...Module #4: Chronic Diseases Jonathon Odem University of North Carolina-Charlotte In the article pertaining to Daniel Houser, who is 13 years old and is diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was diagnosed at the doctor’s office with his parents in the room who refuses treatment right away for Daniel due to religious beliefs. Daniels family thought that alternatives to chemo would be better to Daniel. Once the word got out that the parents were refusing treatment the court ordered that this needed to be investigated for the child’s health. Judge John Rodenburg ruled against the family using the statement “medically neglected” and ordered that Daniel needed to be in the hands of child protective services for his safety. I believe that the court ruling was unfair to the family. The family of Daniel serves the right to make whatever medical decisions they choose. Daniel is not 18 so his voice would not have any role in the decisions therefore it is up to his parents to choose treatment or not. If they felt is if it was morally wrong to their beliefs it is not fair to force the treatment upon them or even taking there child to protective services. If Daniel wanted treatment and parents still refused the treatment I could understand where the court needs to be involved on making the decisions due to maybe a financial problems or something along those lines. In my eyes the policy for cancer treatment should be in the hands of the patient and their family. If the patient...
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...The Role and Life of a Mental Health Counselor COUN 6100-13 Intro to Mental Health Counseling Component I: Narrative Summation of Interview Mrs. Washington-Williams was able to explain to me the difference from a mental health counselor and a social worker. Mental health counselors focus on interventions and preventions for their clients. Although social worker and mental health counselors have some similar things in common there are also some that are different when it comes to working with our clients. A normal day according to Mrs. Washington-Williams goes as her checking in on her clients throughout the day, having one-on-one counseling session, group counseling, and looking over the client goals to determine if the client has worked towards their goals and made progress. All counselors do struggle with ethical and legal issues; but they do keep in mind on can help and hurt them. Because of that she has to keep in mind that the client she is working has a great imagination. Some of the clients like to come up with stories and see if anything will be done. She did state that an investigation is and reviewed to see if the stories are true or false. Not all counselors go by theories and apply them in their practice but they still acknowledge them. When asked about theories she stated that due to every client is different and the treatment various; she do not use theories as often but when they are need she does the research and apply what...
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...LIFE FACTORS AND LIFE EVENTS PASS 2 For this assignment I will be explaining the potential effects of five different life factors on the development of an individual. I will also be looking at unpredictable and predictable life events and how they could have an effect on the development of that person. Potential life factors, unpredictable and predictable life events could include: Employment Income Housing Environment Education Culture Gender Relationships Marriage Parenthood Birth of a child Starting work Retirement Divorce Serious illness or injury Redundancy and unemployment Bereavement Abuse HOUSING Having good housing will have a positive affect on growth and development. Your home is a place where you should feel safe a secure so by having good housing conditions and if you live in a nice peaceful area this will make you feel safe and allow you to decorate and stamp your own personality on your home. You will want people to come around to your house because you will have a sense of pride about home which will enable you to keep in contact with your friends and family. Where you live is also important, for younger people living in a urban area will give them access to more social activities and facilities which is important for their own self-esteem and growth and will allow them to make more friends and feel wanted by society. Rural life is often quieter which will suit families with younger...
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...children's daily life, taking time off from school or difficulty eating 1. Quality of life has been increasingly used as a scientific concept in literature embracing a wide range of target groups and populations as a whole2. Measures of quality of life are increasingly being used to supplement clinical indicators to explore the individual’s perspectives on their health and health care and it is an important part of assessing oral health 3. These measures, which assess "the extent to which oral conditions disrupt normal social role functioning and lead to major changes in behavior", are known as socio-dental indicators or oral health-related quality of life measures (OHRQoL). These indicators were developed to assess subjective aspects of oral health 4. Adolescent oral health is influenced by many factors; good oral health is also associated with broader social and economic determinants. A variety of child oral health-related quality of life instruments have been developed in the past 20 years but child version of the Oral...
