Health disparities related to access to mental health care services continues to be a growing concern for the field of nursing and other healthcare professions. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) (2016b)‚ 20% of people living in the United States (U.S.) currently struggle with mental illness. Despite the goals of Healthy People 2020 (2016) to improve mental health through prevention and access to care‚ significant disparities still exist. Substantial cuts have occurred in
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SENTENCING GOALS OF CORRECTIONS The five general sentencing goals of corrections are punishment ‚ retribution‚ test of proportionality‚ specific deterrence‚ general deterrence. Punishment is the correctional goal emphasizing the infliction of pain or suffering. As a society‚ we believe that punishment for inappropriate behavior is not only allowable ‚ but also advisable. Punishment is used to teach children from right and wrong. Criminal offenders are brought to justice by the state‚ acting for
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Disparities in Health Care Thanks to medical advances and advanced preventative care‚ Americans are living longer and healthier than ever. However‚ these benefits don ’t seem to apply to everyone equally because a great disparity exists. Not a disparity based on access or clinical needs‚ preferences‚ or appropriateness of intervention‚ but a racial and ethnic disparity that divides on socioeconomic lines. When all medical care being accessed and administered is considered equal‚ the poor and racial
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reduce health disparities focuses on several key themes: (1) How persistent health disparities are (2) The economic condition (3) Race and discrimination (4) Geographic location (5) Raising awareness on the issue of health disparities (6) Shaping or integrating better health policies (7) The function of a community in developing plans to tackle health disparities (8) The promising Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Certainly‚ there are many other topics encased in health disparities that need
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Health disparities are all around the world. Different groups of people have different health issues. Race and ethnicity play a major role in health disparities. For example‚ African Americans are more prone to get sickle cell. Another example‚ Black women are more prone to get breast cancer. Consequently‚ gender plays a role in health disparities. Certain diseases or illness are more common in different groups. Income and sexual orientation are disparities. Which racial/ethnic groups are more
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There are several factors that contribute to the existence of health disparities. Such factors include‚ socio-economic factor‚ geographic location‚ education‚ culture‚ religion-belief system‚ gender and sexual identity. There are several models that explain disparities in health. (Coreil‚ 2010) describes several models that explain health disparities. Such models include the racial-genetic model‚ health behavior model‚ racial and ethnic model‚ social-economic model‚ psychological model and the structural-constructivist
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more than we notice. Many scholars believe that racism play a more important role in targeting and sentencing process in the criminal justice system and this is something which should not happen in any country no matter what. In order to understand the role that racism plays in the criminal justice system we must‚ first‚ look at the role that it plays before the criminal reaches the day of sentencing in the court. There are various publications that speak on profiling and actuarial methods which unwillingly
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is convicted of a crime by a guilty plea‚ plea bargain‚ or jury verdict the sentencing takes place. A sentence is a decree of punishment. This punishment can be fines‚ incarceration in jain for short term and in prison for longer term‚ probation‚ payment of restitution to crime victim‚ community service or drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Not only will the severity of the crime determine the punishment but the sentencing judge usually will consider the defendants criminal history or lack thereof;
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Written at University of California Santa Barbara Prof. Ahuja Political Science 106IE Disparities in India India became a democratic state in 1947 after gaining independence from British rule. From its inception‚ many factors such as underdevelopment‚ social hierarchy‚ illiteracy‚ and rampant corruption have impeded it on its goal to becoming a part of the global north. The purpose of this paper is to determine the success of the Indian democracy in alleviating poverty and providing basic services
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Indeterminate &Structured Sentencing To me Indeterminate Sentencing is a very degraded and/or very disturbed type of sentencing. In this sentencing a legislature is the one who has say as to what the terms will be for the crime that has been committed and a judge gets the decision as to what the sentence will be for the offender. As I look at this information I feel that the judge should have a say in what the sentence will be‚ but not have all the power as to what it will be. A Parole Board gets
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