Essays Tagged: "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention"

HIV / AIDS Adequacy Program

among minority populations and is a leading killer of African-American males. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the prevalence of AIDS is six times higher in Afri ...

(9 pages) 214 1 4.1 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Smallpox vaccination for critical public service workers

police officers andfire/rescue personnel would be needed and so, they too, should be vaccinated.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have published a list of diseasesthat are of the highest ... in December 1983. At that time the smallpox virus stocks werethought to be limited to collaborating centers in Atlanta and Moscow. However, at thepresent, between 3 and 8 countries have been implicate ...

(5 pages) 87 0 3.7 Jan/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Title: What's the big deal about Aids? This is a critcal essay on AIDS listing treaments, prevention, and facts about AIDS. 5pages, MLA format with Works Cited

ticed that some of their homosexual patients had contracted rare forms of cancer and pneumonia. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified the new disease-now known as acquired im ...

(6 pages) 262 3 3.1 Feb/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Aids Epidemic.

ly new disease in the United States. The first reports of AIDS were in 1981. Since these cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have closely monitored the outbreak in the United S ... ny universities are aiding in the study of AIDS. Studies of HIV/AIDS patients at university medical centers in eastern North Carolina and southeast Iowa revealed that 43 percent to 46 percent had migr ...

(11 pages) 215 1 3.9 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

This essay is about thte link between type two diabetes and obesity. And how they are linked

toes to get up and exercise.In a study involving data from the years 1990 to 1998, officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found a staggering 70 percent increase in type 2 di ...

(5 pages) 153 1 4.7 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Rape Culture

ational problem in need of greater governmental response. The national Institute of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently funded the center for Policy Research to c ...

(13 pages) 127 4 4.6 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Birth Control and Contreceptive Use for High School Students

How many high school students are having sex? A 1999 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 65 percent of 12th-graders and 39 percent of h ...

(3 pages) 85 2 4.7 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Autism Today

Autism TodayAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2001, nearly 1.5 million people are believed to have s ...

(3 pages) 80 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Chlamydia

ers.Chlamydia infection is one of the most widespread bacterial STDs in the United States. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that more than 4 million people are infec ...

(3 pages) 59 2 4.1 Nov/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

The Common Cold or Rhinitis

ered as the leading cause of doctor's visits and missed days from school and work. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 22 million school days are missed yearly here in t ... hildren have about 6 - 10 colds per year. This is primarily due to exposure to the virus in daycare centers and schools by means of direct contact. They tend to spend lots of time with other children ...

(4 pages) 35 0 0.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Not In My Backyard - An essay about moving the Centers for Disease Control away from a highly populated city (Atlanta, Ga)

cted and would spread the deadly virus without knowing it.Sadly, this can happen tomorrow. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) in Atlanta, Georgia has stockpiles of deadly viruses, ye ...

(1 pages) 72 4 4.1 Dec/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

PE review on amount of time spent active in class

ity is being headed by Professor John Cawley and is based on information from annual surveys by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They surveyed 37,000 high schoolers on their exercise ha ...

(3 pages) 60 1 5.0 Jan/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Bioterrorist attacks in the United States

olice officers and fire/rescue personnel would be needed and so, they too, should be vaccinated.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have published a list of disease that are of the highest ... n December 1983. At that time the smallpox virus stocks were thought to be limited to collaborating centers in Atlanta and Moscow. However, at the present, between 3 and 8 countries have been implicat ...

(6 pages) 53 1 3.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Identify a real-life public relations campaign that attempted to put a positive spin on an otherwise negative situation.

t to help people who want to quit smoking. It is run by The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Both agencies want to put a positive spin on quitt ...

(4 pages) 27 0 0.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Art Essays

Hypothesis Testing

factors that either increase or reduce the likelihood that a person will attempt or commit suicide. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Center (CDC) used this information to develo ... earchers believed this test is useful so society could decrease mortality rate in suicide.ReferencesCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and ControlRetriev ...

(5 pages) 181 0 3.5 Sep/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Advanced Hypothesis Paper

factors that either increase or reduce the likelihood that a person will attempt or commit suicide. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Center (CDC) used this information to develo ... information and both test could only prove fluctuation in the amounts of the suicide rate.ReferencesCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and ControlRetriev ...

(3 pages) 143 0 3.0 Sep/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Decisions in Paradise Part I

island known as Kava. Kava is currently going through difficult times. The current employment with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will determine how roles will play out in the rebui ...

(4 pages) 494 0 3.5 Nov/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making

Decisions in Paradise Part II

Kava is facing many challenges and the residents of this island have requested assistance form the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A brief recap of the challenges now facing the isl ...

(4 pages) 994 0 5.0 Nov/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making

Where Does the Fat Start?

of bone, muscle, and/or water. Obese people have large masses of fat.(NHLBI) According to the CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, surveysshow that among adults aged 20-74 years the preva ... u Want Fries With That?". What Matters in America. Ed. GaryGoshgarian. Education, Inc, 2007. 288-292Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Physical Activity and Good NutritionEssential Elements t ...

(4 pages) 49 2 4.3 Nov/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Health & Fitness

Smallpox

ult. Two official stocks of the disease exist for research purposes only. These stocks exist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Russian State Centre f ...

(5 pages) 11 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases