C228 - Community Health Nursing – Task 1 Christi Corder Western Governors University Identification of Community Greenville County is located in upstate South Carolina along Interstate 85. It is found halfway between Atlanta, Georgia and Charlotte, North Carolina. Greenville is part of the Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin Metropolitan Statistical Area and is the largest city in this area (“Greenville, South Carolina,” n.d.). Approximately 59.7% of the population consists of individuals
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2. DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION India accounts for only 2.4 % of the world surface areas and yet it supports and sustains 16.2 % of the world population (Figure 2.1). In Other Countries China 1950, China with 21 % share of the India population was the most populous USA Indonesia country followed by India, which had Brazil a share of 14.2 %. It is estimated Pakistan Russian Fed that by 2050, India will overtake Bangladesh China to become the most populous Japan Nigeria country with
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Demographics: The Aging Population HCS/490 July 8, 2013 Sandra Asbury As the population ages, it increases the need for more healthcare service as well as the staff to administer those services. Hospitals and other healthcare facilities are constantly hiring for what’s to come, making nursing one of the fastest growing occupations. Health Affairs did an article and study called The Effects of Aging and Population Growth on Health Care Costs. This study was called Data Watch and the purpose of
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Demographic Paper HCS/490 Demographic Paper Introduction In this paper I will discuss the demographic center around health care. The population of seniors 65 and older in the United States and how it is affecting society today. The area of concern is health care and the highest population that it effects. The senior population is growing and changing every year. This is creating challenges for many American of all ages many are coping with issues such as social security, health care, housing
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years back, people were more worried about infectious diseases like polio and mumps. Back then, health care providers focused more on vaccines and isolation as ways of controlling the diseases. Today, people are more worried about lifestyle and age related diseases. In the very way, the delivery of health care services has also changed. Disease trends, therefore, influence the delivery of health care services. One will ask what determines disease trends. Factors like globalization and industrialization
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Increased Use of the VA Medical System - VPT2 Data-Driven Decision Making - C207 August 12th, 2015 Forecasting the Future Female Veteran Population and Their Increased Use of the VA Medical System The use of the Veterans Affairs medical care system has significantly increased over the last decade due to two recent wars and an aging Vietnam Veteran population. As females have been accepted in all roles into the military, their population within the military has progressively multiplied
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* Health Care Economic Issues Outline * I. Introduction A. More than 50 million uninsured in the United States (Young, 2012) B. Uninsured population is considered vulnerable population C. Uninsured use emergency department to meet their primary health care needs D. Overcrowded emergency departments require reallocation of resources * II. Effectiveness of the Current Procedures in Place * A. Federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) requires hospitals
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Human Services Agencies in Austin, Texas 1. Medical Management Solutions 2. Health & Human Svc Commission 3. State Offices Texas Department of Human Services 4. Human Service Department 5. Texas MENTOR 6. Habitat for Humanity- a. Habitat for Humanity offers homeownership opportunities to families who are unable to obtain conventional house financing. Generally, this includes those whose income is 30 to 50 percent of the area’s median income. Applicants are required to meet several qualifications
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Obesity Demographic Paper Obesity Demographic Paper Obesity is becoming a major worldwide epidemic that is a chronic disease which affects everyone young and old, male and female alike. The exact cause is still unknown and scientists are still trying to understand what triggers it. One cause is that in today’s fast paced world, people do not have time to sit down to home cooked meals, or exercise and really take good care of themselves. Fast food restaurants are replacing the home cooked meals
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University of Phoenix Health Assessment and Promotion for Vulnerable Population NUR 440 Belinda Condit, MSN, RN, NE-BC March 5, 2013 Vulnerable Population and Self Awareness This paper will discuss the vulnerable population of child abuse caused by the children’s parents. It will include a description of the populations’ demographic based on research of professional literature. It will also include the description of my personal awareness of population before studying the demographics. It will state
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