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Hepatitis A Case Study

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Professor and Omotayo,

In Red Bluff, and other rural areas, there are less hospitals, shorter approved stays in hospitals, shortages of health care practitioners, more chronic illnesses that could complicate the recovery of Hepatitis A, more disabilities, and like San Diego, if large quantities of vaccines are needed, the governor would have to declare a state of emergency (United States Department of Health and Human Services, 2014).

Given that, now, the Hepatitis A epidemic has become the disease of the homeless and illicit IV drug users, who are often transient, hard to reach, without addresses, and sometimes distrustful of health care practitioners, there could be barriers to administering vaccines. For example, extra staff would be needed,

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