Essays on Health

We are happy to announce the official introduction of Ms Jenna Thomas, a nursing practitioner as one of our staff at Physicians United of Ormond Beach. We have been in the process of recruiting a more staff in order to streamline our healthcare services and enable us to serve you...

Winterbourne View Hospital Winterbourne View hospital was exposed in 2011 through a BBC panorama television broadcast. It showed patients with learning disabilities and challenging behavior being mistreated by the institution’s workers at the assessment and the treatment unit. The abuse was both physical and psychological, and the footage showed that the...

The United States is amidst, a drawn out and developing epidemic of incidental and preventable passing related with overdoses of licit and illegal opiates. For over 3 decades, naloxone has been utilized by crisis restorative staff to pharmacologically turn around overdoses. The companions or relatives of overdose casualties, be that...

The Relationship Between Maternal Depression and Antisocial Behavior in Children The article covers a recent study conducted to associate maternal depression with antisocial behavior in children. Data analyzed in the study were drawn from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Class of 1998–1999 (ECLS-K), developed under the U.S Department of Education (Gajos...

Health promotion is supported by various theories. The theories include the social cognitive, the theory of reasoned action, stages of change and the health belief model. The theories explain health promotion or health education concept in a precise manner (Kim et al.311). Social learning theory Social learning theory advocates for a positive...

In the series Vikings, episode eight of season two there is great concern over the birth of Ragnar's fourth son, Ivar, since he is unlike the others. His birth was a sign of a prophesy come true whereby he was described as being boneless and a monster. From the kingdom's...

Origin and Nature of Crime Many theorists and scholars have attempted to explore the origin and nature of crime in the society. Knowledge of crime and what leads people to commit criminal offenses is vital in tackling as well as prevention of crime. Several theories have emerged in the recent years,...

Introduction There are many reported cases of clients with histories of trauma seeking for treatment thus behavioral counselors should have comprehensive knowledge on how to help victims of trauma. Counselors should also have knowledge on trauma-informed prevention, care and objectives of treatment along with practical counseling techniques. Trauma can be defined...

The word able is dated back to 1895 when it was first used. Ableism is a deliberate form of discrimination against people based on their abilities (Bruce, 2016). Ableism insists on inferiority of the disabled compared to the “able.” There are several forms of ableism such as mentalism. Mentalism is...

Sufferings and illness in a cultural context Sufferings and illness are universal attributes which come to be endowed with cultural meaning. The cross-cultural framework of illness is appropriate in the comparative study. Cultural understanding of illness They offer a cultural understanding of illness across diverse cultural settings which are addressed by a number...

Health promotion Health promotion can be defined as the process that enables individuals to improve and have control over their health status (Fertman and Allensworth). It is clouded with so many theories and beliefs that have been put forth to aid in the explanation and prediction of the health pattern of...

Al-Krenawi, A. (2013). Mental health and polygamy: The Syrian case. World Journal of Psychiatry, 1-7. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3782180/ Annotation: The author conducted the study in Syria to investigate the psychological, family function, life satisfaction, self-esteem, and marital satisfaction. Also, the scholar strived to highlight the extent of consent among the polygamous...