...2012 Research Topic: I am investigating about soft drinks and calories in order to find out the relation of these products with the obesity problems we are having in our country, and how can they be resolved with the implementation of diets or strategies that will help the people. Source #1 “Hard News About Soft Drinks”. Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter 29.4 (2011): 4. MasterFILE Premier.Web. Quote: Tufts University Health and Nutrition Letter 29.4 reports, “ In a study of 2,564 people, average age 69, over about nine years, drinking diet soda daily was associated with the 60% higher rate of stroke, heart attack and death from cardiovascular causes. Even after adjusting for other factors linked to heart disease, diet-soda drinkers remained at 48% greater risk” (Hard). Annotation: This article was made by the Tufts University Health and Nutrition Letter which is a very popular place and well known by their studies of health, nutrition and other things related with people. The article was available and accessible in the HCC databases and was recently written on the year 2011. I choose this article because it is very rich in information about the topic I’m researching which is soft drinks and their bad effects that it causes on humans. “Hard News About Soft Drinks”, talks about the risks of consuming soft drinks, especially those diet sodas that we think they are better for us but they end up having worse effects on our bodies and health. In this research paper...
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...sustain their family which can lead to society loss. Parents need to back their children education and to avoid them from dropping out of school. The source wants the middle-class to educate themselves so that they could have greater life for themselves and their family. It pressure parents and children to get educated. I would use this article for my research paper because it explain how lack of education lead to poverty and homelessness. It also discussed the importance of education in the African American community and how it can prevent poverty and homelessness. This source is credible because it demanded quality education for the middle class and African American. The author had written many articles about education in the middle-class communities. Many of these articles could be find in the education database at the Nova library. Doak J. Melissa. Ed. “Money, Income, and Poverty Status.’ Minorities: Race and Ethnicity in America. 2012. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Information plus Reference Series. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 25 Feb. 2014. In this article, it describes how income influence where people live, what kind of food they eat, how they dress, what cars they drive, and what school their children attend to. How much income people have can be determined by their occupation and sometimes it can be related to the level of education. African...
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...around for this would be men and women who are interested in knowing and understanding more about poverty, food stamps, etc. Who either are in poverty or are not, and with high school education and up. When it comes to poverty, I feel each year more and more families are in crisis and in need. However I also feel some people are getting government funding help who, in reality, do not need it. I am not saying everyone who is receiving help does not actually need it, but there are people out there who if they put in more effort, they wouldn’t have to depend on government assisted help nor would be struggling day to day. I have not been in a situation where I myself needed help, however I do know some people who are truly needed help and received yet, as well as others who honestly did not need the help but did not want to work hard. I am hoping my paper shows both the good and bad of today’s situation with people struggling, and hopefully some readers will have changed opinions on this whether it be good or bad. My Paper is written in APA format. Ending Poverty One Meal at a Time After reading the article “On the Edge of Poverty” by Sheryl Gay Stolberg[->0], it’s realized that it was written from a point of view that shows the many down falls of a situation where a SNAP card is needed yet doesn’t point much at improving it. In many ways it supports the food stamp system, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as it is currently laid out. Stolberg starts...
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...Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program assisted nearly 46 million people in almost 23 million households in meeting their nutritional needs. The cost for this assistance was $63,932,308,264.00 in 2015 according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This is how it works: The Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service administers the SNAP program and then gives direction to all fifty states who then will establish who is eligible and who is not. (Blau,Abramovitz 2014, p.434). The state also regulates and administers the benefit for its residents. Once eligible, the recipient may purchase any type of non-prepared food. The SNAP food stamp program is the largest nutrition assistance program offered by the U.S.D.A. The goal of this program is to help poor families put balanced meals on the table in the quest to end malnutrition and hunger. SNAP provides monthly benefits for eligible, low income families in the form of a benefits card which is similar to a credit card and does away with the need for paper stamps and reduces the lack of privacy associated with them as well as the stigma. Also reducing the shameful stigma was the name change in 2008 from “Food Stamps” to SNAP. Since you must apply for eligibility, there are many guidelines you must meet. The Congressional Digest for the SNAP program states that in order to qualify, households must have a net income...
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...Services for Low-Income Families Senior Seminar HUSC 4202 Instructor: Dr.Wheat March 15, 2012 Group 3 Presentation TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter l- Introduction Introductory paragraphs Statement of the problem Purpose Significance of the study Research questions Chapter ll- Background or Review of Literature Literature review Definition of terms Chapter lll- Methodology Restate purpose and research questions Population and sampling Instrumentation Procedure and time frame Analysis plan Validity and reliability Assumptions Scope and limitations Chapter lV Results Chapter V – Conclusions and Recommendations Summary Discussions Recommendations References Appendix Chapter I Introduction The Department of Human Services in Arkansas offers a variety of services. Group 3 will focus on five specific services. These services include: Transitional Employment Assistance (TEA), Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) formerly known as food stamps, Child Care Assistance (CCAP), and AR Kids First. The Department of Human Services is required by state law to: help individuals and families meet financial, medical, and social needs; assist people to become self-sufficient; and help protect children and adults from abuse, neglect and exploitation. Group 3 researched these services to investigate qualifications and use of these services. Statement of the Problem The researchers of this study discovered that residents in Arkansas are becoming...
