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It is a solemn obligation to provide high quality healthcare to veterans who sacrificed themselves to protect their country and democratic values. Although the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has conducted numerous highly regarded...
This is a book review essay, using Daniel Callahan's 2009 book, Taming the Beloved Beast: How Medical Technology Costs Are Destroying Our Health Care System, as the jumping off point. Kapp takes strong issue with Callahan's proposal...
This project updated and improved the Promoting Active Communities Award (PAC), a Web-based assessment that enables communities to scrutinize their programs, policies, and environments related to physical activity, generating ideas and...
The purpose of this research was to investigate the link between gender identity and engagement in three health behaviors—alcohol consumption, marijuana use, and the non-medical use of prescription stimulants. Historically, health...
Weight discrimination is prevalent in American society. Although associated consistently with psychological and economic outcomes, less is known about whether weight discrimination is associated with longitudinal changes in obesity. The...
Weight loss therapy consisting of 20 to 30 lifestyle-modification group visits is associated with modest (4–8 kg) weight loss. (SOR A, based on homogeneous randomized controlled trials [RCTs].) For patients who participate in group...
One of the key determinants of health and wellbeing for adolescents is the utilization of preventive health services. While adolescents are generally healthy, public health officials warn that access to health insurance, preventive care, ...
In the Western world, since at least the 15th century, state-sanctioned force has been employed to control those who disturb others by their violent or existentially destabilizing behaviors such as threatening or inflicting self-harm....
Older United States (U.S.) veterans are a population at risk for disability due to their early life experiences with military service and increasing age. Military service was a normative part of early adult life for today's older U.S....
Program design effects on SCHIP's enrollment rates
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Abstract: The State Children Health Insurance Program has been around 10 years now, has it fulfill its objective? Making sure that children are not uninsured has been the focus of this program but the statistical evidence shows that the...
This thesis explores the literature for information about the prevalence of Non Specific Chronic Low Back Pain (NSCLBP) among Registered Nurses and the effectiveness of yoga on reducing the pain in order to develop a study proposal that...
Capital control policies, such as certificate of need (CON) regulations, are often touted as a means of combatting the rising costs of healthcare. However, such policies often have little to no concern with their impact on health...
With art programs becoming more prominent in medical environments, this research seeks to investigate the way art materials are being used and perceived in these settings. Through observation of one pediatric unit and information...
Over the past sixty years, many cities in the United States have experienced the evaporation of independently owned neighbourhood grocery stores and the proliferation of large, full-service suburban supermarkets, leaving behind 'grocery...
This dissertation contributes to the fields of medical sociology, environmental health, and public health by examining the effects of social stratification on environmental exposures and physical morbidity. Although previous conceptual...
Throughout American history, physicians and their close professional associates, including pharmacists, have been asked to participate in both public health and national security efforts. While these efforts are not inherently...
Elevated and prolonged exposure to extreme heat is an important cause of excess summertime mortality and morbidity. To protect people from health threats, some governments are currently operating syndromic surveillance systems. However, ...
Is madness medical disease, problems in living, or social labeling of deviance? Does the word merely refer to behavior peculiar enough to be disturbing? Are the mad mad because of mental, physical, or environmental vulnerabilities? No...
Objectives: Pharmacist-managed collaborative services in a family practice setting are described, and diabetes and hypertension outcomes are assessed. Methods: Pharmacist-managed clinics, pharmacotherapy consultations, and drug...
As the U.S. population grows more diverse, it is becoming more and more important for medical schools to address health disparities, underserved populations and cultural competency. The growing population places increasing demands on our...
With the number of individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabetes on the rise, it has become more important to ensure these patients are effectively treated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that 8.3% of all Americans...
"This paper presents a survey of the physical health status of twenty-seven first grade boys and girls in the Paxton Elementary School. Keen interest on the part of the writer in this problem has been felt for a number of years. Because...
They Over-Promised and Under-Delivered: A Mixed Methods Study on the Effects of Residential Displacement Pressure on African-American Residents in Southwest Atlanta
For the last 50 years, scholars have studied and contested the definitions and impacts of gentrification and displacement and its relation to individual, market, and government interventions. Central to these debates are questions of who...
As the number of international college students has increased dramatically since the 2000s (U.S. Mission Nigeria, 2018), depressive symptoms among this group have become a crucial issue in the United States. Notably, it is widely...
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