...Diabetes, breast cancer, and tuberculosis are three important health concerns issues in the United States and in other parts of the world, but let’s be clear about this, there are several other important health issues affecting our people that have very significant importance. My criterion for selection is the United State, English language, and no specific age group. Diabetes as we know is when the body fails to produce enough insulin, which then causes sugar to build up in your blood. Diabetes affects over 25.8 million people, which is 8.3% of the U.S population, of that 18.8million people are diagnosed and 7.0 million undiagnosed. Among U.S. residents aged 65 years and older 10.9 million, or 26.9%, had diabetes in 2010. About 215,000 people younger than 20 years had diabetes (type 1 or type 2) in the United States in 2010. About 1.9 million people aged 20 years or older were newly diagnosed with diabetes in 2010 in the United States. Type I diabetes was previously called insulin dependent mellitus or juvenile-onset diabetes. Type I diabetes develops when the body’s immune system destroys pancreatic beta cells, the cells that produce insulin that regulates blood glucose. To survive, people with this type must have insulin delivered by injection or pump. This type normally strikes children and young adults, but may occur at any age according and type I diabetes accounts for 5% of all diagnosed cases of diabetes. Risk factors can be may be autoimmune, genetic, or environmental...
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...overview of the public health policy issue you have selected for your Final Project. Asthma is classified as chronic disease because there is no cure for it is sickness. Asthma epidemic is defined clearly by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) (2012), as " a chronic (long-term) lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. Asthma is a serious lung disease that commonly affects children in the United State. The children make up 40% of all asthma cases, which is count around 25% of the population (NHLBI (2012). The public health addressed asthma many decades as one of major public health concern that affects millions of children in the United State. As Spagnola & Fiese, (2010) point out that, Asthma become one of the public health prevalence due to increasing rates of morbidity among young and low-income children. Asthma is a leading cause of lost school days. A recent study estimates as many as 7.5 million students nationally are chronically absent each year (Spagnola & Fiese, 2010). Every day that a student misses class is a lost learning opportunity that holds our youth back which is lead to risk of losing their future....
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...EXCESSIVE DRINKING: A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE Health and wellbeing of an individual in a community are determined by various factors such as psychological, social and biological (Coreil, 2009). An individual’s state of health is dependent on lifestyle choices and behaviour patterns, this has necessitated the need for various Government health promotion initiatives aimed at empowering individuals to embrace a healthy lifestyle, (The World Health Organisation,1986). In a bid to effectively implement the various health promotion initiative, nurses have been acknowledged to be in key position to drive this awareness. This assignment will discuss the value of health promotion with regards to the treatment of alcohol dependence as a result of depression within the framework of a bio-psychosocial model (BPS), Government policy on reducing harmful drinking, cognitive behaviour therapy and the role of the student nurses in public health promotion and dissemination of healthy lifestyle information. This assignment will be based on my practice placement experience on the trauma and orthopaedic ward. The name of patient and locality has been omitted in accordance with the confidentiality guideline of the Nursing and Midwifery Council code of conduct (2008). Tomline was admitted into the trauma and orthopaedic ward as a result of injury sustained in a car accident after excessive consumption of alcohol. A report by Alcohol Concern (2014), states that an estimated 70% of admissions to accident...
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...Public Health Ethics is focused on the good for the society as a whole and it can infringe in the medical ethics of the individual thereby creating conflict. However, public health ethics must focus on the society and its distinctive nature of collective good, prevention, government action and its intrinsic outcome-orientation for the population (Public Health Ethics, n.d., 2015). A conflict can be the end-of-life debate that is considered a medical ethic but becomes a public health ethic because services involve administration and financial dimensions that are part of public health and management of health services (Williams & Torrens, 2008). Also, a source of conflict can be the mental health and protection of society against the legal...
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...When it comes to crime being a public health issue or a criminal justice issue, it seems as if this starts out being primarily a public health issue that may stem into criminal justice depending on certain circumstances. People who have issues, mentally, socially, physically, sources need to know and be able to identify the steps needed to take strategic measures how to prevent or treat people who carry these ailments. Some who are not treated in a reasonable manner, from doctors due to not having proper health insurance, possible language barriers, mental incapacity, unfortunately can turn into a public health issue and jeopardize others in health hazards to put them in risks. We also tend to look at other issues that public heath brings...
