its remarkable economic growth which has been consistently high for a prolonged period of time, it has been unable to distribute the benefits of this growth to the wider masses in the country. This report looks to examine how China’s incredible economic growth and its rise as a global power has been manifested for the people of China. Part One frames this issue through popular measures such as the gini-coefficient and considers its trend. Part Two is centered on an analysis of the consumption density function curve and its shift to reflect a higher proportion of consumption by the wealthy. It is argued that this mode of analysis is superior to nationally aggregated figures as it establishes a relationship between population shifts and consumption levels. Part Three explores the theoretical underpinnings of growth-pursuant poverty reduction, namely the ‘trickle-down effect’. Attention is given to the concept of the trickle down and its intersection with Chinese domestic policy. Part Four highlights the notable divide between urban, rural, coastal and inland regards for growth and development and considers both the reasoning and implications...
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...behavior affects others. By focusing on our professional presence and mindfulness we can create a plan that will have both professional and personal applications. Models of Health and Healing Within the modern world of medicine, there are many different views and theories of nursing practice and nursing models. One such theorist is noted physician Larry Dossey, using his background as an internist Dr. Dossey noted the role of the mind in health and the role of spirituality in healthcare (Dossey, 2015). Using this knowledge, Dr. Dossey identified three eras that provide a framework for the medicine operational in the Western world today (Koerner, 2011). The three Eras are: Era I, mechanistic medicine, Era II, body/mind and Era III, Body/Mind/Spirit. Of the three theories, the biggest difference can be seen between the first and second Era. In Era I which began around the 1860’s the focus is on the physical being, health and illness are completely physical in nature, with a person’s consciousness being a by-product of the chemical, anatomic, and physiological aspects of the brain (Koerner, 2011). Treatment and therapies under Era I are focused primarily on the physical being, such and medications and surgeries. By the 1950’s medicine evolved to understand how the mind also played a role in a person’s health. In Era II the focus was extended to include the body and the mind and how emotions and feelings can...
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...enjoying higher job prospects in the country. At the 1990 World Conference on Education for All in Jomtien, Thailand, particular emphasis was placed on female education not only as a fundamental right, but also as an important means for economic and social development (UNESCO, 2003). Undeniably, education has been viewed by many as central to the achievement of greater equality in society, including between men and women. This notwithstanding, the lack of education has been viewed as a major obstacle to women employment and development in society. Moreover, a report by the Education for All Global Monitoring which was undertaken in 2003/04 (UNESCO 2004) suggest that, in general sub-Saharan Africa has low enrolment rates and strong gender disparities and inequalities as out of the 77 million children who were not enrolled in either primary or secondary worldwide in...
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...Navigation and the Impact on Breast Care Christina Reid-Brown California Baptist University Foundations of Management BUS 503A February 9, 2015 Dr. Marc Weinger Abstract This research paper evaluated the relationship between navigation and navigator roles as they relate to the patient journey with breast cancer. The goal of the research was to determine if these care coordination models eliminated institutional barriers experienced by patients trying to coordinate breast care in a complex healthcare system. It also evaluated the effectiveness of the navigator role as it supports the elimination of barriers to care for minorities and women living in low-income and underserved communities. This study reviewed the results from surveys given to women being treated for breast cancer at different hospitals, and cancer clinics to determine if navigation improves patient access to appropriate evidence-based healthcare. The findings showed higher patient satisfaction and compliance, continuity of care, decreased anxiety levels, and increased social support systems from families and friends when navigation services were provided. Key Words: Patient Navigator; Breast Care Coordinator; Breast Care Patient Navigator; Breast Cancer in Women; Current Studies involving Breast Cancer Introduction Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death and the most common disease found in women living...
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...Many African Americans especially woman suffer from diabetes. As an African American woman, I take pride in my health and want to inform African American women of a disease that can be decreased. One of the main diseases in African American women is diabetes especially type 2. The Mayo Clinic define type 2 diabetes as when the body either resists the effects of insulin or doesn’t produce enough insulin to maintain a normal glucose level. When the body rejects or refuses to produce insulin trouble will start to occur in the body. Immediately after this happens symptoms will awaken in the body and a physician or health care facility will be needed. Ultimately, my research found that type 2 diabetes is more prevalent in African American Women...
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...THESIS ON IMPACT OF EDUCATION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Sparkles Soft offers under stated Services 1. Plagiarism free writing services 2. PHD Research Papers 3. MBA Dissertations Writer 4. MBA Thesis writer 5. MBA Assignment writer 6. ACCA,BSC Applied Accountancy Project 7. Australian MBA Assignment writing Services 8. UK MBA Assignment writing Services 9. LLB Thesis writing Services 10. LLM Thesis writing Services 11. LLB Assignment writing services 12. LLM Assignment writing Services 13. Australian and UK LLB Thesis writing Services 14. Australian and UK LLM Thesis writing Services 15. Australian and UK LLB Assignment writing services 16. Australian and UK LLM Assignment writing Services https://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Students-in-UK/170124656395756 SPARKLES SOFT Skype sparkles.soft Email sparklessoft@gmail.com Viber/WhatsAPP 00923004604250 Uk LandLine +441252594901 SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY: Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 3 INTRODUCTION 3 1.1 Pakistan as a country: 3 1.2 Domestic Violence: 3 1.3 Western Vs local Domestic Violence: 5 1.4 Research Question: 6 1.5 Research Objectives 6 1.6 Research Significance 7 CHAPTER TWO 8 EDUCATION SYSTEM IN PAKISTAN 8 2.1. Education: 8 2.2. Education System: 8 2.3. Education system of Pakistan: 10 2.3.1. Problems of Education system of Pakistan: 11 2.3.2. Policies and Reforms in Education system...
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...is the most important law in their lives, controlling areas of their lives like their marriages, their property, and their right to inherit. Due to customary law in Zimbabwe like in many other African countries with patriarchal systems, women can only access land through marriage or other male relatives. According to Ghosh (2010) customary law refers to African traditions which have become an intrinsic part of the accepted and expected conduct in Zimbabwean black communities. This law defines roles which women should play in society as well as what kind of businesses or economic activities they should venture into. Customary laws emerge from unwritten social rules derived from shared community values and traditions. Customary laws limit women’s rights on land to secondary rights mainly derived from their membership in patriarchal households (WLSA, 2001). This law underpins...
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