Essays on Self-Examination

Article Review: “Attitudes and Health Beliefs Associated With Breast Cancer Screening Behaviors Among Turkish Women”

The title ‘Attitudes and health beliefs associated with breast cancer screening behaviors among Turkish women’ seems fit for the article because it clearly and concisely indicates the key element of the study. From the title, a reader can understand that this article will explore the health norms and attitudes of Turkish women about breast cancer screening approaches. However, the title does not include the population sample considered for the study. Actually, the population sample was comprised of 1,342 Turkish women but it was not mentioned in the title. In total, the title is sufficient enough to give readers ...

Breast self-examination is one of the processes that has been utilized in the screening for breast cancer or the growth of tumor in the breasts. While being a common practice and preferred among many people, the lack of standardization on the detection, reading and translation of the results implies that it can cause anxiety and fear in the user. On the other hand, it can become a common justification for women to seek regular screening options and medication which all my not be necessary. Further, the breast self-examination has not been indicated across scholarly articles and research to minimize ...

Deng Xiaoping on the Anti-rightist Campaign of 1957

As the secretary general of the CCP in 1957, Deng Xiaoping supported the advocacy of Mao Zedong towards the Anti-Rightist Movement. It was through Deng’s leadership that anti-rightist movements were implemented (Deng, 408). In his report as the secretary general, he pointed out that the emergence of the difficulties within the Party was rooted from social and ideological causes: a) First, a large number of the Party members do not belong from the working class; b) there was the rapid growth of the Party, but quality was neglected which resulted from the ideological and political acts to lag ...

Introduction

Transformative learning, unlike traditional learning, empowers students to re-define the meaning of their experiences. It sets aside meandering assumptions and voodoo rules to explore one's capabilities, new roles, and responsibilities. While critical self-reflection is the essence of transformational learning, rational discourse is the method that empowers the learner to go through the required transformation. This paper is an exercise to reflect on a personal learning experience through the lenses of various tenets, principles, and practices of transformative learning. While I narrate my experience in detail, viewing and reflecting it through the concepts of transformative theory strengthens my knowledge about ...

The scholarly research “Behavioral determinants of successful early melanoma detection” was produced by nurses of the Department of Dermatology - Swetter, Pollitt, Johnson, Brooks, and Geller - examines the relationship between reduced melanoma mortality rates and improved understanding of factors associated with early melanoma detection. The fundamental purpose of the research was to determine how strong associations of melanoma, e.g. thinner or thicker tumors, and behavioral factors of particular individuals influence their chances of successful early melanoma detection. According to the authors of the research, their primary purpose was to “investigate the associations among self- and physician examination practices ...

Application of Transtheoretical Model vs. Health Belief Model

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Introduction

Recently many research strategies have developed to identify the most efficient methods to achieve healthier outcomes. An accurate combination of personal behavior and health improvement has proffered the novel approaches to behavioral and medical experts. The outcomes of such intervention studies have provided potent insights in various chronic and infectious diseases and many theories that gained high appreciation are designed to define the scope of nursing practices. Currently, many conceptual models are applied in health promotion and education (Glanz, Rimer & Viswanath, 2008). The essay aims to ...

Darkness and Light, the documentary film by Helen Whitney, follows the life’s work of Richard Avedon, a legend who sparked a revolution in the world of fashion and portrait photography. The documentary provides viewers with in-depth insight into the inspirations, personal life, and work ethics of Avedon. The thing that stands out about Avedon after watching the documentary is the fact that he tries to nurture perceptions that are discarded by most people. Richard Avedon appears to be a photographer who is really in tune with himself. It is easy to be impressed by Avedon, mainly because of his never ...

In Plato’s dialogues, there is a particular dramatic setting that sets its literary meaning which the analytically-trained philosophers fail to recognize. The explicit arguments in the dialogues are paid attention to, and the philosophical position of Plato is yet to be determined. Plato chose not to relate his philosophy directly with his name. Philosophers from all around the globe failed to understand the innate philosophy by Plato due to over-generalizations and oversimplifications. The work has been misrepresented, and I believe that philosophers who are trained only analytically cannot be successful scholars on Plato as they must be classically-trained literary ...

1. Describe in detail, how each of your goals and objectives, listed on your contract It was a privilege given by the University of Northern Colorado, School of Human Sciences, placing me at the Human Services Program, as an intern, with the agency-North Colorado Health Alliance (NCHA); which is coordinating the Weld County Community Health Campaign-Make TODAY Count! Supported by, the grants from Kaiser Permanente and the Colorado Health Foundation. This is a three-year campaign launched in June, 2013. After obtaining internship contract, I contacted the faculty supervisor and the academic advisor to discuss my assignment for internship. I ...

The early churches stood out because of their simplicity. However as time went on all things began to get more complex and complicated and today’s church is so different from what it was in the early days. If we look at The Lord’s Supper, we are reminded that there was simplicity about this ordinance. Today this remembrance meal has almost become a mysterious ritual that is done by the church and has today become the brunt of many debates as to the veracity of the sacrament. The book of Acts 20:7 tells us that this meal and the ...

Breast cancer is a disease of epithelial cells that line the ducts of the breast. Malignancies of the breast are some of the most common cancers in women (aside from skin cancer) and are responsible for up to one-third of all cancers in women. Mortality because of the cancer is on the decline in the United States due to better detection and treatment. Breast cancer is a clonal disease, meaning that a single transformed cell that eventually expresses full malignant potential causes it. Therefore, it may exist for a long period before it becomes invasive and metastatic (Harrisons, 2008, p.563) The major ...

Abstract

This paper examines the arguments for and against the sue of animals in experiments. It offers a brief examination of the historical development of the opposition to using animals; it considers the question form the practical and the ethical standpoint; it examines some of the evidence which shows the inefficiency and unreliability of animal use; and it also shows the way ethical standpoints have changed in the 21st century.

Key words: the three Rs; in vitro testing ; principle of equality; human volunteers; computer simulations.

All over the world in research laboratories, animals are made use of to test new medicines ...