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...For my presentation assignment, I have chosen to discuss the public health issue of tobacco use. Tobacco use has increased, and since the first publication of it's report in 1964, it has caused 20 million American lives. I think this public health issue is very important to discuss because it is the number one most preventable cause of death and disease in the United States, yet it has also caused the most deaths. It is understandable that tobacco use can become an addiction, and that is why it is important to prevent it from an early stage. It's not an easy task to just ban tobacco since people do have the human rights to smoke both according to law and to their own will. The sale of tobacco has been going on for so many years that it has...
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...with this issue. A clinical epidemiologist is a person who generally works for a health care facility who has the main goal of finding ways to stop or avoid communicable epidemics in the United States. Epidemiologists study the frequency and distribution of diseases within human populations and environments. Specifically, they measure the incidence of disease occurrence and relate it to different characteristics of populations and environments. Epidemiologists perform research, education, and public health practice in universities, government agencies, international organizations, and private corporations. Therefore epidemiologists study a wide range of healthcare issues. Epidemiologist study and research regions or different populations regarding serious life threatening diseases, diseases that are infectious, the life span of illness in families a well as environmental pollutants that occur. Epidemiologists collect and further analyze important information about public health and the behavior of diseases. After researching and analyzing collections an Epidemiologist explain and also reveals to the public about the findings of their research. Epidemiologist study the distribution of health-related events in a specific population and the purpose of this study in order to control health problems that occur. “Epidemiology includes the methods for measuring the health of groups and for determining the attributes and exposures that influence health; the study...
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...leader “Outline the public health issues in 1840s and explain why the measures proposed to solve these problems were not popular. Is there anything today which we can learn from this period in developing current public health policies”? Preparation Writing is a process. In order to write my essay topic effectively, I will need to prepare how I want to go about the task. Good preparation will mean that I am able to focus on what and how I am going to write. My preparation will involve having an essay plan. As stated in his book, (Greetham, 2008, p. 145), “The plan gives the essay a clear structure for examiners to follow as they navigate their ways through ideas and arguments that are unfamiliar to them”. The structure, and how I organise my piece of writing, is just as important as the content. As pointed out by (Cottrell, 2008, p. 182), “What matters is not just what you know but the way that you organise it”. My plan will therefore present an essay based on an introduction, main body and a conclusion. This will be significant in how I will collect and collate information about the essay question. As a student, I will read and make my own notes, trying to include information from other sources but with my own interpretation. The Introduction In this essay, I will attempt to identify the important aspects of public health issues in 1840s. Firstly, I intend to define public health then identify and discuss briefly the public health issues during the period of...
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...Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing. Jessica Pham Date: May 26, 2016 Instructor: Diane Schlicke University of Phoenix Material Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing Identify a minimum of three major events (or influences) in the evolution of community and public health nursing and describe how each event led to advancement of the field. For each event, describe the following: • Key health issues at the time • Perspectives and goals of community and public health nursing • Roles and functions of community and public health nursing • Community and public health partnerships at the time |Event or Influence: | |Key health issues |Key health issues and maternal deaths: Poor health care in rural Appalachian mountains. Increased number of | | |child due to lack of care and services. | |Perspective/goals |In 1925 Mary Breckenridge started the Frontier Nursing Services. The goal was to provide obstetrics to the | | |people who lived in rural settlement areas. | |Role/functions |She went to train...
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...Running head: Future trends in Health Care Future trends in Health Care HCS 533 April 23, 2012 Robert Ropnow PH.D. The findings of a review of trends in health care delivery that are associated with innovations in electronic communications are topic of discussion in this paper. The review focuses on four specific issues. The first issue concerned the ways in which electronic communications may be applied effectively as an external delivery mechanism in the communication of patient-specific information. The second issue centered on the impact of distance-delivery on the effectiveness of health care. The third issue involved a determination of the effects that the use of electronic communications have on health care delivery today. The fourth issue required a projection of the likely affects that the continued use of electronic communications will have on health care delivery. These interrelated issues are addressed in separate discussions in this paper. The Ways in which Electronic Communications May Be Applied Effectively as an External Delivery Mechanism in the Communication of Patient-Specific Information When considering the ways in which electronic communications may be applied effectively as an external delivery mechanism in the communication of patient-specific information, it is useful to first (a) identify the parties who will likely be involved...
