Essays Tagged: "American Journal of Public Health"
Got Green? An argumentitive essay about the legalization of marijuna
is outrageous cost, the National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that as many as forty percent of Americans have used, or are currently using marijuana. Even more alarming is the fact that ninety pe ... ilters would reduce tar, thus cutting down the damage done to the lungs. In 1979 the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) conducted two studies, both showing no evidence of brain damage ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
Condom Distribution in Schools
d other forms of birth control are easier to find that kids will begin to have sex. Research by the American Journal of Public Health has proved this untrue. "80% of adolescents become sexual active b ... S News: San Francisco, California". Condoms in Schools. June 3, 1996. CAPS News. (November 10, 2003)American Journal of Public Health. "The Impact of Condom Distribution: Sexual Behavior and Condom Us ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality
Health Care Reform
t of money. The U.S. spends the most money on health care yet many people, mainly the working class Americans are still without any type of health insurance and thus are more susceptible to health ris ... s obtain health insurance from employers or government programs, but then there are those groups of Americans, approximately 41.2 million people in 2001, who are without health insurance. There has al ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
HIV/AIDS: Humanity Rears Its Ugly Head
., (2002). HIV-Related Stigma and Knowledge in the United States: Prevalence and Trends, 1991-1999. American Journal of Public Health, 92,(3). Retrieved December 21, 2003, from http://psychology.ucdav ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
The Pot Head
toke up.Violence also seems to find the same coalition. In 1937, Harry Anslinger was quoted in the "American Magazine" for warning readers about the "many murders, suicides, robberies, criminal assaul ... ana users. In 1996 the "National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA)" reported that 68.6 million Americans over the age of twelve had tried this wacky weed (about thirty two percent). So remember, ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Milk is udder nonsense - Persuasive speech
oes your body good, right?Well according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in 1994 the average American drank and ate 586 pounds of milk and dairy products. That's nearly forty percent of the dai ... dairy, has dairy as the base of their diet. Milk and dairy is the chief ingredient in the Standard American Diet. You all want to be healthy, right?All of you know me as Raj McVay, what you may or ma ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Teenage Smoking
moking & Depressed mood in Later Childhood & Early adolescence", which was published in the American Journal of Public Health. From 1989 to 1994, Anthony studied 1,731 young people ranging in ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
TEENAGE SMOKING
moking & Depressed mood in Later Childhood & Early adolescence", which was published in the American Journal of Public Health. From 1989 to 1994, Anthony studied 1,731 young people ranging in ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Preventing Smoking Relapse
ces on individuals' attitudes about cigarette smoking, alcohol use, and consumption of dietary fat. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 9, 78-84.Davis, A. L., Faust, R., & Oudentlich, M. (198 ... help smoking cessation and maintenance programs: A comparative study with 12-month follow-up by the American Lung Association. American Journal of Public Health, 74, 1212-1217.Diclemente, C. C. (1981) ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
On-Line Learning Modules Immigrant and Mexican American Domestic Violence Or
On-Line Learning Modules Immigrant and Mexican American Domestic Violence Or Family Violence (Module 4B) Module On-Line Weekly Synopsis and Term Pa ... amp; William A. Vega. (2001). "Prevalence and Predictors of Physical Partner Violence Among Mexican American Women." American Journal of Public Health, 91(3), 441-445. [Proquest Database] Domestic or ... 98). Sociodemographic Predictors and Cultural Barriers to Help-Seeking Behavior By Latina and Anglo American Battered Women." Violence and Victims, 13(4): 361-375. [On Reserve] Domestic Violence Modul ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Adoption over Abortion
ester abortion can result in Bacterial vaginosis, leading to PID--a condition that must be treated. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 1992; 166:100-103 Uterine perforations: It can well ... an increase in ectopic pregnancy in younger women when associated with pelvic inflammatory disease. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 1989; 160:642-6 30% increased risk after one abortio ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Diabetes Testing
B., Johnson, Jeffrey A., Understanding the Determinants of Health for People With Type 2 Diabetes: American Journal of Public Health, 00900036, Sep2006, Vol. 96, Issue 9
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Groups and Teams Paper
oncerning the threat to public health can be the source of responses that are strong and emotional. American Indians, Hispanics and other minority groups have a tendency to less faith, have a defeatis ... h the Public About Emerging Health Threats: Lessons From the Pre-Event Message Development Project. American Journal of Public Health, 98(12), 2214-22. Retrieved January 21, 2009, from ABI/INFORM Glob ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
On Food Advertising Directed Towards Children
ttempting to influence children to directly or indirectly purchase their products. According to the American Psychological Association's (APA) 2004 task force report on advertising to children, about ... ads directed at children. Dr. Kristen Harrison in her study with Amy Marske, M.A., published in the American Journal of Public Health, finds that 92.9% of food and beverages advertised during children ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Lack of Parenting
Lack of ParentingLack of parenting can be an enormous impact on a person's choices. Without a parent or g ... lder and then leave their parents as adults. When kids are adults, they would have to tackle plenty of responsibilities. Without learning the skills, they wouldn't be able to support themselves in the ... ant and, without doing that, being broke would be a horrible condition. Even worse, kids would pick off the terrible habits/skills from their parents. Parents, you have a job and if your children are ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
coal mining
08). Relations between health indicators and residential proximity to coal mining in West Virginia. American Journal of Public Health, 98, 669-671.Blankenship, D. (2006). Especially for people like us ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
An essay about cheese
. "School-Based Obesity Policy, Social Capital, and Gender Differences in Weight Control Behaviors" American Journal of Public Health (2013) e1-e7. Web. 2. April. 2014.The authors Ling Zhu and Breanna ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Agriculture
prevention from flu
Shah 3Aneri ShahProfessor DamaniaENGL 110130th Sept. 2014Prevention is better than CureInfluenza or widely known as "f ... g or coughing. In United States flu spreads every year starting from October till May. The symptoms of flu are: fever/chills, sore throat, muscle aches, fatigue, cough, headache, and runny and stuffy ... lu can make much people sicker than other, which include young children, older adults above the age of 60, pregnant women and people already having certain health problems like heart diseases, asthma ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Health & Fitness