...National Health Care: “Proposal to the U.S. Government and U.S. Citizens” The United States of America (the United States) health care system has been described as most advanced and competitive, but at the same time inefficient and fragmented. According to the United States Census Board, health care system in the United States is ranked thirty-seventh in the world. More than 54% of the American Citizens are dissatisfied with the current health care system, but we also spend more than the citizen of other nations: we spend 15.9 percent of GDP on health care compared to other advanced countries in the world like France, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada, Japan and Australia (U.S. Census Bureau). Assessing the performance of the health care system is the most difficult task. Public and Private Health Expenditures as a Percentage of GDP. U.S. and some selected countries: (from Kaiser Family Foundation) A few years ago, when my mom turned forty years old, she discovered that she has a blood pressure problem. Prior to that she did not have a medical insurance when she found out about her problem. After discovering that she has a blood pressure problem, she applied for medical insurance in five or six health insurance companies, but they rejected her application because she had a preexisting medical condition. Finally, Kaiser Permentant Medical Insurance, accepted her application; however, they charged her twice the amount of monthly payment for her medical insurance. Around last...
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...ABSTRACT A well respected English author once wrote that nursing is a passionate profession and is akin to a fever in the blood[1], with the hard work and long hours fading in importance against the vocational rewards. But community nursing has shown how the nursing profession is no longer viewed as merely hard work and long hours, it has illustrated nursing is a skill, a crucial facet of government health strategy, and a social and medical science. This passion extends from hard work and includes the profession shifting its core functions providing a flexible service that meets the changing health and social needs of society. The rewards to the profession and the community include personalized and case specific localized care, health program implementation, and guiding improved social trends at the ‘coal face’. Community based nursing is now at the forefront of social awareness and this important benefit is discussed throughout this essay. This essay focuses on the importance of community based nursing to the profession looking at aspects such as the role’s expanded influence on social trends, analysis, palliative care, outreach to vulnerable groups, and program implementation to the wider community. These functions in combination play a key role in ensuring this aspect of the nursing profession is effective in prevention and in tune with society’s needs. Community based nursing comprises several fields of expertise, including community health, public health, home...
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...Zachery Yates English 103 Dr. Stephen Clifford 10 March 2011 Educating a Child Inside and Out “Just say NO!” This is an exclamation that we begin teaching our children in an attempt to keep them safe from harm. “Say no to drugs!” “Say no to strangers!” Our attempts in protecting children from any of the evils of the world usually fall back to having them, “Just say NO!” But, how does this protect them from the pitfalls and dangers of childhood obesity? How can we teach them to say “no” to unhealthy food or habits that are instilled upon them from their school meals, education or classmates’ influences? How can we protect their self-esteem from being damaged from childhood teasing? How can we protect them from the onset of adult disabilities while at an adolescent age? The value of an education has always been deemed as “priceless” but our current education system is allowing one of the key components of a healthy life, inside and out, to be overlooked. The missing piece in our children’s education system is the emphasis being placed on physical fitness. Today’s children are required to proficiently pass certain benchmarks in the areas of Reading, Writing and Math. But, these components are not enough to protect our children and educate our children for the eventual road to adulthood. Physical fitness needs to be recognized as one of the essential areas of childhood growth and education. It must be treated with as much importance as the current mental benchmarks of Reading...
