Community Health Nursing February 2, 2010 A Growing Epidemic Sexually transmitted diseases have a significant health and economic impact on the American people. An estimated 15 million people are diagnosed with these diseases each year (Foundation, 2010). This number is by most accounts underestimated due to the fact the majority of sexually transmitted disease have no noticeable symptoms. People may have diseases with no symptoms or because of social stigma do not get tested. When people are not
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e. “Suppose AIDS is the modern leprosy, and like leprosy in the past, we have a communicable disease the cure of which is unknown. Lepers were shunned by their communities, although in many respects they received quite a bit of sympathy from others as well. While HIV carriers do not need to put up with the overt shaming due to the physical marring that comes with a disease like leprosy, they still face the same issues of it being communicable and incurable, and thus are justifiably quarantined
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Communicable Disease Paper In the following paper a communicable disease will be identified. In addition, the disease and the efforts to control it, the environmental factors related to this disease will be described. Also an explanation of lifestyles, socioeconomics status, and disease management will be explained. Gaps and how this might link to other resources to meet needs that are not locally available, recommendation to expand the communities programs if there are gaps will be provided. In
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Huntington's: The Anticipation that Kills After doing research on the effects of the disorder Huntington’s disease, it is easy to understand what a disease like Huntington’s will do to an individual way of life. Imagine being thirty years old with a good job, a loving spouse, maybe a couple of kids and an all-around pretty good life. Then imagine one day your boss writes you up and sends you home because he/she suspects you of being intoxicated. A person in this situation could, in months and
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Hepatitis B – Hepatitis B (HBV) Is a blood borne illness that affects the liver and hominoidea. Transmissions for getting HBV can be working in a health care clinic, tattooing, and transfusions, along with kissing, hugging, holding hands, and coughing. Transmission is spread through infectious blood, or bodily fluids such as semen or vaginal fluids. There are 350 million carriers or more of Hepatitis B. There is vaccination for Hepatitis B. Hepatitis C – Hepatitis C (HCV) is a blood borne illness
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are. Pet Therapy is a fairly new and changing technique in the health care field. The hope of pet therapy is that during visits to the hospital it will help divert parent and children’s attention during painful procedures. Thus making the visit a more enjoyable and tolerant experience. It also examines the possible effect of lowering blood pressure on individuals who recently suffered a myocardial infarction or experience cardiovascular problems. Studies show that individuals living in a nursing
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SUMMER TRAINING PROJECT REPORT ON “CUSTOMER SATISFACTION OF WATER PURIFIER” (AQUAGUARD) EUREKA FORBES PVT. LTD. SUBMITTED FOR THE PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTFOR THE AWARD OF Masters Of Business Administration SUBMITTED BY: UJJAVAL K. JAIN UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF: Ms. Anjali Kedawat AMITY UNIVERSITY, RAJASTHAN Acknowledgement I would like to take the opportunity to express my deep gratitude to all those who have been the part of this report in some way or the
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The Future of Cardiovascular Diagnostics THE MARKET, TRENDS & FUTURE DIRECTIONS Extracted on: 20 Apr 2011 Reference Code: BI00021-008 Publication Date: 02 Mar 2010 Publisher: Datamonitor © Datamonitor This content is a licensed product, no part of this publication shall be reproduced, sold, modified or stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of Datamonitor. The information
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Parkinson’s disease Approximately 60,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson's disease each year, and this number does not reflect the thousands of cases that go undetected. Parkinson's disease is a disorder that affects nerve cells in the part of the brain controlling muscle movement. Parkinson's is progressive, meaning the signs and symptoms become worse over time. Although Parkinson's may eventually be disabling, the disease often progresses gradually, and most people have many years of
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