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...[pic] LIFE STORY BOOK INDEX 1. INTRODUCTION 2. CHILDHOOD 3. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT YOU 4. IMPORTANT PLACES THAT MATTER TO YOU 5. HOBBIES AND INTERESTS 6. YOUR BELIEFS 7. COMMUNICATING WITH YOU 8. YOUR FAVOURITE THINGS 9. SPECIAL PHOTOS 10. MY CALENDAR Life Story Work describes a biographical approach, which gives people the opportunity to talk about their life experiences. It involves recording relevant aspects of a person's past and present life with the aim of using this life story to benefit them in their present situation. The potential benefits of Life Story Work as an intervention for people with memory impairment and their families have been recognised for some time, in terms of promoting individualised care, improving assessment, building relationships between care staff and family carers as well as improving communication.(Clarke 2002, Bryan and Maxim) RESIDENT’S NAME: ARTEM GINGER DATE: 6/2/2015 CHILDHOOD What was the date and place of your birth? 11/08/1979 What were your parent's names? Include dates of birth, occupation(s). (Put their birthdays into personal calendar) Father: Victor Ginger, 11/05/1950, teacher Mother: Galina Ginger, 11/05/1956, teacher Do you have any brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews? Include their names, dates of birth, occupations, where they live or used to live. (Put their birthdays in personal calendar) Half-sister: Veronika Ginger, 19/01/1977, engineer, lives in Canada...
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...Part 4 – ***** Conclusion – ***** References- ****** Bibliography – ****** Introduction Innovation and entrepreneurship are generally regarded as critical activities for economic development, regeneration and growth both in the private and public sector. The aim of our presentation is to access the innovation capability in the life and health sciences sector. We chose Norbrook laboratories as they are a worldwide international company and we felt they were a leading example. Innovations& Entrepreneurship Sector :Life& Health Sciences Company Norbrook Part One – Profile Owner Lord bally Edmond Company Name: Norbrook Laboratories Limited Year Established: 1969 Norbrook is the largest privately owned pharmaceutical company in the world. Company Name: Norbrook Laboratories Limited ships product to 120 countries around the world has manufacturing plants in 4 continents. “Since its foundation over 40 years ago, our company has grown to be one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. Norbrook® Laboratories has established itself as a global leader in the development of revolutionary veterinary and animal health medicines. Norbrook® Laboratories Ltd is a dynamic and fast-growing international company, employing 1500 people in Newry and a further 1500 worldwide. We have a number of exciting opportunities from Sales &...
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...All throughout my life, I have focused on serving through health care. My mother was a nurse practitioner in a rural clinic in South Korea, which was connected to our house. Consequently, the clinic became my playground and the stethoscopes became my toys. I also watched my mother patiently tend to the patients and put their well-being before her own, helping others both physically and emotionally. Our move to America when I was six changed everything. My mom had to sacrifice her nurse practitioner position and enter a new, confusing culture. It was difficult to adjust for our whole family and the language and cultural barrier was a ginormous obstacle. School life was also difficult as my peers belittled my intelligence and communication...
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...For this task I had to select an individual for my assignment and describe their physical, intellectual, emotional and social development for each of their life stages. The individual I have chosen is Michael Jackson, I have chosen him because I think that his life was very interesting and I’d like to explore all the other aspects of this life. I will need explain what I think could/should happen to Michael Jackson at each life stage. Conception Michael Jacksons parents Katherine Jackson and Joe Jackson would have conceived Michael around about November 1957.Conception is the making of a new beginning of life , now each women should be born with a full functioning birth system sometimes when a women does not function properly she may not be able to have children and conceive. Each month hormones are released such as follicle stimulating hormone and estrogen, these hormones help follicles develop and help the uterus to get thick and to get prepared for the fertilization of an egg. Each egg leaves the woman’s ovaries and it goes into the fallopian tube, then after this process it gets travelled through to the uterus. It all starts during intercourse, when a man has intercourse with a woman he inserts sperm into her vagina about 250 million sperms would have been ejaculated into the vagina. Every sperm looks the same as it has a long tall to enable it to swim and force itself up to the fallopian tube. This is where all the magic happens in the woman fallopian tube, the tube...
