Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

expression of optimal health and high-level well-being (Nola Pender-Nursing Theory, 2016). Nurses should always encourage mothers to breastfeed as often as the infant would like, especially in the first few weeks of life when jaundice is such a high risk factor. A nurse needs to be passionate and caring when promoting these healthy behaviors. The patient should always feel as though their best interest is in mind when healthcare professionals are providing care and education. As a nurse, it…

the goal of that program is to use self motivation to eliminate future interaction with the substance.” I found this interesting because it made substance abuse less about the physical changes happening in the brain and focused more on initiating behavioral changes in the individual. People resort to using substances for many different reasons and that is where the complexities lay in diagnosing substance abuse…

trouble is due to a fear factor. Police officers, fire fighters, emergency medical service workers and military personnel are all highly trained and highly skilled to get involved when serious trouble rears its ugly head. Their courage, compassion and integrity overcome the fear of getting involved with the apprehension of criminals. Their first priority is to save or protect the lives of the citizenry at all costs, and they enthusiastically perform their duties at the risk of their own lives.…

The detective will obtain evidence by interviewing, observing, and interrogating suspects and witnesses. Uses cameras to record evidence and documents from a crime scene, while maintaining to establish accurate facts and evidence. Can partake in surveillances and undercover assignments. Reports information and activities with other agencies when needed. Will testify before grand juries, serves official papers, work with other special agents, obtain search and arrest warrants and may carry…

bracket of the socioeconomic status without a substantial amount of help from the government. In Okamura’s (2008, 55) book, Ethnicity and inequality in Hawaiʻi, he “argued that ethnicity is the primary organizing principle of the socioeconomic status system, and therefore ethnic inequality, rather than equality of opportunity is institutionalized and entrenched as a fundamental condition of the social stratification order.” There are three main ways Native Hawaiians are playing the victim and…

affects individuals with mental health disorders and the way people see these people.(Psychology Today, 2013) This can lead to lowered likelihood to seek mental health professionals for fear of shaming. According to a study by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, (BRFSS) conducted in 2007, only 25% of adults with mental health symptoms believed that people were caring and sympathetic to persons with mental illness. One major contributor to the stigma is the presentation of mental…

The study began with 1433 randomly selected participants but 165 of them defaulted and an additional 90 of them failed to complete depression screens. Detailed characteristics of the participants by gender were recorded and considered as possibly factors in this study. In particular, the income, education, occupation, and marital status of those surveyed. The researchers found an association between depression and risky sexual practices in sub-Saharan Africa. Women who believe they have low…

How to Reduce the Incidences of Diabetic Retinopathy The issue that was being researched was reducing diabetic retinopathy through controlling blood sugars, medication compliance, and regular eye exams. Educating diabetic patients on the importance of taking care of their diabetes is a crucial part in the process to prevent long term effects of diabetic retinopathy. The population being researched is adults 18 to 75 years of age, with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) and Type 2 diabetes (T2D). Patients had…

During the 17th and early 18th centuries, physical restraints were deemed a necessary and acceptable feature of refuge life (RCP 2009) (Fig. 1). Early physicians had considered psychiatric illness as “the loss of reason” and many supported the use of physical restraints to aid violent patients reclaim their “reason” (Iversen 2009). Therefore proving that the use of physical restraints in mental health is not an original tactic to managing disruptive behaviors, but this method has historically…

of police forces across the country being increasingly driven by technological innovations. The legality of government surveillance and the threat its spread poses for the future of privacy has been a hotly debated topic in recent history, but another quieter threat to individual liberty lingers. The technological revolution has also brought along sophisticated data-mining systems that can analyze the locations of past crimes and, in doing so, attempt to predict where future crimes are going to…