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Policy Issues in Mental Health...is the Alzheimer Breakthrough Act Of 2011 (www.govtrack.us, 2011). This seeks to facilitate for research in the disease through government support and budget allocations. This is crucial since 10 million individuals in the baby boomers demographic suffer from the disease. This will prove significant in addressing this issue. Another allocation is the Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act of 2011 (www.govtrack.us, 2011). This will ensure that the coverage of nurses will be increase to be diverse hence address the shortfall in the sector in terms of expertise. Conclusion Mental health is a crucial component of Medicare. This means that to ensure the...
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Health Advocacy Activity...they ingest outside of school hours. Accordingly, it can clearly be noted that action by the state legislature to engage such a change can go a long way in positively impacting the health and wellbeing of the current and future society. References Angela Shin-Yu, L., Yen-Hua, C., & Jia-Ling, T. (2013). Effectiveness Evaluation of Healthy Lifestyle Interventions in Childhood Obesity Prevention: A Systematic Review [Chinese]. Journal Of Nursing, 60(4), 33-42. doi:10.6224/JN.60.4.33 Gollust, S. E., Niederdeppe, J., & Barry, C. L. (2013). Framing the Consequences of Childhood Obesity to Increase Public Support for Obesity Prevention Policy. American Journal Of Public...
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Social policy and mental health practice...SOCIAL POLICY AND MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE STUDY The role of the Approved Social Worker is broad. Within the ambit of mental health, the ASW is to prevent the necessary compulsory admission to care. Current legislation requires that two doctors, one of which must be a psychiatric consultant, and an Approved Social Worker must all be in agreement before a patient/service user can be detained via compulsory admission policies (Unison 2005). It is imperative that the ASW is placed in a position that he/she is able to work without institutional pressures when making decisions. Without this independent status, the holistic and non-medical perspective would not be a part of such a potentially life changing decision and or event (Mind... ...
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Mental Health Policy or Psychiatry...adequately responsive to the special needs of the communities
3. Are there any discrepancies in service delivery in psychiatric illnesses
a. Are there any identifiable barriers in service utilization and realization
b. Are there any perceived benefits of implementation of mental health policies in the communities
c. Are all at risk population being covered in preventative mental health care
Methodology
Research literature in mental health policies and psychiatric health services will be examined and critically reviewed to select relevant articles....
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Mental Health Policy and Practice in Britain...). Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Method Approaches. California: Sage Publications.
Ensor, T. and S. Cooper (2004). Overcoming barriers to health service access: Influencing the demand side.' Health Policy and Planning, 18(2), 69-79. Retrieved March 1, 2006 from Oxford Journals.
Firth, M.T. (2004). Non-statutory mental heath social work in primary care: A chance for renewal' British Journal of Social Work, 34, 143-165. Retrieved March 1, 2006 from Oxford Journals.
Glasby, J. and H. Lester (2005). On the inside: A narrative review of mental health inpatient...
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Why has mental health policy been neglected...status also had a bearing on the time selected for treatment. A poor person with an illness like schizophrenia would be slower in taking treatment than a richer person with the same illness (Yu and Williams, 1999, p. 152).
This illness with stigma and discrimination discourages people to come forward for treatment, thereby giving the impression that there are not many people with the illness and who want treatment. Family members are equally reluctant to bring them. This being the situation, policy makers have not yet been convinced about the issue by the right people. Researchers and Senior Psychiatrists must meet the policy makers with the right indicators and statistics. Efforts to...
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Anotated Biography...on the use of clinical simulations for training. It follows a methodological approach and explains how clinical simulation is assessed, planned and implemented. The study will be very useful in the methodology section of the research paper.
Lian, L, L, Chen, Y.H, & , (2006). Haptic Surgical Simulation: An Application to Virtual Suture. Computer-Aided Design & Applications , 3, 203-210.
In this publication Lian and Chen explore the importance of simulation in surgical training and the problems encountered in doing. They state that when “using this system, a user can feel the force change at different stage of the suturing process.” This source will be very helpful in establishing our argument over how...
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Mental Health Policy...Mental Health Policy QUESTION The hospital is undergoing many challenges of which may lead to loss off patients, the hospital being understaffed and the lack of proper medical equipment, this in the long run will lead to the hospital failure to deliver and serve its patients being out shadowed and being outrun by competitors thus its collapse. As the CEO here are the solutions to the problem the hospital has faced (Fawcett & Karban, 2005).
First as the hospital main clients are those in lower end of the economy and the elderly thus most funded by the Medicare and Medicaid. This comes with the many disadvantages to the hospital. The Medicaid and Medicare a times under pays in that...
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Counselor advocacy through legislative influence...leadership and advocates for young people and children rights.
I understand advocacy as a political process undertaken by either a group or an individual with the purpose of influencing decisions on resource allocation and public policy within a social, economic and political institution or system (Sims, 2008). In advocacy, I write and speak with the least possible conflict of interest in the place of the young Americans’ sincerely perceived interests and in their protection, defense and promotion of their welfare. As an advocate, I vouch for the empowerment of young people and children in America to ensure that the political leadership of this country considers their...
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Approaches to Policy & Advocacy... against childhood malnutrition.
References
Coreil, J. (2010). Social and behavioral foundations of public health. Los Angeles: Sage.
De Goede, J., Putters, K., & van Oers, H. (2012). Utilization of epidemiological research for the development of local public health policy in The Netherlands: a case study approach. Social Science & Medicine (1982), 74(5), 707-714. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.014
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, Retrieved on 31st March 2015 from http://www.gainhealth.org/
Green, L. W. (2006). Public health asks of systems science: to advance our evidence-based practice, can you help us get more practice-based evidence?. American Journal of Public Health, 96(3), 406-409.... Policy and...
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