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...The Competition Act 89 of 1998 (“the Act”) was used as reference Caption: Momentum Group Limited v African Life Health (Pty) Ltd (CAC) 58/CAC/Dec05 Heard in the Competition Appeal Court Decided 14 February 2006. Judgment written by Malan AJA. Davis JP and Mailula AJA concurring. Facts: This case dealt with the review and appeal of the decision of the Competition Tribunal. The applicants in the case are Momentum Group Limited (“MGL”) and two non-executive directors, L. Dippenaar and J Burger, who are the CEO and CFO of First Rand Limited (“FRL”), respectively. The Chairperson of the Competition Tribunal, the Acting Commissioner of the Competition Commission and African Life Health (Pty) Ltd (“ALH”) were respondents. The case concerned a large merger between MGL and ALH, MGL being the acquiring firm and ALH the target firm. The Competition Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) raised concern about the dual directorship held at operating and holding company level between the acquiring firm, MGL, and its parent firm, FRL, and one of FRL’s subsidiary’s, Discovery Holdings. FRL holds 65.6% shares in Discovery and wholly owns MGL. MGL and ALH operate in the medical scheme administration sector. The Competition Commission recommended that the merger be approved unconditionally after which it was referred to the Tribunal in terms of s 14A of the Act for approval. The Tribunal imposed a condition on the merger that prohibited cross directorship between Discovery and MGL. The Tribunal...
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...The relationship of excess body weight and health-related quality of life: evidence from a population study in Taiwan I-C Huang, C Frangakis, and AW Wu Abstract Objective: Excess body weight is related to significant morbidity and mortality. However, less is known about the relationship of body weight to health-related quality of life (HRQOL), especially for Asian populations. We examined the relationship of excess weight and HRQOL in a general population sample from Taiwan. Research methods and procedures: This cross-sectional study used a national representative sample (n=14221) from the 2001 Taiwan National Health Interview Survey. Body weight was categorized using body mass index (BMI in kg/m2) as normal (18.5–24.9), overweight (25–29.9), and obese (>=30). HRQOL was measured using the Taiwan version of the SF-36. We compared the body weight–HRQOL relationships by age, gender, and status of chronic condition, respectively. We especially used the Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) to examine the relationships of BMI and HRQOL by taking into account the correlations of HRQOL within households. Four models were developed to adjust sequentially for sets of covariates: Model 1 with no adjustment; Model 2 adjusting for socio-demographic variables; Model 3 adding chronic conditions; Model 4 further adding smoking status. Results: Unadjusted physical HRQOL was best for normal weight, worse for overweight, and worst for obese individuals. For unadjusted mental HRQOL, overweight...
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...The impact of Social Media Addiction on an Individual’s Social Life & Mental Health and the factors that causes Social Media Addiction Anku Sherpa ACADEMIC YEAR 2014 Data Driven Decision Making Stamford International University ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to understand the factors that causes Social media addiction and the impacts of Social media addiction on the social life and mental health of its users. The research will be conducted amongst users of Social media in Thailand and will highlight whether Socio Demographic factors such as age, gender, level of education and marital status influence Social media addiction. The respondents for the study will be chosen through non probability – convenience sampling and the research will focus on only quantitative approach. Lastly, the research study will also attempt to illustrate whether there is a relationship between Social media addiction and Human interaction and Mental health. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This Thesis would not have been completed with the continual support of our facilitator Dr. Apitep Saekow and we would like to thank him for his continued support and guidance throughout the writing of this research study. Our sincere gratitude also towards the Stamford International University for providing us with an opportunity to conduct this research and providing us with the necessary resources through the Stamford Library. Our Special thanks also goes out to all our friends who helped us...
