...Putting Children at Risk: The Ignorance Among the Anti-Vaccination Movement There is a controversy brewing that weighs the risks associated with vaccinating children versus the benefits that they provide. While the benefits have scientifically and statistically proven that vaccinations save millions of lives annually, opponents have little to offer in the way of empirical evidence to back the claims that they are harmful or the source of major health concerns. By refusing vaccinations to prevent infection of preventable disease, the most vulnerable of the populace: infants, children, the elderly and those with pre-existing health problems, are at risk of contracting painful and potentially fatal illnesses. The concept of inoculating humans...
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...Running head: VACCINATING Vaccinating Children Caitlin Darby Missouri State University Vaccinating Children Thesis 1) Vaccinating children helps stop the spread of diseases in the community. 2) Children should be vaccinated in order to stop the spread of diseases in the community. Introduction In the past many people have died from many diseases and illnesses. Today, our modern medicine can treat almost every disease out there. For example, the Bubonic Plague once killed millions of humans around the world. Once antibiotics were created to counter this disease, the mortality rate was lowered significantly. There has been a big war in this country for many years. It causes friction between families, husband and wives, and even doctors...
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...Firstly I will start on why we should vaccinate our children and ourselves in the first place and that’s simple, vaccines are one of the best ways to protect ourselves and children from some of the world’s most infectious diseases some of these are; Measles & mumps, Rubella, Chicken Pox, influenza, Hepatitis B. People vaccinating has helped Small Pox be eradicated, Polio be reduced to only a few small isolated cases If vaccinations have caused these medical break throughs then why are people starting to choose not to vaccinate their kids?, these anti-Vaxxers are rapidly appearing on social media, blogs and even the news, they take to social media to preach their views on why THEY think vaccinations are doing more harm than good, their main reason is that they believe that...
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...Vaccines aren’t bad It could be much more than a common cold, or it may just be a cold. How are you to know through? Take your children to the doctor and get them vaccinated, and you could avoid a lot of stress. Do you want a major disease to spread just because you wouldn’t vaccinated your children? There are so many lives that are put in danger over one thing. It can help save your country and many other countries from going into financial deficit, because a disease is spreading fast. The parents that refuse to vaccinate their children need to be at least fined, until they understand the importance of vaccinating their children. Individuals that have a higher risks of getting horrible diseases need to be protected. The chance of a baby catching a disease is so high because they haven’t been exposed to...
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...Many controversies surround vaccinations, one of them being the fact you have to vaccinate children before they can be accepted into school. Many claim that vaccines can be harmful or just don't want to give their children vaccines, others side with logic and reason, giving their children the required vaccines for school and proper health to ensure their child's safety. Anti-vaccine parents tend to worry about the rare side effects and the ethical morality behind the science, that they obviously do not understand. They question the integrity of the scientists and their research. So instead these parents go to dodgy websites that smudge data or flat out lie to their readers. Instead of looking at both sides of the argument they instead choose...
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...that has saved millions of lives. Every parent wants what is best for his or her child and by taking a couple of doctor-recommended shots every year, parents can help protect their children. If every parent made sure that their child was vaccinated, then maybe one day diseases could be eradicated. Vaccinating children and teenagers is important because it can help give them a healthy life, it is safe, and it can save lives. Many people, mainly parents, believe that vaccines cause more harm than good. They think that shots can damage or even destroy the immune system of a child...
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...I am a pacifist by nature. After spending the weekend attempting to come up with a controversial topic that I am passionate about, I was utterly stumped. About an hour before the Sabbath ended, before I could start actually writing this paper, a friend was over and she told me she was not planning to vaccinate her children. Her reasoning was that her mother had an adverse reaction to some vaccination, and she doesn't want to risk it with herself or her kids. I disagreed with her and told her she should not use this minimal amount of information to make such a drastic decision. There was a high possibility that her mother had simply had an adverse reaction it to this specific vaccination, and would be okay with other ones. The chances that she herself would have the same reaction was not great enough to justify not getting any vaccinations! Not vaccinating her children was absurd! And just like that, I had my topic....
