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    Awareness does not equal Action October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, National Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month, Spina Bifida Awareness Month, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and National ADHD Awareness Month, just to name a few (Lohmann). There are so many awareness campaigns all packed into one month, but do these days of awareness actually create positive change? If organizations don’t

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    languages, and winning the national book award it propelled her to stardom at the age of 44. Even then familial problems caused her to not fully enjoy her works achievements. Meeting the Freemans causes her to stop the feeling of loneliness and isolation to keep from emerging. January 1960, Rachel starts to develop lumps on her breast and ulcer are discovered on her examination come to discover breast tumors. Lied to by the first doctor, she was unable potential treatment for 6 months that could have extended

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    contribute to national causes. In 2009, FairPrice opened the first “Eco Store” which utilizes 100% bio-degradable shopping bags, has dedicated check outs for customers using their own bags, has store fixtures and fittings re-cycled from other stores, and has recycling stations for food waste (“Sustainable environment,” 2011) By doing so, the company took the initiative to bring out the change that everyone merely speaks about. Being the industry leader, its actions can lead to increased awareness as well

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    follow on milk is designed to increase sales – not to provide accurate information to mothers. This now means that formula manufactures cannot promote their product to a mother before the government’s guidelines of breastfeeding exclusively for six months. Manufactures now discuss their products as “follow on milk” referring to the end of the breastfeeding process. Low levels of breastfeeding as a threat is also recognised at a local level, using the Child Health Profile for Derbyshire, (CHIMAT 2014)

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    Palliative Hospice Care

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    The United States needs to provide more hospice care awareness. Hospice care provides services for individuals who have six months or less to live. They are able to enjoy the end of their lives rather than using physician assisted suicide. Based on Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act: 2015 Data Summary, it shows that in 2015 only 28.7% decided to use the lethal medication because of inadequate pain. However, 96.2% said they decided to use the prescription because they were unable to perform activities

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    Companies and the government have been assisting in the deaths of thousands of children for over the past twenty years. Doctors diagnose more and more kids with cancer, and all pharmaceutical companies care about is the money. The United States is supposedly the best country to live in… a life filled with hopes, dreams, and freedom. Only cancer patients, especially kids, do not get that luxury of living out their life because pharmaceutical companies consume themselves with greed and selfishness. When

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    management and marketing skills. Demonstrated the ability to take on higher levels of responsibility having successfully organised, planned and marketed National events and campaigns throughout Australia. • Marketing & Communications • Digital Marketing, EDM etc • Stakeholder Management • Social Media Management Qualifications & Education: • National Event Production • Operations Management • Crisis Management • Invoicing & Purchasing • Proficient Microsoft Office Skills • Staff and Volunteer Management

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    breastfed for at least months, these data were collected under eight supportive breastfeeding laws. That research provides an evidence-based date to determine the necessary of government action to protect, promote and support breastfeeding to reach the goal of breastfeeding initiation and duration in 2020. Through many years and

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    relatively awareness for stroke as compared to conditions such as breast cancer. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are about , cases of invasive breast cancer yearly and a total of , U.S. deaths. The current prevalence of breast cancer awareness in the population therefore serves as a scale by which stroke must be publicized, given its relative burden on the population. This can be partly accomplished by the F.A.S.T. program and Stroke Awareness month

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    Coffee Persuasive Essay

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    2014, from http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/are-coffee-drinkers-happier Li, J., Seibold, P., Chang-Claude, J., Flesch-Janys, D., Liu, J., Czene, K., . . . Hall, P. (2011). Coffee consumption modifies risk of estrogen-receptor negative breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research, 13(3), R49. doi:10.1186/bcr2879 Lucas, M., Mirzaei, F., & Pan, A. (2011). Coffee, Caffeine, and Risk of Depression Among Women. Archives of Internal Medicine, 171(17), 1571-1578. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2011.393 Maleki, N.,

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