Essays and Research Papers on Public Health Issues

This 17 page paper provides an overview of the a plan for the education of individuals to prevent obesity. Bibliography lists 25 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the cost of raising a child from the moment of pregnancy to the time when the child is one year of age. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 7 page discussion of the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine and the controversy surrounding it.

This 7 page paper discusses overpopulation and its relationship to sustainable resources. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

9 pages in length. The duties to treat people infected with AIDS is counterbalanced by the duties inherent to the rest of society free of the disease. The extent to which AIDS, its stigma and the complexities inherent to treatment is both grand and far-reaching; to merely state an individual is within his ...

A 4 page research paper that discusses the problem of Americans without health insurance and how this impacts the country on both a macro and micro economic level. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 19 page research paper, which includes a 1 page abstract, that presents an overview of the crisis situation in Africa regarding children who have been orphaned by AIDS. This report is divided into four major sections: history of the problem; current scope of the problem; current research; issues involved in the provision of human ...

A 4 page research paper that addresses the importance of using sun protection, focusing primarily on the use of sun screen. The information is offered first in outline form and then as text. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 4 page review of the value of the World Wide Web in medical research. This paper suggests criteria for determining the validity of that information. Bibliography lists two sources.

A 4 page overview of CAM and its status in modern U.S. medicine. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper that begins with an explanation of this condition. The essay lists the possible causes of this condition, how it is diagnoses, and treatments, including lifestyle changes, drugs, surgery and hospitalization. The writer then comments on how Orem's theory is related to this condition. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses statistics showing the number of uninsured Hispanics and African American families in the U.S. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page paper about establishing a learning center in a hospital. The dimensions and location of the center is reported, including the hospital floor on which is located and the types of patients served. The writer, an RN, must provide four specific ideas to the design and then discuss other things that will be ...

This 5 page paper provides an overview of the problem of hypertension in the African American population. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 12 page overview of abnormal eating behaviors and their potential causes. This paper presents the thesis that anorexia is not a disease caused by images in media but rather a lifestyle choice made by people on a personal level. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

This 8 page paper is written in 2 parts. The first part considers the situation of the healthcare services where there are increasing inputs, such as patients, but the outputs remain the same. The paper considers this in economic terms and the way social impacts influence the way the market has and will develop. The ...

3 pages in length. The implication cigarette smoke has upon global issues is both grand and far-reaching; that fully nine out of ten pediatricians agree with the statement that it now constitutes "the greatest environmental contributor to the number and/or severity of diseases and conditions" (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2006) speaks to the broad-brushed ...

3 pages in length. The student's experience at Mary Crest was both eye-opening and heartbreaking at the same time, inasmuch as these once-vibrant people who were capable of living on their own and taking care of themselves have been stripped of their individuality, independence and any meaningful connection with the outside world. While ...

A 3 page overview of homeostasis and healing. This paper delineates the importance of positive vs. negative feedback. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper examines the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the health care system; it also discusses the government response to the tragedy and how Louisiana is coping today. It also states what might have been done differently. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 40 page paper looks at the problem of high infant mortality rates in Sub Sahara Africa. The paper looks starts by looking at the general situation in Sub – Saharan Africa, an then considers South Africa and Botswana and the ways that they have successful in reducing the high rate of infant mortality or ...

A 3 page overview of recent Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines in hand hygiene. This paper reviews organism susceptibility to soap and water as well as to alcohol solutions. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 14 page paper considers the link between juvenile offenders and mental illness. The paper assesses the level of the problem, the extent of the link and the types of mental illness noted in juveniles. Using schizophrenia and ADHD as examples the paper demonstrated how and why detection of mental illness and treatment is ...

A 3 page paper. Using prevalence data from the CDC, the writer compares the awareness levels for the state of California as compared to national data for the year 2003. The writer then discusses implications of the data. 1 Graph and 1 Table are included. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page summary of the research/article “Emic Perspectives of Body Weight in Overweight and Obese White Women with Limited Income” by Stephany Parker and Kathryn S Keim. No additional sources cited.