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...Engagement, balance, and timing. PLoS Biology. 13(8), 1-8. The article discusses parental concerns about the safety of vaccines because of the measles epidemic and misinformation from the internet, books, and other nonmedical sources. Also, it discusses how these parents refuse to vaccinate their children or delay childhood or delay childhood vaccines and therefore put community at risk for serious vaccine-preventable diseases. Parents want to control their decisions to vaccinate their children and what affects their children’s health. The article describes a framework that parents can use to make evidence-based decisions about vaccinating their children. Heller, R. F. & Heller, T. (2002). A failure of public trust. The Practioner. p.511....
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...“Autism is a developmental disorder defined by social and communication deficits and abnormal repetitive behaviors that are seen in early childhood.”4 Autism, also called autistic disorder is the most severe of the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD’s). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states, “The current prevalence of ASD’s to be one percent of all children.”1 Most cases of Autism are of an unknown etiology and can affect children in any family and have no ethnic or social boundaries. However, there are possible environmental factors for Autism, such as lack of breast feeding, use of infant formula without docosahexaenoic acid and arachidonic acid supplementation and childhood vaccinations. Mercury exposures from thimerosal have been explored as a possible risk factor for Autism or ASD’s. Mercury is both a neuro- and immuno- toxin. Mercury in sufficient dose is neurotoxic and can be very toxic in the immature (young)...
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...cases some kids have slip through the system and still attend school. Avoiding any of these risks are becoming harder and harder. Many parents don’t vaccinate their kids because they believe it’s harmful. Parents want to avoid any vaccines because they believe that they are harmful. They believe these vaccines have negative side effects such as autism. No medical proof has been produced to prove that and many studies that do support it have been debunked. Some of these parents prefer desire some kind of proof of this vaccine magic. There hasn’t been a measles outbreak since the 1900s. Regardless of any proof that may be provided they still choose not to vaccinate their kids. Some of these parents don’t want traditional medicine for their children. The choice to not vaccinate is a choice that any parent could make. The kids that are not vaccinated are denied the choice of public school and bring harm outside of school. There is no supported proof that vaccines are harmful and have side effects like autism. Vaccines expose kids to the disease early so the body can create a defense against it before it’s exposed to it in a public space and is defenseless. ...
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...knowing the causes of why so many youth end up in juvenile delinquency. Based on an Article back on 1999, students between the ages of 12 and 18 approximately 186,000 where victims of violence crime in school and 476,000 while away from school (National Center for Educational Statistics 2001). That is a situation that should have not be acceptable, one of the biggest causes of Juvenile Delinquency is the lack of attention that parents give to their children. There are parents who give poor directions to children, fail to structure their behavior and do not reward or punish appropriately. “…our prediction was that the highest levels of antisocial behavior would occur where poor attachment between parent and child was combined with poor controls.” (Hoge, Andrews, and Leschied, 1994, p. 547). Two other causes are a child being abuse physically and mentally at an early age, and low self-esteem. There are many much factors and causes that if we all take in consideration and with the help of the government we can help our youth to children of good and grow with being...
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...Activity | Hazards | Likelihood | Severity | Controls | Drawing (Arts and craft) | Sharp pencilsPaper cuts | 22 | 44 | Make sure pencils are not too sharp.Cello tape paper down to tables | Dinner time | Chocking on foodSharp utensils | 31 | 35 | Make sure food is cut up small enough for child not to choke on itDon’t leave utensils out or misplace sharp ones | Reading to children | Fall asleep and suffocateTry eating books | 11 | 35 | Make sure child doesn’t fall asleep sitting upDo not let children read books unsupervised | Taking children to toilets | Not cleaning child properlySlip on water | 32 | 34 | Making sure the child has been cleaned properly to prevent cross contaminationMake sure children are supervised | Playtime | Eat sand Weather | 23 | 43 | Make sure child is supervised at all timesMake sure child is correctly dressed at all times | P3: Carry out a risk assessment in a health or social care setting. M2: Assess the hazards identified in the health and social care setting. D1: Make recommendations in relation to the identified hazards to minimise the risks to the service user group. In this assignment I will be talking about the risk assessment that I carried out in a nursery. I will be talking about the risks that could take place and how likely it would be of the risk to take place, also I will be talking about the severity of the risk. A risk assessment is simply a careful examination of what, in your work, could cause harm to people, so that...
