Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This is not always an easy task to accomplish. Prevention starts with education. Patti Tristan lectures often on this subject and has concluded that early education in this topic is crucial to deterrence (P. Tristan, personal communication, September 22, 2015). This concept is accepted among countless amounts of researchers in the criminal justice field. The CDC, or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, agrees that “a key strategy in preventing domestic violence is the…

supported with the harm principle and the need for the government to contribute to the public good of preventing the spread of communicable diseases. The Ebola virus is a fatal and contagious disease that can be passed through human contact with an infected person in the form of blood, secretions and bodily fluid (The World Health Organisation, 2015a). The disease can also be passed through…

The strategy used for assessing this research topic will involve gathering data virtually from a secondary source; the national birth record database from the Center of Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health and Statistics (NCHS). Under this organizational division is the existence of the National Vital Statistics System. This organization is an inter-governmental system, working collaboratively with state health departments and collecting valid information by means of the…

world, over 120 million people are infected with a disease called lymphatic filariasis. From these 120 million people, over 40 million of them are disfigured and crippled due to the disease (World Health Organization, 2015). Lymphatic filariasis is a parasitic tropical disease that is caused by microscopic threadlike worms that destroys the lymph system in the human body that may result in intense swelling (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013). Lymphatic filariasis is a epidemic…

established the following characteristics for diagnosing; compulsive drug use regardless of the consequences, inability to meet social, employment, or other responsibilities, inability to stop using drugs, tolerance, and lastly withdrawal (Teen Treatment Center,…

Violence Analysis and Prevention/Intervention Juvenile Violence When studying any form of crime, we always come back to the offenders and juveniles. The following variety of questions are imposed: “What caused the behavior?”, “What could have been done to help?”, and “How can such behaviors be prevented?”. The path of crime and delinquency is always shaped during one’s upbringing. The childhood and early adolescent phase in one’s life is deemed the most important time the shaping one’s path…

Health Organization (WHO) Also, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI), which supports and recognizes hospitals and birthing centers that offer an optimal level of care for infant feeding by following the BFHI’s Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013). By educating the staff, in these steps are practices that hospitals can implement that have been…

years. Its origin came from ancient civilization, and particularly in Greek antiquity. Back in the day, people do not have the real knowledge about diseases. They believed that sickness is the punishment of spirits that live in trees, air, earth, and animals. Animals sacrifice to gods were considered as method of treatment. The prevention of diseases was based on plants, and herbs. But they did not know which herb or plant can provide medicinal benefits until they tried it. In another words, if…

choose to vaccinate their children, they are protecting their children and the children around them. But when parents choose to not vaccinate their children, it causes us to lose herd immunity(Carlisle). The herd of vaccinated people will prevent the diseases from spreading to those who are too young or unable to be vaccinated for medical reasons(Carlisle). The vaccinated children are also protecting people who do not have an immune system, which they refer to as immunocompromised. Herd…

Diphtheria, Pertussis, Yellow Fever, Polio, and so many more disease that have been stopped with vaccines. There is a mass of rumors in social media that vaccines are not good for a child. While every parent has the right to decide what is best for the child, I want to make sure that their facts are legitimate. Vaccines can help a child in so many ways including saving their life. Parents should consider having their child vaccinated because vaccinations are safe, they save lives, and they…