Thought-Provoking Example Essays on Vaccination

Infectious Diseases and Public Health: AIDS/HIV

Abstract:
Human immunodeficiency virus infection causes Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The infection was first discovered in US in the year 1980 and currently the country has a high prevalence with 417 HIV positive individuals for every 100,000 people. Social stigma and discrimination against the affected people is an important factor hindering, public health care efforts, in reaching the patience, providing care and preventing the diseases spread. HIV is comparatively easier to control than other air born infectious diseases and can be prevented by taking suitable precautions. Safe and protected sexual practices and disuse of infected needles and blood can Continue reading...

Disease Description

Lymphatic chronic filariasis is the main cause of elephantiasis due to occlusion of lymphatic vessels by the worms. It causes disfiguring of the affected part of the body due to edema and skin thickening. The Culex mosquito, the Anopheles and the Aedes mosquito are the vectors carrying the parasites at specific stages of their development. Elephantiasis causes peripheral edema of the upper limbs and the lower limbs. Filariasis infection mainly affects the lymphatic system. It plays a major role in regulating tissue pressure, regulating the immune system and absorption of dietary fat in the intestines. Lymphatic vessels carry lymph from the interstitial spaces. The spleen together with other lymph nodes produces white blood cell that protect the body from bacteria. According to Mohan, Bisht, Goel & Garg (2012) women have a reduced incidence of filarial infection as compared to men. However, due to the chance of developing vulva filariasis, the complications are often worse than those in men.

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Health visiting is one of the aspects of the healthcare industry. The concept of health visiting began long ago during the time of Florence Nightingale in the 1800s (Adams, 2012). Health visitors have different roles compared to nurses. Their primary responsibilities include providing health education to promote health among infants, their families, and in the communities. Over the past century, the role of health visitors has evolved from addressing matters concerning sanitation and infectious diseases to addressing chronic illness concerns in people's homes and communities (Adams, 2012). Health visiting focuses on four main principles, which include influencing laws that affect people's health needs, stimulating their awareness of and search for health needs, and facilitating activities that enhance people's health (Adams, 2012). This essay focuses on how a health visitor can employ interpersonal and communication skills during a health visit to try and educate Sophia on her health needs and those of her child.

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The recent outbreak of COVID or coronavirus disease has brought a worldwide health crisis that has had a deep influence on the manner in which humans perceive the world in everyday lives. The rate at which this contagion and transmission occur is now a threat to the human agency. The safety measures that are put in place contain the spread of this virus. It also requires people to remain at a distance from one another by being isolated from one another. In the context of such a magnitude of physical threat, the physical and social distancing is needed, which brings a cause for alarm. Every nation, affected by the coronavirus, is handling it according to its internal state. Mass media is also recognizing the powerful forces about how people are experiencing the world with coronavirus. Extensive research on coronavirus accompanies the recognition and knowledge about this disease.

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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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The right to silence, also known as the privilege against self-incrimination refers to two distinct but deeply related liberties. The privilege against self-incrimination concerns the general principle of English law that a person is innocent until proven guilty and that it is the duty of the prosecution to prove their case against any person they suspect of committing a crime. Accordingly, the suspect has no obligation to voluntarily provide the prosecution with evidence that will or might be self-incriminating or assist in their prosecution. The right to silence, on the other hand, not only allows a person to refuse Continue reading...

HYGIENE IN WEALTHY NATIONS MAY INCREASE

Introduction p. 3-4
Physiology of Alzheimer’s Disease p. 4
“Friendly” Microbes p. 4-5
The Hygiene Hypothesis p. 5-6
The International Impact of Research p. 6-7
Age-Standardized Data p. 7
Bacterial Introduction During Oral Care p. 7-8
Skeptics of the Hygiene Hypothesis p. 8-9
Conclusion p. 9
Bibliography p. 10
Hygiene in Wealthy Nations May Increase Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
1. Introduction:
Thousands of people are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease worldwide every day (WorldLifeExpectancy 2011). Patients change behavior, hallucinate, and lose the ability to talk, think, and remember their lives (Alzfdn.org 2015). Alzheimer’s is not a Continue reading...

Abstract

Using Zero Inflated Poisson Models to Minimize Search Costs by Determining Extra Zero Counts
The Bay islands in Honduras are popular vacation places. The qualities that attract people to the Bay Islands in Honduras are the abundant water supplies. There are a number of water activities that can be conducted for re creational activities. One of the most popular activities is diving. The diving aficionados are drawn to the crystal clear water and the reefs. Other activities that tourist like to participate in the Bay Islands are the backpacking and hiking activities. The Bay Islands, Honduras is a tropical Continue reading...

Social Problem of HIV/AIDS

One of the most common problems in societies worldwide is the increasing prevalence of HIV/AIDS. The lack of a definite cure for HIV/AIDS subsequently contributes to its increasing prevalence and such prevalence bears with it different consequences—one of which is the inevitable stratification applied to individuals affected by the disease. Stratification among HIV/AIDS-positive individuals is usually the result of extensive studies that aimed to link different aspects, such as gender, class, race and/or age, to the prevalence of the disease. While the intention of developing stratification is to fully understand the disease, its effect to manage and prevent Continue reading...

Discussion Questions

Discussion Questions:

Humoral immunity is one in which, the immune attack is mediated by macromolecules called antibodies. The foreign agents dealt by them are called antigens. The antigen –antibody reactions are highly specific. The reaction is classified into many types based on the physical properties of the antigen (soluble or insoluble) and the kind of antibody (IgG, IgM, etc) involved. When bivalent (IgG) or multivalent (IgM) antibodies binds to many antigens molecules, they are brought together in space and adhere to each other forming agglutinins. IgM is good at causing agglutination because they have more antigen binding site. Agglutination Continue reading...