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Mental ill health during early motherhood, or ‘perinatal mental illness’, is a serious public health issue with potentially serious consequences for women’s life-long mental health and the health and wellbeing of their children and families (Hayes, et al, 2001). Although difficult to estimate, there are also economic and social costs associated with the cognitive and…

Introduction Chronic pain has been defined as pain that persists past normal healing time. Pain is usually classed as chronic when it lasts or reoccurs for more than 3 to 6 months.(1) Chronic pain has been found to be a very common condition. One study estimated that in the UK, the prevalence of chronic pain…

Running Head: PEDIATRIC DEVELOPMENTAL PAPER Pediatric Developmental Paper Arlena Davis Subjective Clarissa is a 3 year old girl with upper respiratory infection. She has always lived with her parents and, grandmother in the same place. Her parents are mainly responsible for raising her since she was born. However, the child spends most of the time…

“Expert knowledge; published research, existing research; stakeholder consultations; previous policy evaluations; the internet; outcomes from consultations; costing of policy options; output from economic and statistical modeling”. This essay will explore the ontogenesis of ‘evidence based’ health policy making whereby according to Buse et al (2005, p.6) “health policy is assumed to embrace courses of action…

Title: The progression of Burundi and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal three, Target two Safe health practices and providing accessible health care has been observed to producing a positive outcome in reducing morbidity and mortality rates in children globally. In many African countries the healthcare provision is poor due to the lack of resources…

Question 1: Legal Documentation Skills/Billing Codes Assignment OT Intervention Billing Category CPT Billing Code Justification Example: 20 reps of theraband exercise UE Therapeutic Exercise 97110 Theraband is a therapeutic exercise to improve UE strength Teaching client to use a reacher during dressing Therapeutic procedures: Self-care/home management 97535 Teaching the client use of AE (reacher) for…

The National Health Policy of 1983 was announced during the Sixth plan period. The National Health Policy (NHP) in light of the Directive Principles of the constitution of India recommends “universal, comprehensive primary health care services which are relevant to the actual needs and priorities of the community at a cost which people can afford”…

There are so many conflicting opinions on whether or not health care workers, especially nurses, should protect their licenses with professional liability insurance. While there is no right or wrong answer, there are more pros than cons to be covered by personal malpractice insurance. A few pro’s of having personal malpractice/liability insurance are: patients are…

This assignment will critically review recent public health policy developments in the field of Cancer in England also it will evaluate its effectiveness and implications for public health and health promotion practice. This assignment will first briefly review the recent public health policies of England starting from ‘Health of the Nation’ white paper (1992), ‘Saving…

Reflective account, using framework from Rolfe , Freshwater and Jasper (2001) of a patient with regards to a long term condition and identification of a learning need to be achieved during the module. This essay is reflective based on my experience while on a clinical placement. The aim is to demonstrate an understanding of my…