Department of Health and Human Services HCS/212 October 18, 2012 The Department of Health and Human Services, also referred to as the Health Department, is the United States federal department and principal agency for protecting the health and welfare of all Americans; created in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officially opened on 4 May 1980 after it was removed from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). Attached were four
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#1 Access to Health Care: Improving overall health status Equality in Access to health services is one of the forty two topic areas in Healthy People 2020 that caught my view as one of the objectives to have the highest importance in achieving a national goal of healthy Americans in the future. But what does access to health care actually means? According Gulliford et al (2002), facilitating access to health is concerned with helping people to command appropriate health care resources in order
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Fundamentals of Research Research plays a vital role in the human services field. Utilizing research methods (such as the scientific method) assists human services professionals in making numerous informed decisions daily. This paper will provide a detailed description of the scientific method and the fundamentals of research by first defining the term ‘scientific method’ as well as by providing an explanation of how it relates to human services research. The steps in the process of scientific inquiry
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Foundations of Human Development XXXXXXXX BSHS/325 April, XXXXX XXXXXXX Foundations of Human Development The Foundations of Human Development in the Social Environment Human development is the biological, psychological, and social process that a human being must possess to go through life. It defines who we are and how we interact with and view the environment around us. Understanding human development and how it affects an individual is essential for human services professionals
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ubject: Human Service Agency Interview I chose to do my interview over the phone because you are able to communicate with the interviewee and you are able to understand what the person is talking about and is able to ask questions or to get more information. The agency meets my career goal because it provides human service, and it also helps clients that need the support, especially the disability development. And this is part of my careers that I chose to do. 1. When did the agency start
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Compare and contrast the information you found for each agency, and then answer the following questions in 200 to 300 words: • What needs do each agency meet and what demographic does each agency serve? What or who may have influenced the agency’s decision to meet the needs of this demographic group? Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors: Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors advise people who have alcoholism or other types of addiction, eating disorders, or other behavioral
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Burnout: A Human Service Nightmare Kaplan University Edie Oliver A phone call will not change anything; there is no way of combating the problem, no easy way out. A child is in a home where she is beaten, malnourished, possibly sexually abused, and made to feel that she is an outcast. She is only six years old. The human services caseworker goes to the home and wants to grab her up and run, but she knows, legally, there is nothing she can do. Human service professionals face the daunting
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rulings. Tell how it relates to human services research. Based on substantiation research studies, medical treatments and newer drugs are not only sustained but also adapted and improved over time. Exclusive of scientific research, their formation and effectiveness regulation will not be achievable. What are the steps in the process of scientific inquiry? Why must each of these steps be included to support the scientific method? Provide a human services research example of the scientific
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informational and human resources) in the public sector to guide the human resource management function optimally [15] 1.2) That human resource management takes place in the public sector and therefore, has a “public” dimension that requires unique skills and competencies [10] 1.1) In any situation, a public sector manager has 4 basic resources at his/her disposal in order to to execute the HR function successfully. These resources are financial, physical, informational and human resources
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COMPANY PROFILE Telenor Group Telenor ASA is an international provider of high quality telecommunications, data and media communication services. It ranks as world‟s 7th largest mobile operator with a total of 164 million subscribers in its mobile operations. Telenor Pakistan Telenor Pakistan is 100% owned by Telenor ASA and adds on to its operations in Asia together with Thailand, Malaysia and Bangladesh. Telenor Pakistan launched its operations in March 2005 as the single largest
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