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Background
Alcoholism is a term defined for problems related to the alcohol such as cancer, heart diseases, cirrhosis, dementia and depression. In today’s world, people are often found with a habit of uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages. Knowing the impact of such huge intake of alcohol into their body, people still consume it in large volumes. They prefer to consume it irrespective of the impact of alcohol on their lives, in their personal relationships, on their families, on their social standing, and on their social and Continue reading...

Abstract

This study investigates the approaches employed in the treatment and biopsychology of alcoholism. The introduction section attempts to distinguish alcohol abuse from alcohol dependence in order to increase the understanding of alcoholism. The paper then focuses on alcohol dependence, which is synonymous with alcoholism. It explains that alcoholism is a manifestation of certain underlying traits that include genetic predispositions. Further, alcohol dependence is linked to particular conditions such as anxiety and depression. Under the methodology of biopsychology, the study explains that the effective treatment of addiction requires a broad examination of possibilities unrelated to the addiction. Thus, the understanding Continue reading...

Introduction

Currently, the United States currently has a standardized legal drinking age of 21. This is primarily because the national government passed legislation that would deny a segment of national highway assistance from whichever state that did not accept 21 as the lowest age for acquiring and free possession of alcoholic drinks. It states that anyone under the age of 21 cannot legally consume, purchase or obtain any beverages containing alcohol unless accompanied by a spouse, guardian or parent of legal drinking age. Whereas some states have upheld a rather unswerving drinking age ever since the enactment of Prohibition, the Continue reading...

The exact date for the birth of alcohol is not known, but it is known to have existed from ancient times, and its utility and functions have not gone unnoticed. Since the discovery of the “beer jugs” in the Stone Ages, it is believed that alcohol has remained an important part of human life and has had multipurpose uses for people in the past. It is indicated that the presence of alcohol can be dated from the Neolithic period, which is almost 10,000 years and perhaps even earlier. Wine samples and their products have remained existent from around 4,000 years ago, found in the Egyptian pictographs as well as Greek artifacts and discoveries. However, there is also a common conception that the use of alcohol was not the same in the past as it is today, in fact, there are bound to be drastic differences in the way people consumed and used alcohol back in the day as compared to the way they use it presently. While much of the use of alcohol today is found in recreational consumption of the substance, the former civilizations of the Greeks and the Europeans of the Middle Ages used alcohol for medicinal purposes, such as healing and treating, relieving stress and allowing the society to improve its condition with the help of alcohol.

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Introduction

Alcohol dependence is referred to as alcoholism. It is characterized by excessive drinking and constant preoccupation with alcohol . The consistent excessive consumption of alcohol results on severe dependence despite the physical and psychological detrimental effects . Alcoholism affects the social, physical and psychological wellness of individual. The reasons behind alcoholism vary from genetic factors, environmental factors such as peer pressure and influence, and depression .

What is Alcoholism?

Alcoholism begins with simple alcohol consumption to severe dependence on alcohol. According to Medical News Today (2014), alcoholism is a chronic, progressive disease that causes obsession with alcohol, and the loss of control over the person’ Continue reading...

As early as the 1930’s, discussions concerning the identification and treatment of alcoholism have challenged the medical community (Jellinek, 1960). The models for treatment all demanded abstinence; people who drank to access were considered immoral and/or diseased. The health risks associated with excessive drinking include the common cold, cancer, bone density, cognitive functions, high blood pressure, stroke, ulcers, atherosclerosis, and heart disease (Hingson & Rehm, 2013). However, the effect of drinking alcohol is difficult to determine due to under reporting, errors in perception of time or amounts ingested, and methods of data collection.
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Introduction

In the early researches, scientists suggest that the consumption of alcohol decreases with age. It means the number of non-drinkers in a generation is increasing with age (Lader & Steel, 2009). Their main reason is that older people tend to change their lifestyles due to their health condition. Some people choose not to drink due to their illness or they feel that they could not drink anymore (Moore & Beck, 2002). However, there is an emerging issue that older people nowadays are relatively heavier drinkers than the younger generations. For example in England, it is estimated that there are about 1.4 Continue reading...

Drinking alcohol is a worldwide phenomenon and it has been an activity practiced for hundreds of years in many different cultures across the world. Early references to alcohol consumption or use suggest that drinking has always been considered as a social activity. There have been attempts in various cultures to enact some form of control or regulation to prohibit alcohol consumption, but ultimately, most initiatives have not worked well since drinking is still a very popular activity across most, if not all, cultures. This paper will explore the different drinking cultures, particularly those of South Korea and the USA, Continue reading...

