ensure that operations should continue should a disruption occur. In recent year, the Department of Homeland Security recommended a five-phase approach for organizations when developing a Business Continuity Plan. These phases are Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, and Mitigation. Below is an outline of proactive changes that ManIT, LLC can put into place now to help operations if such a disaster could occur: Prevention: The concept of prevention should be applied to making more
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Community Assessment Danielle Clark Western Governors Community and Population Health SZT1 Task 1 January 23, 2014 Community Assessment A1: Community Description and Data Presentation Hemet is a small community located in southern California within Riverside County. Hemet is at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains. It is 87 miles southeast from Los Angeles and 86 miles northeast from San Diego. Perfectly placed with a small drive to beautiful forestry in one direction and the Pacific
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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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:Module 5 DQ 1 “Primary prevention is defined as a comprehensive disaster plan that should have input from a broad range of community representatives. Experts describe disaster planning as a process of assessing risk and capacities for responding during an actual disaster” (Rittenmeyer, 2007). An example of a “primary prevention” would be preventive health measures. One example would be, preventing the transmission of disease to generally healthy populations by promoting healthy practices
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1. Solution to Power Crisis-Kalabagh Dam or Alternative Sources of Energy? 2. SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL CONSTRAINTS OF WOMEN IN PAKISTAN/A country is backward because its people are backward. 3. Democracy has failed to deliver in Pakistan!Discuss./The Future of Democracy in Pakistan/What are the hurdles in our way to becoming a truly independent state? 4. Media-a Mirror to the Society or a Frankensteinian Monster/Power of Media in the Modern World/Globalization and electronic media/The
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in developing countries, examine those countries natural resources, and to train the locals in development activities. As time went on they were given more responsibility and now hold jurisdiction over disaster prevention, response, mitigation, preparedness, reconstruction, and recovery. As part of a self-reorganization in 1995 a new Emergency Response Division was created. A response team is now routinely deployed to help coordinate relief and recovery efforts of other UN agencies and NGO’s with
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shoes in front of the media to ensure the prevent-ness and the outbreaks of Ebola. This virus is spread through direct contact with once bodily fluids. According to physician Abdul Memon who is the “chief medical officer for disaster and emergency preparedness states”, “ if a patent is vomiting or the patient has diarrhea, you wont get it on you”. Steps of Patient suspected having Ebola: They will be put in a pressurized room for three days while during medical staff doing blood work. If the first
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their neighborhood. These citizens would be the “eyes and ears” within the community. Therefore if a tornado were to occur, there would be somebody there to alert the officials of the severity within their area. Citizens can further assist in preparedness by spreading fliers or creating a programs to teach children in schools on how to help prepare for possible future disasters. Classes may include information such as, preparing a go bag, contents of a go bag, and creating a family plan. For example
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Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing University of Phoenix NUR/405 Sandra Byrd 3/10/14 University of Phoenix Material Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing Identify a minimum of 3 major events (or influences) in the evolution of community and public health nursing and describe how each event led to advancement of the field. For each event, describe the following: Key health issues at the time Perspectives and goals of community and public health nursing Roles
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The high cost of college, student’s work ethic, and their lack of preparedness are all factors that are causing American students to have higher drop our rates compared to other countries. A study done at Harvard University showed that nearly half of America’s college students drop out before receiving a degree. The reason for these students to be dropping has to do with failing. They are not able to keep their grades high enough to even receive a degree. As stated earlier there are many factors
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