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African Americans And The Health Care System
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This 17 page paper reports the health status of African-Americans in the U.S. Statistics about the incidence of specific diseases and mortality rates among Black Americans as compared to White Americans are reported. The essay includes a discussion of the barriers to quality health care services. For instance, Black women are more likely to die of colon, rectal and breast cancer and Black men are more than twice as likely to die of prostrate cancer. The writer then turns to report the racial and ethnic composition of physicians as well as that of medical students. The discussion includes a few suggestions for correcting this inequity in quality health care. Statistical data included. Bibliography lists 27 sources.
Filename: PGblkhth.rtf
African Americans: History of Health Care Following WWII
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A 5 page paper which
discusses how Africa Americans experienced a great change in access to health care, and
access to health care professions following WWII, when the federal government made an
active assault on discrimination policies. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAafamhlth.wps
Ageism
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An 18 page paper which argues that ageism affects the medical treatment
received by the elderly in this country, and other countries as well. The paper presents
information relating to how the elderly are treated as a whole, through the workplace,
government, and society, which serves to help support the problems with ageism as it
involves medical treatment. An abstract and outline. Bibliography lists 30 sources.
Filename: RAageism.wps
Aggregate Assessment Tool
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A 4 page paper providing an aggregate assessment tool and rationale for the items contained within it. The aggregate of study consists of those over the age of 65 with cardiac disease living in the Coney Island area of Brooklyn. The theoretical base on which the tool rests is Orem’s self-care model. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSnursAggAsTool.rtf
Aggregate Introduction and Diagnoses
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A 5 page paper introducing an aggregate for an upcoming health promotion effort and stating three nursing diagnoses that will be addressed in the health promotion. The aggregate consists of those over 65 with heart disease; diagnoses include proper use of medication; importance of medication; and symptoms of stroke or heart attack. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSnursAgIntDiag.rtf
Aggregate Program Proposal: Management Plan and Evaluation
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A 26 page paper outlining a community health program plan that will target those over 65 with heart disease, who live in the vicinity of Erie County, Pennsylvania. The paper discusses the original needs assessment survey indicating the need for the program, funding, theoretical rationale, nursing diagnoses and other points. It provides a timeline of activities that need to take place to implement the program, and encourages the use of additional surveys to evaluate the plan. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KSnursAggProp.rtf
Aging and Changes in Lean Body Mass
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This 5 page report
discusses changes in body composition are known to occur during
aging. In particular, a decrease in lean body mass (LBM) and an
increase in fat are characteristic of the aging process.
Decreased lean body mass occurs primarily as a result of losses
in skeletal muscle mass. Age-related loss in muscle mass is also
known as “sarcopenia.” This report also presents the ways in
which healthy LBM can be maintained and what that means for the
aging human body. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BWkinesi.rtf
Aging and Cognitive Development: Maintaining Mental Agility
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A 6 page discussion of the relationship between cognitive function and age. In the past a consensus has existed in the scientific community that declines in cognitive function is an irreversible impact of age, that mental frailty is an inevitable part of late adulthood. Today, however, developmentalists seem to be altering this attitude to one which recognizes that an individual’s participation in certain activities can have a positive impact on the retention of mental agility. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: PPeldCog.rtf
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