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...When I have thought about research in the past I would think of conducting a research project. Now looking at that competency I know it is a lot more, it is viewing other researches that have already been conducted to find information. Before implementing our projects events we conducted research to understand the problem/issue at every angle. By writing the problem statement paper, it allowed us to conduct research to understand the scope of the issue. We wanted to know the poverty rate, the average of diapers infants and young children use, the price of how much that would typically cost, and if there are any other services available to these individuals. It was also important that we understood what the organization that we were working does with their purpose of the program ad who qualifies for it. The program also only takes a certain size of diapers and it was important to know that information. Once we were completed that we were able to raise awareness...
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...The Buck Stops Here: Not a Handout, a Hand Up Sharon Nakken Kaplan University CM220: College Composition ll Thousands of welfare investigators across the nation report that only about 2% - 3% of welfare cases involve fraud (Barron, 2012). That is such a small percentage. Could fraud on that small scale really be significant? After closer examination, the significance becomes much clearer. If 2% - 3% of welfare cases are fraudulent, that means between 785,000 to 1.2 million families are receiving welfare illegally (Barron, 2012). That ends up costing taxpayers between 9.0 – 13.5 billion dollars each year (Barron, 2012). That small percentage turns into a very large number of dollars spent annually on welfare recipients who should not be receiving these benefits (Barron, 2012). The welfare system in America today is once again in need of reform. Conditions such as mandatory drug testing, entry into an educational program, and strict time limits need to be placed on individuals who wish to receive welfare. In 2007 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation reported that 20% of families receiving welfare claimed to have used illegal drugs at least once in the last year, while 5% said they had an ongoing drug habit (Vitter, 2011). Some who oppose the random drug testing requirement say that it does nothing more than single out the poor and underprivileged. Deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, Vanita Gupta claims “Mandatory drug testing of those receiving...
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...Addressing Public Policy in Regards to Poverty Abstract This paper explores two published articles that report on results from research conducted on poverty in America and various ways in which to address the problem. Each article brings up various stats and studies in which poverty has been research and certain programs and ways in which we can help improve the issue. Haskins (2015) focuses more on the welfare program and how it was reformed for women to provide an incentive to work and Kearney, Harris, and Anderson (2014) focuses more on improving the education of the youth. With information provided by the authors listed above I have compiled a paper addressing the issue of poverty and what programs I think would help Americans improve the life of the needy which in turn would help stimulate the economy. While the United States has made improvements in social policy in regards to addressing the issue of poverty in America, it is still a glaring issue that has yet to be conquered. Research provided by Haskins (2015) shows a decline in poverty in three important groups among Americans: children, children in female-headed families, and the elderly. The latter of the groups has a distinct rate of reduction compared to the others and this can be attributed to the Social Security program. The majority of the elderly in America receive a monthly stipend from the government that is usually adequate enough to keep them above the poverty line. Progress for the other two groups...
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...nation is currently experiencing going to affect our businesses; and more importantly, us as individuals in future years? The issues that need to be addressed to see where the root of this problem starts, and where the solution can be found starts with looking at the events other countries have or are currently facing, and how they have come up with strategies to solve their debt crisis. From there we need to focus on the economic trends that we are currently in, and the negative and positive effects that they are having. The effects that will be discussed are how creditors view America, how it affects businesses through prolonged drag and economic growth, and how it will affect the individual with inflation and increase in taxes. As this paper addresses these issues, it will reveal the scary truth of the tolls that will be put on America if they continue with their dangerous budget path. “The warning bells were sounded in early 2009: The U.S. government had to act swiftly and forcefully to avoid repeating Japan’s painful experience of sustained economic stagnation” (Scissors and Foster, 2011). Policies that were set up during the Obama Administration have failed to this point, and America was facing a long-term standstill that may occur unless the federal government decided to take steps toward...
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...The Changing Face of Welfare 1 The Changing Face of Welfare: A Comprehensive Research Study Bridgett Miller SOC 320 Public Policy & Social Services Instructor Jodie Lawston December 21, 2013 The Changing Face of Welfare 2 Welfare was first established as a Federal program during the Great Depression. In 1935, Congress enacted Aide to Dependent Children (ADC), a relatively modest program whose primary focuses was on widows, orphans, divorced or deserted mothers and their children. By 1937, ADC covered only about 7000,000 people and at least two-thirds of eligible people with children were not covered (Almanac of Policy Issues, 2001). The program grew slowly but steadily over the next two decades, providing assistance to about 3 million people by 1960. In the 1960’s and 1970’s ADC changed to Aide to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and by 1992 with the election of Bill Clinton and his promise to “end welfare as we know it. With the election of a Republic Congress in 1994, Congress was determined to change the existing welfare system and in that same year President Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (PRWORA) as welfare reached an all-time peak of 14.2 million recipients, 5 million families and 9.6 million children (Almanac of Policy Issue, 2001). The new act ended welfare entitlement and replaced it with a new block grant providing $16.5 billion per year to states to assist the needy (Almanac of Policy Issue...
