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consumption, the federal government has increased the taxes on cigarette packs. This effective solution has provided evidence that tax increases on cigarette packs significantly reduce the consumption of cigarettes. Therefore, reducing the consumption and prevalence of cigarette smoking with cigarettes need to be incentivized by increasing taxes on them. Key Words: smoking, cigarette consumptions, and increased taxes on cigarettes Raising Taxes to Reduce Cigarette Consumption…

707 cases had been diagnosed (3,4), the annual surveillance report from Kirby institute (2015) shows that the chlamydia incidence is quite high among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island population over the past five years (2). The cause of high prevalence of chlamydia infection is mainly because insufficient attention towards the STI among indigenous population. The strategy of council of Australian governments to “close the gap” in health disparity is mainly focus on chronic diseases mortality…

The essay will look at the prevalence of obesity in adults and wider society. Obesity will be defined along with current UK statistics and an explanation in how obesity is measured. The impact of socioeconomics and the environment will be identified in relation to obesity and the effect it may have on an individual and the wider society will be explored. Following this the campaign change4life will be considered in terms of its efficacy in preventing or improving the epidemic of obesity, this…

these disorders their daily activity become restricted[ ]. Work related musculoskeletal disorder are at high risk in nurses.among these musculoskeletal disorders the low back pain is the most prevalent disorder estimates ranging from 32% to 90%.Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders…

In an article written by Kozanoglu and Bavli (2009) the authors looked at lower back pain in different sports that showed lifetime prevalence of low back pain. According to the authors lower back pain was prevalent in 54% of wrestlers, 32% in tennis players, 37% in football players, 79% in gymnasts, 33% in golfers, 65% in skiers, and 63% in rowers. General risk factors that Kozanoglu…

heart disease is associated with numerous risk factors, ranging from smoking to ethnic background (NHS Choices, 2014). However, this essay will only focus on the aspects of psychosocial and behavioural or cultural risk factors, which influence the prevalence of coronary heart disease within the United Kingdom South Asian population. The term ‘South Asian’ is used in government surveys and census to identify migrants by both their ethnicity and descendants…

children in the United States had asthma. A disproportionally large number of these asthmatics were African-American. According to ALA calculations of data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), in 2004, African-Americans had an 11.5% higher prevalence of asthma than whites (American Lung Association 2007). While African-Americans represent only 12.1% of the population of the United States, they represent 25% of the asthmatic deaths. In 2007, African-American children were nearly four…

With over 2/3 of the American population classified as obese, and one in ten adults over 20 classified as extremely obese (BMI of 40+), obesity is not limited to one specific group (Filer, 2015). Rather, the effects of obesity can be seen through-out all ages, all ethnicities, and all economic classes. Obesity on its own is debilitating, but it is the host of other diseases that it entails that causes additional health problems. The need to eat is necessary to survive, however America’s constant…

from the mouth to the anus, but is more commonly found at the end of the small intestine where it joins the beginning of the large intestine (or colon). It can also affect an individual’s eyes, skin, and joints. Interestingly, the incidence and prevalence of Crohn’s disease is high in industrialized countries but fairly low in developing countries. However, it has been recently found that as industrial progressions have risen in some developing countries (like Asia and Africa), the occurrence of…

primary school. The targeted population for the intervention is obese African American kids, because according to a study done by, Ogden et al. 2014 on the prevalence of childhood and adult obesity in the United States, during the time span of 2011-2012 the researchers had found that non-hispanic blacks had the highest rates of obesity prevalence compared to other races such as non-hispanic asians, non-hispanic whites, and hispanic individuals (Ogden 2014). The program will also have kids from…