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HCA 602 – Managerial Epidemiology National University October 2009 Marine Corps Recruit Depot is a Military training Command located in San Diego‚ California. Each month 500 young men are recruited and placed together in Recruit Enlisted quarters for the duration of their 12 weeks basictraining. The marine recruits share common facilities in this berthing such as bathrooms‚ dining area and recreational areas along with their training staff. These Marine recruits also perform very rigid physical
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Cell. Retrieved from http://www.ipmglobal.org/how-hiv-infects-cell Mayo Clinic. (2014‚ May 20). HIV/AIDS Treatments and drugs - Diseases and Conditions. Retrieved from http://www.mayoclinic.org Meadows‚ P. (2009). Community Health Nursing. American Journal of Nursing‚ 109‚ 19. Retrieved from http://journals.lww.com The Aids Institute. (2011). the Aids Institute. Retrieved from http://www.theaidsinstitute.org
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Epidemiology Paper Mazurah Smith University of Phoenix According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics‚ "[By 1993] death certificates listed diabetes as the fifth leading cause of death for Blacks aged 45 to 64‚ and the third leading cause of death for those aged 65 and older in 1990.” (Bailey‚ 2007). These statistics show how serious the problem of diabetes has become in the black community. Epidemiological studies can focus the efforts
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DQ 1Descriptive epidemiology studies the characteristics in a population according to person‚ place‚ and time. How do these characteristics help researchers understand the development of disease? The use of the characteristics of person‚ place and time are patterns of disease recognition that dates back to John Snows investigation of cholera in London (Byass‚ 2001). Understanding the characteristics of person‚ place or time aids a researcher in understanding whether a cluster of disease is occurring
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“What is the role of Epidemiology? Explain how Epidemiology can be used to determine priority areas for Australia’s health” Epidemiology is the study of disease in groups or populations. Its role is to develop the health profile of the population through specific data collection it is a useful tool in developing health priority areas. Epidemiology has a number of roles and serves many purposes. One such purpose is assisting in the determination of health priority areas‚ one such measure of
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Education is something one could say gives you a better understanding of the world.Without Education in this day and time you may find a job but a career is much harder to obtain. Choosing what to go to school for after graduation can seem challenging.The medical field is rapidly growing career field that is increasing in demand every year‚ with higher patient demands and growing technology. As long as we are here‚ the demand for medical field careers will continue to be here as patients need to
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Epidemiology & Communicable Diseases HIV or the Human Deficiency virus is like other viruses including the flu‚ but the one thing that makes this virus so different than any other is that the body is unable to clear this one out completely. Once someone is infected‚ there is no cure. Over time‚ HIV can also hide or mask itself in the body’s cells. The cells within a person’s body that fight off infection are called CD4 cells or T cells. HIV attacks these cells and copies or replicates itself inside
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Epidemiology of Diabetes in Mexican Immigrants This paper will center on the vulnerable population of Mexican-American immigrants with chronic type II adult-onset diabetes and how this affects this growing population. The definition‚ description‚ steps‚ and method of epidemiology will facilitate the discussion. Routine data such as demographics‚ census‚ birth‚ death‚ and surveillance records‚ and research data such as medical and health records‚ will bring pertinent information to the study. The
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humanity‚ taking a place beside the physician and the priest.” Practitioners of pediatric nursing are called pediatric nurses. Pediatric nursing is a specific field of nursing in which nurses’ care for infants‚ children‚ and adolescents. The field of nursing also has a wide variety of different positions and calls for hard work‚ dedication‚ passion‚ socializing‚ and love for this career. Being that Nursing is an occupation that consists of care for patients it demands a lot of your time. Without
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