Essays and Research Papers on Public Health Issues

A 4 page discussion of the problems child abuse presents for a child that is from a non-mainstream culture. Young children of these families are often oblivious to mainstream society. By the time they have reached school age they have often acquired at least some familiarity with mainstream culture but they still strongly identify ...

A 4 page contention that food borne illnesses are very much a concern the world over. Even in the U.S. there are occasional reports of contaminated foods that have made people ill or even killed them. This paper outlines the impacts of Listeria monocytogenes and Escherichia coli. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

An 8 page paper answering 5 public health nursing questions. Topics include Lillian Wald; the concept of health for all; Healthy People 2010; data collection; the Community as Partner model; and population pyramids. Specific questions are included as an appendix. Includes 2 charts. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 10 page paper discusses the very hot political issue of managed care and begins by reporting the number of Americans who have no health insurance. The different aspects of this health care crisis are identified, each of which has become a political issue. The writer notes that health care became a major political issue ...

A 10 page research paper that discusses issues relevant to the future of managed care. The writer focuses on possible legislative change, the trend in consumer-directed health plans and the increased use of nurse practitioners. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

3 pages in length. Enacting policy change of any kind is often an enormous and demanding undertaking from many different angles, not the least of which include political bureaucracy and economic considerations. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 9 page overview of Schlosser's examination of the fast food industry. The author provides a general overview of Schlosser's premises and reviews Chapter 2 of the book in considerable detail. No additional sources are listed.

A 15 page discussion of the importance of condom use. While culturally we sometimes regard condoms in a comical light, they play a critical role in human and even world health. Condoms are important in birth control and in the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. Utilizing the approach of concept analysis, this paper ...

A 3 page paper that reviews two journal articles dealing with the treatment of traumatic brain injury. One study investigated the efficacy of using CPAP and the other investigated the changes in functioning of TBI patients over four years using the Functional Independence Measure[TM]-Cognitive (FIM-Cog) as measures. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

13 pages in length. Schools are hotbeds of disease and sickness; from preschool to kindergarten and through grade school, children regularly trade illnesses that range from mild and relatively innocuous to quite severe and unrelenting. Tuberculosis and head lice represent each end of this spectrum, with the latter a far more common and ...

A 5 page overview of female perpetuated violence against their male partners. This paper shows another side of domestic violence, a side where the woman is the abuser and the man is the abused. The author suggests that our societal perceptions of abused males is one of stereotyping and even emasculation, a fact ...

An 8 page paper which provides an overview of the condition of dyslexia. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 12 page overview of the relationship that exists between condom use and the prevention of the sexual transmission of AIDS. The author examines several prevalent ideological barriers to that utilization. These include: conflicting information from government officials (and even a flagrant lack of awareness), misinformation about what acts are actually “safe sex”, lack ...

This 4 page paper is a process analysis paper, and describes the process of losing weight. This paper is divided into specific steps on how to lose weight and each step is thoroughly detailed. Bibliography lists no sources.

This 5 page paper examines the issue of why cameras would be beneficial in operating rooms in order to deter cases of physician libel and to reduce the number of malpractice cases. This paper refers to primarily peer-reviewed journals in order to illustrate the importance of this issue in our modern society. Bibliography ...

This 4 page paper examines he problem of insomnia, relying upon data from journals and books and using personal experience as an example of pertinent theories. This paper not only defines the problem but highlights the complications associated with insomnia. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 10 page paper provides an overview of obesity in the U.S. The definition and diagnostic criteria are presented first, followed by the prevalence of obesity in the world and in the U.S. Specific data are given for children, adolescents and adults in terms of percentages overweight and obese. Nearly one-third of Americans are obese ...

A 5 page discussion of why non-whites seem more likely than whites to contract HIV/AIDS. The statistics demonstrating this discrepancy are provided and speculation is presented as to what social factors might be at play to explain those statistics. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

5 pages in length. The two advance directives in this case are a living will and a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order, both of which ensure the individual is not kept alive via breathing apparatus or other artificial means. The importance of these advance directives is twofold: 1) To remove the decision from ...

A 3 page paper describing artificially “aging” for a day to discover the problems of being elderly and still trying to remain active. The writer describes experiences of moving around and performing simple tasks with a towel rolled and taped around one knee; another at an ankle; and a paper towel between two fingers ...

This 3 page paper examines the social problem of drunk driving among teens and how to address this problem from a Christian perspective. This paper provides an overall analysis of the drunk driving problem as well as referring to several specific solutions. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 4 page overview of the problems presented by temperature-sensitive medications in the out-of-hospital environment. Life support drugs are of particular concern for the EMT. This paper outlines the temperature requirements for several drugs and emphasizes that provisions must be made to address these needs. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page overview of the myths and misperceptions regarding senility. Senility is not an unavoidable result of aging. Through education we can overcome these myths and live a better quality of life. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 7 page paper discusses elder abuse, what it is, the types of abuse and neglect. The author also reports data regarding the incidence of elder abuse in the U.S., the states that have the highest and lowest counts of reports and investigations. Demographics in terms of average age, gender and race most often abused. ...

A 10 page review of the issues surrounding these maladaptive conditions. The author of this paper reviews the suspected causes and treatments but contends that the fact that there is not specific etiology for these conditions makes diagnosis and treatment exceptionally difficult. Bibliography lists 12 sources.