...Aging in Place Case Study The leaders received a comprehensive analysis of Cecile Sullivan by conducting an occupational profile. Cecile is a 95-year-old Caucasian-American female. The client is widow, residing at Landmark Monastery Heights in West Springfield, Massachusetts. Mrs. Sullivan expressed having limited visits from friends and family due to distance and other life commitments and circumstances. Cecile received a high school diploma from a secondary school in South, Holyoke, MA. The client also raised and owned horses for many years. Cecile took on the horse business, which was owned by her family for many generations. It was her main source of income. Cecile expressed that her socioeconomic status is middle class. The leaders were unable to obtain full medical history because client exhibited lack of awareness. Client identified being a parent, a friend, wife, and horse owner as her main life roles. At this point of the occupational profile, client...
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..._____________________________________________________________________________ Clinico-pathological profile of diagnosed patients of lung cancer with its relation to smoking habit and educational status in a medical college of paschim medinipore west Bengal, india- A Tribal area prospective Abinash Agarwala1, PP Roy2, Samir kumar Sarkar3, Siddhartha kumar Das4, Ankan Banerjee5 1 2 R M O cum CT Chest Department, Medinipore medical college, West Bengal, India Professor & HOD, Chest Department, Medinipore Medical College & Hospital, West Bengal, India 3 R.M.O. Cum CT, Bankura Sammilani Medical College, West Bengal, India 4 R.M.O Cum CT, College of Medicine & JNM Hospital, West Bengal, India 5 Assistant Professor, Chest Department, Medinipore Medical college, West Bengal, India ABSTRACT Background: Lung cancer is one of the commonest and most lethal cancer throughout the world. Tobacco smoking continues to be the leading cause of lung cancer worldwide. An increase incidence of lung cancer has been observed in India.Objective: The aim of this study was to find out the demographic and clinico-pathological profile of diagnosed lung cancer patients and its relation to smoking habit and educational status in tribal area of paschim Medinipore West Bengal, India. Materials and Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of histopathologically proven cases of lung cancer admitted in our hospital from June 2011 to June 2014. Results: Out of 160 patients, male...
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...TOXICOLOGICAL PROFILE FOR PENTACHLOROPHENOL U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry September 2001 PENTACHLOROPHENOL ii DISCLAIMER The use of company or product name(s) is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. PENTACHLOROPHENOL iii UPDATE STATEMENT Toxicological profiles are revised and republished as necessary, but no less than once every three years. For information regarding the update status of previously released profiles, contact ATSDR at: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Division of Toxicology/Toxicology Information Branch 1600 Clifton Road NE, E-29 Atlanta, Georgia 30333 PENTACHLOROPHENOL vi *Legislative Background The toxicological profiles are developed in response to the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986 (Public law 99-499) which amended the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA or Superfund). This public law directed ATSDR to prepared toxicological profiles for hazardous substances most commonly found at facilities on the CERCLA National Priorities List and that pose the most significant potential threat to human health, as determined by ATSDR and the EPA. The availability of the revised priority list of 275 hazardous substances was announced in the Federal Register on November 17, 1997 (62...
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...Assignment 1 Chemical Sensitivity: A Medical Perspective CVOH 221 – Topics in Occupational Health and Safety Student: Sandeep Singh Purba Date Due: June 5th, 2012 Table of Contents I. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 2 II. Allergy vs. Chemical Sensitivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 2 III. Principles of Chemical Sensitivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 3 IV. Awareness of Chemical Sensitivity in Various Medical Fields. . . . . . . . . Pg 4 V. Methods for Accommodation and Prevention of Chemical Sensitivity. . . . . . Pg 4 VI. Conclusions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 5 VII. Research Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 6 VIII. Sources of Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 7 IX. Interview Excerpts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 8 X. Works Cited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 10 ...
