...Vulnerable Populations Vulnerable populations are groups of people not well integrated into the health care system because of ethnic, cultural, economic, geographic, or health characteristics. As a result those individuals are in danger of not acquiring medical care there by creating a potential threat to their health. Examples of vulnerable populations include racial and ethnic minorities, elderly, underinsured or uninsured, psychiatric population, immigrants, children, and people with disabilities or multiple chronic conditions (Urban Institute, 2010). To demonstrate an understanding of the impact vulnerable populations have on the United States health care system, it is important to focus on one particular population, e.g., children. It is important to discuss a description of children demographics, explain why children are classified as vulnerable, what influence does this have on America’s health care, and finally to perform an analysis of how stakeholders are affected by this population. Demographics Gender mix. According to the 2010 census, there were 74.2 million children in the United States, 1.9 million more than in 2000, a number that is anticipated to increase to 87.8 million by 2030. There were approximately equal numbers of children in three age groups: 0–5 (25.5 million), 6–11 (25.0 million), and 12–17 (25.1 million) in 2010 (The United States Census, 2010) Children made up 24% of the population in 2010, down from the “baby boom” (1964). The population of children...
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...China – “The Middle Kingdom” China in Mandarin Chinese in called Zhangguo, this really means “Middle Kingdom” when it is translated into English. The term Zhanggou originated from the Zhou dynasty’s belief that China was the center of civilizations in there part of the world, in which they truly were. They were not aware that in the western hemisphere of the world there were civilizations as well. It was not until the 1900’s that they firmly believed that they were the center of the world and what was surrounding them were savages. The term middle kingdom that China had adopted was surrounded by a firm belief. One of the biggest ones was on how they worked together and contributed much to their modern attitude towards the global economy. Most believe that China was slow to industrialize. That it could have done so a lot faster. Eventually all of those developed nations shifted from working on agriculture to skilled manufacturers who worked in facilities. The only thing that seemed to hold China back was the fact that there policies favored agriculture. Working with their hands doing manual labor on the land had always been good to them. Many great historians give credit to the different belief systems that both China and Europe, their late arrival into industrialization against that of Britain and other European countries. The part of Chinas main beliefs that held true even to this day is that of family. Traditionally you find more families in...
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...Contraception is easily available and well understood. An ageing population * As people live longer, the structure of a population changes. * Many MEDCs are now experiencing a significant increase in the number of elderly people as a proportion of the population. * As birth rates fall and people have smaller families, the number of young dependants is falling and the number of elderly dependants is rising. * In the near future this will mean that there are fewer economically active people to support the elderly population. * To try to balance out an ageing population, some countries adopt a pro-natalist policy - that is, they encourage people to have more children by offering them benefits, such as access to childcare and maternity leave. * a cash incentive of £675 monthly (nearly the minimum wage) for a mother to stay off work for one year following the birth of her third child * the 'carte famille nombreuse' (large family card), giving large reductions on train fares * income tax based on the more children the less tax to pay * three years paid parental leave, which can be used by mothers or fathers * government subsidised daycare for children under the age of three, and full time school places for over threes paid for by the government Coping with an ageing population in the UK What are the issues? * There are decreasing numbers of economically active people in the population and more elderly dependents. What can be done about it? ...
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...Michael O’Shea Human Population in Developing Countries Venezuela Venezuela Venezuela is formally known as the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. It is positioned on the northern coast of South America. The region is about 353,841 square miles. It is a state with enormously great biodiversity. Environments range from the Andes Mountains in the west, the Amazon Basin rainforest in the south, the Caribbean coast in the center, and the Orinoco River Delta in the East. Venezuela is amid the most established countries in Latin America, massive quantities of the population live in cities. From the time when oil was discovered, it has been the world’s top exporters and has the biggest oil reserves. Currently, Venezuela’s economy is in a sturdy degree of decay and the crime rate has harshly amplified and is among the highest in the world. According to the World Population Prospects the total population was 28,980,000 in 2010, related to only 5,094,000 in 1950. When looking closely at the population the annual growth rate is about 1.46%. The amount of kids under the age of 15 was about 29.5%, 64.9% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 5.6% was 65 years or older. There are four factors that impact population growth rate they include: birth rates, death rates, emigration, and immigration. The birth rate is typically the lead aspect in defining the rate of population growth. It hinges on both the level of fertility and the age structure of the population. The birth rate gives...
