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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1988 called “The Homeless and Their Children” where He told a story of a woman and her four children called Joanne (Kozol‚ 1985). Jonathan spent a lot of time to get to know Rachel and her children who lived in a homeless hotel in New York called the Martinique‚ which was located at Sixth Avenue and Thirty Second Street. This hotel was known to be the largest hotel for the homeless people in New York. Jonathan Kozol was enlightening the facts that there were so many homeless and illiterate people
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There are many homeless people out on the streets. When being without a job still hasn’t gotten near zero and new jobs are being created every day‚ people are starting to ask why there are still homeless people in the streets. This seems to be a serious problem even though it would be so easy for homeless people to just get a job. For a person to get a job all you have to do is have nice clothes to make a respectable impression‚ a home address and some way to be reached in. So we have reached a solution
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I attended a soup kitchen for the homeless at a Hospitality Center located at the Charles Town Presbyterian Church and also a fundraiser event to benefit the Jefferson County Homeless Coalition. At the soup kitchen‚ I helped volunteer’s setup tables and chairs for prospective patrons to dine. Guests had formed a line outside the doors of the church and waited patiently to be admitted. Once dining hours commenced‚ volunteers welcomed guests to be seated. Upon entering the building and finding a seat
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The Homeless Billionaire Nicholas Berggruen is a businessman who chooses to live simple life‚ and he started out with a trust fund of $250‚000.00. According to his privately held holding company’s annual revenue of $5 billion throws off $250 million in earning each year. He has a personal worth of $2.5 billion. Not too simple in my opinion. Nicholas Berggruen spends his life turning companies around‚ donating and offering help to worthy projects. He travels the world in his private jet
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article‚ New York Times‚ Scott James writes on a topic about homeless people in the city of San Francisco and how their mayor proclaims to help the homeless relocate their position due to the destruction on the Transbay Terminal bus station. James speaks of how the city is going to pay for the relocation of the homeless. The citizens of San Francisco agree to their terms and offer to help relocate the homeless too‚ so that the homeless people will not die from pollution and smog in the air. The mayor
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There are approximately 200 million homeless people living in the world right now‚ as stated by “Kevin Burger.” The majority of these homeless people are living on the streets. Half of the homeless don’t have a place to live or a shelter to stay in. It is my belief that there aren’t enough around the world. This is why New York City should open more shelters for the homeless. New York City should open up more shelters for the homeless so that they can get all the requirements they need. If we open
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streets of vast cities of United States. Less attention are shown to those who are homeless‚ people focus more on bigger issues when this is a major problem that has occurred for years. Statistics shows that 1.6 million youth run away from home each year between the ages of 12 and 17. The predominant race for runaways is White non-Hispanic (57%)‚ Black non-Hispanic (17%)‚ Hispanic (15%)‚ and Other (11%) follow (Blaha). Homeless children most likely leave their original homes because of the way of life and
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Homeless Shelter HUM 114 Homeless Shelter When reading a news story the best thing to do is can open mind. When a person is done reading a news story then the person can take the time to research and read more than one article about the subject. Reporters do not always have time to do hours or days of research to make sure that all the facts are stated correctly. Even when the time is put into doing the research the reader may interpret the article differently than the writer intended.
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Helping The Homeless Do you know how many people there are in the world with no home or money? There are millions and millions of homeless people in the world‚ and I want to help put a stop to it. I feel strongly about this because i grew up in Thailand when i was younger and seeing all these homeless people really impacted my life and how i thought about people. The three best ways that people can help the homeless are to help build shelters so that they are safe at night‚ to donate food so they
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