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The limited publication had contributed widely to the obscured view of dental health in Iraq. The counting displacement issue within the country has played an important part in the difficulties of reporting the Iraqi’s dental health. Most of the available publication of child dental health limited to the 12 year-olds children in Bagdad province, while other age categories have reported in few occasion 41-43. All of which created the uncompleted picture of Iraq child dental health. There is only…

lead to misunderstanding. Words and symbols also have different meanings to various people. In healthcare, information regarding medical care is often communicated to the patient (or the patient 's family member). This information often contains a significant amount of medical jargon or acronyms that non-medical personnel cannot understand thereby confusing them. As an example of this jargon, a healthcare worker may use the abbreviation "SOB" to explain a patient 's condition to a colleague. A…

and recommendations about the issues raised to the authorities and public. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has identified the problems in health care staff and recommended the solutions. Nursing profession is the largest division of the nation’s healthcare workforce. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the IOM together introduced The Future of Nursing, Leading Change and Advanced Health (2010). The report recommended nursing transformation needed in 3 areas- nursing practice, education…

If Maori are getting less, non-Māori are getting more. In New Zealand, direct evidence links personal experience of racial discrimination to poorer health outcomes. Racism is at the heart of ethnic and racial disparities in health and healthcare around the world. The fact that anyone should experience racial discrimination is an unacceptable breach of human rights. Evidence suggests most Maori are getting good services from health professionals witch is a good start to achieving equity…

The use of Six Sigma in health care operations: Application and opportunity. Academy of Health Care Management Journal 2, p. 41-49. In this academic article, Lloyd and Holsenback describe Six Sigma as an application that provides framework for healthcare systems to manage quality improvement. Specifically, the article uses Six Sigma to reduce variability in the delivery of clinical services. Previous work is reviewed from a demonstration by a radiology department and then the authors…

However, clinical interventions will also entail the use of various measures to ensure the quality of the medications in order to prevent the provision of poor quality medicines to mental health patients. The second delivery mode of health services in this program is psychosocial interventions, which entail the use of various support groups. Some of the support groups that will be incorporated in the program include self-help groups and family-support groups. The use of psychosocial…

Is Senior Health the Right Career for You? When pursuing a career in senior healthcare, you must ask yourself several questions to ensure that you are capable of successfully meeting the needs of those to be served, while maintaining your own well-being. There are specific characteristics outside of professional training and education that are absolutely necessary for one to be a successful care provider. Decide if you meet these qualifications by asking yourself a few questions. Are you…

field can help to increase preventative measures and treatment efforts. Discrimination and stigmas often go hand in hand in how they create barriers to care and health equity. These barriers often go unseen or become neglected. It is important for healthcare professionals to look past the biomedical model…

adjusted many times. The simplest way to summarize Canada’s health care is that it is mostly publicly funded and privately delivered to the people (Hutchison, Levesque, Strumpf, & Coyle, 2011). The early 2000’s were a time of major changes to the healthcare system. New policies were being introduced that allowed for some distance from complete uniformity across the country. As explained by Hutchison et al,, “there is no single “right” model for the funding, organization, and delivery of…

you want to go far, go together.” This quote resonates with much of my life and parallels my experience with Duke’s Team Fuqua culture. Additionally, it aligns with the synergetic dynamic necessary in healthcare to provide coordinated care to patients. I witnessed how important teamwork is in healthcare last year when I hopped on the train from D.C. to New York within 6 hours after hearing that my diabetic, blind grandmother was rushed to the hospital for the third time in one week. When I…