Community Assessment and Analysis of the Hispanic Population in Dallas Introduction Most of Texas’ phenomenal growth over the last decade followed the route of Interstate 35 from the Rio Grande Valley to San Antonio, Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth, a broad swath that included seven of the ten fastest-growing counties in the state. And much of that growth was fueled by the fast-growing Hispanic population. Hispanics account for two-thirds of Texas' growth over the past decade and now make up
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My aim in this paper is to analyse community psychology and public health and distinguish between the two approaches. Community Psychology focuses on economic, environmental, political and social factors that influence the way in which people all over the world live their lives. It also touches on social factors that contribute or causes problems in various societies. Public Health on the other hand, according to Tutorial Letter 102/0/2014, is defined as being concerned with “preventing disease and
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Governor’s University RN-MSN Student ID# 000379988 In the United States we are very fortunate. For the most part we do not live in fear of disease outbreaks from day to day. Our government along with the Centers for Disease Control and Public Health Departments have managed to have adults and children vaccinated and set up recommendations regarding those vaccinations. Despite all that is done our country allows freedoms. One of these freedoms is to not vaccinate your child from communicable
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Concepts in community and public health Safaa Soueid Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V-0191 March 16,2014 Communicable disease is a disordered caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites. Many organisms live in our body, normally they are unable to cause harm, but under certain circumstances may cause diseases (Mayo Clinic, 2013). The mode of transmission may vary; some infectious diseases may be transmitted via contact from person to person, or caused by bites from insects or animals
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Community Health Department Investigation Kaplan University SC300-14 August 16th, 2011 I was contacted by the Director of the Community Health Department with concern about band student absences at Truman and Jackson Middle Schools. I have established that a potential health problem exists at Truman and Jackson Middle Schools and is conducting further investigation. On viewing the data, I noticed the absences from seventh grade classes’ show highest at Kennedy Middle School followed by
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Community Health Promotion Tool Kathleen Weber HCS/245 November 23, 2015 Kristene Diggins Community Health Promotion Tool Heart disease is the leading cause of death of women in the United States. There were 60% more women who died from a cardio vascular disease that all other cancers combined in 2004 ("Women'Shealth.gov: Heart Disease Fact Sheet", 2012). One in four women dies from heart disease each year in the U.S. These are staggering numbers suggesting that a person is more likely than
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A geopolitical community is a community that is defined by a specific boundary such as rivers, mountain or highways or jurisdictional boundaries which can be politically or geographically influenced. I live in St. Petersburg, FL and is bordered by three bodies of water, the Old Tampa Bay, Middle Tampa Bay, and Lower Tampa Bay, all of which form the Tampa Bay. Statistical and epidemiological studies are frequently based on date from specific geopolitical areas (Maurer & Smith, 2013). This is my geopolitical
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defined as a community. Which means a community is much more than just sharing the same neighborhood (Walden University Discussion Lecture, n.d.). The power of a community depends on their ability to clique together for a common cause. Besides the basic definition of community, a community can also be defined as being united like a k-cliques which mean that all member of the community would be well connected; however, one individual from a community can also belong to many other communities (Palla, Derenyi
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and by throwing away food that could otherwise be donated, Company Q shows a lack of dedication and compassion to their community, indifference to the wants of their customers, and a lack of responsibility to their employees and stakeholders. Part 2: Recommendations There are a number of things that Company Q can do to increase their social responsibility to the community that they serve, their employees, and stakeholders. First, Company Q can operate different types of stores in the different
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Horizon 020 (NH020) is a broad based non-partisan, non-profit organization whose mission is to contribute, facilitate, cultivate, and promote solutions for the betterment of the people, businesses, and communities within the City of Bessemer. The organization is dedicated to engaging the business community, civic leaders, elected officials and citizens in a public private partnership to create a more vibrant, livable, healthy and sustainable Bessemer. THE PURPOSE NH020 proposes to work with appropriate
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