The concept of Work Life Balance has always existed, it just wasn’t until recently that experts put a name to it. Employment has been traditionally thought of the means to which you support your personal life, with Work Life Balance principles employers can now gain competitive advantage from creating a more symbiotic relationship with a persons home and work. This allows for lower stress in the work place and greater enjoyment in the home. The results of this are increased performance in the work place and great repertoire for self. As this is difficult to establish in any industry and this is very true with recruitment agencies. major concept of Work Life Balance in employment is that the employer gives the employee the ability to handle their responsibilities in and out of work while generating self worth. This can be done by a multitude of ways:
Flexibility
Achievement
Enjoyment
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Blog# 14
The main factor, I believe, that can reduce the risk of assault is Sexual Awareness, and this being a major issue in the Society, Should be taken a little more seriously. "Every two minutes, somewhere in America, someone is sexually assaulted." A scary notation, but what is the scarier is that it is actually is a fact. In 2000, there were 261,000 victims of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault. Of these 261,000, 114,000 were victims of sexual assault, 55,000 were victims of attempted rape, and 92,000 were victims of completed rape. (2000 National Crime Victimization Survey. Bureau of Justice Statistics). But actually what is more shocking than those statistics is the fact that "72% of rapes/sexual assaults are not reported to the police. Those rapists, of course, never serve a day in prison." [1999 NCVS] This doesn't mean what these rapists did was okay; it means those rapists continue to go about stalking and finding other individuals to take advantage of. Sexual assault is a big problem in our country. Most victims of sexual assault are women.
Similar to sexual assault there are several other types of abuse and each type affects people differently. There is child abuse, spousal abuse, physical and mental abuse.
Spousal Abuse is a rising issue today in the United States. Spousal Abuse affects individuals of all social classes and gender and both males and females are victims of spousal abuse. Abuse of men is not a topic commonly known or discussed in our society as easily as abuse of females for various reasons. However it is a topic that needs to be examined so men who are being abused know they are not alone and society treats it as problem and not over look it. Bedsides the individuals directly involved it also affects children, other family members and friends that surround them. More than five million people are battered every year alone in the United States. (Business Wire) It is estimated that in ever year, violence occurs in sixteen percent of all relationships.
Similar to sexual assault there are several other types of abuse and each type affects people differently. There is child abuse, spousal abuse, physical and mental abuse.
Spousal Abuse is a rising issue today in the United States. Spousal Abuse affects individuals of all social classes and gender and both males and females are victims of spousal abuse. Abuse of men is not a topic commonly known or discussed in our society as easily as abuse of females for various reasons. However it is a topic that needs to be examined so men who are being abused know they are not alone and society treats it as problem and not over look it. Bedsides the individuals directly involved it also affects children, other family members and friends that surround them. More than five million people are battered every year alone in the United States. (Business Wire) It is estimated that in ever year, violence occurs in sixteen percent of all relationships.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Blog # 12
STOP DRUG ADDICTION
The U.S. is spending money to stop drug abuse; this is called the "war on drugs". However, the methods used by the government are not working. . There are many proofs that the war on drugs is unreasonable. Some specific reasons that the war on drugs needs a new approach is that too much money is being spent every year compared to the number of problems solved, jails are becoming overpopulated by drug war victims, and people who have committed serious crimes do not have a place to occupy. Additionally, legal drugs that the government does not care about causes more problems than the illegal drugs they are fighting. The U.S. should find different ways to fight the war on drugs.
we often believe that the drug addicts should be sent to rehabilitation facilities in order for them to over come the need of drug but it is not suitable for all cases. Sometimes people tend to get more agitated after the rehab procedures.If not negative results pursue, then the process can be followed. If not, the victims should be sent to prison.
I believe that the person who are involved in the import and export of drugs, should be charged and should be imprisoned.
The U.S. is spending money to stop drug abuse; this is called the "war on drugs". However, the methods used by the government are not working. . There are many proofs that the war on drugs is unreasonable. Some specific reasons that the war on drugs needs a new approach is that too much money is being spent every year compared to the number of problems solved, jails are becoming overpopulated by drug war victims, and people who have committed serious crimes do not have a place to occupy. Additionally, legal drugs that the government does not care about causes more problems than the illegal drugs they are fighting. The U.S. should find different ways to fight the war on drugs.
we often believe that the drug addicts should be sent to rehabilitation facilities in order for them to over come the need of drug but it is not suitable for all cases. Sometimes people tend to get more agitated after the rehab procedures.If not negative results pursue, then the process can be followed. If not, the victims should be sent to prison.
