Community assessment and analysis Presentation Red group Interview with Community health Nurse Essex County New Jersey Demographic of Essex County Essex County is located in the North eastern part of new jersey. The history of Essex county dates back to 1666 when 30 families from Connecticut established settlement along the banks of Passaic river. Essex County was officially established in 1682 by east jersey legislature. Essex County is
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monthly food stamps and funds from her maternal grandmother to help with living expenses. Medical, dental and vision insurance coverage is available through the patient’s mother. She has no disability limiting her from working or engaging in other activities | Source and Reliability of Informant:Information obtained from patient who is a good historian and is well informed about her health history | Past Use of Health Care System and Health Seeking Behaviors:She uses the health care system for episodic
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Activity 1. Factors influencing prenatal development? Drugs (street or over the counter) ‐ Alcohol ‐ Cigarettes ‐ Disease ‐ Poor nutrition ‐ Stressors ‐ Chemicals ‐ Almost anything can impact a developing fetus. Physical: Birth defects or congenital defects are present at birth. They result from heredity, environmental influences, or maternal illness. Such defects range from the very minor, such as a dark spot or birthmark that may appear anywhere on the body, to more serious conditions that
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Rite of Passage April 16, 2011 BHSH 342 Rite of Passage In middle childhood and adolescence there are many transitions that a child faces. A child changes from early childhood; venturing into public school systems and finding friendships outside of their family. Children in middle childhood are confronted with peer, academic, and sport groups. For the first time they have the opportunity to form relationships with individuals who may challenge their family’s morals and values. The
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programming consisting of 16 & Pregnant, Jersey Shore, Basketball Wives and Love & Hip Hop Atlanta. Upon watching these shows, young girls develop a sense of understanding the acceptance of popularity, unhealthy relationships, and are exposed to pregnancy, STD’s, a lack of self-worth, and low body image. In Media Influence on Teenage Sexuality Is Exaggerated, “It is widely assumed that adolescents' exposure to sexual content in the mass media influences their
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Brittany PSY/265 Week 1 CheckPoint 2 Critical thinking skills are essential to every part of our lives, however they are particularly important when discussing sex. A person’s sexual decisions can have a huge impact on their life (pregnancy, disease and relationships) and should not be made without deep thought and consideration of all possible outcomes. I believe one of the most important critical thinking tools regarding sex is skepticism. People will say anything to try to convince another
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It has been found that women have more risk of diabetes as compared to men. Those women who suffered from gestational syndrome can affect from type 2 diabetes in future. Less physical activities can also result in symptoms associated with diabetes. Treatments Type 2 diabetes can be cured at an early stage by changing lifestyle. Weight loss surgery can be helpful in curing type 2 diabetes. But there has been no cure for type 1 diabetes
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masturbation, Father Jos. Farraher, S.J., describes masturbation as “the stimulation of the external sexual organs to a point of climax or orgasm by oneself, by movements of the hand or other physical contacts or by sexually stimulating pictures or imaginations (psychic masturbation) or by a combination of physical and psychical stimulation."2 In a broader sense this includes mutual masturbation in which persons touch one another's genitalia”. (John F. Harvey) It means that masturbation is sex pleasure
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interesting was that nobody can park on the street. There are signs warning drivers not to park on the street, only police trailer were parked on the street to prevent “the “cholos” from stealing people car batteries” and to report any suspicious activity. Housing in this barrio consists of new and old buildings. The new buildings are section 8 projects, which are apartment complexes that receive federal funds to asset very-low income families. It is also known as a housing choice voucher program
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this specific hormone, the lining of the uterus breaks down so the pregnancy is unable to continue. Next, a medicine called misoprostal is taken
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