Category: Health
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Communication Technology Tools in Public Health Campaigns
Instances that utilises communication technology tools in the public health campaigns Public health campaigns boost awareness about health problems and rally support for action from the society (Glanz & Rimer, 2008). Communication technology tools can be utilised during the public health campaigns through numerous instances. Vaccination request, blood donation request, and teenage substance abuse awareness…
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Adult Nursing Theories, Practice and Health Promotion
Table of Contents Introduction Depression assessment test Fitness tools Health and safety tools Healthy eating tools Conclusion References Introduction NHS offers a wide range of services that are beneficial to Britons in making healthcare more available in the United Kingdom. Among these are health assessment tools that are accessible by everybody in the country. These…
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Social Media Categories for Public Health Promotion
Social media has played an important role in people’s lives. There are five categories of social media: social networks, social bookmarking sites, social news sites, blogs, and microblogs. This paper aims to discuss these categories, to single out popular and cutting-edge tools, to compare them, and to outline how these tools might be used for…
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Health and Illness Among African-Americans
Introduction In Miami, people have different perceptions of health and illness. Latinos, African-Americans, and Asian-Americans constitute some of the ethnic minorities who are highly vulnerable to inequalities when it comes to healthcare accessibility. This paper focuses on the perception of health and illness among African-Americans in Miami. Statistics on Healthcare Disparities among African-Americans in Miami…
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American Health Care System’s Quality Issues
Table of Contents Shortage of Workforce Cost of Health Disparate Global Standards Changes to Health Care Systems Works Cited The healthcare system in America is faced by different challenges. These challenges affect the quality of services provided to patients and their health conditions continue to worsen. There is need to improve the health care systems…
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Population Growth: Potential Healthcare Issues
Table of Contents Population Measurements Healthcare Issues and Illustrative Examples Conclusion References Nowadays, epidemiologists are concerned with the correlation between population growth and healthcare issues. The measurement called the “total mid-year population” is most frequently employed instead of the “end-of-year population” because it provides a more comprehensive statistical picture than the latter approach. The correlation…
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Managed Care and Rising Healthcare Costs
Table of Contents Introduction Managed Care Rising Exposure to Healthcare Cost Conclusion References Introduction Managed care is meant to help in the provision of quality medical care at affordable costs. Those with individual insurance pay much but get low quality healthcare compared to those with employment plans. This article will discuss how the cost of…
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Aspects of Mental Health Services
Mental health illnesses affect a large proportion of the population, yet there are still contractions in the research findings and approaches to the provision of mental health services. According to Cubeiro (2018), 25% of the population is affected by some type of mental health disease. This is a large proportion of people who suffer from…
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Healthcare Insurance: Effects of Adverse Selection
Table of Contents Rationality of the Uninsured Physicians’ payment in the U.S. Relative Value Scale Determination Agency References It is quite natural that those people who know or suspect that the probability of them falling sick is high are most likely to buy insurance. On the same note, many people do not like paying high…
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Health Promotion by Nursing Professionals
Health promotion has been a major priority for healthcare providers for several decades, but many nursing professionals still fail to understand their role in this process. Sharma (2017) stresses that an advanced nursing professional has responsibilities in such areas as planning and evaluating health services and promotion programs, communicating health needs and concerns, applying research…