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...Development through the life stages. UNIT 4 P1 M1 D1 Development through the life stages. UNIT 4 P1 M1 D1 * Introduction In this essay I will be explaining the development throughout the life stages. This is including conception, pregnancy (1st, 2nd and 3rd trimesters), birth and infancy (0-3years), childhood (4-9years), adolescence (10-18years), adulthood (19-65years), older adulthood (65+) and the final stages of life. This will include physical, intellectual, emotional and social development. I will further this by discussing nature versus nurture, and conclude by evaluating how this will affect the physical, intellectual, emotional and social development. * Conception Each month a group of eggs in the ovaries grow in small sacks named follicles. Eventually one of these eggs leaves, this is ovulation. This typically takes places 2 weeks before the next period is due. Once the egg leaves the follicle it develops into the corpus luteum, releasing a hormone to thicken the uterus lining, preparing for the egg. Once released the egg travels to the fallopian tube, where it remains for 24hrs waiting for sperm to fertilize it. This takes around 2 weeks after the period. If there is no sperm to fertilize the egg, it travels through the uterus and falls apart. The hormone levels return to normal, and the uterus sheds the lining, starting the period. If a sperm does make its way into the egg, it fertilizes, no other sperm will be able to access the egg. As soon as fertilization...
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...The challenges and strategies for improving the national health as a whole will be to , increase the quality of individual life by making awareness and motivation to acquire knowledge over health .reduce and eliminate the disparities in the people that includes race , gender , ethnicity ,income and disability. The changes and policy strategies are designed to target whole national’s health rather than individuals by modifying physical and organizational strctures.example of such modification includes enhancing opportunities to engage in physical activity by providing onsite facilities for exercises. The educational and informational strategies attempt to build the knowledge to inform the necessity of optimal health practice. Information and learning experiences voluntary adaptations towards conductive behavior of health. This can be done by providing information in internet, posters, pamphlets, health and nutrition software’s and providing information regarding healthy diet and exercise. Behavioral and social strategies will influence the behaviors indirectly by targeting individual’s awareness, self – efficacy, perceived support and interntions.this can include social environment to provide support for the people to maintain weight changes. Such interventions can involve group behavioral counseling. The Vision of healthy people 2020: “A society in which all people live long , Healthy lives “, So the barriers to health service includes lack of availability, Increased cost, lack...
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....WHAT IS QUALITY OF LIFE AND HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE? A REVIEW OF THE CONCEPTS AND SOME ATTEMPTS AT MEASUREMENT Quality of life research, then, spans a range of topics, from quality of life in the last year of life (Lawton et al. 1990) to quality of life in urban environments (Rogerson et al. 1989). As was illustrated earlier, quality of life is an amorphous concept, that has a usage across many disciplines -- geography, literature, philosophy, health economics, advertising, health promotion and the medical and social sciences (e.g. sociology and psychology). It is a vague concept; it is multidimensional and theoretically incorporates all aspects of an individual's life. Quality of life has also been defined as the `output' of the inputs of the physical and the spiritual (Liu 1974); as the degree to which a person accomplishes life goals (Cella and Cherin 1987); and even quantified crudely as a formula in which quality of life (QL) is a product of one's natural endowment (NE) and the effort made on one's behalf by the family (H) and society (S), such that QL ]] NE ]] H ]] S (Shaw 1977). The meaning of the concept of quality of life is thus arguably dependent on the user of the term, his or her understanding of it, and his or her position and agenda in the social and political structure (Edlund and Tancredi 1985): `Quality of life is a vague and ethereal entity, something that many people talk about, but which nobody very clearly knows what to do about' (Campbell...
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...Axia College Material Six Dimensions of Health Worksheet Part 1 For each of the following six dimensions of health, list at least one characteristic, activity, belief, or attitude that reflects that dimension in your life. Provide a brief explanation with each example. Refer to Ch. 1 in the text for explanations of these dimensions. Physical health: Physical health focuses on the outward appearance of a person like their physique, body size, and shape. An activity that reflects this dimension in my life is exercise. Exercise or some form of physical activity has become a very important part of my life after about five years ago packing on some unwanted pounds after the birth of my last child. I try to incorporate at least one hour of physical activity in my day five days out of the week. Social health: Social health can refer to a person’s ability to have interactions with others or adapt to a social situation. To help with maintain my social health a few close friends and I dedicate one Saturday out of the month to ladies day/night out. This is a day when we can get away from our spouses and children for a few hours and just enjoy good conversation between girlfriends. Intellectual health: Intellectual health can refer to the ability to think clearly and use your brain power. I believe I use intellectual health in my daily life, especially at my job. When making decisions on appropriate codes to use when reviewing medical charts it requires me to think...
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