This research paper explains the meaning attached to alcoholism, the factors that fuel or contribute to the development of alcoholism as a situation, makes an analysis of the benefits against the costs of alcoholism in society ,the effects of such endeavors, the treatment that is necessary for recovery and the standpoint at the latter stages of the paper.
Thesis Statement: Alcohol is a very tentative issue in society that is enjoyed by a large segment of society for various reasons known to man. Placed on a weighing scale the benefits against the costs that accrue to alcohol indulgence are Continue reading...

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Drinking alcohol is a worldwide phenomenon, one that has been practiced socially for hundreds of years in many different cultures across the world. While there have been attempts to either regulate or prohibit alcohol consumption, most have simply not worked and drinking remains a very popular and often detrimental activity across most cultures. This paper will prove that curbing alcohol consumption can help reduce numerous health problems caused by excessive drinking. By exploring the different drinking cultures of South Korea and the US, it will propose that drinking in these countries can be reduced through official regulations limiting alcohol Continue reading...

INTRODUCTION

Research Questions
Hypotheses
Assumptions
Literature review

METHODS

Participants/Population for Study
Participant Risk
Research Design
Instrumentation
Data Collection
CONCLUSION
Introduction
Alcohol is the most commonly abused substance among college students (Wechsler, Lee, Kuo, & Lee, 2000).
It is estimated that 80% of college students consume alcohol, and 50% of those who consume alcohol abuse it through binge drinking (National Institutie of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism NIAAA, 2013).
Alcohol abuse inhibits academic, social, and psychological functions, but prevention strategies are not utilized and college students are less likely to receive treatment compared to non-students (Blanco et al., 2008).
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A distinctive feature of any drug is its effect on the human psyche. Drugs cause a special mental state and trigger addiction. Alcohol also refers to these substances since it possesses similar properties. The euphoria that comes after alcohol consumption is characterized by a weakening of negative emotions and enhancing of positive emotions. People get what they need. Some feel relaxation, and permissiveness, others gain confidence or serenity. The person in a state of alcohol intoxication loses touch with reality. Morbid desire to retrieve the same feeling results in the formation of alcohol dependence. In other words, the person Continue reading...

Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a disease that causes unusual shifts in energy, and activity levels. It annihilates the ability to carry out routine tasks, and causes extreme fluctuations in moods ranging from euphoria to severe depression, interspersed with spans of normal behavior.
Studies have revealed that the disorder has a genetic component, and people with certain genes are prone to developing it. Statistic says that the genetic factors account for 80 percent of bipolar cases. Children with one parent suffering from the illness have 10 percent chances of developing it. Children with both bipolar parents Continue reading...

Alcoholics Anonymous

Introduction
Alcoholics Anonymous is a grassroots movement that became a powerful international organization that helps alcoholics to successfully stop drinking. The organization was begun in 1935 with founders Bill W, and Dr. Bob S. in Akron, Ohio. The movement slowly spread throughout the Midwest, New York and nationally. Today Alcoholics Anonymous is an international program that has over two million active members and approximately 115,350 groups worldwide. In this paper, I will examine the history and growth of this unique organization and examine its methods for helping alcoholics recover and operate as a global entity.

Alcoholism, a Definition and Its Effects

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When a person becomes an adult presumably at the age of eighteen, there are so many things that they are allowed to do. They are allowed to vote, own a home, get married, join the military and even adopt a child. But there is one thing they cannot do until they are twenty-one. One wonders why an eighteen-year-old can go to combat in Afghanistan and not drink, considering the former is more dangerous than the latter. But, of course, there are different arguments to the question of the legal drinking age and whether it should be lowered to eighteen. Continue reading...

Introduction

Legal drinking age is the minimum age at which an individual can consume alcohol. In some jurisdictions, this term extends to the minimum age at which individuals can purchase alcohol. The legislature forms and passes laws on the minimum legal drinking age. These laws provide a guideline on where and when one can purchase or consume the alcohol or alcoholic beverages. Many countries in the world have set their minimum drinking age at 18. Some like Austria have their minimum legal drinking age at 16 while for others like china there is no information available about a legally set Continue reading...

