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Employee Theft Prevention Program
812 words
In today's economic condition, there has become an
increasing need for small and large businesses to
become conscious of ways and reasons that they
might lose money. Companies need quality
employees, effective management, and cost
efficient loss prevention plan to decrease the
total losses endured by a company. Losses in the
workplace can come from many different areas, such
as: internal theft (employee theft), external
theft (shoplifting), and administrative (system)
error. The calculations of ...
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War On Drugs Substance Abuse
1,388 words
Since the end of World War II, almost every
president has declared a war on illegal drug use.
The efforts against drugs that are currently used,
got their start from a series of laws passed
during the Nixon administrations War on Drugs.
Many programs have been established including
Nancy Regans Just Say No campaign which was
started in 1983. George Bush, later provided the
DEA with its largest federal funding increase
ever, raising the DEAs budget to more than $ 18
billion. The War on Drugs has ...
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Gun Control In Canada
1,058 words
... n provinces and rural areas in Canada argue
the existing gun control laws are too severe
whereas many urban Canadians applaud the law.
There are some quality aspects to defend the
strict gun control policy in Canada. The fact that
all firearms must be registered and background
checks on those who purchase firearms are
commendable. It assures that people with criminal
records can not purchase firearms. Every year over
3000 firearms are reported stolen, and when every
firearm is registered it ...
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Economic Self Sufficiency Alcohol And Drug Abuse
1,268 words
Efforts have increased on the primary prevention
of child abuse. This must be started on many
different levels before it can be successful.
Prevention plans on a social level include
increasing the economic self-sufficiency of
families, discouraging corporal punishment and
other forms of violence, making health care more
accessible and affordable, expanding and improving
coordination of social services, improving the
identification and treatment of psychological
problems, and alcohol and drug ab...
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Health Care Providers People With Disabilities
2,323 words
... means of the following four key elements:
Arrangement with selected clinicians to furnish a
comprehensive set of health care services to
members of the plan for a preset fee in most
cases. Explicit standards for the selection of
health care clinicians. Formal programs of quality
assurance and utilization review. Substantial
incentives for members to use clinicians
associated with the plan. Managed care has aimed
to provide quality health services while
constraining costs. Committee on Childr...
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Violence Against Women Partners
1,629 words
Violence against Women Partners (1) In order for
us to be able to define principles, upon which
social policies that are meant to protect women
partners from sexual and physical abuse, need to
be based, we need to understand what creates
preconditions for the violence against women in
the first place. The article The 10 Steps to End
Violence against Women, which is available on the
web site of Step It Up Ontario, provides us with
the insight on the essence of such violence: Five
times more women...
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Centers For Disease Control Disease Control And Prevention
1,508 words
While the federal governments investment in
treatment and research is helping people with
HIV/AIDS live longer and more productive lives,
HIV continues to spread at a staggering national
rate of over 40, 000 new infections per year. The
following data represent the total reported AIDS
cases in Georgia through year-end 2002: 1998 8,
785 1999 9, 663 2000 10, 290 2001 11, 269 2002 12,
320 For 2003, according to the information given
on July 7 th, there were 26, 373 cases (1). It is
the position of ...
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Kidney Failure Sq Km
2,426 words
Access in quality care for dialysis patients in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Description of selected
community (location, statistics, etc) Philadelphia
is the second largest city on the East Coast
(North America). The city of Philadelphia is
located 100 miles south of New York and 133 miles
north of Washington, D. C. The city ranks fifth in
the nation. Population of Philadelphia reaches 5.
8 million people. (Philadelphia Facts & Figures)
Metro:
6, 188, 463 (2000 census)
5, 892, 937
(1990 censu...
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Centers For Disease Control
1,656 words
AIDS in Prisons With infectious diseases such as
hepatitis, HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted
diseases (STDs) so prevalent in correctional
settings, it is appropriate and timely that the
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) presented a
workshop on the issue. "Infectious Disease in
Corrections: A Centers for Disease Control
Perspective" was moderated by Rob Lyerla, an
epidemiologist for CDC's National Center for
Infectious Diseases. (Cass 34). In the past 20
years, the jail people in the United Stat...
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Ninth Grade Community Based
1,241 words
The Development of a Prevention Dropout for
Secondary Student in an Urban High School Setting
According to Noguera and Dimon (2003), the rate of
dropout in American urban high schools may be the
biggest but least known problem today. Noguera and
Dimon estimated that at a great amount of schools
50 % and even more of the students who start their
ninth grade leave it without graduation. [ 3 ].
Many researchers who work on this problem agree
that there are many factors which contribute to
the rate ...
