Issues in Public Health Law

Adolescents and Child Development : Holistic Care Perspectives

 In todays world adolescents find very few mentors and persons  of  guidance that will aid them  into transition  of young adulthood . Holis...

Saturday, December 30, 2017

Contrasting Locards Exchange Principle and Carbon Foot Printing . Whatta Relationship

Every contact you make with another person ,place , or object results in an exchange of physical material. If you own a pet this exchange of material is well known to you(Lyle ,2012)  Known as he Locard Exchange Principle after Edmond Locard the French police officer who first noticed it ; the exchange of materials is the basis of modern forensics investigations . Using the principle forensic scientists can determine where a suspect has been by analyzing trace evidence (Any Small ) pieces of evidence  such as fibers on clothing , hair in cars , or that gunk on the bottom of a shoe can be evaluated and analyzed  as well as used as corroborative evidence to seek an indictment of a suspected criminal . The premise here is the method and the principle as overarching process in scientific application ; how ever what would happen if we applied the same principle to  the carbon foot print principle ? . Can we make the contrast between the two principles in using trace evidence in carbon foot print to indict environmental criminals ? The proposal is not to far fetched . Infact forensic anthropologist use relevant concepts when engaged in field study . One of the discoveries made in Isreal were that solid fuel were used to prepare meals during the BC years ;these are years before crist . Why is this relevant to the topic under study ? because they also noticed environmental changes in the region  under there study to manifest climate changes similar to the climate changes seen today. When we appraise the two principles ; Carbon Foot Print and Locard Exchange Principle these demonstrate similar approaches in seeking out evidence which will allow a just accountability I human behavior . What are the implications of these principles to public health ? Well the implications vary ; but one of the most important tools used in public health are public health law which allows for the application of both principles when environmental protection is concerned . The interesting premise are that of using Locards Exchange Principle in public health research ; particularly if this research is placed within a public health law design . Carbon foot printing needs to be a part of all human activity and should be taught in elementary schools beginning in the fifth grade when children begin developing moral and ethical values ; Erickson called this developmental stage Industrial stage . This application will teach children about accountability for there behavior  within there environment and accountability in other environments . What say you ?

References
Lyle, D.P (2012) Forensics for Dummies . Wiley Publishing USA                        

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Regaining Sanity Post Assault . What does SANE have to do with it.

The most common subspicies of the Nurse Examiner is the Forensic Nurse  or SANE , and yet another spiecies is the Hospice Care Examiner, while the Forensics Nurse duties are different and distinct than that of the Hospice Care Nurse each serve a specific service in allied health. The approach to sexual assault exam vary greatly and depends on where the assault has taken place ; the methods may also vary from state to state and jurisdictional differences in prosicutorial procedures also vary when the Forensic Nurse Examiners investigation has yielded results that merit prosecution in Rape and Sexual Assault (Stevens ,2004) .  SART locations are  important in and several are found in diverse jurisdictions , counties , states . SART locations are intricate to the Forensic Nurse because these are the clinical settings utilized to examine victims and servivors of sexual assault . Newer programs have chosen to use a more generic term for the  clinical setting ; these would be the acronym SAFE which house the Nurse Examiner or (FNE) . Many FNE or SANE may begin there specialty in Emergency Rooms where they gain experience in assisting to care for and collect specimens relevent to assault cases. The SANE is ot a patient advocate ; and the intricate work include data collection ,  specimen collection, hair and fiber collection and any other relevant physical evidence related to the assault . The FNE also serve as witness in prosicutorial procedures and must there for poses knowledge of criminal law . The SANE Nurse dedicate ample time in which lead to the  carrying out  these duties ; with the minimum being six hours of assessment and treatment ; post assault  which lead to the discovery of the wrath of the event ; these specialized nurses do not mind being challenged by defense attorneys in court room trials and more than 80 % of victims who recieve a proper SANE exam have a successful prosecution of the rapist .  One of the most important tasks that the FNE has is to safe guard victims identity , adhere to HIPPA rules in documenting  and in documetation must be of the highest quality wich provides Assurance in Evidence Based Public Health .

References
Stevens , S (2004) Forensic Nurse . The New Role of the Nurse in Law Enforcement . Saint Martin Press . New York