Introduction

Legal drinking age is the minimum age at which an individual can consume alcohol. In some jurisdictions, this term extends to the minimum age at which individuals can purchase alcohol. The legislature forms and passes laws on the minimum legal drinking age. These laws provide a guideline on where and when one can purchase or consume the alcohol or alcoholic beverages. Many countries in the world have set their minimum drinking age at 18. Some like Austria have their minimum legal drinking age at 16 while for others like china there is no information available about a legally set Continue reading...

Alcoholism is generally a broader term for problem related to ethanol (commonly known as alcohol). It is generally known as alcohol addiction, which is the uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages. It is generally considered a disease due to its addictive illness. The misuse of alcohol has the possibility of causing damages to almost all the human body organs, including the brain. The increasing toxic effect of chronic alcohol abuse can cause both psychiatric and medical problems in human. The biological factors that cause alcoholism are no clear. However stress, social environment, mental health, age, ethnic groups, gender and family Continue reading...

Abstract

Most countries in the world have placed a legal age before which young people cannot drink so as to ensure that they are wiser, smarter and more in control of their emotions and self control before they start consuming alcohol. Usually this age is 21, like in the United States of America. However, it is also a known fact that almost everyone who drinks has had a drink before the legal age by the help of any illegal source. This shows the inclination towards alcohol from a very young age. This inclination can be harmful, as the number of Continue reading...

Alcoholism is a disease or a condition whereby one drinks alcohol persistently and consistently even when it causes problems usually resulting to the same effects both physically, socially, psychologically and even naturally. The party becomes a slave to alcohol and cannot be precise on the amount of alcohol taken, the time spent in bars and drinking spots. Alcoholism is considered a chronic disease that turns one most often into a degenerate.
According to a post in one of the dailies by Craig. W (1989) Writers and Alcohol March 14, 1989, pp. 13-15 (c) The Washington Post, it provides information Continue reading...

INTRODUCTION

Attention Material: The paper will demonstrate some of the recommendable strategies for regulating and curbing the heavy drinking cultures of Korea and the United States
Introduction of topic: The paper will first of all analyze the characteristics as well as the history of the drinking cultures of Korea and the United States. This will also be accompanied by statistics about drinking in two nations, for example average alcohol consumption and rates of alcohol intoxication.
Thesis statement: The heavy drinking cultures of South Korea and the United States are a detriment to the nations; public health and safety and therefor Continue reading...

Introduction

The UK beet and pub industry is an £18bn industry comprising of 32,005 businesses that employ upwards of 336,841 people. Despite its long history and nostalgic value to the British culture, the United Kingdom’s bar and pub industry is under a threat. Over the past decade, multiple adverse legislative, social, political and economic trends have conspired to squeeze the industry’s sales, revenues and profit margins, with the consequence of most outlets shutting down. Already struggling with the intolerance of smoking in public, industry revenues and patronage have plummeted following the increasingly rising beer duty, falling Continue reading...

Educational Affiliation

Synthesizing Sources
Nowadays, drinking in Korea has become quite popular, especially among youngsters. However, the adaptation of the drinking culture causes various problems. According to a research, frequent alcohol consumption directly leads to obesity and abdominal obesity, which are one of the major health problems in the modern society. Moreover, binge drinking causes stress and anxiety, which can negatively reflect on the general health condition (Ha-Na, K. 2014).
Drinking alcohol also causes some serious problems to our body. One of the major health problems caused by abusive alcohol consumption is cancer. In Korea, cancer is the main cause of Continue reading...

The World today is faced by so many social problems that are either as a result of human embracing new technologies as well as other ragging behind current technologies. Human changing their social life daily by introducing new lifestyle has created some major social problems facing them today. We will majorly focus on alcoholism as a current social problem facing modern generation.
Alcoholism is a progressive chronic disease that includes complications in regulating once drinking, being preoccupied by alcohol and continuing to use of alcohol even when it’s causing problems. It’s usually difficult to see your drinking Continue reading...

Introduction

Humans are having the nature of social animals, and therefore, they learn from developing social relations with each other. One can recognize the process of professing as a sophisticated sort of literally give and take to say the least. The normal socializing experience is a necessity to lead a productive life (Bell and Mjoll, 456). The drinking problem in adolescents is growing with the passage of time because they started to consider the practice as heroic in stature. The film and media practices in this regard impress the young minds to indulge themselves into alcohol consumption in the recent Continue reading...

