Essays on Public Health Issues

153

Heroin: Effects, Symptoms and Impact of Covid-19

5 pages / 2400 words

Abstract This research assignment revolves around the research of a known drug in the drug family. Specifically, this paper will be focused on the drug, Heroin. The description of the drug, the short-term effects, long-term effects signs and symptoms as well the route of entry...

Drug Addiction Heroin

154

Theme of Personal Identity and Heroin Addiction in The Movie ‘trainspotting’

4 pages / 1811 words

‘Trainspotting’ is a film directed by Danny Boyle based on the novel by Irvine Welsh, which holds the same title. The film is set in Edinburgh, Scotland it focuses on a group of heroin addicts during a time when Scotland was going through an economic...

Drug Addiction Film Analysis Heroin

155

The Demonization of Heroin by Bruce Alexander: Infamy and Reality

5 pages / 2055 words

Historically heroin is not the only drug that has been vilified, and drug use in various forms, far from being an affliction of modernity, may be considered a cultural universal. According to Bruce Alexander, the demonization of substances is a modern reinvention of the medieval...

Drug Addiction Heroin

156

Heroin as a Painkiller: from Treatment to Addiction

2 pages / 1088 words

Definition As many health masters describe it, heroin is a chemical substance originating from an opium poppy plant and used as a highly compelling painkiller. Its synthesis involves the slitting of poppy pods to release milky and sticky substances commonly referred to as opium. It...

Drug Addiction Drugs Heroin

157

Solving The Heroin Epidemic: Improving The Judiciary and Relevant Laws

5 pages / 2377 words

Introduction Court systems are designed to protect society from individuals who break the law. This is often done through incarceration. Prison is an effective way to keep the heroin abusers away from both drugs and society but when they get released from prison they often...

Drug Addiction Heroin War on Drugs

158

Social Isolation: Effects on an Individual from a Social, Medical and Psychological Perspective

2 pages / 1058 words

Introduction Loneliness is proving to be more than just part of the human condition. New research shows it’s a serious public health concern for young people as much as the elderly. The evidence is startling. Feeling lonely can pose a bigger risk for premature death...

Social Care Social Isolation

159

Reasons Why Adolescents Should Be Encouraged to Get Sex Education

4 pages / 1916 words

I. Introduction Thesis Statement: Adolescents should be encouraged to get sex education for three reasons: good for physical and mental health, good for sexual morality training, and good for sexual disease prevention. Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to...

Premarital Sex Sex Education Teenage Pregnancy

160

Implementation of Sex Education: Issues of Premarital Sex, Teenage Pregnancy, Abortion, and STDs

3 pages / 1474 words

Sex education should be implemented as a curriculum for elementary students for them to be responsible and aware about the issues of pre-marital sex, teenage pregnancy, abortion, and STDs (HIV and AIDS). Sex education can be a path for the better subsequent and tend to...

Premarital Sex Sex Education Teenage Pregnancy

161

Yellow Fever Disease - What Problems Are Caused by Mosquitoes

1 page / 540 words

Introduction to Yellow Fever Yellow fever virus is a member of the Flavivirus genus. It is an acute febrile vector-borne disease that occurs primarily in Africa and South America. In the last century, there were significant epidemics in the Caribbean, North America, and in Ethiopia...

Infectious Disease Vaccination Yellow Fever

162

Teenage Pregnancy: Causes, Consequences, and Initiatives

4 pages / 1885 words

Pregnancy for high school girls has been a problem of girls’ education in the world. When a girl gets pregnant while studying she drops out. In many African countries, a lot of young girls gets pregnant before the right age in which sometimes it affects...

Sex Education Teenage Pregnancy

163

Teenage Pregnancy and Parenting: High School Considerations, Challenges and Opportunities

5 pages / 2441 words

A significant factor in marking the end of a student’s dreams of high school graduation and future aspirations is becoming a pregnant or parenting teen in high school. In 2017, women aged 15-19 had a birth rate of 18.8 babies per 1,000 women; that is...

Parenting Single Parenting Teenage Pregnancy

164

Overview of The Teenage Pregnancy Issue in Kenya

3 pages / 1562 words

Introduction In the recent past decades, the number of teen pregnancy has reduced drastically in the United States of America due to the measure put in place by the American Academy of Paediatrics (APP) to prevent teen pregnancy. However, it is still a serious issue...

Sexual Health Teenage Pregnancy

165

The Main Causes of Childhood Obesity: Child's Environment

2 pages / 746 words

Throughout recent years obesity has been a very important topic in our society. It has continued to rise at high rates especially among children. This causes us to ask what are the causes of childhood obesity? There are many different elements which can contribute to...

Childhood Obesity Obesity

166

The Need for a Proper Legal Solution to Drug Addiction

1 page / 518 words

Nowadays, people tend to engage in using drugs. Drugs are nothing but certain substances that make you addicted to them and change your lifestyle. The change that comes within your lifestyle are negative. It is known to alter truth in such a manner that you...

Drug Addiction

167

The Effects of Drug Abuse on Society and Its Possible Solutions

1 page / 591 words

Drug abuse is a problem the world over. It is estimated that about 0.6% of the world’s population are problem drug users and drug abuse is responsible for about 2.5 million deaths per year (Chakravarthy, 2013). Add to this overall cost identified with treating drug...

Drug Addiction

168

An Overview of Tuskegee Syphilis Study

2 pages / 739 words

Currently, sexually transmitted diseases are at epidemically high levels in the United States. Much like in 16th century Europe where Syphilis was an epidemic, way before Penicillin was ever extracted. Initially, syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease, used to be treated using poisonous Mercury, and from...

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Tuskegee Syphilis Study

169

Drug Abuse: How Addiction Affects Individual's Life

2 pages / 838 words

Introduction My topic is about drug abusers in which I will talk about how it causes problems within families and friends, and even to the individual’s health and well-being. Addiction is a disease, in which it destroys relationships and lives. An addict can lose their...

Drug Addiction

170

The Importance of Vaccines to Prevent Infectious Diseases

2 pages / 872 words

Abstract The purpose of this essay is to review the past, understanding of the present, and see what the future holds. In addition, to address the importance of vaccines and the infectious diseases that can cause an outbreak in the public health of the country....

Infectious Disease Vaccination

171

The Importance of Proper Nutrition and Healthy Diet

2 pages / 972 words

Nutrition is the process of providing your body nourishment in the form of food which is necessary for your health. The food choices you make every day can affect your health and your mood in a drastic way. Good nutrition is an important part of...

Nutrition Obesity