Obesity in America is on the rise. In the last few decades‚ the world has changed in a very dramatic way. Computers‚ cellphones‚ the internet‚ and video games have brought teenage obesity to a disturbing level. While there isn’t one single cause of obesity; there are a number of factors that come into play. For example‚ genetic‚ biological‚ behavioral‚ and cultural factors play a big role in obesity. The official website of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry says that obesity
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1 Epidemiology: HIV Nicole McDanell Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V Concepts in Community and Public Health September 28‚ 2014 Epidemiology: HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a virus that only affects humans‚ HIV weakens your immune system by destroying the cells that fight and kill disease and infections. HIV reproduces by taking over cells in the host’s body and multiplying‚ with most viruses over time the immune system can rid the body of the present virus
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Epidemiology PaperEpidemiology Paper This will paper discuss one of the deadly disease in the world call Tuberculosis (TB). The goal is to prevent the disease and prevent the spread of the disease from the teaching that the community health nurse will provide. An individual can die if TB is left untreated. Active Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an infection caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. This respiratory disease that in most common in the lungs. (World Health
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Epidemiology concerned with distribution and determinants of health and diseases morbidity‚ injuries‚ disability and mortality in population groups not among individuals. Often referred to as population medicine. Epidemiologic studies are applied to control health problems in populations. Concerned with efforts to describe explain predict and control. Determinants- are factors or events that are capable of bringing about a change in health. Examples are specific biologic agents that are associated
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Running head: Epidemiology paper: Tuberculosis Epidemiology Paper: Tuberculosis Richard Doria Grand Canyon University NRS-427V October 5‚ 2014 Epidemiology Paper: Tuberculosis “Tuberculosis (TB)‚ a multisystem disease with myriad presentations and manifestations‚ is the most common cause of infectious disease–related mortality worldwide. Although TB rates are decreasing in the United States‚ the disease is becoming more common in many parts of the world. In addition‚ the prevalence of
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Prevalence of Skin Diseases among Miners in Brgy. Diwalwal Monkayo‚ Compostela Valley Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Skin diseases are one of the health problems posed by the mining industry to its workers and to those who are living near quarry sites. In Mindanao‚ the mining community in Brgy. Diwalwal Monkayo‚ Compostela Valley is perhaps the most important because of the number of small-scale mining operations that remains largely
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Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V Concepts in Community and Public Health November 23‚ 2014 Epidemiology and Nursing Research: HIV HIV is a disease that has affected millions of people worldwide. From the wealthy to the poor‚ this virus has had devastating effects on the lives of families and individuals. According to the AIDS Institute‚ HIV was first discovered in a patient from West Africa. It is believed that chimpanzees carried the “simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)” which transferred
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PubMed - NCBI. [online] Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10710862 [Accessed: 30 Mar 2012]. Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (1870) The epidemiology of stroke in the East Asian re... [Int J Stroke. 2006] - PubMed - NCBI. [online] Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18706018 [Accessed: 30 Mar 2012]. Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (2007) Stroke in China: epidemiology‚ prevention‚ and... [Lancet Neurol. 2007] - PubMed - NCBI. [online] Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17434100 [Accessed:
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The Greek physician Hippocrates has been called the father of epidemiology.[4] He is the first person known to have examined the relationships between the occurrence of disease and environmental influences.[5] He coined the terms endemic (for diseases usually found in some places but not in others) and epidemic (for disease that are seen at some times but not others).[6] Epidemiology is defined as the study of distribution and determinants of health related states in populations and use of this
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Chickenpox and its Epidemiology Grand Canyon University Concepts in Community and Public Health Nursing NRS 427V February 20‚ 2014 Chickenpox and its Epidemiology Chickenpox is a viral infection caused by the Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) transmitted via the respiratory route that causes itchy‚ blisters-like rashes usually lasting about 5-10 days. It is highly contagious transmitted by person to person contact (direct) from respiratory secretions or indirectly through contact with airborne
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