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Part One p. 3-8
Part Two p. 8-12

Conclusion p. 14-15
Bibliography p. 16
1. Introduction:
This essay will discuss the role of a mental health nurse in risk assessment and management and developing recovery strategies for the patient, Hilary. Also, the relevant risks both psychologically and physically are identified during preparation for discharge by the role of the Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) and other professionals involved in her care. It will demonstrate a systematic understanding of the significance of mental health interventions in addressing the needs of people with mental health problems. It will go on to critically Continue reading...

Since time immemorial, alcohol and cigarette advertisements have been targeting the minority in the community, especially the Hispanics. The issue has aroused individuals emotions because of the controversy associated with it. The targeted population has always aired their grievances and condemned the concerned companies for popularizing alcohol and tobacco consumption among the Hispanics. According to Hackbarth et.al, community activists in Chicago alleged that alcohol and tobacco companies had a tendency to target the Hispanics neighborhood for their selfish interests (p.7). Many authors have also established claims and criticized the aim of the advertisements. Therefore, due to the controversial campaign Continue reading...

According the authors of the article, “Targeting Hispanics,” there has been a controversial campaign that aims to segment the Hispanic community on the cigarette and alcohol market. The fundamental claim of this article is that the tobacco and alcohol companies have introducing advertising campaigns that aim to increase the alcohol and tobacco consumption among the Hispanics. The authors argue that subsequent of the “marketing ‘savvy’ of the alcohol and tobacco companies” there has been an increase of smoking and drinking among the Hispanic community (Maxwell and Michael 98). Mainly, the segmented alcohol and tobacco campaign targets the two most Continue reading...

Thesis

Although parents and guardians think there is no reason for alarm concerning the wellbeing of their children, there is urgent need for parents and guardians to come to the reality on the ground and address the problem of the teen suicide if they want to save their children of being the next victim of suicide

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The suicide is cause by abuse of alcohol
“According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the combination of depression and alcoholism causes more than 75 percent of all suicides in the united state ” (Iliades, 2015)

Alcohol is a major contributor to this crisis since consumption of alcohol causes impairment in critical thinking or reasoning capacity

“It has been demonstrated that youth (age 13) Continue reading...

Change Model Overview

Step 1: EBP Question
Under the study, the problem is the transmission of infectious pathogens through the use of stethoscopes in the inpatient setting. According to Mehta, et al., (2010), since Stethoscopes are one of the often used medical devices; they become more contaminated compared to other devices hence hosting vast pathogenic bacteria. The notion attached to the high number of cases recorded; there depicts need for implementing the proposed intervention where use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers to "simultaneously" cleanse the hands and stethoscope head is recommended. Such undertaking aim at averting stethoscope based transmission of pathogens causing disease Continue reading...

It is shocking that your teen son or daughter could be contemplating to commit suicide. As a society it is essential to familiarized ourselves with the challenges the teens are facing in life since the next victim could your be teen brother, sister, niece or nephew. According to various reports and research by experts, it has been established that 8% of teens attempts to commit suicide annually in the United State (Joshi et al., 2015). Sadly, the rates at which teens commit suicide keep on increasing with time. Statistics show that native youths are three to ten times more Continue reading...

ABSTRACT

The social clock is a concept that describes major life events and changes expected to tae place at a certain time during an individual’s lifetime. Societal expectations of and attitudes towards these major life changes constitute the timeline o one’s social clock. Moreover, this hypothetical clock determines how an individual has progressed within his or her age range amongst peers. This theory germinated out of various developmental theories that describe how people grow, develop, and change as they transition from childhood, to adulthood, to old age. Studying this concept from a qualitative approach provides insight into the Continue reading...

In a medical setting, alcohol dependence is among the common ailments that patients have. This condition implies that an individual is fixed in a substance, in this case is alcohol, to an extent that one cannot live without it. The cessation of alcohol consumption to an alcohol dependent patient will then lead to alcohol withdrawal which is usually accompanied by disheartening symptoms. For instance, patient exhibiting alcohol withdrawal symptoms (AWS) may end up experiencing tonic-clonic seizures after an approximate 48 to 96 hours of abstinence from alcoholism and this has been proven in 15% of the patients with AWS. Continue reading...