I believe that the person who are involved in the import and export of drugs, should be charged and should be imprisoned.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Blog # 12
Schizophrenia: A Mental Illness.
According to National Alliance on Mental Illness [NAMI], (2007), "mental illnesses are medical conditions that disrupt a person's thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others, and daily functioning." Mental illness can affect anyone at anytime in his or her life and mental illness can cause a person to take his or her own life depending on which type of mental illness the person has developed. There are many people who could successfully be treated for his or her mental illness but the person refuse to seek help and this makes the person's situation worse. I can relate to this belief because of my personal encounter with Sunny, who was in the high school tennis team along with me. I remember his talking about his mother most of the time, and I mistook it as just another parent-child rivalry. He seemed frustrated all the time, and having only his mother with him made him not want to go back home. Since we were unaware of medical affiliation with diseases, we didn’t quite want to understand her situation. Later after high school was over, I met him after 2 years and asked him about the both of them. Then he concluded stating that, he had schizophrenia and that she had committed suicide just few months ago.
Schizophrenia is a most misunderstood disease. It will affect one in every100 Americans during their lifetime, yet too often it is hidden in the closet by families and ignored by professionals. A revolution is underway, for schizophrenia is emerging. Schizophrenia is now known to be a disease of the brain and is not caused by any guilty acts or failures of the patient. Like diabetics, schizophrenics may be able to control their symptoms with medication.
According to National Alliance on Mental Illness [NAMI], (2007), "mental illnesses are medical conditions that disrupt a person's thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others, and daily functioning." Mental illness can affect anyone at anytime in his or her life and mental illness can cause a person to take his or her own life depending on which type of mental illness the person has developed. There are many people who could successfully be treated for his or her mental illness but the person refuse to seek help and this makes the person's situation worse. I can relate to this belief because of my personal encounter with Sunny, who was in the high school tennis team along with me. I remember his talking about his mother most of the time, and I mistook it as just another parent-child rivalry. He seemed frustrated all the time, and having only his mother with him made him not want to go back home. Since we were unaware of medical affiliation with diseases, we didn’t quite want to understand her situation. Later after high school was over, I met him after 2 years and asked him about the both of them. Then he concluded stating that, he had schizophrenia and that she had committed suicide just few months ago.
Schizophrenia is a most misunderstood disease. It will affect one in every100 Americans during their lifetime, yet too often it is hidden in the closet by families and ignored by professionals. A revolution is underway, for schizophrenia is emerging. Schizophrenia is now known to be a disease of the brain and is not caused by any guilty acts or failures of the patient. Like diabetics, schizophrenics may be able to control their symptoms with medication.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Blog # 11
The impact of "Chronic diseases" on women in the US.
Chronic Diseases has had its toll on the yesteryears of society and of today’s society as well. Society has battled with many different chronic diseases and will still battle with some chronic diseases until the end of time. Hopefully, researchers will find the answer to the equation of eliminating many chronic diseases that are able to cripple a nation. This paper will define osteoporosis, explain the risk factors and incidence of osteoporosis, will list symptoms of osteoporosis, describe the impact of nutrition and exercise on the prognosis of osteoporosis, and lastly, list the prevention strategies and treatment options.
In defining osteoporosis, this “is a disease that causes weak bones that break easily” (FDA, 2005). "Osteoporosis leads to an increased risk of fracture. In osteoporosis the bone mineral density (BMD) is reduced, bone micro-architecture is disrupted, and the amount and variety of non-collagenous proteins in bone is altered. Osteoporosis is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) in women as, “a bone mineral density 2.5 standard deviations below peak bone mass. The term "established osteoporosis" includes the presence of a fragility fracture and is most common in women after menopause, when it is called postmenopausal osteoporosis, but may also develop in men, and may occur in anyone in the presence of particular hormonal disorders and other chronic diseases or as a result of medications, specifically glucocorticoids, when the disease is called steroid- or glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (SIOP or GIOP).
Osteoporosis is a significant health problem that affects more than 25 million women in the United States and potentially 200 million worldwide. This disease is characterized by diminishing the structure of the skeleton (particular the "spongy" bone). This results in an increased risk of fracture. Osteoporosis develops silently over a period of years, eventually progressing to a point where a fracture can easily occur causing pain and disability. This disease is characterized by low bone mass and structural worsening of your bones, leading to bone fragility. There is an increased chances of damaging the hip, spine, and wrist.
Twenty-five million Americans are affected by Osteoporosis, making it a major public health problem. 80% of those affected by osteoporosis are women. One out of every two women and one in five men have an Osteoporosis-related fracture.
