Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

7HW019 Health Protection and Health Improvement Postgraduate Block 2 2011/12 Student Name: ILONZO MBANEFO CHIBUZOR Student Number: 1120352 Assessment 1 Feedback Overall Marking Criteria | A | B | C | D | E | F | Ability to synthesise and evaluate current evidence on a specified public health topic is demonstrated | | | | | | | Demonstration of sound understanding of the nature and scope of the public health topic | | | | | | | Demonstration of critical…

Literature Review Risky Behavior and Delinquency: Core Elements Involvement in risky behaviors has been associated with a number of varying external and internal factors. Characteristics of risk behavior range from mild disturbances with others to delinquency involving incarceration. The American Psychiatric Association (2013) provided an outline of objective criteria in the DSM-IV, involving risky behaviors associated with Conduct Disorder. At least three of following criteria must…

inflict serious, permanent physical and mental damage on your child. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is one of the nations top concerns in unborn infants. It’s a growing problem. More and more babies are born each day with this problem. Any women are at risk of having a child with FASD. Its been happening for hundreds of years. People began to notice it more around the 1700’s when gin was created and women were drinking large consumptions of it. (Golden, Janet Lynne. Message in a Bottle: The Making of…

larger eventually forming human organs. This can replace defective human parts and can be used in many different surgeries (thefutureofthings.com). As these techniques expand more explicit training will be needed for 3D models as more complex human systems develop (Carol Houston, MSN APA). Robots play a critical and growing role in modern medicine from training the next generation of doctors and nurses to comforting and protecting patients. Robotics can provide improved diagnostic abilities…

Smoking Cessation strategies and dentist’s interventions: Advising patients to quit tobacco use is a dental professional responsibility, and the dentists may take an active role in nicotine replacement counseling (Sham, 2003). Smoking cessation should be incorporated as an integral teaching component of the undergraduate dental curriculum, particularly with respect to the prevention and diagnosis of tobacco-induced oral lesions and complications Sham (2003). Patients who smoke should be…

Socioeconomic factors associated with obesity level among adults in Colorado and Arkansas, 2016 1- Summary Obesity is a disorder which defines as extra amount of body fat. Nowadays, obesity is one of the serious health problems in U.S. About 78 million people live with obesity in the United States and more than 68.8% of adults considered to be overweight. Obesity has association with some diseases, including 2 type diabetes, cancer, heart disease, stroke, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea and…

Monitor bullying “hot spots” in and around the bullying. Students may be at higher risk for bullying in settings where there is little or no adults montionering or supervision, such as bathrooms, playgrounds, and the cafeteria. Everyone at school can work together to create a climate where bullying is not acceptable. In general schools…

Dr. Bill Knaus, professor of American International College and Founder of Rational Emotive Education, states about Jo’s behavior and emotion. He says “Cho (Jo)’s psychological picture is highly complex with many coexisting factor that are part of the picture, including an ability to remain focused and organized while still action deranged”. Also, he points out that Jo may have suffered from a rare mental disorder called paranoid schizophrenia which is characterized by distrust…

Autism is a developmental disorder; although listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), it is not a mental illness. The effects of having autism on a person can vary based on risk factors to which the individual has been exposed. Risk factors combined with autism can result in comorbid mental illness such as depression. Due to the fact that autism is ‘characterized by difficulty with communication, behavior, social interactions and imaginative play…’ (Casey, 2014,…

In the early 1990’s, negative perceptions of the prison system brought about the “Nothing Works” doctrine, which argued that rehabilitation programs are a waste of the public’s time and money when concerning criminal behavior. Therefore, the Nothing-Works doctrine was the beginning, and brought about the truth-in-sentencing laws that were enacted to reduce the possibility of early release from prison. The primary goal of the truth-in-sentencing laws was focused on retribution and was implemented…