Social Work Intervention in Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS Introduction In India‚ HIV which causes AIDS appeared much later than any parts of the world. However‚ the disease is spreading with unprecedented rapidity and has now emerged as a serious socio-economic and public health problem. HIV and AIDS is a term in today’s world that has become synonymous with epidemic. The truth is that the HIV/ AIDS pandemic have affected not only the adults but even the youth and the children. Hence‚ it becomes
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Unit 4222-265 OUTCOME 1. 1. Bacteria are a single cell micro-organism that can only be seen from under a microscope. It survives off the nutrients from its surroundings. Viruses are disease producing agents far smaller than bacteria. They are enclosed in a protein coating which makes them more difficult to destroy. The basic unit of Fungi is a hypha which is a hollow tube. The hypha threads spread out over and into the food material making a visible mesh or mycelium. Some fungi form together
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Unit ICO2 Causes and spread of infection Assessment Criteria Outcome 1 Understand the causes of infection The learner can: 1. Identify the differences between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites? Bacteria : Bacteria are one cell structures that multiply rapidly and can become a colony of 2 million within 2 hours. Viruses : Visible can only be seen with an electron microscope they can float in the air‚ sit on a door handle or remain non-living. They become active when they are allowed
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Cross Infection Definition Cross infection is the physical movement or transfer of harmful bacteria from one person‚ object‚ or place to another‚ or from one part of the body to another (such as touching a staph-infected hand to the eye). When this cross infection occurs in a hospital or long-term care facility it is called a nosocomial infection. Community acquired infections are those contracted anywhere except a hospital or long-term care facility. Description Cross infection accounts for
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THE POLICE VISIBILITY AND ITS EFFECT IN CRIME PREVENTION AND CONTROL A Proposed Thesis Study Presented To MR. EDUARDO C. BALUBAL Thesis Instructor In Partial Fulfillment with the Requirements in Research 101 MABBORANG‚ JAYVINICK BAUSO‚ ANNALYN G. STO. TOMAS‚ MAE BULONG‚ REYNALDO AGGABAO‚ ALVIN Chapter 1 The Problem and its Background Introduction Policing is essentially about communities and for communities. That is why we must always take account
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Literature Reviews Prevention and Control of Childhood Obesity In quest of finding causes‚ preventions and control of childhood obesity‚ several health professionals have participated in the studies of obesity in children and teenagers. Below is a scrutiny of some data and pieces of information from few studies and articles. In the article Identification‚ Evaluation‚ and Management of Obesity in an Academic Primary Care Center‚ O’Brien et al performed a study to find out how other health
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Unit 10 Principles of Communication in Adult Social Care Settings To establish communications with either someone that you are caring for or who you may work with there are two groups these are verbal and non-verbal means of communication We also have the five main senses these are Visual – Seeing Auditory – Hearing Olfactory – Smelling Kinaesthetic – Feeling Gustatory – Tasting The verbal means of communication are: Vocabulary‚ words and different languages Tone of voice Pitch (for example
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Sexually Transmitted Infections Unit 9 Assignment 1 A&PII ITT Tech - Breckinridge School of Nursing Ashley Wigglesworth Genital herpes is a viral infection that causes lesions or sores in the genital area and is spread through sexual intercourse or by touching a sore and then touching another part of your body; it is a highly contagious virus. Often it does not present with symptoms‚ or produces very mild symptoms such that the infected individual is unaware they have it. When symptoms are present
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Unit 5 – The principles underpinning the role of the practitioner working with children. E1: Describe the responsibility of the practitioner in professional relationships Practitioners have many responsibilities in professional relationships with children‚ families‚ colleagues and other professionals. Some of these responsibilities are to make people feel that they can trust them. It is important to be a good role model for children and to make sure that they feel comfortable telling you things
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Prevention Nicole Griffin HSM/210 April 5‚ 2015 Elise Merenda Prevention The targeted population that I chose to write about is the homeless. With over 4‚000 people dealing with homelessness in Connecticut‚ the majority of these people facing this problem have some sort of mental illness‚ physical disabilities‚ or dealing with a form of substance abuse problem ("Partnership for Strong Communities"‚ 2015). A lot of this problem stems from the people being released prematurely from mental hospitals
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