Category: Health
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How to Improve Mental Health in the Community
Introduction Mental health is defined as human psychological, emotional, and social prosperity. It influences how people think, feel, and act as they contend with life. It helps identify how to relate with others, handle stress, and make decisions. Unfortunately, the United States has the highest rate of mental illness in the world. One in four…
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Eliminating Healthcare Disparities in the LGBTQI Community
A barrier is anything that will impede progress. Each and every person in society will one day face some type of barrier in their lifetime. It could be inequality, racism or discrimination, which are among every social class, gender, religion, nationality, and sexuality. These barriers are sometimes seen in healthcare. Even with the implementation of…
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Poverty Effects on Mental Health
Table of Contents Introduction Statement of Problem Literature Review Findings Discussion Conclusion References Introduction In recent years policymakers, social workers, researchers, and healthcare professionals have dedicated more attention to the importance of mental well-being. One of the factors that may impact a person’s mental health is their financial well-being. Living in poverty is linked to…
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Poverty and Mental Health Correlation
Kim, S., & Cardemil, E. (2012). Effective psychotherapy with low-income clients: The importance of attending to social class. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 42(1), 27-35. Web. The study aims at highlighting the importance of an effective approach to psychotherapy when working with low-income clients. In addition, changes in the United States demographics require that practicing psychologists…
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Social Determinants of Health in Australia and the Philippines
This paper focuses on the wellsprings of health equity in social policy, pointers of inequity, and how two national contexts and approaches to education effect better health outcomes. In particular, the paper investigates the most important manifestation of health inequity for Australian Aborigines. There being no such racially-oppressed minority in the Philippines, progress toward Millennium…
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Biological Processes and Population Health
Population health includes health outcomes, health determinant patterns, and the policies of intervention that link them. In order to promote population health, one must ensure that the population understands the biological processes that are determinant to one’s health. This is essential because the public must realize the processes involving scientific findings and biological processes that…
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Universal Healthcare as a Basic Right of Humanity
Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Free healthcare means everyone has access to the medical treatment they require anytime they need it, free from financial strain. A significant part of the world’s population does not now have access to the necessary healthcare. Consequently, due to medical expenses, millions of individuals are forced…
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Race and Healthcare in the 21st Century
Table of Contents Introduction Persistence of Racial Essentialism Problems of Race and Healthcare How to Make Healthcare More Equitable? Why Racial Inequality in Healthcare Matters Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Although modern society asserts its allegiance to the idea of universal human rights, the extent to which human individuals can exercise those rights varies significantly based…
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Social Isolation: Risks for Health Problems
Table of Contents Introduction Individual Characteristics that Pose a Risk Protective Factors Influence of Isolation on Teenagers Conclusion References Introduction If at the beginning of this year, people were told that later they would be allowed to leave their apartments only for shopping or walking a dog, no one would have believed in such forecasts.…
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Institutional Violence in Healthcare: Factors and Ways of Intervention
Table of Contents Precipitating Factors Institutional Culpability Staff Culpability Legal Liability Model of Intervention References Precipitating Factors Institutional violence includes various institutionalized acts of aggression committed by societal agents (James & Gilliland, 2012). Healthcare workers, as people who play a frontline role during emergencies or crises, are more prone to victim aggression than other professionals…