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- 6481: Alcohol Consumption by Adolescents
- ... alcohol use, these programs appear to have minimal effect on drinking and on the rates of alcohol problems. According to Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services at The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, it seems that binge drinkers appear to engage in more unplanned sexual activity and to abandon safe sex techniques more often than students who do not binge drink (Shalala, 1995, 2). The purpose ...
- 6482: AIDS
- ... however, that HIV is transmitted only through three primary routes: sexual intercourse, whether vaginal or anal, with an infected individual; nondigestive exposure to infected blood or blood products; and from an infected mother to her child before or during birth. At least 97 percent of U.S. AIDS cases have been transmitted through one of these routes, with transmission between homosexual men accounting for about 60 percent of the cases. Heterosexual ...
- 6483: Psychology
- ... field has expanded to include the growth and development of individuals throughout their lives. Developmental psychologists explore changes associated with mental, social, and emotional development. They also look at the evolution of friendships and parent-child relationships. How children learn both in and outside school is another focus of developmental research. Clinical psychology has undergone rapid growth in recent years and is now the largest sub-discipline within psychology. Clinical psychologists ...
- 6484: Tuberculosis
- ... are infected in the U.S., as evidenced by positive skin tests, with approximately 26,000 new cases of active disease each year. The increase in TB cases is related to HIV/AIDS, homelessness, drug abuse and immigration of persons with active infections. How is TB Contracted? TB is a contagious or infectious disease that is spread from person-to- person. A person is usually infected by inhaling the germs which ...
- 6485: Plagues and Diseases
- ... His 3 sisters all sat on thrones in one sense or another. His first son was Viceroy of Italy. And Napoleon himself was currently married to the great niece of Marie Antoninette, and their first child was immediately named King of Rome. Napoleon was on a roll.5 Given time, patience, and some luck, he might have been able to extend his empire to the East, and force those pesky British ...
- 6486: The Safety of Blood
- ... her way to her best friend's house. She doesn't have a care in the world and is quietly humming to herself. Suddenly a car whips around the corner and swerves to avoid the child, but he looses control and squarely hits the girl, causing the her to fall and get trapped between the car and her battered bicycle. A main artery in her leg has been severed and blood ...
- 6487: Therapeutic Touch : Its Effectiveness On Surgical Incision Site Pain
- ... Kramer, MSN, RN on therapeutic touch and casual touch stress reduction of hospitalized children (1990), her study supported the use of therapeutic touch. She states "... the intervention of therapeutic touch will more quickly reduce the child's stress and provide comfort for a longer time, which eventually may decrease the hospital stay and decrease nursing work.". The author states that more research may need to be done with a larger sample ...
- 6488: Teen Smoking
- ... easier than one might think. Children have access to tobacco products many ways. They could steal them from their parent or relative, and from a store. Their family might also give them cigarettes, and the child smokes them with their friends. Kids can purchase smokes from an unguarded vending machine or gas station with ease. If that does not work they can ask someone old enough to buy packs for them ...
- 6489: Stress
- ... efficiency decreases (Hellmich, 1994). Paula Morrow, director of the Industrial Relations Center at Iowa State University College of Business states that According to the Center on Work & Family , "Flexible scheduling, job-sharing, and on-site child care cut absenteeism and turnover, boosting productivity. The key is for managers to give up control of the process of work and empower employees to determine how it gets done" (Daniel, 1994). Examining the Effects ...
- 6490: Schitzophrenia, Childhood, Mental, Anxiety and Other Disorders
- ... making fun of these people. A retarded person has an IQ of less than 70. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder includes conditions marked by inappropiate lack of attention, by impulsiveness, and by hyperactivity, in which the child has difficulty organizing and completing work, is unable to stick to activities or follow directions, and is excessively restless. Anxiety disorder include fear of leaving home and parents, excessive shrinking from contact with strangers, and ...
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