Abstract

Substance abuse has become a major problem for society. Substance abuse crosses over ethnic, economic and cultural lines. Addiction to legal drugs, illegal drugs and alcohol affects millions of people in the United States. The costs of addiction are economic, psychological and physical, not only to the individual but to society as a whole. Substance abuse destroys individuals and their familial relationships. The dynamics of addiction on the individual are varied and complex. Many do recover from addiction with intense interventions and go on to live a normal life.
Substance abuse is a set of behaviors that involve the Continue reading...

Abstract

Personal goals shape individual behavior as students aspires to achieve attainment goals so that they can acquire the developmental tasks like employment. The pursuit of goals is at the peak during the senior year of college since students’ aims at preparing themselves for the future. It is the right time where there is a noted natural change in the manner at which students consumes alcohol. The observed changes influence the link between age-related goals and their attainment. For this reason, the possibility of a successful transition is achieved as students prepare themselves for life after college. The study inspected Continue reading...

Introduction

Framing is a way in which messages are presented while making an advertisement. It is important to understand the way the message has been put across in order to ensure that there is maximum impact of the advert to the issue that is being addressed in the advert. This paper will focus on the role of different framing perspectives when advertising and the theories that are associated with the framing perspective that has been undertaken.

Study 1: Positive framing vs. Negative framing

Positive and negative framing come as a result of the negative messages that might be obtained from the issues that are at hand. Framing Continue reading...

Consumer behavior theories

In spite of the alcohol-related problems known by the population, binge drinking is still rampant among young individuals. There is inconsistency between people’s beliefs and their behavior. According to reasoned action and planned behavior theory, behavioral outcomes can be accurately predicted by considering other variables in addition to attitudes. According to the theory, Mellani’s cause for high alcohol consumption is a factor of intention to engage in the practice. Intention is influenced by attitude and normative components where attitude is the overall positive/negative evaluation to engage in the activity while subjective norm is the perception of the Continue reading...

Substance use disorder is using one or more psychoactive drugs to lead to dependency or clinical impairment. These drugs like cocaine, methamphetamine and heroine can deteriorate the mental and physical health of the individual and lead. Substance use disorder refers to the more of the individual psychological consequence whereas chemical dependence refers more to the social consequences of the substance use (APA, 2013). America is addicted and if they have not been addicted to alcohol and tobacco they have shown an addiction to illicit drug use. These substance use disorders lead to high healthcare costs.
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Introduction

Addiction is a syndrome involving the reward-seeking behavior that can result in a significant harm to the person who is driven by an abnormal motivation process to regularly need or use something. It is often viewed as a psychological and physical compulsion of using habit forming substances, such as alcohol or drugs. Addiction is considered to be a complex disease affecting not only the individual’s health and well being, but also the people around the individual addict and the society at large. Hoffman and Froemke (2007) describe addiction as a chronic disease of the brain, as a disease, Continue reading...

In the Treatment of Alcohol and Drug Addiction

In the Treatment of Alcohol and Drug Addiction
The Transtheoretical Model for Behavior Change (TTM) and the Health Belief Model (HBM) are both popular models used in health care for changing behaviors. Professionals in the field of addiction, alcohol and drug, commonly refer to both models in their treatment of addicts. Both models are useful and have both positive and negative aspects.
The Transtheorietical Model states that there chronological stages that a person will travel through as they battle an addiction (Korcha, Polcin, Bond, Lapp & Galloway 2011). The first stage is pre-contemplation, the addict is active in their addiction Continue reading...

Sector – Education

Introduction
Drug usage is a social national problem in almost all countries in the world (Drugs & Driving, 10). This is a problem which has affected governments and households. Governments have used a lot of money to promote training and counselling among all classes of people who use drugs. They have also supported non- governmental organizations in order to create awareness among the affected groups. Drug abuse effects include loss of lives, physical damage, loss property, dropping out of school and insanity. Huge amounts of money have been used to construct rehabilitation centres as correctional facilities to those already affected Continue reading...

Marketing ethics is defined as the set moral principles and regulations that deal with the issues related to marketing. The marketing of Power Master has raised controversy on the issue of target marketing. Target marketing is a marketing strategy that aims at targeting the customers in a particular geographical area or a certain class of clients. This is a strategy that aims at reaching out the prospective customers. Companies that use target marketing aim at reaching a certain target market for its products or services. The use of target marketing by G. Heileman Brewing Company has been in the Continue reading...

