(2008)‚ “Vulnerable populations are those at risk for poor physical‚ psychological‚ or social health. Anyone can be vulnerable at any given point in time as a result of life circumstances or response to illness or events” (2008 pg. 3). In this paper I will focus on the homeless population their assessment‚ Healthy People 2020 recomendations and intervention strategies for this group. The homeless have the highest level of exposure to social and environmental risk factors. This population is at
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Vulnerable Population: The Poor “A vulnerable population is a group or groups that are more likely to develop health- related problems‚ have more difficulty accessing health care to address those health problems‚ and are more likely to experience a poor outcome or shorter life span because of those health conditions.” (Maurer & Smith‚2009‚ pp. 533) Poverty is linked with marked deprivation of well-being of an individual due to inability to meet basic needs. It could be due to lack of income or
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VULNERABLE POPULATION ASSESSMENT A woman presents to the Emergency Room(ER) in Leon‚ Iowa with her 2-year-old little girls who she states has had a cough for 1 hour. It is 2pm on a Tuesday and the Community clinic is open. Our community is the second poorest county in Iowa and we have a federally funded Clinic available to anyone regardless of insurance coverage. The patient also is notable wheezy. I ask the mom if she or anyone in the home smokes and she says yes. There are four people total
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Vulnerable Populations in Current Events • • What Discussing an event related to vulnerable populations. The Buddy System‚ by Maya Bell Published by MEDICINE‚ the Magazine of the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of medicine‚ the article address the role of community health workers in overcome the barriers to effective care for underserved populations in Miami‚ specifically HIV/AIDS population in Miami‚ where this disease is the principal death cause for
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Vulnerable Population and Self-Awareness University of Phoenix Vulnerable Population and Self-Awareness The vulnerable population chosen as the focus of this paper are the mentally retarded or intellectually disabled. According to the tenth revision of the WHO (world health Organization): intellectual disability (ID) is a disorder defined by the presence of incomplete or arrested mental development‚ principally characterized by the deterioration of concrete functions at each stage of
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Vulnerable Populations Lisa M Buschur HCS/531 Feb 2012 Dr. Deb S. Sandberg "Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of‚ but stigma and bias shame us all." * Bill Clinton Vulnerable Populations Emotional and cognitive well-being are phrases used to describe mental health. Positive coping mechanisms and an assessment of suicide lethality are assessments providers consider when identifying a psychiatric patient. Those that suffer from mental health disorders are every- where‚ they are our
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Running Head: ‘Vulnerable Populations: Victims of Violence’ ‘Vulnerable Populations: Victims of Violence’ Norita Prather BSHS/302-BSAE0ZSH3 University of Phoenix Instructor: Tami Frye September 26‚ 2011 Each domestic abuse relationship is unique‚ and has a pattern that holds certain signs‚ clues‚ and characteristics that could have helped decide if one were in an unhealthy or abusive relationship. There are significant indicators that are common to all virtual cases
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adolescents are the least understood‚ most vulnerable and most difficult to reach.Youth should not be in the streets because of the emotional and psychological impact it has on them later on in life. The youth are too young to even think about supporting themselves in society by living on the streets. Being in such destitute situation is not only dangerous but can also be a criminal offense in some areas.To understand the growing necessity to resolve the homeless population‚ the need to look at the definition
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Vulnerable Populations in Current Events Michelle Wallace NUR 440 July 22‚ 2013 Sheila De Vaugh Vulnerable Populations in Current Events As society knows‚ the Baby Boomer generation is getting older. This generation was born between the years of 1946 to 1964 ("History"‚ 2013). There were three million to four million babies born each year between the dates listed above‚ and this population made up almost 40% of the nation’s population at that time (“History”‚ 2013). This group of individuals
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Vulnerable Population and Self-Awareness As of July 1‚ 2013 the United States of America had 54 million Hispanics living within its borders. This equates to 17% of the total population (U.S. Department of Commerce‚ 2014). Many of these individuals do not speak English which creates a language barrier between them and health care workers. This barrier can create biases among health care workers and the Hispanic population. Health care workers may not be able to connect with this population because
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