References:
Merck & Co.The impact of osteoporosis [videorecording]: personal stories
Current topics in osteoporosis / editors, Hong-wen Deng. Imprint Singapore; Hackensack, N: World Scientific ; c2005.
Chronic Diseases has had its toll on the yesteryears of society and of today’s society as well. Society has battled with many different chronic diseases and will still battle with some chronic diseases until the end of time. Hopefully, researchers will find the answer to the equation of eliminating many chronic diseases that are able to cripple a nation. This paper will define osteoporosis, explain the risk factors and incidence of osteoporosis, will list symptoms of osteoporosis, describe the impact of nutrition and exercise on the prognosis of osteoporosis, and lastly, list the prevention strategies and treatment options.
In defining osteoporosis, this “is a disease that causes weak bones that break easily” (FDA, 2005). "Osteoporosis leads to an increased risk of fracture. In osteoporosis the bone mineral density (BMD) is reduced, bone micro-architecture is disrupted, and the amount and variety of non-collagenous proteins in bone is altered. Osteoporosis is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) in women as, “a bone mineral density 2.5 standard deviations below peak bone mass. The term "established osteoporosis" includes the presence of a fragility fracture and is most common in women after menopause, when it is called postmenopausal osteoporosis, but may also develop in men, and may occur in anyone in the presence of particular hormonal disorders and other chronic diseases or as a result of medications, specifically glucocorticoids, when the disease is called steroid- or glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (SIOP or GIOP).
Osteoporosis is a significant health problem that affects more than 25 million women in the United States and potentially 200 million worldwide. This disease is characterized by diminishing the structure of the skeleton (particular the "spongy" bone). This results in an increased risk of fracture. Osteoporosis develops silently over a period of years, eventually progressing to a point where a fracture can easily occur causing pain and disability. This disease is characterized by low bone mass and structural worsening of your bones, leading to bone fragility. There is an increased chances of damaging the hip, spine, and wrist.
Twenty-five million Americans are affected by Osteoporosis, making it a major public health problem. 80% of those affected by osteoporosis are women. One out of every two women and one in five men have an Osteoporosis-related fracture.
References:
Merck & Co.The impact of osteoporosis [videorecording]: personal stories
Current topics in osteoporosis / editors, Hong-wen Deng. Imprint Singapore; Hackensack, N: World Scientific ; c2005.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Blog # 10.
Is heart disease common in your family? What are some of the environmental, physical, cultural, socio economical, and educational factors that impact the prevalence of this disease?
It was back in the year 1998; I sat on the foot side of my grandmother’s bed and had “the conversation” with her. It was a cold February winter where she laid tucked in inside of her warm cozy blanket and I sat next to the fire place by her bed and listened to her living styles in the past as though it were a fairy tale. She told how she walked for days just to reach the other part of the town, or to reach the city since there weren’t any vehicles or any means of gas emitting vehicles. Her diet would generally be fresh vegetables with only a day/two per week intake of meat. The people back then hardly got sick you know, she exclaimed. “And since we don’t get sick too often, there wouldn’t be a chance of us taking medication.” It barely got to my understanding as in what context was she trying to refer me. I didn’t quite get it then, as I was too young to understand the real essence of her words, until now. My grand mother lived for 88 years, not having many complications except for the old age syndrome.
Thinking about she said and linking it to the present living standard of my family- in particular, I can conclude stating that majority of our lifestyles are heavily influenced by technology. With the influence of technology, in spite of coming from a rather, a developing country, I still sense the difference between the past and now. My family has a very less risk to cardiovascular disease; I believe the factor that prevented the cause of the disease in entering our chain is because of the health living environment we stayed in. Since, I come from a high context cultured country; everything that becomes an output of the family is a cause of the family’s environment influence. The eating habit, inducing healthy ways of living such as out door activities, and the psychological factor are major factor that contribute in preventing or inducing the risk of heart disease.
It was back in the year 1998; I sat on the foot side of my grandmother’s bed and had “the conversation” with her. It was a cold February winter where she laid tucked in inside of her warm cozy blanket and I sat next to the fire place by her bed and listened to her living styles in the past as though it were a fairy tale. She told how she walked for days just to reach the other part of the town, or to reach the city since there weren’t any vehicles or any means of gas emitting vehicles. Her diet would generally be fresh vegetables with only a day/two per week intake of meat. The people back then hardly got sick you know, she exclaimed. “And since we don’t get sick too often, there wouldn’t be a chance of us taking medication.” It barely got to my understanding as in what context was she trying to refer me. I didn’t quite get it then, as I was too young to understand the real essence of her words, until now. My grand mother lived for 88 years, not having many complications except for the old age syndrome.
