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Health Outcomes for Undocumented Children and Families in America: A Moral and Ethical Concern
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 ... -
Health, Wealth and Poverty: Why the U.S. Needs Universal Healthcare
Among industrialized nations, twenty-eight of the twenty-nine cited by the World Health Organiztion have some form of universal healthcare. The exception is the United States. Poor people are the most likely to be uninsured ... -
Healthcare for a Population without Health
. . . Today, under the community health based treatment prototype, individuals who provide care for the mentally disabled have two primary duties: to do no harm and to foster the capabilities of their patients. Unfortunately, ... -
[Healthcare Policy Reforms for the Uninsured and Underinsured]
Contemporary means of healthcare for both the uninsured and underinsured lead to insufficient access to medical resources and disproportionately poor health outcomes for both groups. Current obstacles to access include ... -
The Healthcare System in the United States Runs Afoul of International Law
. . . this paper analyzes the international right to health and questions whether the current state of the American healthcare system runs afoul of international law. If so, does the U.S. have a legal obligation to under ... -
Heaven in a Wild Flower: William Blake's Spirituality of Imagination, Mysticism, and Apocalypse (thesis)
The following paper is interested in the spirituality and religious beliefs of the 18th-19th c. poet and artist William Blake. It is composed of three chapters: an introduction to Blake and the historical and thematic ... -
Helping Local NGOs Achieve Effective Governance (poster)
Principles for Effective Governance. Particularly designed for non-profits. Recommendations for legal compliance and public disclosure. Recommendations for effective governance and Recommendations for strong financial ... -
"Here I stand" (in two places): David Tracy's Interpretive Theory and its Application on Luther's Reading of the Pauline Corpus
Thus, interpretation must go about the work of "overcoming distance and cultural differences and of matching the reader to a text which has become foreign, thereby incorporating its meaning into the present comprehension ... -
The Hermeneutics of Secession in the Valley of Virginia (thesis)
This thesis examines the hermeneutics of a distinct region in Virginia during the secession crisis which preceded the Civil War. The Introduction establishes the unique histories, cultures, economics, politics, and religions ... -
Hf and Pb Isotope Data for Mafic Lava Flows from the Three Sisters and Newberry Regions of the Central Oregon Cascades (thesis)
The Cascade arc is an end member convergent margin in which the young and slowly subducting slab is hotter than in most subduction zones. Consequently, the timing and location of slab contribution, namely dehydration, is ... -
The Hidden Homeless: Addressing the Obstacles of the Rural Homeless in Rockbridge County, Virginia
Rural homelessness is an understudied subset of homelessness population in the United States. Yet, the rural homelessness has important distinguishing characteristics and barriers to care that make addressing the problems ... -
The Hierarchical Perception and Denigration of Animals in Early Modern English Drama (thesis)
Ethical qualms concerning animals exist beyond practical questions that one faces in modernity. Our thoughts on animals seep into our culture; our rituals, our stories, and our values influence and are influenced by non-human ... -
High Infant Mortality Rates among the Poor in America: The Roles of Income and Other Social Factors
Many causes of infant mortalities, both neonatal and postnatal, are due to unpreventable congenital malformations. The other causes are largely preventable. Prenatal care, adequate maternal nutrition, and abstinence from ... -
High Resolution Isotope Sclerochronology Reflects Seasonal Cycle Changes at Rocky Point, Belize Between the Last Interglacial and Present
The last Pleistocene interglacial period is thought to be characterized by warmer temperatures, higher precipitation, higher sea level and lower ice volume than today due to different orbital forcing parameters at that ... -
The High School Dropout Crisis
Over the past 4 decades, the U.S. economy has transformed into a globally competitive market which places a premium on knowledge and education, where the high school diploma is now “an increasingly important prerequisite ... -
Highway Construction
Up until a few years ago roads were built solely to stand the wear and tear of carriages, wagons and heavily loaded drays but now a new question has arisen. Which road will best stand the automobile, running at a high speed ... -
Hispanic K-12 Students in the United States Public School System: Why are they Disproportionately Underachieving in School?
Hispanic students account for 22% of all people enrolled in school in the United States and, on average, these students are significantly educationally underachieving compared to their white peers in every academic measure. ... -
Historians for All Time: Thucydides, Winston S. Churchill and Their Great Wars
Professor Taylor Sanders recommended that I compare Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War with Winston S. Churchill's account of the First World War, The World Crisis. After browsing through these two interesting ... -
An Historical and Archaeological Consideration of Brickmaking in Virginia
"Of all ceramics, brick is surrounded by the worst tangle of legend and folklore." (Heite 1970: 43) The above quote represents a statement written by Edward F. Heite in reference to the specific plight of bricks in an ...