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Exercise 1.1 Health Models a) Define what is meant by (i) the biomedical and (ii) the biopsychosocial model. The term biomedical model refers to a particular viewpoint (model) that proposes disease and illness to be the body’s response to solely biological factors. For example that disease is caused by injury or chemical imbalances, thus it excludes social and psychological reasons for disease. (Sarafino & Smith, 2014). The term biopsychosocial model states that there are three key aspects…

Relational Systems Relational systems are the relationships formed between workmates in an organization when they coordinate their tasks, goals, and missions. Moreover, they pertain to the human system, as they are composed of individuals moving towards or away from one other. In fact, they tend to form patterns while interacting or drifting from each other (Kahn, Barton, & Fellows, 2013). Relational systems are also a way through which objectives in an organization are accomplished. Furthermore…

Language Deprivation Syndrome Sanjay Gulati is a medical doctor who has been working with Deaf children for over 20 years in the state of Massachusetts. In his lecture, Language Deprivation Syndrome, he went into detail about what causes Language Deprivation Syndrome (LDS), Theory of Mind (ToM) and if assistive devices such as hearing aids and cochlear implants actually help avoid these issue. These topics were of great interest to me since I am going into the medical field and do not have any…

The topics of the video are all related to one another and fit into the context of our course material. It is said in the book that the deaf people managed to create their own fascinating world: “a vibrant community and its associated culture.”() Both the video and the textbook describe the main issue that deaf people are to face. Nonetheless, they keep up the optimistic appearance and do their best to exude self-confidence. In spite of their hearing disorder, these people are proud to be deaf.…

The article “A business built on respect,” by Glenn Baker talks about entrepreneur Karen Francis life before and after she had a life changing accident. The article can benefit different types of people. First, people who are passing for difficult times can be inspired by the story of courage of Karen Francis. Also, business people who are looking for ideas to promote their business can benefit from the article, because it talks about how by talking directly to people increased Karen’s…

A Rocket is a projectile that can operate on it's own without oxygen by the combustion of it's contents. Rockets are particularly interesting because it has transported mankind where they have never been before. That is why this project is on Rocketry, but with small scale rockets. The purpose of this project is to see if a homemade Baking Soda Rocket can equal the endurance and/or the height of a Hobbytown Rocket. Though it is important to know the history of rockets and how they function, and…

Related Work: The problem of classifying objects in a relational database has been studied extensively within the multi-relational data mining community. There are two main approaches to deal with relational structure. The first approach is based on Inductive Logic Programming (ILP) to extend learning techniques so that they can handle relational data. On the other hand, the second approach, called Propositionalization, focuses on aggregating data in a single table so that traditional learning…

What are the Benefits of Cochlear Implants? For people with implants: • Hearing ranges from near normal ability to understand speech to no hearing benefit at all. • Adults often benefit immediately and continue to improve for about 3 months after the initial tuning sessions. Then, although performance continues to improve, improvements are slower. Cochlear implant users' performances may continue to improve for several years. • Children may improve at a slower pace. A lot of training is needed…

Transtheoretical Model and the Precaution Adoption Process Model Both the transtheoretical model and the precaution adoption models are associated with the theory that behavior change is a step by step process that can be utilized change or improve a specific health related behavior. Although, the manner in which the two are initiated differ is several varieties of methods and are therefore, respectively approached and used in different situations. The transtheoretical model and the…

The Stages of Change Model has been applied to a broad range of behaviors that include; weight loss, injury prevention and overcoming addiction (Prochaska et al., 1994). I am most familiar with this model in the substance abuse setting. The Stages of Change Model consists of five stages which are; pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action and maintenance (Norcross & Prochaska, 2001). Pre-contemplation: Clients that are in this stage within the model are not acknowledging that there…