Category: Public Health

Can you find a free validated quantitative survey instrument to answer this Research Question: What is the impact of specialized transition programs on the mortality and morbidity rates of young adults with sickle cell disease? The survey will be given to adolescents living with sickle cell disease to complete.

My involvement in activities such as arts and crafts, basketball, and guided walks allowed me to support the physical and cognitive development of the campers. These activities were tailored to meet the individual needs of each camper, promoting their growth and enhancing their social interactions. Encouraging positive interactions among campers fostered a sense of community…

Being born into a certain area, income, or skin color can either advantage or disadvantage you in todays society, especially when talking about equal health rights. A public health initiative known as the human rights-based approach, HRBA, has a goal to support better sustainable development outcomes according to the World Health Organization. This approach analyzes…

The topic of racial and ethnic differences in healthcare is one of the key importance to address in medical sociology. The problem is that minority populations, both globally and in the United States, are not receiving the proper healthcare they need to survive and treat health problems and diseases that arise. The idea of this…

Introduction: What is Critical Race Theory? Critical race theory (CRT) is a framework for examining the effects of race and racism. We use CRT to dissect the systems of racism, including how it affects those being oppressed by cultural representations of race. This theory understands the social construct of race as well as intersecting discriminations…

Women and Violence are two such terms that can be synonymous with each other. Every day, end number of women go through different forms of violence, be it intimate physical and sexual violence, female genital mutilation, rape, sex trafficking, early and forced marriages, domestic violence, or so-called ‘honor’ crimes. Mostly persisting expressions of violence against…

INTRODUCTION Yoga is skill in events – Lord Krishna. Yoga is a Sanskrit term meaning to join, bond or yoke together, and the essential purpose of yoga is to convey together body, mind and spirit into a pleasant whole. Physical Education may provide the right direction and desired actions to look up the health of…

Intro It is estimated that two to three million people are saved every year due to vaccinations, therefore it is hailed as one of the best achievements in public health. Vaccines have been used to successfully eradicate smallpox in 1979 as part of the first successful mass vaccination programme. Vaccines have been used to almost…

Located in Southeast Asia, Vietnam has become one of the fastest-growing economies and has plans on becoming a developed nation within the next decade. With a population of 96.1 million, Vietnam is a densely populated developing country that has been adjusting since 1986 from the rigors of a centrally planned, urban economy to a more…

This essay is going to explore the contemporary issue of suicide in adult males. I will be using epidemiology to justify this; epidemiology is the study of the determinants and distribution of population diseases. It is the key quantitative discipline that supports public health, this is often defined as the efforts taken to prevent disease…