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Child Abuse And Neglect Sexually Abused
1,760 words
Child abuse and neglect reports have more than
doubled in the past two decades. Children are
abused many different ways every day and many
abuse and neglect cases go unreported every year.
Some of the many ways children are the most
commonly heard of ones: kicking, punching, and
hitting. Some children also have to drink cleaning
supplies, sleep in cold, dark basements, and go
weeks without any food at all. However, all of the
above may happen, and outsiders still would not
report a suspicion of ...
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Insurance Coverage Health Care
344 words
MN Talking Points On Colon Cancer Treatment and
Prevention As representatives of the citizens of
New York State, we have a responsibility to ensure
that everyone has access to the highest quality
health care possible. As a State Senator. I have
worked aggressively to fight for increased funding
for cancer education and prevention, and to
improve and expand health care coverage and
treatment, including legislation we are working
hard to approve the Women s Health and Wellness
Act which would expa...
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Crystal Meth Drug Prevention
898 words
As Anthony ran down the hallway screaming, I m
going to jail, I know it, it is all over! a
teacher who had no clue what was going on tackled
him. The teacher soon found out that in the
student s hand was a small bag containing crystal
meth. A drug he was taking in the bathroom of the
school before being turned in by another student.
was suspended from school for 180 days and must
face legal charges later this year. Drugs are
becoming more apparent at 038; 038; 038;
038; 038; 03...
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Employee Theft Pre Employment
2,220 words
INTRODUCTION The reduction of employee theft can
be achieved by understanding the causes and
implementing theft deterrent programs. Employee
theft and pilfering have existed since the
beginning of business. The exact amount it costs
businesses is unknown, but estimates suggest it
costs billions. Whether the theft amounts to small
items such as paper clips and pencils or large
items like a television or fur coat, it all comes
out of the bottom line. Lost profits can lead a
business to bankruptcy ...
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Target Heart Rate Blood Vessels
2,314 words
Asthma is a pulmonary disease with the following
characteristics: 1) airway obstruction that is
reversible in most patients either spontaneously
or with treatment; 2) airway inflammation; and 3)
increased airway responsiveness to a variety of
stimuli (Enright, 1996, p. 375). There presently
exist many varieties of asthma that differ in the
severity, means of induction, and methods of
treatment. One type is exercise-induced asthma.
Exercise-induced asthma (EIA) is a temporary
increase in airway r...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Alcohol During Pregnancy
1,857 words
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Preventable Birth
Defect? If women didn? t drink anymore during
pregnancy, there would never be another baby born
with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or Fetal Alcohol
Effect? (Mccuen 33). This is a very powerful
statement. It is also a very simple cure for an
alarmingly high birth defect that all women have
the power to stop. ? Every year more than 40, 000
American children are born with defects because
their mother drank alcohol while pregnant? (Mccuen
34). That is 1 to 3 per ...
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Gun Control Laws Gun Control Legislation
2,147 words
Gun Control in Canada Gun Control is an important
issue to Canadians in today? s society. Canada has
both provincial and federal legislation that
restricts the sale, purchase, and use of different
kinds of firearms. The United States, on the other
hand, do not have federal or state bills
restricting the possession or use of firearms,
only local laws exist there. A firearm consists of
any barreled weapon from which a shot, bullet or
other missile can be fired and that is capable of
causing seriou...
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Suicidal Tendencies Suicide Attempt
1,480 words
The United States is plagued by a countless number
of social dilemmas. Although not in constant
public scrutiny, suicide is a serious problem
which has seemed to have lost importance. When
suicide is coupled with arrest and incarceration
it becomes an increasingly complex situation. In
fact, research indicates that the jail suicide
rate ranges from 2. 5 to 13 times greater than the
rate of the general population (Winkler 1992).
Motivation, prediction, and prevention of suicidal
behavior are gros...
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Young Offenders Act Violent Offenders
3,868 words
Public Policy on Youth Crime The most recent
phenomenon in today s society is youth crime, and
the type of serious crimes that youths are
committing. The key question that one must ask
oneself is why are the children of tomorrow
committing these crimes, and what measures are
government organizations, and interest groups
taking to deter young peoples and at the same time
re-habilitating young offenders? The issues this
paper will be analysing will show the comparison
between the Young Offenders A...
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World Health Organization Skin Test
1,124 words
Tuberculosis Tuberculosis Prevention Tuberculosis
Prevention Tuberculosis is becoming a world-wide
problem. Three million people die of TB each year,
and over 22, 000 cases are reported each year in
the United States. There are also an estimated 10
to 15 million people in the U. S. who are infected
with the TB germs with potential to develop TB
disease in the future (Hughes, February 1998). The
modern era of tuberculosis began in the mid 1980
s. At that time it was realized that tuberculosis
had...
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