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...1st term, 2011-2012 De La Salle University, Manila Business Law Atty. Antonio Ligon Professor Introduction Japan, being an industrial nation, ranks high in the world in terms of competitiveness and safety. The purpose of this study is to present an investigation and inquiry into Japan’s measures on Health and Safety for their workers; including their policies, implementing government agencies, and results; as compared with the measures taken in our country. It also aims to identify areas where we can gain knowledge of Japan’s measures to keep their workers safe and healthy. This study also seeks to see where Japan is and how far it is from our country in this matter, what their strengths are and where we can improve on. The significance of this study is that it tackles an issue where our country continues to lag behind industrialized nations like Japan. The continued number of work-related accidents in our country affects millions of workers who continue to be at risk due to poor working conditions. The study aims to draw recommendations that will help our government policy makers in strengthening areas that we need to improve on. Contents Health and Safety Measures for Workers in Japan i Introduction ii Study 1 Background 1 Policy and Legislation 1 Industrial Accident Prevention Organization Law (enacted 1964) 1 Industrial Safety and Health Law 1 Working Environment Measurement Law 1 Pneumoconiosis Law 2 Ordinances 2 11th Industrial...
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...scientific study of crime and criminality as well as society’s response thereto. Criminology incorporates various disciplines such as psychology, history, law, sociology, anthropology, psychiatry and has sub-categories including victimology (studying victims), penology (reviewing prisons), psychological analysis (profiling of crime scenes and perpetrators), etc. An economic profile is a basic overview of the economy in a certain state, country, or city. An economic profile should always include the expenditure or consumption of money in that area. An economic profile combines narrative information with selective business and financial data to provide an overview of the economic landscape of an industry, business sector, city, region or nation. Companies use economic profiles to assess new investment opportunities and evaluate the desirability of an area for relocation or business expansion. In government, these reports provide valuable intelligence and inform economic policy. Writing an economic profile requires knowing your audience and what it expects to learn from the report, as well as attention to the basics of good professional writing, including concise sentences that rely on active voice and minimize the use of specialized jargon. The term “student profile” is used in several different senses in the education community. In all cases, a student profile provides information about a student, but the information can be presented and used in different ways. Student profiles can...
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...Experience 107 BSN IV – OREM BATCH 2012 Clinical Instructors Kenneth E. Librea, RN Zussette O. Villar, RN, MAN Lawrence Ignatius M. Pamintuan, RN February 2012 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This study would not be possible without the help and support of the following people to whom the researchers would like to extend their sincerest appreciation and deepest gratitude: The Almighty God, for the knowledge, wisdom, strength and love that He unconditionally bestowed on the group. This community diagnosis has been done according to His will. Professor Maria Luisa H. Lopez, for the patience and efforts she has exerted in planning this study; for the motivation and words of wisdom that pushed the students into working hard; for the assistance, knowledge and information that guided the actions of the group; and lastly, for her professional and motherly approaches which both disciplined and encouraged the students. Prof. Zussette O. Villar, Prof. Lawrence O. Pamintuan, and Prof. Kenneth E. Librea, for their diligence and hard work in guiding the students throughout the span of the community immersion; for the friendship and seniority that they offered to the students; and for extending their time and efforts in criticizing the works of the students towards continuous improvement. This study would not have been a success without them. Presidents Evangeline Borja and Nicomeded Aguilar of Dilang I and Dilang II, for warmly welcoming the PLP College of Nursing and for actively cooperating...
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...Occupational Safety and Health Administration Jaisa Faye Ganir University of Hawaii, West Oahu PUBA 475 (67064) June 26, 2012 Table of Contents Introduction…….………………………………………………………………………………….3 History……………………………………………………………………………………………..3 Background………………………………………………………………………………...........3-5 Who OSHA Covers………………………………………………………………………..4 Who OSHA Doesn’t Cover……………………………………………………………..4-5 Worker Rights……………………………………………………………….…………….5 Regulations “Standards”………… ……………………………………………….............5 Organizational Profile………………………………………………….………………………..6-7 National……………………...…………………….………………………………………6 Regional………………………………………………...…………………………………6 Advisory Committee’s……………………..……………………………………………6-7 Annual Report..………………………………………………………………………………….7-8 Controversies………..…………………………………………………………………………..8-9 Regulations and Enforcement Policies…………..………………………………..…….8-9 OSHA Inspectors and Beryllium………………………………..…..…………………….9 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………..…………………9-10 References………………………………………………………………………………………..11 Introduction Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a dependent agency under the United States Department of Labor. According to OSHA, congress enacted the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, which enabled the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). “ OSHA’s mission under the OSH Act of 1970 is to assure safe and healthful conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and providing training...
