Controversy Over RU-486 or Mifepristone
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A Tutorial : This 5 page paper offers a tutorial for writing an argument essay, which means that tips are offered for how to write the paper. The essay does, however, present an argument paper regarding the new drug mifepristone, also known as RU-486. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Corrections Nursing and the Community
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A 7 page paper discussing how the correctional facility nurse can have effect in the local community. The US penal system guarantees appropriate health care to prison inmates. US Supreme Court decisions have determined that withholding any medical treatment where there is urgent need constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment," which of course is not allowed by the Eighth Amendment to the US Constitution or by the American character. Providing nursing service within the prison community offers distinct challenges, but it also offers opportunities that otherwise might never be available to health care providers. Prisons often hold individuals that public health professionals have difficulty locating; extending public health screening to the correctional setting can have direct benefit both within the prison and in the local community when individual inmates are released. Includes an outline. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Correlation Between AIDS and Substance Abuse
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A 6 page paper which examines the correlation between AIDS and substance abuse, particularly heroin abuse, and specifically considered are the effects of AIDS on intravenous drug users, and how heroin users can contract AIDS. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Correlation of Hearing Loss and Smoking
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A 6 page paper investigating the relation of hearing loss to cigarette smoking. Hearing loss and smoking would appear not to be related physically, given the information we have about the effects of smoking. The purpose here is to review the few studies that have been done and to draw some conclusions about the possible relationship. Research shows that it may be that hearing loss and smoking are closely related, not in biochemical relations but in the common environments in which both exist simultaneously. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Cost Effective Measures in Maintenance of Mental Health Treatments and Possible Alternative Therapies
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This is a 7 page paper discussing cost effective measures in mental health treatment. The Surgeon General in the United States has issued a report which estimates that “one out of every five Americans suffers from some form of mental disorder with direct and indirect costs to society totaling nearly $200 billion a year”. In addition to the number of those considered affected by a mental health illness within the country, the range and diagnoses of mental health illnesses vary a great deal. While those with severe mental health conditions may be able to be “reliably” diagnosed and treated in the medical community, there are those who cannot afford medical mental health treatment as they may be uninsured and there are also those who may be less easily diagnosed or may be associated with mental disorders which relate to alcoholism and/or substance abuse therefore creating a large and diverse population in need of mental health care. The mental health community has also come to the realization that mental health care treatment costs are escalating while funding is not, resulting in mental health professionals seeking other more cost-effective treatments for their patients but treatments which must also maintain the effectiveness of traditional treatment as well. Since alternate treatments have been studied in the past decade, it has been found that while many alternative treatments are cost-effective, many are also as effective as traditional treatments and some have proven more-effective than traditional therapies. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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County Public Health Outreach Services for African Americans in Pontiac, Michigan
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This 10 page report discusses the fact that public health services are essential components of healthcare delivery for millions of Americans. However, in Pontiac, Michigan, African Americans have not received many of the health services they need. As a result, the Oakland County (with a population that is more than 40% African American) Health Department has made the decision to initiate a public health outreach program targeting African Americans in the area. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Coworkers And AIDS: Attitudes
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12 pages in length. Fear and intolerance comprise the vast majority of attitudes towards AIDS within the workplace. Even though the general public is well-educated by now as to the safety issues associated with contact to an AIDS patient, there still remains unfounded apprehension when it comes to working within the same environment as those with AIDS. Clearly, the HIV/AIDS population faces considerably more challenges than other members of society do, in that they have to struggle just to achieve a modicum of acceptance. Their societal counterparts, who are frequently ignorant to deeper issues surrounding the disease, often unknowingly make them feel inadequate and worthless when it comes their life choices. Inasmuch as the workplace is often a hotbed for judgmental attitudes, AIDS patients have experienced undue stress that is directly related to workplace attitudes. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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CPR Training Program Proposal
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(5 pp) In reviewing the statistical data from 1998, according to the United States Department of Labor, 5.9 million employee injuries and illnesses were reported-which translates to 6.7 incidents for every 100 full-time employees. And although work injury deaths declined in 1999, that still averages about seventeen fatal injuries a day. This proposal will help you and your employees be more than statistical numbers. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BBcprpro.doc

Creatine as a Nutritional Supplement
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A 5 page paper discussing the relative benefits and concerns over the use of the nutritional supplement creatine. Written from the perspective of a student who is interested in the supplement’s long-term impacts to her fellow students, this paper advises that while the use of creatine as a nutritional supplement might be considered one of the least deleterious practices pursued by these athletes and may actually result in some forms of athletic performance, athletes should consume the supplement only with extreme caution as there are no long-term studies testifying to the absence of long-term deleterious effects. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Cultural Aspects of Tuberculosis Along the US-Mexico Border
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An 11 page paper discussing cultural beliefs that may inhibit successful treatment and prevention of tuberculosis along the border region between the US and Mexico. TB is much more prevalent among the Mexican population, and particularly among those born in Mexico rather than in the US. Public health care largely has been ineffective in reducing the number of new TB cases along the border region, but those individuals in public health who are working to seek out those in need of health care appear to be having a positive effect. Increased economic opportunity likely will result in greater numbers of individuals seeking out health care for themselves and their families. For now, those of Mexican heritage prefer to take care of their own. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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Dangers Of The Elderly Living Alone
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A 4 page paper that looks at two of the many dangers for the elderly living alone: heat and nutrition, with an emphasis on heat-related deaths. Of all natural weather conditions, including heat, tornadoes, hurricanes, lightening and floods, heat takes more lives each year than any of the others and seniors are especially affected. Another issue facing the elderly who live alone is proper nutrition. Both issues are discussed with statistical data, the emphasis is on heat-related deaths. Three alternative solutions are offered to eliminate the risks of both issues among the elderly. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Data Collection and the New York Police Department -- “The NY-911 Demonstration Project”
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This 26 page report discusses the design, implementation, and analysis of a survey regarding the New York Police Department’s emergency 911 service. A “super 911” emergency system was installed in 1996 at the NYPD’s Metro Tech Complex located in Brooklyn. The new system was described at that time as the largest and most complex in the world. “In 1995, ten million calls were made to New York City’s 911 system. Police officials say that number increases by 10 to 12 percent each year. Nonetheless, in the years since its installation, there have been a number of failures of the system, repeated complaints, and the concern that despite the system’s complexity, it still has a number of flaws -- primarily in terms of the human service component. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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