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...owKentuckyFriedChickenisverykeenaboutethicalstandardsbothwithinandwithoutthecompanyasassertedbytheircompanyrepresentatives.Forinstancethecompanyisstrictaboutisvendorengagements.BeforeasuppliercansecureacontractwithKentuckyFriedChicken,theyhavetocomplytosimilarethicalstandardsasKFC.Thismeansthatthesuppliermustnotutiliseunderagelabourtoproducertheircommodities,theymustpayfairwagesandmustalsoavoidplacingharmfulchemicalsintheircommodities.TheseconceptshavegovernedthewayKFCchoosesotherbusinesspartnerstoo;theyincludecontractorsandmanufacturers.Bydoing,this,thecompanyisprotectinghumanrights.(Montgomery,2003)Thecompanyalsolooksoutforthehealthandsafetyoftheirworkers.SinceKFCisafastfoodchain,thenitsworkersareverybusy,thecompany srepresentativesaffirmthattheyarealwaystryingtoprotecttheirrespectiveemployeesfromdetrimentalhazardsintheworkplace.Inlinewiththis,KFCalwaysensuresthattheiremployeesworkforthemvoluntarily.Thismeansthatthecompanydetestsforcedlabour.Theyalsobelieveinaccordingtheiremployeesjusticeincaseofanyeventuality.Theirdisciplinarymeasureshavealwaysbeenfairandfewemployeescomplainabouthowtheiradministrationhandlessuchunusualoccurrences.Itisaknownfactthatsomeemployeesinthecorporateworldutilisementalpunishmentasawayofrepressingtheiremployeesandkeepthemsubservient...
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...Dissemination techniques used to analyse health and social care information 5 1.3 AC 1.3 – How do the different ways in which health and social care information is presented influence the attitudes, thoughts and behaviour of people 6 2. TASK 2 – LO2 – Analysis of a case study where a health related Moral Panic was created by the media 7 2.1 America's Moral Panic over Obesity 7 2.2 Assessing the accuracy and validity of health and social care information presented in the media 8 4. TASK 4 – Contemporary Issue – UK National Health Service crisis of 2015 9 4.1 To what extent does the local attitude reflect those found at a national level 9 4.2 Evaluation of the validity of public attitudes and behavior in relation to NHS UK 10 4.3 Justification of the possible consequence of contemporary thinking in the health and social care provisions and services industry 10 5. CONCLUSION 11 6. REFERENCES 12 INTRODUCTION Health and Social Care is generally describes all the services which health and social care providing firms specialise in. This is a very significant industry in the UK, and can be used to refer to the whole industry of healthcare provision, both the public and private sector combined. Typically referred to as “Human Services” in both the United States and Canada, there is a wide variety of...
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...Environmental Analysis Tara Pacheco Opportunity or Threat Demographic (O) Teenagers make more affectively and less rationally motivated decisions which has important implications for both public policy makers and managers. It implies that teenagers choose what they like (e.g. delicious fat) over what seems objectively beneficial (e.g. low-calorie food) • This is an opportunity because Fast Food is certainly known for it’s delicious flavours with little to no regard of health consequences, therefore has strong support from the teenaged population (Frank, 2012, p.272, para. 3). Socio-cultural (T) Obesity and high cholesterol are crucial health problems for the consumer of fast foods (Soba & Aydin, 2011, p. 161, para. 5). • This is a threat because as a culture we are turning towards more healthy choices and focusing on our health much more than before. Unfortunately the fast food industry is still struggling to keep up with this need. (O) A significant trend among consumers is the emergence of flexible eating patterns as there is increasingly a shift from three meals a day model to slot eating into busy schedules (Askew, 2013, para. 11). • Being that Fast Food restaurants are known for their convenience, accessibility and promise of fast and efficient service, consumers will be looking to these options to fit in their time starved daily lives. Economic (O) There is much being done to try to reduce price points...
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...BUSM 1001 Assignment 2 Semester 1 2011/2012 Deadline: 4/01/2012 Module leader: Holly Andrews Table of content 1. Executive summary…………………………pag.3 2. Introduction…………………………………pag.3 3. Gant chart………………………….………..pag.4 4. External environment……………….………pag.4 Social factors……………….……….pag.5 Legal factors……………….……….pag.7 Economic factors…………………..pag.7 Political factors…………………….pag.8 Technological factors……………...pag.8 5. SWOT analysis……………………………….pag.9 Strengths……………….……………pag.9 Weaknesses……………….…………pag.9 Opportunities…………….…………pag.9 Threats………………………………pag.10 6. Suggestions……………………………………pag.10 7. Conclusion…………………………………….pag.11 8. Referencing list…………………………….….pag.12 1. Executive summary McCain Foods Limited is seen as a top leader in the food industry, with an extended production over six continents. To maintain the leadership, the company needs to be aware of the external environment changes. The changes can occur in different areas, such as social, political, legal, technological and economic. These factors are analyzed properly for a better understanding related to the McCain Company and their industry. (www.mccain.com) 2. Introduction McCain Foods limited is a company with over 50 years of experience, being...
