America is a lot better than it was 50 years ago. Although America had had some setbacks in the past, we now have much better lives. We have more advanced technology that improves our lives, medicines that cure diseases that Americans couldn't cure 50 years ago, better educations for children, and the economy today has improved substantially during these few years. More opportunities for a better life today in America there are plenty of jobs/careers that people are looking for. Some years ago you
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Cholera in Nineteenth Century England: A Social Evolution I. Introduction When asked about Victorian London in 1899, the Chinese ambassador accurately said ‘too dirty.’ London was incredibly dirty, as evidenced by its smell. Foul streets, dirty homes, and disgusting river water plagued all of 19th century England, not only creating an unpleasant environment, but also promoting the spread of disease. Between a lack of knowledge regarding cholera, corrupt water companies, and a sewage
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International Research Journal of Social Sciences_____________________________________ ISSN 2319–3565 Vol. 2(10), 11-15, October (2013) Int. Res. J. Social Sci. Women Health in India: An Analysis Sunilkumar M Kamalapur1 and Somanath Reddy2 1 Women’s Studies, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga-06, Karnataka, INDIA 2 Social Work, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga-06, Karnataka, INDIA Available online at: www.isca.in, www.isca.me Received 29th August 2013, revised 21st September 2013, accepted 5th
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height, is used to differentiate between the overweight and the obese. Adults with a BMI of 25 to 29.9 are defined as overweight; adults with a BMI of 30 or above are considered obese.” (Buckle, 2011) Obese and overweight people experience chronic illness, poor health, and more than 100,000 preventable deaths each year. For the average affected individual, obesity has a much greater impact on health status and health care costs than either smoking or heavy drinking. In general, it can be say that
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Governors University Assessment The fieldwork for this report is performed in Hendricks County in the state of Indiana, United States of America (USA). Community Hendricks County is located just west of Indianapolis, Indiana. This county boarders on Borne County to the north, Marion County to the east, Montgomery and Putnam Counties to the west, and Morgan County to the south. The county has a total area size of 408.78 square miles of which 406.91 square miles is land and the remainder is water according
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space assist the patient to recuperate * Lillian Wald & Mary Brewster f. Founded the Henry Street Settlement in NY to improve the health and social conditions of poor immigrants g. Improve health and prevent illness by promoting safe drinking water, adequate sewage facilities, and proper sanitation Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) * “Lady of the Lamp” * Walked through the camp at night providing care to the sick and wounded during the Crimean War
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Climate Change: Global Warming In April 9th of 2010, Marisa Marcavillaca—a farmer and indigenous women’s organizer from Peru— went to The Capitol Hill to tell her powerful story. Her words were quoted by Al Gore in one of his speeches. She said through a translator: “We are very concerned, in my community, [and] in my country, about global climate change. Nature is disrupted. We are seeing the impacts on a daily basis. We are losing our lands, water is disappearing, it rains when it shouldn’t
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First Aid/CPR/AED PARTICIPANT’S MANUAL American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED PARTICIPANT’S MANUAL This participant’s manual is part of the American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED program. By itself, it does not constitute complete and comprehensive training. Visit redcross.org to learn more about this program. The emergency care procedures outlined in this book reflect the standard of knowledge and accepted emergency practices in the United States at the time this book was published. It is
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undertaken voluntarily or mandated by regulatory agencies or the courts. Example: Johnson & Johnson experienced two recalls in 1982 and 1986 relating to their Extra Strengths Tylenol capsules. * Food-Borne Illness Usually faced by restaurants, meat-packing plants, and food distributors that the foods contain with contaminants such as E.Coli or salmonella bacteria make consumers ill or in some cases death. Example: Jack-in-Box’s and Hudson Food’s E.Coli Infected hamburgers. * Terrorist attacks
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What role should authorities have in maintaining a clean and adequate water supply? Sid Stallings, Jr. Western Governors University What role should authorities have in maintaining a clean and adequate water supply? Water is essential for every living being on earth. It covers 70% of our planet, but only about 3% is fresh water. Of that 3%, 2/3 of it is frozen as glaciers, so only about 1% of the world’s water is actually usable for drinking, cleaning, and irrigating farmlands according to
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