Listening to the news, we often hear about country-to-country relations, outbreaks of war in various countries, and natural disasters that have recently affected our world. However, within the states, one of the most popular and controversial subjects is the legalization of marijuana. Supporters lobby for the legalization of marijuana for both recreational and medicinal uses. Strong arguments have been made for and against the legalization and as both are considered, it seems as though more public leaders are finding there are many benefits to its legalization. The believe the two most firm arguments for the legalization are its reduction Continue reading...

Introduction

Substance abuse is one of the current issues in social welfare. As a social problem, substance abuse makes it hard for individuals to realize their full potential. It refers to the dangerous use of psychoactive substances such as illicit drugs, tobacco, and alcohol. Individuals abuse these substances for complicated and varied reasons. The abuse of psychoactive substances can result in dependence syndrome. The individuals who suffer from the substance abuse problem have a strong desire to take the substances mentioned above, difficulties in controlling their use and increased tolerance. For long, the social workers have worked with individuals, who Continue reading...

IRB Application

IRB Application

Collaborators in Outside Institutions:
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

1 Choke Cherry Road

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Tel: 800-487-4889
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) conducts the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) in collaboration with the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality. The survey is conducted at the national level and collects information about alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use in the United States residents at the age of 12 or older. The dataset is available via the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA) and Continue reading...

A major public health issue in the U.S. and globally is the continuing prevalence of HIV which can progress to AIDS. The infection is transmitted primarily via sexual contact. Although they compose just 2% of the country’s population, disease incidence is noted to be highest among men who have sex with men (MSM), otherwise referred to as gay or bisexual men (HIV, 2012). In 2010, 61% of all persons newly infected with HIV, or roughly 28,200 cases, and 51% of all persons diagnosed with AIDS were MSM (HIV, 2012). Hence, the population of MSM is at the Continue reading...

Driving under Influence (DUI) or drunk driving has emerged as a major problem in the United States of America in recent times. Thousands of people lose their lives every year in road accidents that take place due to driving under influence. Estimates suggest that driving under influence also costs more than 59 billion dollar to the United States. Though DUI is a criminal offence but it affects the society in different ways. This menace should be effectively resolved in order to make our society a better place to live for human beings. This paper proposes a wide discussion on Continue reading...

REPORT

THE MOST SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY IN DRINKING WATER PRODUCTION IN THE MENA REGION
Authored by: STUDENT NUMBER
1.0 Introduction
The technology, which is distillation, is relatively simple. Nature use solar desalination, by evaporation or distillation, process in producing fresh rainwater that feeds on the fresh water systems on land. Human desalination technology is a close duplication of this natural process. In arid regions where rainfall is close to none or at best scanty and highly irregular (Murad, Nuaimi and Hammadi, 2006: 1449), seawater constitutes the most sustainable source of fresh drinking water. However, the challenge in desalination is to produce Continue reading...

In his article, “Binge Drinking as a Substitute for a ‘Community of Learning” Kenneth A. Bruffee postulates that Binge drinking has been on the rise in college campuses and that the important reason for this behavior is the membership in fraternities. He begins his article by mentioning the consequences of binge drinking such as bad grades, drunk driving, assault and even death. He says that even after the involvement of the college officials and pro active measures such as banning alcohol in campuses, punishment of heavy drinkers and getting rid of fraternities and sororities, binge drinking continues. He then Continue reading...

Social media is already a part of the new generation. Almost 70% teens from 12-17 years old spend time in social networking sites on a daily basis. This shows that almost 17million of teenagers use internet all at the same day. This simple example shows how much social media could be thought as a part of a child’s life. There has been reports as well that there are some online users that are becoming addicted to it the same way some gets addicted to alcohol and other substances, but it is not yet being clinically classified as a Continue reading...

NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts 2012 Data Overview

1.a The two predominant loss totals that are presented in Table 1 on page 2 of the NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts 2012 Data Overview are: (1) the number of people killed in specified time frames (from 2003 to 2012) where the greatest loss (total number of people killed) was identified in 2005 at 43,510; and (2) the number of people injured for the same time period was greatest in 2003 at 2,889,000 total people injured .
1.b An example of a loss rate presented in Table 1 is the fatality rate per 100,000 population; specifically 14.78 Continue reading...