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...Abstract This paper examines the occupational health and safety problems faced by the waste-pickers of Dhaka City. An extensive field survey and physical examinations of the waste-pickers have been used to collect the necessary primary data. The paper tracks down the health problems to their roots with the help of an impact-pathway based analysis. The study finds that the most prevalent types of occupational risks include: bites from insects and rats, cuts and bruises, skin disease, respiratory and gastro-intestinal tract problems, eye irritation, body aches, general weakness, and frequent fever. Keywords: solid waste, health impact, risk factor, confounding factor, prevalence rate, morbidity index. 1 Introduction Every day, some 4000-4500 tons of solid waste is generated in Dhaka City by its 10 million inhabitants. About half of this waste is collected by the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) and disposed at the central landfill site at Matuail. The rest are dumped in open fields, ditches and along street sides creating a major civic health problem. The situation is made worse by fact that the there is no separate system of collection and disposal for clinical and industrial waste in the city, all the hazardous clinical and industrial wastes are dumped in the same municipal bins used for household waste disposal; eventually most of the hazardous wastes also end up in the landfill site. In this backdrop, what is perhaps the most serious health concern is that there are a...
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...consideration the promising success stories of companies selling data mining software, along with the positive results of research in this area, we evaluate the use of data mining techniques for the purpose of fraud detection. Are we talking about real success stories, or salesmanship? For answering this, first a theoretical background is given about fraud, internal control, data mining and supervised versus unsupervised learning. Starting from this background, it is interesting to investigate the use of data mining techniques for detection of asset misappropriation, starting from unsupervised data. In this study, procurement fraud stands as an example of asset misappropriation. Data are provided by an international service-sector company. After mapping out the purchasing process, ’hot spots’ are identified, resulting in a series of known frauds and unknown frauds as object of the study. 1 Introduction Fraud is a million dollar business and it is increasing every year. ”45% of companies worldwide have fallen victim to economic crime in 2004 and 2005. The average damage to the companies from tangible frauds (i.e. asset misappropriation, false pretences, and counterfeiting) was US$ 1.7 million.” according to the ’Global economic crime survey 2005’ of PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Journal headlines and news topics indicate the same trend of increasing fraudulent behavior. Given these numbers, it is remarkable...
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...than a second, at intervals greater than one second2. Impact noises are usually produced by quick gas expansion, such as that produced by firearms or bomb explosions. These types of sound can reach intensities of 140 dB SPL (sound pressure level) in frequencies around 2 and 3 kHz and, for this reason; they are harmful for human hearing3. When the human ear is exposed to impact noise, at a sound intensity of 120 dB or higher, there is a risk for acoustic trauma. This noise intensity can cause important and abrupt injuries to the cochlea, such as base membrane rupture, tissue and hair cell disarray. Clinically, one of the consequences of impact noise is an immediate and permanent unilateral or bilateral hearing loss, with tinnitus. In some cases, the hearing loss may improve after a few days4. Such a reversible elevation of auditory threshold produced by noise exposure is known as Temporary Threshold Shift (TTS). However, permanent exposure to intense noise damages the outer hair cells, especially those on the cochlear basal turn, very likely because this is the area of the organ which is more constantly stimulated5. This produces an irreversible elevation of auditory threshold following noise exposure associated with permanent pathological changes in cochlea known as Permanent Threshold Shift (PTS). The extent and the grade of the hearing damage has a direct relation with the sound pressure intensity, duration in time, frequency and the greater or lower susceptibility of the individual...
