Why Your Culture Does Not Matter To Me
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I am a student in a health care profession. I see many different people every day that come to seek treatment at my school. Most patients are local to our area, but many come to our school’s clinic from different countries, cultures, and backgrounds. Our curriculum has recently been updated in accordance with the board of accreditation that our state mandates for professional schools. This curriculum includes a course entitled ‘Cultural Awareness.’ The goals of the course, as stated by the syllabus and our professor, is to:
Emphasize, illustrate and analyze how patient’s background, culture...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: THCB Source Type: blogs
Where Do K-1 Visa Holders Come From?
Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik were killed last week in a gun battle with police after they committed a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. Malik entered the U.S. on a K-1 visa, known as the fiancé visa, accompanied by Farook. Their attack is the first perpetrated by somebody on the K-1 visa - igniting a debate over increasing visa security.
The government issued approximately 262,162 K-1 visas from 2005 to 2013 – 3177 or 1.21 percent of the total to Pakistani citizens.
Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) SECURE Act identifies 34 countries as particularly terror-prone. There were 32,363 K-1 visa, 12.34 pe...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 7, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
“Laos is known as the Land of a Million Elephants. A...
"Laos is known as the Land of a Million Elephants. A @nytimestravel writer visited Elephant Village, a sanctuary for the animals — many of which performed hard labor in the logging industry. The sanctuary sits in a tranquil setting overlooking the Nam Khan river, about a half-hour drive from Luang Prabang, a tiny, ancient capital. @askmott photographed an #elephant during its early-morning routine — a meal before the tourists arrived. #🐘" By nytimes on Instagram. Posted on infosnack. (Source: Kidney Notes)
Source: Kidney Notes - November 12, 2015 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs
Rising Religious Persecution: Islam Threatens Minorities
All religious faiths are victims of persecution somewhere. Over the last year “a horrified world has watched the results of what some have aptly called violence masquerading as religious devotion” in several nations, observed the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom in its latest annual report.
The Commission highlighted 27 countries for particularly vicious treatment of religious minorities. Nine states make the first tier, “Countries of Particular Concern,” in State Department parlance.
Burma. Despite recent reforms, noted the Commission, “these steps have not yet improved conditions for religious...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 15, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Doug Bandow Source Type: blogs
Melioidosis in the United States
The following background data are abstracted from Gideon www.GideonOnline.com and the Gideon e-book series [1,2] (primary references available on request)
The first case of melioidosis in the Western hemisphere was diagnosed in the United States in 1945 – an American who had worked in the Panama Canal Zone during 1927 to 1928.
Sporadic autochthonous cases (five reports to 2013) have been reported from Arizona, Georgia, Hawaii, Oklahoma, Ohio and California. The fifth case of autochthonous melioidosis was reported in Ohio in 2013. Imported cases have originated from Laos, Mexico, Viet Nam and Thailand. Two cases imp...
Source: GIDEON blog - February 11, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Dr. Stephen Berger Tags: Ebooks Epidemiology ProMED Melioidosis Source Type: blogs
Trichinosis: Cross-border Episodes
A recent trichinosis outbreak in Belgium related to Spanish boar meat reflects the continued high incidence of trichinosis in Spain. In fact, trichinosis rates in Spain are comparable to those which have not been encountered in the United States for more than 50 years [1,2] – see graph.
Cross-border incidents of trichinosis are relatively uncommon. The following chronology, including cases related to importation or human travel, is abstracted from Gideon www.GideonOnline.com (primary references available on request)
1975 – An outbreak (125 cases) of trichinosis in France was traced to horse meat imported fro...
Source: GIDEON blog - December 7, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Dr. Stephen Berger Tags: Ebooks Epidemiology Graphs Outbreaks ProMED Spain trichinosis Source Type: blogs
Health Affairs Web First: Vietnam’s Health Care System, Explained By Its Minister Of Health
In August, Vietnam’s Minister of Health, Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, was interviewed for Health Affairs by Tsung-Mei Cheng, recently released as a Health Affairs Web First.
Among the topics discussed was an overview of the unique characteristics of Vietnam’s health system; its strengths and weaknesses; health financing reform aimed at reaching the goal of universal health coverage; the prevention and control of infectious diseases; and how Vietnam has performed in achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
Cheng is a health policy research analyst at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton U...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - October 30, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Chris Fleming Tags: All Categories Global Health Public Health Source Type: blogs
On Corrupting the Constitutional Order
Justin Logan
Michael Gerson, former speechwriter to Bush the Younger and perennial libertarian antagonist, has denounced Rand Paul’s foreign policy views. That should surprise no one, but the manner in which he did so bears discussing.
Gerson’s bill of particulars is as follows:
The younger Paul has proposed defense cuts, criticized foreign aid, led opposition to U.S. involvement in Syria, raised the possibility of accepting and containing a nuclear Iran and railed against “possible targeted drone strikes against Americans on American soil.”
Each of these is its own argument, but what’s more interesting is how G...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 13, 2014 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Justin Logan Source Type: blogs
Climate change sceptic films more influential than advocacy films, claims study
Eminent scientists have condemned films that are sceptical about climate change. After airing of the Great Global Warming Swindle in 2007, for example, Sir Martin Rees, President of the Royal Society at the time, said "those who promote fringe scientific views but ignore the weight of evidence are playing a dangerous game."
Of course there are also films that affirm the idea that human activity has contributed to the rise in global temperatures - Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth is probably the most well known. Unfortunately for environmentalists and people who believe global warming is a threat, a new study claims that sc...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - September 18, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Christian Jarrett Source Type: blogs
The Health Care Law and You: Translated in 10 Asian and Pacific Islander Languages
Translations of The Health Care Law and You, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to educate community members about the benefits of the Affordable Care Act, are now available in 10 Asian and Asian Pacific languages. This resource has been translated by the Office of Public Engagement at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services into the following languages: Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Hindi, Bengali, Hmong, Khmer, Laotian, Samoan and Tongan. Webinars that delve deeper into these materials will take place in late May. New in-language materials and resources about the health reform ...
Source: BHIC - May 16, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Monica Rogers Tags: Health Information Literacy Multilingual Websites Source Type: blogs
Like mother, like daughter
Discussions on global health issues prevail in the classroom while internships are also arranged with partner organizations overseas.Spencer said the GlobeMed organization paired the Notre Dame chapter with the Laos network and students were thrilled to be working with them. PEDA is a non-profit organization based in Vientiane, Laos. “Working with PEDA would give [GlobeMed members] the opportunity to make a tangible difference in Laos, but also educate students at Notre Dame about a country halfway around the world with a rich culture and history,” she said. Spencer noted that the excitement to participate in GlobeM...
Source: Running a hospital - February 13, 2013 Category: Health Managers Source Type: blogs
