Vulnerable Populations Paper: Substance Abuse Substance abuse disorders is easily defined when an “individual continues to use the substance despite experiencing negative consequences from their use. These negative consequences can include health problems; difficulties in their family‚ work‚ and social life; and financial and legal problems. They are said to be dependent on the substance when‚” in addition to theses negative consequences‚ they build tolerance and experience withdrawal if
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similar and differences in physical and mental health in different ethnic groups and cultures. The importance of understanding how ethnic groups and culture view mental and physical health can be crucial in therapeutic settings and can be seen as wrong or unusual to us because the lack of understand of their viewpoints. People come from different ethnic groups and the range of diversity varies and varies over time and between different populations‚ the knowledge of knowing the differences of physical
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What is Race? B2 Race is known to be the biological difference between groups. It is culturally constructed and was created by countries conducting imperialism and colonization. Humans have all come from the same ancestor therefore the physical differences we see are not all based on biology. There are no traits that belong to a specific race. (American Anthropological Association RACE) Today’s social construction has been highly influenced by the ideology of race. Race has created this process
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In Ancient Rome has rich and poor people although there are more poor than rich. There was a huge difference between the rich and the poor. But with the poor people in Rome more than half of the poor’s were also jobless. Mostly all of the jobless Romans only survived because of the food the government gave them. But mostly everyone had a slave rich or poor. The rich Romans lived a life of luxury. They would host giant parties with lots of food. Also most of the food that the government
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Week 1 Individual Assignment: Vulnerable Population Article Cynthia Davis NUR/440 February 4‚ 2013 Sheila De Vaughn Week 1 Individual Assignment: Vulnerable Population Article Based on my understanding of what I have read over the past week‚ I would define a vulnerable population as any individual or group of people with a decreased capacity to communicate effectively in a given setting. The term vulnerable populations is be defined as “people with questionable capacity.” It is further
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be clarified what kind of research ahs to be done. So first it has to be analized what kind of data would be of interest. Data of a wide range of respondents would be collected by questionnaire‚ which is shorter in time and could be easier analysed. If the topic is more complex‚ it could be of interest to have more detailed data. Therefor a focus group discussion could be helpful. Normally there are six up to eight respondents in one group with one interviewer. What makes a focus group interest is
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Homeless People as a Vulnerable Population Homeless people are a part of a vulnerable population who face a very real risk of developing health issues at a rate higher than the rest of the population due to certain disadvantages and co-morbidities. The homeless population is often exposed to the harsh elements of the weather and lack access to basic necessities such as food‚ shelter‚ clothing‚ and medication. Housing in shelters and transitional homes are not constant and reliable‚ leaving the homeless
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physical‚ or sociological standpoint. De Chesnay & Anderson (2012) explain the idea of an entire population being vulnerable as “a public health concept that refers to vulnerability by virtue of status: that is‚ some groups are at risk at any given point in time relative to other individuals or groups.” The chronically mentally ill and the elderly go under this definition of vulnerable populations and could be helped by two conceptual models of nursing. Because those with mental illness usually
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and lobbying are essential. The poor and disadvantaged are not always represented in the same fashions as others are. The poor cannot always find the transportation to visit their representative’s offices to voice their concerns‚ and most often do not vote as often as the non-poor population. The subject of the poor‚ and help for the poor are not always at the top of the list for county meetings‚ or representative meetings. Formalization Medicare isa health program for people age 65 or older
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Poor health habits 1. who want to stop a bad habit or start a good one Human being’s body needs healthy food. If people have poor eating habit‚ their body will have negative impacts. People must do more attention on what they eat and what they drink. Body metabolism is influenced by what we eat and contributes to either healthy being or illness in the body. The concentrating of this address the distresses of poor eating habit in a proposal decrease undesirable health complication
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