heat will impact our bodies. In order to protect ourselves from heat stress we first need to understand what heat stress is, what are the symptoms and how can we protect ourselves. There are several factors such as age, weight, and health conditions that will make you more susceptible to heat stress. Living in Alabama during the hot humid summer, heat stress is not only a concern at work but at home as well. What is Heat stress? When your body is exposed to high temperatures and humidity it…
impact. Students also face much stress, where music can help them cope mentally. The Ministry of…
diseases are also useful immune response According to confirmed reports It provides a number of health benefits. Laboratory studies show when the patient is exposed to stress the emotional support always reduce the severity of high blood pressure. One report explained that middle-aged men who have endured high levels of emotional stress, but it was a little social support are three times more likely to die over the next seven years It was found on the lack of social support increases the death…
How does acculturation and acculturation stress affect immigrant parents? What factors influence the entry of children of immigrants into the child welfare system? How does culture affect parenting styles? These preliminary questions helped in sorting out the themes that will be presented in this…
Human rights and social justice issues related to the case of Kim-Ly case include discrimination because of her ethnicity and gender, lack of health care due to poverty, and domestic violence/abuse from members of society. Kim-Ly’s discrimination due to her being Vietnamese and a female are impactful in many ways. In the case, Kim-Ly was harassed by her supervisor at work. He provided sexual remarks and stated that he hired her in hopes that she will be cooperative and friendly towards him. In a…
Higher level of education is linked to higher income and thus greater affordability of dental services resulting in improved oral health. Past surveys and evidence has shown that participants with a lower educational level have poorer oral health, due to low income and also poorer knowledge of oral health hygiene. This was shown in a telephone survey completed by the 2002 National Dental Telephone Survey which found that 22.8% of adults with less than a secondary level of education had fewer…
through this thing called life. After taking the Holmes-rache life stress inventory I realized that like most college students I am very stressed. (Rahe, 1967) With a reeking score of 400 I desperately need to find…
reviewing the case of 28-year-old Owen, it is evident that he suffers from an anxiety disorder due to the simple fact that he has feelings of extreme nervousness that are interfering with his job. However, this is not his only symptom of anxiety he shows. Anxiety is usually not the only mental disorder one encounters at a time and he does show symptoms of other mental disorders as well. After reading Owen’s case the generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) stands out. GAD is a serious and common…
has highlighted suicide, due to mental illness, in college athletes such as Ohio State football player Kosta Karageorge and Pennsylvania runner Madison Holleran, but there have been hundreds of incidents. In a study done of Division l, ll, and lll schools there were four- hundred and seventy-seven deaths of student athletes in a period of nine years and 7.3% were due to suicide (Flanagan). There are various causes of mental illnesses in college athletes including stress, envy, injury,…
However, there is also a stigma that receiving help for a mental illness is “weak”, due to the impression that African Americans are supposed to be “strong.” This stigma can lead to recieving no help at all, and it is a common notion that its better to recieve some help than none at all. A 2008 study found that more than one-third of African-Americans actively seeking treatment believe talking about their anxiety would lead to them being called "crazy" by their peers, noted at Psychology Today.…