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The Lines That Define Us: Racial Residential Segregation and Health Disparities for African Americans
(2018)
This capstone explored the mechanisms underlying the relationship between racial residential segregation and health disparities for African Americans. This relationship was examined through the analysis of how racial ...
Health Inequality in the Andes: An Ethnicity-Centered Approach (thesis)
(2019)
In summary, there exists a significant body of work on health inequalities in the Andes. However, much of this literature provides somewhat fragmented pieces of a complex whole with respect to the production of health ...
Health Outcomes for Undocumented Children and Families in America: A Moral and Ethical Concern (thesis)
(2019)
The growing interest surrounding the estimated 11 million unaccounted, undocumented immigrants in America brings to light the issue not only from a governmental policy perspective, but also on a community level framework ...
The Moral and Ethical Implications of Framing Global Health as a Security Concern
(2017)
While the securitization of health results in positive short-term outcomes such as resource allocation, this framing neglects individuals’ human rights. Therefore, in order to prioritize the health of all, the security ...
Nutrition Effects on Health and Recidivism in the American Prison Complex (thesis)
(2019)
If food in prison was made more nutritious, would health outcomes improve, and recidivism be reduced? Using the Virginia State Department of corrections as my population, I explore this question in three parts; the existing ...
Community Health Centers: A Vital and Stable Provider of Health Services to the Poor and Underserved
(2008)
Following an overview of community health centers, including more information about patients served, costs, and services provided, this study will examine the benefits of and threats to the community health center system, ...
Cracking Down on the Down and Out: The Criminalization of Homelessness
(2005)
The legislation that this paper examines bars them [homeless persons] from fulfilling basic needs. This paper considers what sorts of legislation criminalizes homelessness, discusses the moral and legal implications of ...
The TRIPS Agreement and the Human Right to Essential Medicines
(2004)
Of course, patents are not the only, or even the primary, roadblocks to accessible medicine in developing nations. Over one-third of the world's population lacks access to the drugs on the WHO [World Health Organization] ...
MAPPing Healthcare of the Physically Disabled in Rockbridge County, VA: A Community Based Research Project
(2012)
The following study was completed in conjunction with the Rockbridge Area Free Clinic’s assessment of the access to and quality of health care for the disadvantaged residents of Rockbridge County, Virginia. The study was ...
Malaria as a Cause of Poverty: Poverty as a Contributor to Malaria
(2007)
Malaria remains to be a huge problem in developing countries. We cannot ignore this problem as we try to eradicate global poverty. Malaria causes a downward spiral of poverty without effective interventions. It causes huge ...