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...knowing the causes of why so many youth end up in juvenile delinquency. Based on an Article back on 1999, students between the ages of 12 and 18 approximately 186,000 where victims of violence crime in school and 476,000 while away from school (National Center for Educational Statistics 2001). That is a situation that should have not be acceptable, one of the biggest causes of Juvenile Delinquency is the lack of attention that parents give to their children. There are parents who give poor directions to children, fail to structure their behavior and do not reward or punish appropriately. “…our prediction was that the highest levels of antisocial behavior would occur where poor attachment between parent and child was combined with poor controls.” (Hoge, Andrews, and Leschied, 1994, p. 547). Two other causes are a child being abuse physically and mentally at an early age, and low self-esteem. There are many much factors and causes that if we all take in consideration and with the help of the government we can help our youth to children of good and grow with being descent. References Sharon Mandel Ilanna. (2008). what causes Juvenile Delinquency? Retrieved from http://www.filthylucre.com/what-causes-juvenile-delinquency Schaefer Schiumo, Ginsberg Kristin, Potraka Amy (Eds). (2003, Aug) The Effectiveness of the warning signs Programming Educating Youth about Violence Prevention: A Study with Urban High School Students. (Vol.7, Issue 1, p1-8....
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...Chapter 15 1. Father of the country 2. “houses of refuge” 3. reform school 4. Illinois Juvenile Court Act 5. • The state is the “higher or ultimate parent” of all the children within its borders. • Children are worth saving, and nonpunitive procedures should be used to save the child. • Children should be nurtured. While the nurturing process is under way, they should be protected from the stigmatizing impact of formal adjudicatory procedures. • To accomplish the goal of reformation, justice needs to be individualized; that is, each child is different, and the needs, aspirations, living conditions, and so on of each child must be known in their individual particulars if the court is to be helpful. • Noncriminal procedures are necessary to give primary consideration to the needs of the child. The denial of due process can be justified in the face of constitutional challenges because the court acts not to punish, but to help. 6. Status offenses 7. • Notice, to comply with due process requirements, must be given sufficiently in advance of scheduled court proceedings so that reasonable opportunity to prepare will be afforded. • The probation officer cannot act as counsel for the child. His role in the adjudicatory hearing, by statute and in fact, is as arresting officer and witness against the child. There is no material difference in this respect between adult and juvenile proceedings...
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...delinquent behavior in some form exists in the majority of the youth present in the world today. Why juveniles present such behavior is an ongoing topic of discussion for law enforcement officials and agencies. There are many programs geared toward helping juveniles to cope with their issues and receive the help and treatment needed to be successful in life. In the city of Petersburg, Virginia there is a Firesetters Program. This program addresses the problem of fires set by children. A Juvenile Firesetter is a child typically between the ages of 4 and 14 who exhibits an unusual interest or curiosity in fires, or a child with a history of fire play. This program also seeks to find the reason behind the setting of fires or what triggers the child to set fires. Some reasons could be the divorce of parents, frustration, anger, loneliness, a crisis at home, death, or issues or problems at school ( City of Petersburg, 2015). This program also meets with the parents and the child or children to conduct confidential sessions with the Public Educator or Fire Marshal. An interview is conducted to try to find out how long the problem has existed, the primary reason for it, and the dangers associated with it. An evaluation is done and follow up visits are scheduled for the child. Another diversion program in the state of Virginia is the Community Services Program. This program allows youth to work without pay in a government or non-profit agency and it is an ...
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