INTRODUCTION The focus of social constructionism is to uncover the ways in which individuals and groups participate in the creation of their perceived reality. It involves looking at the ways social phenomena are created, institutionalized, and made into tradition by humans. Socially constructed reality is seen as an ongoing, dynamic process; reality is re-produced by people acting on their interpretations and their knowledge of it. Social phenomena include all behavior which influences or is
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Community Assessment and Analysis: Hispanic Obesity in Las Vegas, Nevada Concepts in Community and Public Health Community Assessment and Analysis Part II: Hispanic Obesity in Las Vegas, Nevada In this report, the Hispanic community was assessed using Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns. The Hispanic people were found to have a high rate of obesity and other health related problems. From looking the different social, cultural, behavioral, environmental, and economic aspects, obesity, and
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2106). A person’s ability to adapt to changing circumstances at a young age shall later on influence how well they cope with schooling, social integration and future academic and work opportunities (Andrew Fuller, 2016). Andrew Fuller links the importance of keeping an optimistic point of view and thinking positively and seeing the positives of an outcome rather than the negatives about what happens on the course of life is vital in the establishment of an individual’s resilience. For example, we
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This paper discusses the importance of infant hearing screening and the role and function of early intervention if infant hearing loss is identified. It also presents the available early intervention services that should be provided to the infant with hearing loss. Keywords: infant hearing screening, early intervention, hearing loss Infant Hearing Screening and Early Intervention Detection for hearing loss as early as infancy is critical to the development of a child. Infants begin
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The Nature and Purpose of Human Services and Practices Cinthia Garcia BSHS 301 September 23, 2011 Sandra Elizondo Today citizens have a greater appreciation for human diversity and greater respect for every person’s need to achieve his or her highest potential in work and life. Instead of locking peoples up in institutions the state now leads the nation in helping a vulnerable society and people with disabilities to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible. Quite frequently
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which help them connect a wide diversity of people and places. This makes them environmentally and culturally rich. Rivers represent the capacity for transformation in many cultures. Rivers and floodplains provide a wide range of ecosystem services. The importance of rivers and streams for freshwater, food, and recreation is well known, but there is increasing evidence that running waters are degrading. The constant use of river basins has altered the quantity, quality, and regimen of water and ecological
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HCS/552 November 28, 2011 John Pew Demand Versus Supply Paper The use of telemedicine as a health care delivery system has proven very beneficial in a rural health care setting. The patients in need of health care in rural communities provide the demand for health care services, and telemedicine is an effective way to meet the demands of the patients. “Health economists focus on trade-offs, choices that must be made, scarcity of resources and allocating resources among competing needs, not on defining
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In order to establish the importance of worship in the home and worship at synagogue we need to understand the difference between the two. Different worship that takes place in a synagogue is worship that usually takes place on Shabbat and the festivals. Also, there is, in a synagogue an ark, a bimah and the torah scrolls which usually can only be found in the synagogue. At a synagogue there is communal prayer and reading of the Torah. On the other hand, worship in the home can include lighting Shabbat
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How does building a community affect the value of an organization? Red Cross is a significant and respected role model, which gains more clients and customers each year. Red Cross uses its employees and volunteers to help the public be prepared to respond to disasters and personal emergencies. The Red Cross provides training in lifesaving skills such as CPR and first aid, collects, and distributes half the nation's blood supply, and helps victims of more than 67,000 disasters. The skills the
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Windshield survey is primarily performed by driving around a community and taking notes of observations and dynamics of the community resulting in a basic description of the community, its members, and identification of the strengths and weaknesses of the particular community. According to Harkness and DeMarco, (2012), the basis of a windshield survey is to acquire knowledge about a client’s community by conducting an appraisal of the environment in pursuance of comprehending more about where the
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