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...Public health is defined as the science of protection as well as improvement of the health of families and the entire society through promoting healthy lifestyles, researching on injury and disease prevention and controlling infectious diseases. Hence, public health is concerned with ensuring the health of whole populaces. These populaces can be as little as a nearby neighborhood, or as large as a whole nation or locale of the world. In this manner, public health is concerned with the aggregate framework and not just the annihilation of a specific disease. The three principle public health capacities incorporate the accompanying. The primary capacity is appraisal and observing of the health of groups and populaces at danger to distinguish health issues and needs. The detailing of public strategies intended to comprehend the national health issues and needs. It also helps to guarantee that all populaces have entry to a suitable and a financially savvy care, including health advancement and disease anticipation administrations. Why the government should manage public health Law and the public perceive security of health and well-being as a function of government. Government has an obligation to execute compelling public health measures that build the data accessible to the public and chiefs, shield individuals from mischief, advance health, and make situations that backing healthy practices. The health, monetary, and benefit picks up from public health activities advantage people...
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...Healthcare Support Services- Public Health/ Medicare With today’s social, cultural, political and economic shifts, public health has become a huge topic of concern. More and more communities are depending on public health organizations for information, education and assistance in maintaining a healthy society. In The Untilled Fields of Public Health, Charles-Edward Amory Winslow defines public health as “the science and art of preventing diseases, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals” (Charles-Edward Amory). Public health is a non-exclusive entity. In public health, the “community” in which an issue is concerned with includes all people affected by a specific concern, illness, affliction, policy or law. Public health considers the community, not an individual, as the patient in which a proactive stance is taken, rather than a reactive one. Public health uses demographics and statistics to predict health issues and acts in accordance with those predictions to try and prevent illness or disease that a community might be at a high risk for. Public health accomplishes this by promoting awareness through providing education and information, as well as providing services that might be needed for the prevention of said illness or disease. The demographics of public health, as a whole, are non-existent. Public health is an all-inclusive organization...
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...University of Phoenix Material Evolution of Community and Public Health Nursing Identify a minimum of 3 major events (or influences) in the evolution of community and public health nursing and describe how each event led to advancement of the field. For each event, describe the following: Key health issues at the time Perspectives and goals of community and public health nursing Roles and functions of community and public health nursing Community and public health partnerships at the time |Event or Influence: America’s Colonial Period and the New Republic | |Key health issues |Communicable diseases, environmental hazards, environmental sanitation, concerns for the health and care of | | |the people in the community | |Perspective/goals |The goal was how to prevent, understand, and control diseases | |Role/functions |In 1847, the American Medical Association (AMA) formed a hygiene committee to conduct sanitary surveys and to| | |develop a system to collect vital statistics. (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, p 25). | |Health partnerships |The Howard Association of New Orleans, Louisiana, responded to periodic yellow fever epidemics...
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...Neighborhood Public Policy Public health or public safety issue? Public health issues are ones that cause injury or disease to a population of people in the community (The Council of State Governments, 2009). Unexpected injury decreases the life expectancy of children (Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, n.d.). This is another reason this situation is a public health concern. The Neighborhood scenario involving the accident and injury of Marcus Young is a public health issue. In this scenario Marcus was hit by a speeding car. Millions of people are injured and killed in traffic accidents yearly (World Health Organization, 2014). These are preventable injuries and deaths. The World Health Organization is focusing on five risk factors contributing to injuries from accidents occurring on roadways. The five areas are speed, alcohol, seatbelts, helmets, and visibility. The accident involving Marcus Young has two of the five key areas; speed and visibility. One report identified an increase in accidents and deaths from drivers exceeding the speed limit. Mrs. Young wanted to create a safer environment for her children and the community. She called her local congressional representative and requested that speed bumps be installed as a deterrent to speeding. How does this scenario exemplify the legislative process influencing public health? This scenario exemplifies legislative process influencing public health by Mrs. Young working with her congressional representative to...
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...Public Health Management Abstract Many low-income countries need to significantly scale up coverage of priority health services. This will generally require additional national and international resources, but better leadership and management are key to using these resources effectively to achieve measurable results. Good leadership and management are about providing direction to, and gaining commitment from, partners and staff, facilitating change and achieving better health services through efficient, creative and responsible deployment of people and other resources. While leaders set the strategic vision and mobilize the efforts towards its realization, good managers ensure effective organization and utilization of resources to achieve results and meet the aims. Public health management is really needed in Africa. For active and resourceful nursing management in Africa, competencies are vital. It is important to know the expertise of the managers on these competencies. It is also important to know if there is a gap between what managers think they know and what they really know in regards to skills. The role of public health for case management is to upkeep early identification of possible circumstances and persons under investigation (PUI) via investigation, mapping communication, awareness activities to healthcare workers and the public. Public health experts can also partake in updating the channeling of PUIs’ likely plus confirmed cases to health care facilities...
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