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    local‚ national‚ and world health organizations that contribute immense time and effort to the public health issues of today‚ these organizations could still use more contribution from every day citizens. Moreover‚ it is troubling to hear more stories of intolerance and discrimination toward the LGBTQ community‚ especially when these public health issues affect LGBTQ people at significantly high rates. The following statistics describe just a few public health issues occurring nationally and globally:

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    Local Community Health Care Issues Local Community Health Care Issues The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been working with state and public health departments on a multistate investigation concerning fungal meningitis and other infections among patients who received methylprednisolone acetate (MPA) injection‚ prepared by the New England Compound Center (NECC). As of November 19‚ 2012 a total of 490 cases‚ including 34 deaths have been reported in 19 states. The predominant

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    Community Health Issue: Drowning Glenda Bruckner Dimensions of Community Nursing Practice/NUR 471PN December 22‚ 2010 Community Health Issue: Drowning Drowning is the main cause of death in Arizona in kids below four years of age‚ (Arizona Department of Health Services‚ 2010). Because of the warm weather throughout the year‚ water safety is a high priority for Phoenix residents all year long. Water safety is not just important around swimming pools. Phoenix residents need to be aware of

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    Exploration and Analysis of a Health Issue Affecting Australian Population [Name of Student] [Name of Affiliate Institution] [Date] Introduction Australia‚ just like other countries in the world‚ faces various health issues that are widely spread all over the country. The country has to come up with initiatives on how to improve the current Public Health Care services to address these health issues. Accident is one of the several pertinent health issues currently affecting Australia. Particularly

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    The population of Hillsboro County is‚ overall‚ growing‚ with projected growth of over five percent in the next five years. However‚ significant disparities exist among the towns in the area‚ resulting in two communities with very different make ups – the town of Middleboro and its surrounding villages‚ which on the whole is not growing in population and is generally older than the US population as a whole‚ and Jasper‚ a geographically remote town that is almost singlehandedly driving the population

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    Chronic pain is a major public health issue affecting the medical community. More than 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain (IOM‚ 2011) making it the most prevalent major condition facing Americans today. In 2011 the costs associated with chronic pain and pain management were estimated to be $560-635 billion (IOM‚ 2011). There are many conditions that fall under the umbrella of chronic pain such as lower back pain(cLBP)‚ headache‚ cancer pain‚ and fibromyalgia(FM)‚ arthritis‚ diabetes pain

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    Aboriginal health. CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal‚ 155(11)‚ 1569–1578. This article highlights the variation between the overall health of Canada’s indigenous population as compared to the health of the non-native population. The data used for this research was extracted from research studies and compiled to provide health care workers with a greater awareness of the health issues affecting Canada’s native people in hopes of developing methods to help address these issues and improve

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    Issues Affecting the Aged Charity Booth BSHS/342 February 18‚ 2013 Barbara Kennedy Issues Affecting the Aged There are several issues‚ trends‚ and problems that are affecting the aged population in today’s society. Not only are they dealing with the biological‚ physical‚ emotional‚ and mental issues that go along with aging‚ they are also dealing with economy and societal acceptance of the aged. There are many misconceptions of the elderly and this causes a stigma between the younger and

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    Health care delivery in the Ukraine is compromised by a number of issues. Specifically‚ the healthcare facilities’ infrastructures are substandard‚ equipment is outdated and there is a gross shortage of qualified physicians (Beck‚ Mays‚ Whiteside & Zuniga‚ 2006). Since the collapse of the Soviet Union‚ Ukraine has suffered economically; this has resulted in underfunding for healthcare reforms and reduced accessibility to healthcare‚ particularly for at-risk populations. Unfortunately‚ physicians

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    Chapter: Chapter01 True/False 1. True or False? A community is a group of people who have common characteristics. Ans: True Page: 6 2. True or False? Choosing to eat wisely‚ regularly wearing a safety belt‚ and visiting the physician are examples of community health activities. Ans: False Page: 8 3. True or False? Physical factors affecting community health include geography‚ community size‚ and industrial development. Ans: True Page: 8

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