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...Mahindra War Room 2013 " Financial Services - Insurance MAHINDRA FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR: ‘RURAL HEALTH INSURANCE’ CASELET Mahindra Financial Services Sector offers a range of financial products and services to the under-served customers in rural and semi-urban India. Mahindra Finance is fabled as a success story in rural penetration and poverty reduction through financial inclusion. This caselet, titled ‘Rural Health Insurance’ is one of the 3 optional caselets in this sector. BUSINESS BACKGROUND Mahindra Insurance Brokers Ltd. (MIBL) is a subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. MIBL was granted a Direct Broker Licence by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority in May 2004, whereby it offers Direct insurance broking services to Corporate and Retail customers in both Life and Non-Life categories. In September 2011, MIBL was granted a Composite Broker Licence enabling it to foray into Reinsurance Broking, in addition to its Direct Broking activities. MIBL is a total insurance risk solutions provider, helping customers build their risk management portfolios. It is one of the few insurance broking companies in India to have been awarded the ISO 9001:2008 Certification for Quality Management Systems. In addition to offering broking services on standard products, MIBL also provides customized solutions. For example, Mahindra Loan Suraksha is a customized life insurance solution offering Group Credit Term Cover to retail customers with auto and tractor...
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...COM 102/1-Composition II Lecturer:Anthony Marais Student:Tashbulatova Sabina Hong Kong as an Academic Destination Introduction Hong Kong attracts visitors from around the world for its universities,economic infrastructure, stunning nature,urban culture and the rhythm of the megapolis where ‘’East meets West.’’ Demographics During the 1990s, the population of Hong Kong grew rapidly. Nearly 7 million residents are related to Cantonese ethnic groups,called ‘’Hakka’’and‘’Chiu Chow’’. The society of Hong Kong suffers from an aging population due to the declining birth rate. Particularly, the fertility rate dropped to 1.09 in 2012, indicates the ratio below the replacement rate of 2.1.Simultaneously, life expectancy remains elevated ,and is planned to attain 82 for men and 88 for women by 2031. Hong Kong’s old age dependency rate is expected to enlarge and to exceed Japan by 2060. Language According to the 1996 census, the official languages are Chinese and English, about 3.1% of Hong Kong citizens claimed English as the language of everyday communication and nearly 34.9% identified English as a second language.(Bolton,2000) Despite the ended British governance in 1997, Western culture is deeply entrenched in the country and harmonious with the conventional traditions and Eastern philosophy.(Buckley,1997). Education As a former of British overseas,territory of Hong Kong has retained the UK and US education systems...
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...date: Mar 27, 2009. Prod. #: ES0961-PDF-ENG This is a two part case study that explores Celtel Nigeria's innovative approach to serving the rural poor. Case A provides an overview of the mobile telecommunications market in Nigeria as of mid 2007, as well as detailed demographic and socioeconomic information. At the time of the case, Celtel Nigeria is the second largest mobile telecommunications company in the Nigerian market. The company has experienced considerable success in serving Nigeria's cities and larger towns, but has only recently shifted its attention to serving poorer consumers in rural areas - a massive but as of yet under tapped market. But this shift from urban to rural has not been easy, and although some 50% of Nigeria's population lives in rural regions the challenges of reaching them sometimes seem overwhelming. The absence of a reliable national electricity grid means that the company's rural telecommunications towers have to be run on diesel generators, resulting in high maintenance and diesel fuel costs. Theft and vandalism of expensive communications equipment and generators has emerged as a major concern, resulting in the need to employ full-time security guards on virtually every base station site outside of urban areas. At the end of case A, Celtel Nigeria's chief operating officer Lars Stork is pondering the challenges of bringing the benefits of mobile telecommunications to Nigeria's rural poor, setting the scene for analysis by students in suggesting...
