Vulnerable Populations

scientific misconduct have established guidelines and set the precedence for the governing standards of ethical conduct today. “Researchers refer to populations which have low autonomy as "vulnerable populations"; these are groups which may not be able to fairly decide for themselves whether to participate in clinical trials. Vulnerable populations include…the incarcerated/detained, children, women, prisoners, soldiers, migrants, mentally insane or any other condition which precludes their autonomy

Vulnerable Population Paper Introduction The vulnerable population chosen for this paper is Haitian immigrants. Topics of discussion will include description of the population, significant problems related to their vulnerability, related health and social problems, an evaluation of adequant of current strategies to break the cycle of vulnerability, ethical implications of current strategies, and proposed community and public health nursing interventions in roles of manager, advocate, teacher,

For the purpose to this assignment is to explore and analyze a community health organization and determine how it meets the healthy people 2020 goals for vulnerable populations. Children and adolescents are among the vulnerable due to their inability to protect themselves from others. Community health organizations focuses on health education, prevention and promotions for all. The Ross County Health District is a community agency that provides a variety of public health programs. This particular

Vulnerable Populations: Domestic Violence Victims University of Phoenix Domestic violence is something that haunts our society, and has done so for a long time. Critical thinking must be used when dealing with such large scale issues, and domestic violence is no different. The causes and issues with domestic violence are complex, taking an in depth look and truly analyzing the problem is necessary in understanding the problem and making a difference. This paper will discuss domestic violence

Vulnerable population means a group of population that at greater risk of developing health problems due to their less awareness, availability, and access to needed resources to fulfill their healthy wellbeing requirements. Elderly population, pregnant women, homeless person, population with suicide or homicide prone behavior, substance abuser, persons living with infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, disable and chronically ill patients fall under vulnerable population group. “vulnerable populations

Vulnerable populations is a very intriguing topic to me. As the lesson emphasizes, anyone can fall within the category of vulnerability. Especially, when vulnerability can be determined by one’s mental capacity, developmental stages, age, sex/gender, race and ethnicity, education, income and life changes (as cited in Shi, & Stevens, 2010). We are all vulnerable in some way and if not directly then indirectly by proxy. All the models of vulnerability are very interesting and most can be used in

Stanhope and Lancaster (2008) define vulnerable populations as “those defined at a greater risk for poor health status and health care access”(p.712). The role of a public health nurse in contrast to a vulnerable population is to establish interventions to help break the cycle of vulnerability thus aiding to eliminate health disparities within the population. The term “risk” helps public health nurses establish a person probability of something happening to them. This epidemiological term is used

The identification of the vulnerable population In today’s society you will look around and see that elderly single woman is not being represented much at all and all you see is that mainstream is getting younger every day. You can’t turn on your television without seeing young programming that doesn’t cater to an older demographic especially older woman. It is growing problem among elderly single woman with depression. In The Guardian it states, “Some mental health experts argue that women are

Vulnerable Population: The Poor “A vulnerable population is a group or groups that are more likely to develop health- related problems, have more difficulty accessing health care to address those health problems, and are more likely to experience a poor outcome or shorter life span because of those health conditions.” (Maurer & Smith,2009, pp. 533) Poverty is linked with marked deprivation of well-being of an individual due to inability to meet basic needs. It could be due to lack of income or

which a population, individual or organization is unable to anticipate, cope with, resist and recover from the impacts of disasters (WHO.,2002). When discussing vulnerable populations, assessing reasons that may have placed these individuals under this category is vital in determining ways to increase their quality of life. The Center for Disease Control: Office of Minority Health & Health Equity (OMHHE) expounds upon this thought process of how certain qualities can cause one to become vulnerable by