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Caring for Patients with Mental Illness

Caring for Patients with Mental Illness Deinstitutionalization, a multi-stage process, resulted from a shift in policy. Deinstitutionalization allowed individuals with chronic, severe mental illness to move out of state mental hospitals into community-based settings. Between 1955 and 1980, the resident population of state hospitals dropped from 559,000 to 154,000 in the United States (Koyanagi, 2007). […]

Coping With Stress and Anxiety

Week 6: Coping With Stress and Anxiety When you’re dealing with stress, the problem may not be the stressful situation, as much as the effort to avoid that situation and the feelings it arouses. —Ted A. Grossbart, clinical psychologist For many military families, stress and anxiety are commonplace. This week, you explore how some military […]

Sports Nutrition

 The article must come from peer-reviewed journals, such as the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Journal of the American Medical Association, PubMed, etc. Include a summary of the purpose of the study, methods used, the results and the conclusion of the researchers.  Usually, to describe a research paper you use “Introduction”, […]

What are some of the general health demographics of your county

Share with the rest of the class about where you live:: Miami, Florida, USA. Answer the following questions, given the resources provided below. What is the population of your county? What are some of the general population demographics of your county (e.g., age, sex, employment, race, religion)? What are some of the general health demographics […]

alcohol screening tools

Experiential Paper (due end of Week 3): Compose a 750-1000 word paper detailing the individual experience of administering 2 alcohol screening tools. The student will conduct a mock interview with a friend or family member using two of the following tools: Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test, T-ACE, and/or Michigan Alcohol Screening Test. Students will briefly describe the tools […]

The factors that contribute to the abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs

The factors that contribute to the abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs are many, and the decision to use drugs lies ultimately with the individual. List, explain and discuss with your classmates 3 factors that contribute to the abuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse. Please include one option that is available to decrease alcohol, […]

Describe the contemporary health issue

For this assignment, you will create an implementation plan for a contemporary public health issue initiative. Begin by selecting a contemporary health issue of your choice (e.g., global health threats, disease outbreaks, chronic diseases, natural or man-made disasters, health disparities, ethical concerns in public health, public workforce challenges). Next, in your implementation plan, address the […]

epidemic in health care

PART 1.   Instructions Blog Post The purpose of this assignment is to provide the opportunity to review an area of interest within an epidemic in health care. This assignment entails the review of one peer-reviewed or scholarly article of your choosing in a blog format. The completed assignment should include the following components. Provide […]

the 5 P’s of healthcare marketing

you will become the investigator of three (3) healthcare systems and predict which one has the most promising marketing potential. Using as references:   https://data.medicare.gov/ Cellucci, L. W., Wiggins, C., & Farnsworth, T. J. (2014). Healthcare marketing: A case study. Health Administration Press. Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Thomas, R. K. (2015). Marketing health services (3rd […]