Thinking about she said and linking it to the present living standard of my family- in particular, I can conclude stating that majority of our lifestyles are heavily influenced by technology. With the influence of technology, in spite of coming from a rather, a developing country, I still sense the difference between the past and now. My family has a very less risk to cardiovascular disease; I believe the factor that prevented the cause of the disease in entering our chain is because of the health living environment we stayed in. Since, I come from a high context cultured country; everything that becomes an output of the family is a cause of the family’s environment influence. The eating habit, inducing healthy ways of living such as out door activities, and the psychological factor are major factor that contribute in preventing or inducing the risk of heart disease.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Blog # 9
Body weight is a major area of concern for many Americans. Not many men and women know what to believe about body weight because we are receiving countless mixed messages from the media, medical industry, food industry and much more. One industry will promote weight loss products whereas another will push products onto consumers that will produce weight gain. The public receives so many messages about body weight, yet none coincides with one another.
The problem with the clothing industry is that most pieces of stylish clothing are designed to fit a smaller person. In a department store, sizes basically range from small to large. There is no extra-extra large and so on. A person would need to go to a specialty store in order to find larger sizes. Having these incidences in the present time, people are indirectly influenced about cutting down their weight even though there is not much necessity of it.
With eating disorders on the rise today, the media plays an important role in affecting self-esteem, leading a large amount of young adults to develop eating disorders. Many adolescents see the overbearing thin celebrities and try to reach media's level of thinness and ideal body weight. "Sixty-nine of the girls reported that magazine pictures influenced their idea of the perfect body shape" (Field). Not only is being thin associated with other positive characteristics such as, lovable, popular, beautiful, and sexy, but being overweight is connected with negative characteristics like fat, ugly, unpopular, and lazy. Therefore media is the distinct social pressure of operating to influence people to be thin and causing eating disorders.
It was fashionable to be fat throughout most of history. Obesity was attractive because it was considered to be a sign of wealth. Those who could obtain enough food to keep themselves and their family well fed were people with money. In the past century, however, food has been abundant in most of the developed nations, and thinness has become fashionable. Eating disorders have increased significantly over the past thirty years.
The two most common eating disorders include anorexia and bulimia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is a disease in which women become very self-conscious about their weight and have an intense fear of becoming fat. They go to such extremes as starving themselves in order to keep thin, and some use additional methods such as vomiting, taking excessive amounts of laxatives, or exercising profusely. Bulimia nervosa on the other hand is an eating disorder in which the patient eats large amounts of food in a short period of time, also known as binge eating. Media is a very important aspect of life in our culture. Around 95% of people own a television set and watch for around three to four hours per day (Herr). Each type of media has its own purpose, to entertain, persuade, and change.
The problem with the clothing industry is that most pieces of stylish clothing are designed to fit a smaller person. In a department store, sizes basically range from small to large. There is no extra-extra large and so on. A person would need to go to a specialty store in order to find larger sizes. Having these incidences in the present time, people are indirectly influenced about cutting down their weight even though there is not much necessity of it.
With eating disorders on the rise today, the media plays an important role in affecting self-esteem, leading a large amount of young adults to develop eating disorders. Many adolescents see the overbearing thin celebrities and try to reach media's level of thinness and ideal body weight. "Sixty-nine of the girls reported that magazine pictures influenced their idea of the perfect body shape" (Field). Not only is being thin associated with other positive characteristics such as, lovable, popular, beautiful, and sexy, but being overweight is connected with negative characteristics like fat, ugly, unpopular, and lazy. Therefore media is the distinct social pressure of operating to influence people to be thin and causing eating disorders.
It was fashionable to be fat throughout most of history. Obesity was attractive because it was considered to be a sign of wealth. Those who could obtain enough food to keep themselves and their family well fed were people with money. In the past century, however, food has been abundant in most of the developed nations, and thinness has become fashionable. Eating disorders have increased significantly over the past thirty years.
The two most common eating disorders include anorexia and bulimia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is a disease in which women become very self-conscious about their weight and have an intense fear of becoming fat. They go to such extremes as starving themselves in order to keep thin, and some use additional methods such as vomiting, taking excessive amounts of laxatives, or exercising profusely. Bulimia nervosa on the other hand is an eating disorder in which the patient eats large amounts of food in a short period of time, also known as binge eating. Media is a very important aspect of life in our culture. Around 95% of people own a television set and watch for around three to four hours per day (Herr). Each type of media has its own purpose, to entertain, persuade, and change.
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