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...Alice Livingston Family Development Research/ Appropriate Use of Technology Nutrition through the Life Cycle Obesity in children Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems. Physicians and researchers did numerous studies on children’s habits and lifestyles as an important part of society. Nowadays, children face big problems with obesity. As a result, researchers have learned that healthy habits could have a profound impact on the future of every child and get a better understanding of how children perceive healthy eating. Researchers have proved and would like to emphasize that obesity has tripled in Canadian children in recent decades. For this reason, researchers have identified that healthy behaviors have numerous benefits. By making healthy food choices and explaining the nutritional value of various foods to children will improve the lifestyle of every child and make children’s health better. After a large quantity of interviews that were used to collect data on what food children prefer to eat and why it was discovered that they have bad eating habits and lifestyle. Researchers have found that only 75% of children understood healthy eating by identifying what is healthy food and what is junk food. Almost all children have mentioned eating fruits and vegetables. Findings suggested that children had previously heard...
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...The Hungarian Consumer Behaviour, Attitudes and Perceptions Toward Food Products January 2013 International Markets Bureau Market Indicator Report PDF Version (350KB) | Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader Inside This Issue Executive Summary Global Trade Position Demographics Consumption and Expenditure Emerging Trends Conclusion Key Resources Executive Summary With a population of 9.9 million, Hungary is a small but open market that is highly engaged in international trade. Strategically located at the heart of the Central European region, Hungary joined the European Union (E.U.) in 2004. While the 2008 economic downturn negatively affected Hungary's economy, exports helped the country recover in 2010 and 2011. Although not part of the euro zone, Hungary is nevertheless affected by the economic challenges in the region, and began negotiations with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a financial assistance package in July 2012 (Economic Intelligence Unit [EIU], 2012a). In 2011, agri-food and seafood trade between Canada and Hungary totalled over C$16.2 million. In the same year, Canadian exports to Hungary amounted to C$5.8 million, up from C$4.7 million in 2010, while imports from Hungary amounted to C$10.4 million (Statistics Canada, 2012). Hungarian consumers have developed a strong penchant for high-quality and convenience-oriented food products in recent years, a result of the country's increasing urban/suburban...
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...Analysis………………………………………………………………………………….8 Political Analysis………………………………………………………………………..………...9 Company Analysis……………………………………………………………………………….10 Works Cited……………………………………………………………………………………..12 Appendix………………………………………………………………………………………..13 Executive Summary Overview Chipotle Mexican Grill is a restaurant that allows consumer to enjoy fresh and delicious Mexican style food. Chipotle offers fresh not frozen food that you find in many of the restaurants today. Unlike Taco Bell, Chipotle’s entire product line is fresh the fresh taste like buying fresh vegetables and meats from the local farmer. This fresh taste is what makes Chipotle different from any other Mexican style restaurant in business. Problem Obesity and poor eating habits is running rampant in the world. “Half of German adults are obese (13.7%) and overweight (36.4%), similar to the 54.5% in the United Kingdom, but significantly less than the 62.1% in the United States” (English). Poor eating habits and little or no type of exercise finds consumers struggling to control their weight. For many consumers, who have busy work schedules and/or family obligations, a quick meal from the microwave or stopping by a fast food restaurant is a quick fix for an individual/family meal. The problems with these meals are they are usually high in sodium, cooked in saturated fats and full of preservatives. Many restaurants include a healthy eating menu but most consumers would choose a greasy burger...