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...Prof. Sonya Blevins December 9, 2012 According to international journal of nursing the shortage is a global challenge, affecting every country in the world. However each country experiences it according to its own domestic issues. The purpose of this paper is to analyze three countries nursing population United States, Philippines and South Africa where nursing shortage has affected their health care quality. This article investigates the impact of the nursing shortage in three different countries United States with a rapid aging of its population which has an effect on the health care system, Philippines with the policy of exporting a massive of nurses oversees by the government which in return creates a vacuum in the country for skilled nurses, and South Africa where poor working condition, low wage and social unrest distress the health care system. By using literature as research tools to be able to describe what nursing shortage means for those countries and strategies that they use to address the situation. In United States the nursing shortage is more relate to an aging population. The professional issues in nursing (2009) state that between now and 2015, the population aged 85 years and older will increase by 40%. Therefore not only more nurses will be needed but also due to increase in technology the 21st century patients have shifted from acute illness to chronic illness such as diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease and live longer. For a quick fix...
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...To increase the sales of AMUL from 2.5 LPD to 4 LPD, what can be done more and what more can be innovated? * AMUL can venture out on new products like dairy based products , baby food, health drinks, milk shake's of different flavours etc. * In urban markets AMUL 's hoardings were huge success but it has potential to penetrate in rural markets even more successfully by advertising and by campaigning. * AMUL can also look at global markets because now a days in world population in 6 people one is INDIAN and their always becomes emotional when they looks at an INDIAN product so they can use their emotional factor and can launch their low fat variant's and traditional variant's there. * More increase in no. of AMUL branded retail chains to capture the customer attention. * Primarily they targeted child as influencer and launched variant's for them now they can look at to females those are having calcium problem can launch a product for them. Because in INDIA women's are facing problems like austioporosis, austio- arthrarities etc which are causes due to lack of calcium after crossing 40's . So they can target them launch a product for them and they can take it as their campaign strategy and do campaigning in both rural and urban areas. * They can advertise their product's through facebook . * they can co-sponsor a football team and cricket team in INDIA so they can reach to player's and attract and target them and launch product for player's because...
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...Trends Urbanization is the population growth in urban areas due to rural migration. So, when discussing urbanization trends, we are analyzing the rate of urbanization mostly in terms of quantity. Growth trends that occur with urbanization are population (birth/mortality), income, and education and employment opportunities. Urban growth trends in the world’s poorest countries have led to massive overpopulation and expansion. Urbanization in poor countries is caused by increased opportunities. Urban areas are good places for employment due to their focus on a primarily industrial economy rather than an agricultural one which can be found in rural areas. People find opportunities in urban areas and thus move away from the rural areas to be at a closer distance to their jobs. Developing poor countries may have more promise of a bright future than a rural area. A major city in a poor, developing country is Lagos, Nigeria. Urbanization has occurred in this area due to huge population booms because of refugees and migrants from war. Their plan for urban renewal includes upgrading slum communities with roads, drainage, water supply, electricity, schools and clinics. This major city faces rapid urbanization which can be a challenge. The implications of urbanization in this area are political control and population growth and dynamics. Population has grown from 3,779 in 1978 to 19,167 in 2010. Another implication is that the country’s population growth is 80% and 2% globally; it...
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...To:Prof Arun K Jain | Submitted By:Ajit JhaVikas HajelaYogesh Verma | WMP08052WMP08093WMP08095 | | Section- B | | Contents Executive Summary: 2 Few common issues in rural education in India 2 Research Objectives 3 Approach 3 References 3 Executive Summary: The number of illiterates in India is estimated to be over 400 million of which 75% live in rural areas. Of the literate population, a significant proportion lack basic vocational skills. India has world-class institutes of higher learning, such as the IITs, IIMs and medical colleges but the rural India still remain isolated to them. India’s most valuable intellectual capital migrates to western countries keeping gap in demand and supply of such intellectual capital in India, therefore we need to develop the equal opportunities for the isolated communities and enable them to access the elitist structure of Indian education. With the weak and tottering foundation India will not be able to achieve social and economic development The key challenge of India is to rapidly provide opportunities to the rural population to empower them with education and make them literate, and develop basic leadership and problem-solving skills. Have strong basic education foundation rural India will be able to raise productivity, entrepreneurship and material standards of living Here we would like to opt to do research into how into how provide solution to the critical issues of primary education in India through innovation...