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...Raising the Minimum Wage Student Name: Sylvie Makendi Course/Number: com /170 12/14/15 Faculty Name: Angela Grosse With $7.25 a person can maybe buy a whopper meal at burger king and a pack or chewing gum at a local convenience store. For a person working minimum wage to buy that whopper and pack of gum, they must work one hour. That is not enough to live a sustainable life. The meager wage brings forth recent discussion about whether or not the federal minimum wage should be increased. This divisive issue is especially prevalent within the bipartisan American political parties, the majority of Republicans do not want the minimum wage to be raised, and the majority of Democrats want the minimum wage to be raised. However, this issue should not be a political one because raising the minimum wage benefits everyone regardless of their political party of affiliation. There are many reasons to raise a minimum wage. In today’s society, it’s expensive to live in America and even getting day by day is tough. Raising the minimum wage will be beneficial for both workers and employers in the United States. It will put more money in people’s pockets. This money is invested back into their communities and small business which will help uplift the downtrodden economy. The growth of the national economy, the decrease in poverty and reduction in government sponsored social programs shows that the federal minimum wage should be raised to more than $ 7.25. Raising the minimum wage would...
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...To sustain their claim they provide real world examples such as economic knowledge and government aides. These politicians stated that many families in the United States struggle to find money for food or a place to stay, so they rely on government aides. Government aides such as food stamps and welfare checks are some examples. Food stamps are used for families who don’t make enough money to buy food, its money given by the government to help them buy food. The government issues welfare checks to assist families with bills. Government aides are intended towards families who are considered below the federal poverty line. They believe if we were to lower the amount of government aide given, it would help out the economy. Henry Ford believed that if he paid his workers well enough they would be able to afford the cars they were making, thus helping out his business and creating more profit for his company. This debate has been a huge topic in politics also, many politicians have taken...
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...A Policy Options Brief by the Public Health Law Center January 2009 e Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Opportunities to Influence Participant’s Health in Minnesota Suggested citation: Maggie Mahoney, Tobacco Law Center, The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); Opportunitites to Influence Participants’ Health in Minnesota (2008). December 2008 This publication was prepared by the Public Health Law Center, a program of the Tobacco Law Center at William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, with financial support provided in part by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota. This policy brief is provided for educational purposes only and is not to be construed as legal advice or as a substitute for obtaining legal advice from an attorney. Laws and rules cited are current as of the policy brief’s publication date. The Tobacco Law Center provides legal information and education about public health, but does not provide legal representation. Readers with questions about the application of the law to specific facts are encouraged to consult legal counsel familiar with the laws of their jurisdictions. Copyright © 2008 by the Tobacco Law Center Table of Contents Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................. 1 Introduction ..................................................................
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...clock out for the day you’re right back at work. An endless conversation by the coffee pots at work is how we the employed cannot seem to enjoy life comfortably because of several different reasons; the main reason is wage rates of pay. The people in my firm earn well above the minimum wage rate, but still have some complications financially. This in fact is intriguing; if we’re struggling to be comfortable how are those people able to survive actually earning minimum wage. In the United States the working class citizens are provided a wage by their employer for the tasks performed during their shift. For some time this wage has been under ridicule because it has been considered to be too low to survive and be at ease. The reality of this paper perhaps are shocking. It will contain that innumerable families are now struggling and striving to provide and finance their lifestyles with a single solitary income, nearly all are in need of government assistance, and the same number are long awaiting the new minimum wage to secure decent respectable wage. After speaking to one of an old high school friends she made it clear the constant daily struggle that minimum wagers endure. Lauren Smith, North Carolina resident exposes her financial turmoil. She is a 32 year old widow with two children ages 3 and 5 with a single income. During my brief interview with Lauren she specifies that she has to budget and make sure that her fulltime slightly above minimum wage job of $8.25 stretches...
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...Food Deserts-The Impact Food Deserts Have on Today’s Society Abstract Food Deserts is defined as large and isolated geographic areas in which mainstream grocery stores are absent or distant. The research has demonstrated the statistical link between Food Deserts and worse diet-related health outcomes, after controlling other key factors. The actual term ‘food deserts’ is quoted, by S. CUMMINS (British Medical Journal, 2002, Vol.325, p.436), as having been originally used by a resident of a public sector housing scheme in the west of Scotland in the early 1990s. There are several ways to look at food deserts. 1). low- Income Project 2). The independent. 3). The observer 4). The guardian. This research paper will elaborate on the ways foods deserts are defined and what affect it has on the health and well being of cultural families and communities. Table of Contents Page Abstract …………………………………………………………………………………………...2 Table of Contents ………………………………………………………………………………....3 Chapter One Context of the Problem ……………………………………………………………………......5-10 Statement of the Problem ……………………………………………………………………10-16 Research Questions ……………………………………………………………………………...16 Significance of the Study ……………………………………………………………………16-19 Objective of Study …………………………………………………………………………...19-20 Research Design and Methodology ……………………………………………………………..20 Materials ………………………………………………………………………………………...20 Organization of the Study………………………………………………………………………..21 Limitation of...
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