Essays Tagged: "National Center for Health Statistics"
Impact of Television in Relation To Juvenile Delinquency
ressional hearings begun in the 1950s, there are many reports that have been written which include: National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence (Baker & Ball, 1969); Surgeon Gener ... the report on children and television drama by the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (1982); National Institute of Mental Health, Television and Behavior Report (NIMH, 1982; Pearl, Bouthilet, & ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters
Arguments about cloning. How it is debated in our society and what is cloning?
lpful because it allows the couples to have a child that is genetically similar. In a report by the National Center for Health Statistics shows that 2.1 million married couples were infertile in 1995 ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Gay and Lesbian Youth.
n verbally and physically assaulted, robbed, raped, or sexually abused by family members and peers (National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, 1982). D'Augelli, 1992, conducted a study on violence inflicted ... counting for nearly 5,000 (13.3%) of the 37,000 annual deaths in the 15 - 24 year old age category (National Center for Health Statistics, 1993).The rate of youth suicide has increased by more than 20 ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
act, the cases were, in all probability, the victims of what is now known as SIDS (Goyco, 1999).The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reported that, in 1991 in the United States, 5,476 infa ... en with current scientific knowledge, SIDS victims cannot be identified beforehand (NCHS, 1997).The National Center for Health Statistics recommended in 1992 that infants be placed on their back, as s ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
The American family
or long. It is worrisome also, to wonder about the ultimate consequences of fatherhood's decline. A National Center for Health Statistics study found that children from single parent homes were 100% t ... m divorced families were having difficulty forming close and loving relationships. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, since 1990 there has been a steady increase in the number of ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
The U.S. is and overweight country.
up from the parents (WIN).Obesity affects many people in today's economy. Results from a 1999-2002 National Health and Nutrition Survey using measured heights and weights, indicated that 65 percent o ... of U.S. adults are either overweight or obese. Since 1994 the obesity rate has risen seven percent (National Center). In 2000 a study by the Center for disease control and prevention showed that thirt ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues
Society's Expectations.
ffer from an eating disorder. Two common eating disorders include anorexia nervosa and bulimia. The National Center for Health Statistics estimates that about 9,000 of the people admitted to hospitals ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Influence of Media messages.
ent worldwide, with a particular prevalence in the United States and other developed countries. The National Center for Health Statistics observed in recent data that 30 percent of U.S. adults over 20 ... t around $117 Billion (CDC, 2004). Therefore, obesity related health concerns are today an issue of national, medical and mental health. Certainly a better understanding of the part that media may pla ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media
The Problem: Statutory Rape.
ke choices about their personal sexual relationships.My proposal to fix these problems is to have a national age of consent of 16, and a 2 year buffer zone. Having a national age of consent would limi ... en it comes to sex compared to their parents' generation. The statistics prove it, according to the National Center for Health Statistics since the 1970's teen pregnancies have had a dramatic decrease ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
America and Canada: Two Healthcare Systems, Same Crisis
arable in both countries. So which system is better?A looming doctor shortage threatens to create a national healthcare crisis by further limiting access to doctors, jeopardizing quality and accelerat ... ics don't lie. It's a wash. According to The United States Centers for Disease Control and Canada's National Center for Health Statistics and information (2003) 88.3% of Canadians rated their general ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Hypothesis Testing
munities" (SPAN USA, 2005). Suicide defined as taking one's own life. Suicide behavior is complex. "National Vital Statistics Report shows suicide is the 11th leading cause of death among Americans. S ... lihood that a person will attempt or commit suicide. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Center (CDC) used this information to develop and implement prevention programs to reduce t ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Stress reduction
outlined in "The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Handbook" (2:211). A 1985 study conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics found that more than 50% of workers surveyed experienced moder ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education
Suicide is not choosen
s Aids or STD's; which I find absoulty amazing. The amazing factor is that Suicide is listed by the National Center for Health Statistics as the number 8 cause of death in the United States, it even r ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Diet Drugs
ountries in the world, this country should sensibly also be one of the healthiest. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the disease of obesity is increasing at an alarming rate-60% ... s.Lombardo, John A. MD. (2004). "Supplements and Athletes." Southern Medical Journal,97(9): 877-879.National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). (2004)."Prescription Medic ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues
Psychology and Health: Multi factorial Model
nditions are greatly affected, increased, and even caused by psychological issues. According to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Elimination of tobacco use could prevent 440,000 death ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Fast food
alad tastier.So why do people fall for fast food and their healthy gimmicks? Well, according to the National Center for Health Statistics a quarter of all Americans get virtually no exercise at all, y ... nsumer_Protect.shtml. Accessed: 30 October, 2004."McDonalds Menu." 2000. Calorie Counters Fast Food National Guide. Internet. http://www.calorie-counters.net/mcdonalds.html. Accessed: 27 October, 2004 ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Interracial Couples
a lot of positive things can come from interracial marriage race can still effect the outcome. The National Center for Health Statistics mentions that their chances of having a breakup within 10 year ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Faith and Spirituality
yer and spirituality for the benefit of health," said Stephen E. Straus, MD, former Director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Hea ... s of Health (NIH). Indeed, a 2004 survey of more than 31,000 adults conducted by researchers at the National Center for Health Statistics and NCCAM found that prayer was the most frequently used pract ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Paranormality & Spirituality
Are citizens of European countries healthier than American citizens?
6,000 babies were born in the United States in 2009, a 2.6 percent drop from 2008, according to the National Center for Health Statistics (Stein). The teen birth rate for Western Europe and a few othe ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Pro-ana Websites Effects on Women
this support of an unhealthy lifestyle is bringing them down further. Even though, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, 66% of Americans are overweight or obese, the media still con ... 27 Oct. 2010.Harshbarger, Jenni L, et al. "-anorexia websites: What a clinician should know." International Journal of Eating Disorders 42.4 (2009): n. pag. Galileo. Web. 26 Oct. 2010.Hill, Gina Jarm ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology