Self-funded health care

“Harm reduction is based on the premise that people are responsible for their behaviour, that they maker personal choices that affect their health and well-being, and that they can make safer and better decisions if given useful and honest information” (Mathre, 2002, p. 106). Harm reduction recognizes people’s unhealthy choices while also attempting to reduce the harmful effects that come from these unhealthy behaviours (Marlatt, 1998 as cited in Brown, Luna, Ramirez, Vail, and Williams, 2005). Using

As the disease progress, people might slowly lose their quality of life (QOL) in term of good health, mentality, communications and abilities that are considered crucial to their life. Patients might struggle to adapt with the new changes and disabilities happened to them and feel depress as they cannot live their normal life. There are three stages

Children with congenital heart disease (CHD) are at increased risk for psychosocial issues, decreased quality of life and decreased resilience. The standard of care for children with CHD cared for in the Heart Transplant and Heart Failure clinic did not include routine screening for psychosocial issues with a standardized tool. The purpose of this Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project was the implementation of a protocol that screened children followed in this clinic for psychosocial issues, quality

1. Introduction In 2010, the percentage of Americans without health insurance was 16.3%, or 49.9 million uninsured people[ ]. According to the World Health Organization, Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is defined as ensuring that all people pertaining to that region can use the health services they require, “of sufficient quality to be effective”, while also ensuring that the use of these services does not expose the user to financial hardship[ ]. This global issue is currently being discussed among

Studies in various cities in the United States have revealed that there is an overall inadequacy of health care for low income, homeless, and uninsured individuals (Hwang et al., 2010). The government has recognized the lack of healthcare for these individuals. For many years, politicians have been struggling to enact a healthcare reform. Finally, in March 2010 the Affordable Care act was written into law (Hammer, Phillips, & Schmidt, 2010). There have been many debates on the pros and cons and how

The advancements in technology has both helped and harmed people. Technology is taking over human lives, affecting their health. Technology has badly impacted human health by causing depression, negatively impacting relationships, creating poor sleeping habits, growing rates in obesity, and more prone to infections . The first way technology has negatively impacted human health is by causing depression. Depression comes in many forms, and more of the engineering technology students have started

the purchase of health insurance. The ‘wealth effect’ is when an individual is less likely to purchase insurance, avoiding premiums and other payments, and saving their money to self insure, or use the money they saved on premiums and payments to pay whatever services they may need. The ‘wealth effect’ in relation to the purchase of health insurance has an inverse relationship. As a person’s wealth increases, their sensitivity to premiums decrease and are more likely to purchase health insurance. In

With 3 major conflicts in the past 40 years, the amount of combat veterans suffering with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder has increased significantly. Along with the lack of understanding and help to those who suffer from PTSD come the various problem of dealing effectively and helping the growing population of PTSD sufferers, which can lead to severe medical and mental problems such as drug and alcohol use or even suicide. Post-traumatic stress disorder, battle fatigue, shell shock are different

goal was to provide breast health education to underserved African Americans and Latino women throughout the Pittsburgh area, to navigate and support these women through the breast health continuum of care, and to facilitate clinical and mammography screenings through the Breast Health Equity and Circulos de Amigas programs. As a male intern, my role in this program was to engage local and predominantly male-led grassroots organizations and religious groups in breast health education to promote healthy

nation. It expresses the ideas, feelings and values of a society. It can justifiably be said that the richness of a society is determined by its art and culture. According to Theodor Adorno, culture is described as “that which goes beyond the system of self-preservation of the species,” which seems to contradict its essentiality to society. Even with rapid changes in the world through wars and civilization, arts and culture has remained a substantial facet of society throughout time. Despite its apparent