Vulnerable Populations in Current Events NUR/440 January 24‚ 2010 Vulnerable Populations in Current Events Smith‚ Tingle‚ and Twiss (2010) estimate in the year 2030‚ 20% of all Americans will be elderly adults. This is a vulnerable population that will have barriers including transportation‚ mobility‚ financial‚ and medical. As this vulnerable population continues to age‚ they often find it difficult to ask for help‚ which further increases the barriers they must overcome. Defining a Vulnerable
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emotionally. The term vulnerable population takes it a step further and is defined as “a population at risk”. There are many different versions of the definition of vulnerable population but the underlying message is always a population of heightened risk that needs service. Vulnerable populations exist across‚ the globe‚ across the nation‚ across the city and maybe even across the street from any given person. There are countless organizations that serve these populations yet there is always a strong
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Vulnerable Population Homeless Persons University of Phoenix By: Diana Thornton August 24‚ 2009 What does the word population and Vulnerable mean? Population means the whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region. Vulnerable population is defined as individuals made vulnerable by: Financial circumstances or place of residence Health age Functional or developmental status Ability to communicate effectively Presence of chronic or terminal illness or disability
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Vulnerable populations Despite efforts and goals in the United States to reduce or eliminate disparities in healthcare by 2010‚ significant disparities‚ including risk factors‚ access to healthcare‚ morbidity‚ and mortality‚ continues in vulnerable populations. For example‚ studies find that Americans living in poverty are much more likely to be in fair or poor health and have disabling conditions‚ and are less likely to have used many types of healthcare. I believe that more effort
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Vulnerable Populations BSHS/302 April 2nd 2012 The Homeless a Vulnerable Population A homeless population is a social group of a vulnerable population that is at an increased risk for several health related issues that can have adverse outcomes. Vulnerable Populations deserve the right of protection by responsible others because of compromised‚ or the lack of freedom of autonomy. Part of this respect and responsibility is to have an understanding of the nature of homelessness. Part of the
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Cheri W. Bluford Nur/440 June 3‚ 2013 Vulnerable population is not limited to a specific disease‚ race‚ income‚ or gender. There are different situations that can cause an individual to be classified into this category. A Vulnerable population can also include the neighborhood where an individual resides because healthcare resources may be limited. The focus of this will include the understanding of how the different biases affect the delivery of healthcare
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Vulnerable populations in the United States include economically disadvantaged‚ racial and ethnic minorities‚ low-income children‚ the elderly‚ homeless‚ people living with HIV and other chronic medical conditions that include mental illness. Other factors that contribute to these populations are a lack of healthcare‚ poverty‚ social‚ environmental factors and lack of education. Vulnerable populations divided into three categories physical‚ psychological‚ and social. The vulnerability may arise
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IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES NUR/440 October 27‚2014 Deanna Radford “Latino Immigrants in the United States constitutes a paradigmatic case of a population group subject to a structural violence” (Stange‚ 2009). This group is considered to be in a very low level in the economy of the United States‚ and for this reason they are more prone to be abuse and violent than any others‚ and also due to the fact that some are undocumented they tend not to seek medical services due to fear or being deported
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Vulnerable Population Paper Introduction The vulnerable population chosen for this paper is Haitian immigrants. Topics of discussion will include description of the population‚ significant problems related to their vulnerability‚ related health and social problems‚ an evaluation of adequant of current strategies to break the cycle of vulnerability‚ ethical implications of current strategies‚ and proposed community and public health nursing interventions in roles of manager‚ advocate‚ teacher‚
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Vulnerable Population in Current Events Michele M Maiorano NUR/440 February 11‚ 2013 Nita A. Magee-Cornelius‚ RN‚ MSN‚ PhD(c) Vulnerable Population in Current Events A way of defining a vulnerable population is addressing it as a group of people who are at risk for developing health problems (de Chesnay & Anderson‚ 2012‚ p. 5). It is not partial to age‚ gender‚ or nationality. In this case‚ it is the pediatric population. According to Allison Kempe‚ who was the lead in a recent research
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