beverages. There are many different disease-causing microbes‚ or pathogens. In addition‚ poisonous chemicals‚ or other harmful substances can cause food borne illnesses if they are present in food. More than two hundred and fifty different food borne illnesses have been described; almost all of these illnesses are infections. They are caused by a variety of bacteria‚ viruses‚ and parasites that can be food borne. (Center 1) Food safety is an increasingly important public health issue. Governments all
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Task 1 P3 - Identify different types of communication devices Introduction DTE - data terminal equipment Data terminal equipment are any devices that connect to the internet. Such devices include computers‚ mobile phones and even appliances like washing machines. Each DTE is supplied with a MAC address Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) is any equipment that is either a source or destination for digital data. DTE do not generally communicate with each other to do so they need to use DCE to carry out
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Inequality in Health Health is not just the outcome of genetic or biological processes but is also influenced by the social and economic conditions in which we live. These influences have become known as the ‘social factors of health’. An inequality in social conditions rises to unequal and unjust health outcomes for different social groups (health knowledge 2011). Health inequalities are not only apparent between people of different socio-economic groups but also exists between different genders‚ different
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connection doctors have noticed for more than a century. Migraines can be triggered by sleepless nights‚ and 36 to 58% of people with sleep apnea wake up with “nondescript morning headaches.” 3. Inability to learn Sleepiness has long been an issue among adolescents. One study of middle school students found that “delaying school start times by one hour‚ from roughly 7:30 to 8:30‚ increases standardized test scores by at least 2 percentile points in math and 1 percentile point in reading.” But it’s
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Social determinants of health are factors that influence the health of all people. There are 14 factors influencing health. Some of these factors include income‚ stress‚ education‚ employment‚ early childhood development‚ food insecurity‚ race‚ gender‚ etc. This paper focuses on housing and the impacts of housing on health based on a reading called Social determinants of health: The Canadian facts by J. Mikkonen and D. Raphael (2010). This paper will also analyze a current newspaper article about
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forgotten. They seemed to have lost their voices and cannot advocate for themselves. More than fifty four million Americans are diagnosed with a mental illness any given year‚ and many of them go without the necessary treatment. One in four adults and one in five children will have a mental disorder in their life time. The three major types of mental illness are: schizophrenia‚ delusional‚ and psychotic disorder. The symptoms shown in Schizophrenias are: auditory and visual hallucinations‚ paranoia‚ and
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U30 (P2) Health Psychology Describe 3 factors such as culture social class‚ gender‚ poverty and education may influence the way people respond to health and illness Poverty Imam’s house Individuals who are in poverty are more likely focused on the physiological l needs out of the hierarchy pyramid. My case study is sourced from BBC documentary‚ toughest place to be a bin man and is about a man called Imam Syaffi. Syaffi is 28 and lives in Indonesia with a monthly income of £78 by working six
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Explain the different sociological explanations for crime and deviance Sociologists argue that there are many different sociological explanations for crime and deviance present. In this essay I will be discussing the different sociological explanations for crime and deviance. Firstly‚ a sociological explanation named inadequate socialization is based on young people’s involvement in criminal and deviant behaviour‚ which has been explained in terms of the negative influence of family background
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working conditions and comply with the ethical trading regulations. Business Corporations should also think and take responsibility for the environment around them. Taking this responsibility is the first step to recognize Corporate Social Responsibility. Corporate Social responsibility is when a business monitors and ensures its active compliance with the spirit of the law and ethical standards. It is a process with the aim to embrace responsibility for the company ’s actions and encourage a positive
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Mental Illness and Homelessness Cynthia Finley Argosy University Abstract The debate over mental illness and homelessness has been around for years. Everyone has a view or an opinion about whether or not mental illness is related to homelessness. The fact is that most people who are mentally ill cannot do the basic things that are needed to be able to maintain a balanced life‚ therefore they find themselves out on the streets. Statistics show that most people who are living on the streets
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