IMMUNIZATION S ARE IMPORTANT Roshanda Dixon Community Teaching Work Plan Proposal NRS-427v April 18‚ 2015 OVERVIEW Infectious diseases remain a major cause of illness‚ disability‚ and death. Immunization recommendations in the United States currently target 17 vaccine-preventable diseases across the lifespan (Health People‚ 2015). Healthy People 2020 goals for immunization and infectious diseases are rooted in evidence-based clinical and community activities and services for the prevention
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Harmful Habits and Infectious Disease Prevention Second Hand Smoke Second hand smoke can be a serious concern for smokers and non smokers alike. When one thinks of smoking‚ they think of individuals who smoke and the effects of lung cancer that are attributed to smoking. One usually never thinks that second hand smoke can be harmful. After all they are not the ones smoking tobacco. Each day in America 1‚200 people die from smoking and exposure to second hand smoke; according to Kick Butts
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Pandemics are disease that spread over a country or the world. Typhus is an example of a pandemic. Typhus is a bacterial disease that is spread by lice and fleas. Brill Zinsser is the discoverer of the disease and typhus is also known as “Brill Zinsser Disease”. Two types of most common typhus are endemic and murine. Endemic typhus is usually seen in places with cold temperature‚ endemic typhus are sometimes called “jail fever” or “camp fever” because typhus killed hundreds of thousands of people of prisoners
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Vincent Lane Instructor Torrence English 101 May 12‚ 2013 Healthy People Have Healthy Relationships In times of immense strife‚ a child’s relationship with their parents becomes more important. As a child’s world is turned upside down‚ they cling to the familiar as means of self-identification and discovery in confusing circumstances. But when parent child relationships become unhealthy‚ a child’s sense of identity is damaged as they struggle to rectify their sense
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Immunizations are given to children in order to reduce the risk of becoming sick. Some parents have continued to make sure their children get the immunizations needed in order to keep them healthy. However‚ some parents have refused to let their children be given immunizations due to many reasons they feel are validated. Whether children should be given immunizations or not has become a huge controversy‚ and parents are choosing to do what they feel is best for their child. There are more people
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Cited: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ Department of Health and Human Services Retrieved from:http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/anthrax/Pages/overview.aspx Cowan‚ M. K. (2012). Microbiology a Systems Approach . Mcgraw Hill. P306 BIOMED Central Retrieved From:http://www
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There are diseases out in the world that are preventable with a simple solution: vaccines. While most children have received them or still are receiving them‚ there is still a population of people who are not vaccinated causing several problems. An ongoing issue with vaccinations is that low-income families are unable to afford the proper immunizations to protect themselves and their children from diseases. Vaccinations and immunizations are essential and given in an effort to protect all humans
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where “epi” means upon‚ “demos” means people‚ and “logos” means study. Epidemiology can be defined in detail as the study of distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations‚ and the application of this study to the prevention and control of health problems. (Last‚ 2001) Here‚ in the definition the distribution refers to analysis of persons‚ classes of people‚ places that are being affected by the specific disease and determinants refers to factors that
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Infectious Disease in Africa The earth has been evolving for billions of years‚ growing in population as well as advancing technologically for thousands of years. Most places are up to speed with the latest and greatest new technology. Africa‚ however‚ is struggling to get by without any of these luxuries. They are plagued with disease‚ contaminated water‚ and starvation on top of extreme poverty. But‚ if disease is everywhere--why has it hit Africa the hardest? Well‚ without
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undereducated regarding the efficacy of immunizations. Schools‚ jobs‚ and other programs have developed standard requirements for fulfilling immunizations guidelines and everyone abides be these rules too often without question or concern. Can you blame them though? Of course not‚ because vaccinations hold up a reputation as the magic shots that prevent scary diseases. In reality‚ this reputation is not entirely appropriate. Although immunizations can prevent certain disease‚ they can also create adverse effects
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