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...life. In order for the task force to insure the continuation of the Ju/wasi people changes must take place. The most important change that should be done above all else is to allow the Ju/wasi people to once again become hunters and gatherers. It is painfully obvious that the government forcing them to remain in one area with a limited amount of land, and therefore a limited amount of resources, has not worked in favor of the Ju/wasi people. While it has been a convenience to the government, the Ju/wasi people have suffered. This forced settlement has ruined the Ju/wasi people and has caused great tension amongst those who used to live in harmony with one another. The health of the Ju/wasi has become a major issue. Over the years the population density of the Ju/wasi people has increased. Due to restriction of land and water the Ju/wasi had to shift from a lifestyle of foraging to reservation life. This caused an increase in birth rates for the Ju/wasi people. Typically a woman who belonged to a group of hunters and gatherers only had one child every four to five years. As one who is part of a nomadic group women would have to carry their child...
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...Week 3 Demographic Paper Synthia Simmons October 14, 2013 The Aging Population Demographic means the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human population. Demographic factors consist of age, sex, education level, income level and other things. The topic I would like to discuss is about the aging population and how it affects the challenges which are related to health care. Dramatic changes are taking place in this demographic structure of the United States. By the year 2030, twenty-two (22) percent of the population will be over the age of sixty-five (65). The aging of the population presents social challenges to support the needs of older people. These social challenges help the aging to live healthier, to be independent and to lead a productive life. There are older adults that are much more healthier plus they are more educated plus they are pursuing active lives. Whenever the older adults develop a disability or chronic illness, the older adults are unable to perform one or more self-care tasks. Whenever it comes to the health care relation of aging population, information technologies can improve the lives of older adults in certain areas. These areas include e-health, medication, health care deliveries, home safety and assist devices. The aging pulation comes with many challenges such as social, financial, economic and political. Managing health...
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...In this essay I will examine the reasons for the changes in the birth rate and family size since 1900. Since the 1900 there have been changes in the state polices, changes in attitudes and changes in our living standards which have led to unbalanced changes in birth rates and family size. Firstly in the early 1900’s there was no health service and a poor quality of life and there had been an industrial revolution know has industrialization which had meant that many workers and their families had left their homes and extended families to live in houses that were crammed together along narrow streets, poorly built, and incredibly crowded. Whole families were packed into attics, cellars, or single rooms which caused many diseases. This had meant there was high rate of infant mortality that led to a decline in birth-rate as families couldn’t afford to look after lot and pay for treatment of the children so gradually larger families that consisted of around 7 children revolved into a nuclear family which consisted of 2 or 3 children. Gradually we developed a National Health Service known as the NHS, which provides point at delivery health service for free to all its patients, this then led to a decline in infant mortality and had meant that people had a better quality of life and people started looking into building a family and the birth rate increase as now there was a free health service which was accessible to everyone. After the world war there was an a great increase in birth...
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...PESTEL analysis for China Outlined below is the PESTEL analysis for China as a whole. 1) Political Factors i. Constitutional System China or People’s Republic of China adopts socialist system or communism in their political system in their decision-making processes in governing the country. The country’s sole political party in power is known as the Communist Party of China. The government have the sole power to control all activities done by their citizen as what have been describe in how communism system worked in governing a country. In other words, the purposes of working in China are to contribute to the nation and also to the government as the government control on all activities in the country. ii. Stability of Government The stability of the China government is quite moderate and stable because the administration of the government are not publicize to the public either through the press or on the internet. So, the degree of the citizen involvement in the politics is low because of the heavy restrictions impose by the government. However, the policies impose and the law regulations are quite effective in terms of economy where China is one of the leading countries in the world. In the recent years (2001), China has joined the World Trade Organization and results rapid growth in industrial and manufacturing sectors because of the cheap labor in China. But still problems such as managing environmental degradation, demographic pressure and the extreme immigration...
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