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...Marketing Plan Pepsi Canada Contents: 1. Executive Summary...................................................................3 2. Introductio/problem stratement...............................................3 3. External Analyis.........................................................................4 4. internal Analysis.........................................................................8 5. SWOT analysis...........................................................................10 6. target market, Segmentation, Positioning...............................12 7. Strategy........................................................................................12 8. Objectives.....................................................................................13 9. Marketing Mix.............................................................................14 10. Budget.........................................................................................15 11. Peer Assessments .......................................................................19 1. Executive summary PepsiCo is one of the main players in the beverage markets. The Canadian drinks market exists 16.3% of carbonated soft drinks, PepsiCo is in this market the biggest in Canada, but they want more, even though PepsiCo had a market share of 45.3% in 2011, they feel the competition of Coca Cola...
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...Executive summary: This report is about how ethically correct KFC and McDonald’s are in their business practices. They both are from the same industry which is food and beverage but still are two different companies. Basically Business ethics focuses on identifying the moral standards of right and wrong as they apply to behaviour within and across business institutions. In this report we evaluate and compare their business practices according to ethical aspects. Later on we discuss the 4 ethical theories for each of the company which are individualism, utilitarian, virtue ethics and Kantian theory and apply them to show how ethical the business practices of each company compared to the other company. We justify our report by giving authentic facts and figures for each company. Finally in the end giving a conclusion on the discussion done for both the companies. TABLE OF CONTENTS: * Background of the companies * Comparison between business practices according to ethical aspects * Constructive and commercial ethical aspects of both companies * Discussing and applying the ethical theories according to the practices of the companies * Conclusion * References A BRIEF DISCRIPTION ON THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT KFC AND MCDONALD’S’: First we talk about KFC; it is one of the world's most popular fast food restaurant chains in the world founded by Colonel Harland Sanders in 1930. Every day, more than 12 million customers are served at KFC...
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...stories and articles and social media that surround consumers now a days there is no secret that there is a correlation between eating Trans fats and gaining weight. The Canadian Restaurant and Food Services Association has asked us to find out whether or not people are really responding to all of this media coverage and if people are still going to fast food restaurants as a daily routine. Research Objectives The purpose of this study is to examine and explore if consumers (even with all of this information about Trans fats and being health conscious) still attend fast food restaurants regularly in Canada in comparison to 10 years ago. Research Method In order to study the correlation of buying patterns of customers over the past ten years and compare them to today’s buying patterns I will be gathering information about three very competitive fast food brands in Canada, McDonalds, Burger King and Tim Horton’s. My research will include going to each individual website, and to research financial numbers that are released about the popular fast food restaurants. I will be looking at overall number of customers over the past 10 years and see if customers are on the decline because of the information that is available to them. I will focus mostly on a market of people who are between the ages of 18 to 55. This is because these are the people who work every day and are busy. I estimate that...
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...Lethbridge, Canada. He has done extensive research in areas of nonprofit organizations’ marketing strategies and their effectiveness. His areas of expertise are nonprofit studies, volunteerism, business ethics and social activism. In the above mentioned article, Wymer aims to highlight the ineffectiveness of tactics of social marketers in trying to promote healthy food consumption by the public. The main focus of the article is to imply that conservative approach of social marketing in no longer helpful in yielding positive response from the people and a more rigorous approach is needed to negate the unhealthy consumer behavior. Marketing strategies around the world are enhancing, more and more is being invested in trying to influence peoples’ decisions and behaviors through marketing and advertisements. Social marketing agencies are highly lacking the right skills needed to direct the behavior of consumers whereas commercial marketing industries are vigilantly taking advantage of the wide array of mediums like television, radio, internet, social media websites, blogs, vlogs, etc to promote their products. Wymer emphasizes about the extent of influence on people created by commercial marketing. The current trend of marketing is so influential and convincing that occasional fleeting public service messages by social marketers are not doing the job of turning people towards eating healthy food. The author elaborates this by taking the issue of increasing obesity in the population...
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