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Prostate cancer among African American men
The main problem and actuality of this theme are prostate cancer, that affects African-American males within the United States in a disproportionate number compared to White males. African-American males are 1.7 times more likely to develop and 2-3 times more likely to die from prostate cancer than White males. Numerous reasons for this disparity exist: socioeconomic status, distrust, conflicting cultural beliefs etc.
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Diabetic Disease Management in African American Elderly
Insulin produced by the pancreatic gland, and for people with diabetes, little or no insulin produced. As a result, since the "glucose is not broken down it accumulates in the blood" and passes as urine (Zazworsky & Bolin, 2005). The body lacks energy and patients become extremely weak.
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CULTURAL IDENTITY:Healthy Eating among African American Women
The rate of obesity is highest in African American women compared to other women from other races in US. The statistics put the rate at four in every four women being obese in African American women. Over the years, the chances of African American women becoming obese with increased age have continued to escalate especially in comparison with non- Hispanic women.
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Expectations and Relationships Among African American Women
Although nutrition has been taunted as the main contributory factor to their poor health status, other ethnic related factors also contribute immensely. These other ethnic factors are found within the societal construct which makes African American Women to conform to practices within that community (Hargreaves, Schlundt and Buchowski, 2002).
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Cultural Empowerment Among African American Women
Although nutrition has been taunted as the main contributory factor to their poor health status, other ethnic related factors also contribute immensely. These other ethnic factors are found within the societal construct which makes African American Women to conform to practices within that community (Hargreaves, Schlundt & Buchowski, 2002).
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African American male crime rates
According to InfoPlease (2008, pg. 1), "About 10.4% of the entire African-American male population in the United States aged 25 to 29 was incarcerated, by far the largest racial or ethnic group-by comparison, 2.4% of Hispanic men and 1.2% of white men in that same age group were incarcerated."The majority of individuals believe that there are more African American adult males incarcerated because there are more African American adult males that commit crimes than there are from any other demographic.
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Development of Postoperative Infection in Women between the age of 30 to 50
Even though the surgical procedure is performed in the best possible strict aseptic environment, there is a high probability of infection. There may be a variety of reasons of surgical wound infection in all the phases mentioned above, but the most probably the final common pathway for such infections is contamination of the surface of the skin by the natural commensal bacteria of the skin.
8 pages (2000 words)
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Drug Use Among African-American Adolescent Females
This places the African-American teenage girl at particular risk of using alcohol or other drugs (AOD). While there has been significant progress during the last six years in lowering the prevalence of drug abuse among teenagers, the rates continue to be unacceptably high as nearly 15 percent of the high school students surveyed in 2007 reported using an illegal drug within the past month (Teen substance abuse).
5 pages (1250 words)
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Prostate Among African American Men
Cancer occurs when specific cells in the body of the patient start multiplying. The multiplication is abnormal and uncontrolled (NMA, 2008). The reason why these cells start acting this way is not yet well known. It is suspected that it is a result of mutation, whereby the genetic make-up of the cell is affected, making the cell "to go mad" (Rosenberg et al, 2008).
10 pages (2500 words)
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African American Male Crime Rates
According to InfoPlease, “About 10.4% of the entire African-American male population in the United States aged 25 to 29 was incarcerated, by far the largest racial or ethnic group—by comparison, 2.4% of Hispanic men and 1.2% of white men in that same age group were incarcerated.”
2 pages (500 words)
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