PDHPE Assessment Task 2 Health Report Question 1. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders experience many health inequities compared to non-Indigenous Australians, these include: • Lower life expectancy: Indigenous Australians have lower life expectancy than non-Indigenous Australians. For example: Indigenous boys born between 2010 and 2012 can expect to live to 69.1 years and Indigenous
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Why reproduction is a need. Reproduction may not seem important because of the large populations today, but it is a basic need that we aren’t meeting here in the United States. Corning lists it as one of the fourteen basic needs because it is crucial for the survival of the species and will cause a variety of harms if it is not satisfied. It’s common knowledge that in order for a species to survive, it must reproduce itself. This applies to the human race as well. In the long-term, consequences
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[pic] Quality of work life programs: are they nothing more than a fad? HRM 586 Labor Relations [pic] Abstract As the economy of the world continue to struggle due to stiff competition and rapid global expansion, labor organizations in every country of the world continue to find ways and means to help their respective workforces develop their skills and knowledge, as well as improve their health and wellness. Strategic implementation of quality work life programs and activities have all
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Gayle Roux, PhD, RN, CNS, FNP, received her BSN from University of Nebraska, and her MS and PhD in Nursing from Texas Women's University. She has been employed in various aspects of women's care including childbearing, family planning, and women's health. Currently, she practices as a family nurse practitioner and is faculty at Texas Woman's University. Dr. Roux's area of research is focused on inner strength in women living with chronic health conditions such as breast cancer. She lives in Dallas
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factors which will estimate the future demand of the physicians depends on 800,000 present physicians, millions of nurses and other health care workers, about 300 million patients, hundreds of health plans, thousands of health care facilities, thousands of employers in the industry, thousands of legislators and policy makers, and other factors such economic conditions, technology level, and culture. (Hough, 2009) The important factors which will estimate the future demand of the physicians depends
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The Future for U.S. labor The United States is facing a challenge in finding work for workers who have been unemployed since the recent recession. After many years of leading the manufacturing industry, the recent economic crisis, as well as the growth of the competitive global market, has caused many U.S. factories to shut down, and in turn caused a rapid decline in employment of U.S. workers (Baily, Manyika, & Gupta, 2013). However, simply employing the U.S. workers will not solve the high
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NIH Public Access Author Manuscript Aging Ment Health. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2008 February 19. NIH-PA Author Manuscript Published in final edited form as: Aging Ment Health. 2005 March ; 9(2): 105–118. Family Involvement in Residential Long-Term Care: A Synthesis and Critical Review* Joseph E. Gaugler The University of Kentucky Abstract The objective of this review is to critically synthesize the existing literature on family involvement in residential long-term
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profession to improve the care provide by nurses to our growing older population. This paper will describe some of the challenges nursing is facing and how to make the changes needed to improve the field of nursing. The research will show that investing in future education of nurses is the base that change will be built upon. Will you or a loved one fall into the geriatric population that is expected to explode? How will nurses care for this population and are they prepared to do so? Modern technology
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the nursing shortage is due in part to the aging workforce. Presently 75% of the nurses are older than 40 years of age. Many nurses around the age of 54 are electing to decrease their hours. There is increasing evidence that nurses are seeking early retirement at 62. The largest group of nurses will soon start to retire which is expected to create a 20% shortage due to the aging workforce. (Duvall, 2010) In addition to the worries about the aging workforce, there are concerns about stress
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Down Different Demographic Paths RAND ReseARch AReAs ChiLDREN AND FAMiLiES EDUCAtiON AND thE ARtS ENERgy AND ENviRONMENt hEALth AND hEALth CARE iNFRAStRUCtURE AND tRANSPORtAtiON iNtERNAtiONAL AFFAiRS LAW AND BUSiNESS NAtiONAL SECURity POPULAtiON AND AgiNg PUBLiC SAFEty SCiENCE AND tEChNOLOgy tERRORiSM AND hOMELAND SECURity C hina and India, the world’s most populous nations, have much in common: Each has more than 1 billion residents; each has sustained an annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth
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