Author Archives: «Gerald M»

This essay will include an introduction providing an overview of the placement undertaken and the relevant client group who access the service, a critical evaluation of three assessments that have been used within the service, one being Occupational Therapy specific, a discussion and examples given of how risk is assessed and managed within this practice…

According to Hulme and Groves (1994) review of literature is a systematic identification, location, scrutiny and summary of written materials that contain information on research problems. The review of literature in a research report is a summary of current knowledge about a particular problem of practice and includes what is known and not known about…

Pandora’s Box During World War II, the large-scale involvement of US psychiatrists in the required a common language and standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders. This prompted the American Psychiatric Association (APA) to publish the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) The first edition, DSM-I, published in 1952, included autism as…

Introduction Suicide, which is now the tenth leading cause of death in the United States, is a rapidly escalating public health emergency. (Puntil, York, Limandri, Greene, Arauz, & Hobbs, 2013). The suicide rate in the U.S. has increased by 33% over the past 20 years, yet attention to this growing health concern and funding for…

The topic within sexual health that I believe public health has ineffectively and negatively addressed is contraceptives for women. Although there are numerous options along with, what seems like, plenty of opportunities for women to get contraceptives easily, there have been and continue to be problems for specific aspects of it. Particularly universal access to…

Influences on Public Health Communication Social Ecological Model The Social Ecological Model is a theory-based research looking at the many different personal, cultural and environmental factors which help in determining our behaviors. The SEM help to further understand the differences and similarities within  personal and environmental factors. This model studies relationships between a person, or…

Changing Public Health Priorities: Implementing Socioeconomic Determinants of Health to drive Policy Action The “medicalization” of public health systems receives the bulk of funding yet socio-economic determinants of health play an equal, if not increased, role in determining population health. How public health agencies use funding to provide public health services is a huge concern…

Introduction: Hearing aids are a small electrical device that goes in or behind your ears. It makes some sounds louder for people who have hearing loss so they can hear, listen and communicate through out their daily activities. Hearing aids have three parts: a microphone, amplifier and a speaker. Meanwhile a cochlear is an electrical…

Abstract How do you handle the death of a child in a Pediatric Hospital?  Grief, loss and despair is different for each parent. The loss can be from a trauma, unexpected or from a prolonged illness.  The parent, sibling and extended family do not only feel grief and loss, the staff that have taken care…

This essay will explore the knowledge, skills and attitudes nurses need for health promotion. In the last decade health promotion has been a significant part of health policy in the UK (Piper, 2009). For instance the Department of Health (DOH) policies: Choosing Health (DOH, 2004) and Better Information, Better Choices, Better Health (DOH, 2007), both…