Effects of Changes in Population Demographics: Obesity HCS/490 February 24, 2013 Obesity Did you know that 30 years ago, only one in ten people were overweight? Those numbers are long gone. Today, a staggering 65% of American adults, 78 million people, are overweight and 31% of these are obese (Healy, 2012). Americans are even fatter than they think they are, especially women. Over one-third of women are obese and the majority of these women are African American or Mexican American. Over the
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Long-term care facilities are defined as a facility that offers rehabilitative, restorative, and ongoing skilled nursing care to patients who are in need of assistance and help with activities of daily living. Long-term care facilities consist of nursing home, rehab facilities, inpatient behavioral health facilities, and long-term chronic care hospitals (Definition of Long-term care facility, 2012). The purpose of this case study was to explain the activities and participation of individuals with
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The Faculty of the Department of Family and Community Health College of Medicine Mindanao State University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in Community Medicine I By Marian Vida Q. Patrimonio March 2013 Outline of the Family Diagnosis I. Family Dimensions Secondarily Related to Health A. Background and Setting of the Family B. Demographic Data C. Economic Status D. Social Indices
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Equity may be defined as the requirement that individuals of unequal ability to pay make different payment (Vertical equity) or those of the same ability to pay make the similar contribution (Horizontal equity) (1). Preserving equitable access to health services under a system of user fees can be accomplished in three steps. First, the poor population to receive preferential treatment with respect to user fees must be identified. Second, a protection mechanism must be selected and implemented. Third
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Module 1 Case Assignment Dr. Gayl M. Anglin, Ph.D. MPH 503: Infertility and Public Health 12 August 2013 1. What is the prevalence of infertility in the U.S.? (Your response should address both male and female factor infertility.) 2. What are the demographic characteristics (i.e., age, educational attainment, poverty status, race/ethnicity, etc.) of women with impaired fecundity? 3. What are the demographic characteristics of women receiving infertility treatment? 4. To what extent
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job position and matching it with individual’s expectation has become a challenging task. For large scale organizations, defining compensations and benefits is even harder and border challenge. In this case organizations need to consider various demographic factors prior to defining favorable compensation strategy. Any compensation strategy applicable in given organization cannot be matched with similar job functions in other organizations or in other regions for same organization. A constant review
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that Kaiser gained from their EHR system is staying ahead of the competition. By way of innovation, Kaiser designed and implemented a system which revolutionized the medical industry in terms of patient care. Kaiser’s EHR system has been rated the “leader in the implementation of electronic health records (EHR),” (Mod 3, Par. 2) “Kaiser’s goal was to fully implement the EHR applications in all its medical facilities,” and by 2010 they achieved said goal and has been successfully benefiting since then
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Epidemiology is the study of health-related trends in populations for the purposes of disease prevention health maintenance, and health protection (Lewis, 2011). In addition to that, it focuses on relationships among an agent a host, and an environment. Their interactions determine the development and cessation of communicable diseases, and they form a web of causality, which increases or decreases the risk of disease (Lewis, 2011).One of the communicable diseases that cause a great fear nowadays
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Highly-Educated Nurses In the 21st century, the health challenges facing the nation have shifted dramatically. The American population is older—Americans 65 and older will be nearly 20 percent of the population by 2030—as well as more diverse with respect not only to race and ethnicity but also other cultural and socioeconomic factors. In addition to shifts in the nation’s demographics, there also have been shifts in that nation’s health care needs. Most health care today relates to chronic conditions, such
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Abstract EHR, known as electronic health record, refers to some systematic collection of an individual’s or a population’s electronic health information. The record is in a digital format which is theoretically sharable across various health care settings. Sometimes, this sharing can happen by way of network-connected, information systems or some other information networks. The electronic health record may include a wide range of data, like demographics, the patient’s medical history, their medication
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