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...Chapter- One Introduction 1. Introduction Over much of the last decade, Bangladesh’s economy has maintained a high, 6 percent growth rate. Although the country remains one of the poorest (it ranks 146th out of 187 countries in the UNDP’s latest Human Development Report), experts are generally optimistic about its growth trajectory – recently, the director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) said that Bangladesh was “well on track” to achieve its development goals to become a middle-income country by 2021. The garment industry, which makes up 80 percent of the country’s export earnings and employs over 3.6 million people, has played an enormous role in the country’s economic progress. Due to a number of factors but mostly lower working wages, Bangladesh has beaten some of its neighbors like India, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia to become one of the world’s largest clothing exporters – second only to China. Since the workers of garments industries are driving the economy of Bangladesh to a large extent it is necessary to ascertain a healthy working environment for the workers. The labor law, 2006 states a number of rules regarding safety, health and hygiene and welfare of the workers of Bangladesh. In order to evaluate the true picture of the garments sector a survey has been made on a garments company named “Best Shirts Ltd”. This report presents a detailed explanation of the health and welfare conditions prevailing in that garments factory. Here an effort...
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...I’ve learned in my first 4 weeks of being in Introduction to Health Science class at Kaplan University. The profession I chose is Health Information Technology. Health Information technology is very interesting. I have learned a lot about that I didn’t know even though I do this job on a daily basis. Health information technology (health IT) involves the exchange of health information in an electronic environment. Widespread use of health IT within the health care industry will improve the quality of health care, prevent medical errors, reduce health care costs, increase administrative efficiencies, decrease paperwork, and expand access to affordable health care. It is imperative that the privacy and security of electronic health information be ensured as this information is maintained and transmitted electronically. (US Department of Health and Human Services, n.d.) As a health information technician career opportunities exist in: doctor offices, medical facilities, hospitals, insurance offices, pharmaceutical companies and labs. (Associate of Applied Science in Health Information Technology, n.d.) Health information technicians have multiple duties/task that are done. The following are some of the duties that I’ve learn that health information technicians have to do: * Review patient records for timeliness, completeness, accuracy, and appropriateness of data. * Organize and maintain data for clinical databases and registries, * Track patient outcomes for quality...
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...Sexual Harassment in the Workplace EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN IN THE HEALTH SECTOR Paramita Chaudhuri Health and Population Innovation Fellowship Programme Working Paper, No. 1 This report is the result of a project entitled “Understanding Sexual Harassment in the Health Sector,” undertaken as part of the Health and Population Innovation Fellowship (HPIF) awarded to the author in 2004. The HPIF programme is administered by the Population Council, New Delhi and is a continuation of the MacArthur Foundation’s Fund for Leadership Development (FLD) fellowship programme that continued over the period 1995 to 2004. The Council is grateful to the MacArthur Foundation for its support to this programme. The HPIF programme aims to support mid-career individuals who have innovative ideas, leadership potential, and the capacity to help shape policy and public debate in the field of population, reproductive health and rights in general, with a focus on two priority themes – maternal mortality and morbidity, and the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people. Since the transfer of the programme to the Population Council through 2006, a total of 17 individuals have been supported under the HPIF programme. For additional copies of this report, please contact: Paramita Chaudhuri Senior Programme Officer Sanhita 89B Raja Basanto Roy Road Kolkata 700 029 Email: sanhita@cal.vsnl.net.in Phone: 033-24227965 Population Council Zone 5A, Ground Floor India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road...
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...Epidemiology Question 1 1. Case control studies are designed in such a way so as to explore whether exposure can be associated with a particular outcome, such as a disease or certain condition. In these studies, the definition groups are based on the outcome and exposure assessment for potential risk factors. The first step in case control studies is the identification of the case (for example a group of people known to have the certain condition), as well as the control group ( a group that does not have the outcome). The second step is to explore whether some of the subjects in each group were exposed, and how the frequency of the exposure is measured between the case and the control group. Case control studies are basically observational, because there is no intervention taking place, and is a retrospective determination of the exposure to a certain risk factor. Advantages of case control studies • Case control studies are relatively less time consuming, since the disease has occurred in the past, therefore there is no need to assess the disease or condition. • They are an efficient way to study rare cases and diseases or outbreaks of diseases, since they are fast; during an outbreak, the fast examination of certain conditions is required, and a sufficient number of people suffering can be quickly accessed. • They allow a simultaneous examination of multiple conditions and risk factors • Allow the establishment of associations between suspected risk...
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