The Homeless as a Vulnerable Population Sara Williams Nur/440 9-5-2011 University of Phoenix The Homeless as a vulnerable population This article discusses a framework for understanding the nature of the homeless population. It discusses four pathways‚ increased heat waves‚ and increased air pollution‚ increases severity of floods and storms‚ and it also talks about the distribution of the West Nile Virus. The article discusses why the homeless are amongst the most vulnerable groups to
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The homeless population encounters a variety of public health problems that concerns not only the medical community but the general community as a whole . HIV/AIDS is one of the most prevalent communicable public health problems and it is still an increasing problem worldwide. According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] report of worldwide epidemiologic studies‚ the prevalence rate of HIV infection among the homeless population is from 6.3-35% (Badiaga et al.‚ 2008). In order
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These interventions are the same in that they all work towards benefitting and helping the homeless population in the United States. Each intervention‚ helps to change the basic needs of one person‚ a group of people‚ or the entire population. The micro‚ mezzo‚ and macro levels of intervention are all working towards the main goal of helping the homeless population in the United States in some way. Whether it be individual psychotherapy‚ placement at shelters‚ or lobbying for new standards in
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Even if that culture is the homeless. According to de Chesnay (2008)‚ “Vulnerable populations are those at risk for poor physical‚ psychological‚ or social health. Anyone can be vulnerable at any given point in time as a result of life circumstances or response to illness or events” (2008 pg. 3). In this paper I will focus on the homeless population their assessment‚ Healthy People 2020 recomendations and intervention strategies for this group. The homeless have the highest level of exposure
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The Homeless and Elderly Population BSHS 301 February 8‚ 2010 The Homeless & Elderly Population As we seek pleasure‚ we often forget our purpose in life. We feed our egos as we like‚ but there is one thing that humans don’t know is that all of us have access to opportunities like those who think they have everything in life. But unfortunately not all of us are capable of seeing the poverty in our society. Not all homeless people chose to live in the streets or shelters‚ especially
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Homelessness Vulnerable Population Eve Martinez NUR/ 440 Karen Harriman March 11‚ 13 The homeless population is a social group that is vulnerable because the homeless are at an increased risk for adverse health-related outcomes. Understanding the nature of homelessness and the relationship between resource availability‚ relative risks‚ and health status is critical for nurses to diagnose and treat health-related problems in this vulnerable population. (PubMed) Poor health is
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considered homeless (“2016’s Shocking Homelessness Statistic”). Some unrealistic expectations for a growing homeless population are that it will go away on its own or the homeless will soon get the memo and magically rejoin us as contributing members of society. The problem with these expectations is that the only way the homeless population will decrease is by either dying off or receiving the needed resources to get back on their feet. Instead of creating unethical expectations for the homeless we‚ as
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Homeless Youth Gale Dowling BSHS 301 June 19‚ 2012 Rachelle Jackson Homeless Youth Homeless youth is a rapidly growing problem in society today. There are many types of homeless youth and numerous contributing factors to their unfortunate situation. People need to have compassion toward these youth. These adolescents are the least understood‚ most vulnerable and most difficult to reach.Youth should not be in the streets because of the emotional and psychological impact it has on them later
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are the primary user of healthcare in the United States. The older adult population is expanding‚ living longer‚ with multiple chronic conditions. Understanding and managing their needs over time is an integral part of defining successful aging. “Population health is used to describe the measurement and health outcomes of a population” (Tkatch‚ 2016 1). One way population help the older generation is education and intervention. Sessions are held to make sure the older people have exceptional knowledge
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to challenge their clients’ irrational beliefs making them aware of their consequences and teach them how to dispute them with as less stressful thoughts as possible. This is practiced through several “emotive-evocative‚ dramatic” techniques and strategies such as rational emotive imagery‚ shame-attacking exercise‚ disputing irrational beliefs‚ doing cognitive homework‚ bibliotherapy‚ changing one’s language‚ role playing and using A-B-C-D-E framework (Corey‚ 2009). REBT is used as a treatment
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