Humans often transpose old pain and trauma onto newer relationships, which is the emblem of the Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACoA) trauma syndrome. Traumatized people often hope that they can lead normal lives and leave their past behind them, especially when they enter adulthood and become older and wiser. Unfortunately, infantile states of feelings, emotions, and images that people hope to forget or repress are often triggered. Indeed, confronted by an overly critical boss, nitpicky spouse, or a child throwing a tantrum over not getting his or her way, an ACoA becomes irrationally unnerved by their present day circumstances Continue reading...

With the country struggling with heavy alcohol use and the resultant crime, corruption, unemployment, child abuse and other social-economic problems, Congress approved the 18th Amendment to prohibit the manufacture and distribution of alcoholic beverages. Despite its radical and experimental nature, the bill sailed through Congress largely because of the change in the country’s national mood against drinking following World War I, coupled with the desire to encourage the growth of other industries in the economy. Additionally, the religious conservatives’ opposition to drinking and influence on Washington played a role. However, by the close of 1929, it was clear, Continue reading...

Maxwell and Jacobson, the authors of “Targeting Hispanics,” provide an insight on the controversial issue revolving around ethnic segmentation of the alcohol and cigarette market. The authors reveal that there is a segregated and segmented advertising campaign towards the Hispanic community. They claim that the alcohol and cigarette company have introduced advertising campaigns to promote the consumption of alcohol and cigarette to the Hispanic community. Consequently, the rates of drinking and smoking among women and young people have increased because they have been the main targets of the advertising campaigns. Traditionally, woman and youth in the Hispanic community are Continue reading...

John Doe

A health issue in my community is alcoholism. There are risk factors that come with alcoholism but there are also certain programs within the community that try to prevent, mitigate, and resolve alcoholism issues in the community. This topic is important to Public Health because it is a leading cause of death and family dysfunction in the United States as well as the world. Alcoholism has effects that go beyond the individual and has the ability to disrupt families and communities as a whole. I selected this topic because I feel it is a preventable problem in our society Continue reading...

Summary:

Jack Hitt relates his college experiences with alcohol in the 1970’s comparing it with what he describes as a binge drinking epidemic today. He is dedicated to the idea that the way in which he was taught to drink socially, by professors and other responsible adults in his educational environment, taught him how to drink with dignity, and without getting drunk. There was an understanding that you had one or two, and then stopped, and that was that. No one got lambasted, because everyone knew it was socially unacceptable.
Today, that is not the case. He describes the Continue reading...

Pancreatic Cancer

In 2009, pancreatic cancer was the third most common cause of cancer-related deaths among adult males and females in the Economic Union after stomach and colorectal cancer (Malvezzi et al. 2014). Estimates of mortality for 2014 indicate that deaths due to pancreatic cancer will continue to rise in the region. This malignancy is associated with a very low survival rate at 5% within 5 years. In Malta, characterizing the incidence, prevalence, and risk factors of pancreatic cancer through a status report can aid in the development of risk reduction and other clinical interventions to improve population outcomes.

Status Report Data Sources

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INTRODUCTION.

In motivational interviewing the canceled expresses the acceptance of the client in order to help in the change process. Motivation enhances the chances of intervening on a highly addictive behavior in efforts to achieve a change of the same behavior. The highly addictive behaviors could include drug and other substance abuse with an enhancement in motivation making people realize their problems and help them towards change. In the recent time, motivational enhancement approaches to deal with the rising social problems is becoming more and more prominent with the most common key approach being a motivational interview. This approach is Continue reading...

Guerette, R. T. (2007). Immigration Policy, Border Security and Migrant Deaths: An Impact Evaluation of Life Saving Efforts under the Border Safety Initiative. Criminology & Public Policy, 6(2), pp. 201-222.
As a response to the increasing number of illegal immigrant death in the US, the government developed and implemented the Border Safety Initiative (BSI) to improve safety and security in the southwest border. The main cause of illegal immigrant death relate to poor safety and security in the way that they attempt to enter US borders illegally following the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP). The USBP made it difficult for Continue reading...

NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts 2012 Data Overview

1. From the table-based data provided in page 2:
a. The two predominant loss presented are as follows: the number of people killed totaling 43,510 in 2005 and the number of people injured totaling 2,889,000 in 2003 .
b. An example of a loss rate which is seen to be presented in Table 1 is the injury rate per 100,000 population where 996 percent was reported in 2003 .
c. To explain the fundamental difference between a loss total and a loss rate, one contends that the main disparity lies on the manner by which the numbers Continue reading...