...University of Phoenix Material Health Care Museum This paper is a Health Care Hall of Fame Museum proposal, it’s composed of five exhibits Marine Hospital Service, Polio Vaccination, Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and Electric Health Records (EHR). This part of the exhibit will cover the history, and how did it affect our current health care system. The second part talks about how does everything ties together. Part 1: Health Care Hall of Fame Museum Proposal |Development |Description |Analysis (How does the development affect the current U.S. health care system?) | |1. Marine Hospital |The "Decades Of Healthcare Service" (). In 1798, President John Adams signed into |The relevance of the Marine Hospital service is by the government recognized that | |Service |law the Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen. Creating the Marine Hospital|the servicemen needed federal regulated healthcare. This service was centered to | | |Service. This plan marked the nation’s first pre-paid health insurance plan and was |providing medical care to our servicemen, it evolve to a big organization known as| | |the birth of the modern American medical system. During that time, twenty cents was |the Public Health Service. According to "U.s Department Of Health And Human | | ...
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...Economic History and Health Care Funding Christina Bacon HCS 440 Economics: The Financing of Healthcare BSCS13JR00 University of Phoenix Online Geoffrey J. Suszkowski, Ph.D., LFHIMSS June 5, 2012 Economic History and Health Care Funding When writing this paper, the subjects covered will be the history of economics and how the economy and health care funding have changed and how the two go hand in hand in today’s society. Where the money will come from to fund health care services such as; Medicaid/Medicare, HMO’s, how hospitals and nursing homes get paid for taking care of people, going to the doctor’s office, or going to the hospital. How the elderly pay to have home health services come in and provide care in their homes. All these things will be covered in this paper. Economic History and Health Care Funding What is economic history and health care funding? Economic history is the way people dealt with supply and demand, cost of production of a product, the levels of income and distribution of wealth, the structure of overseas trade, and the volume and direction of investment, (Adelman, 1985). Health care funding, is the way people would pay for their health care, because in the early years, there was no Medicaid/Medicare, or HMO’s to help pay for health care. The government did not fund health care then like health care is funded now, through government programs such as Medicaid/Medicare, HMO, health insurance, etc. People paid for health care by paying the...
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...summary of the paper in a narrative abstract. The abstract should be on a separate page of the final document. Introduction (1-2 paragraphs) Provide an introduction of the topic and/or public health problem. This section should prepare the reader for the purpose of the paper. Background (~4-6 pages) This section of the paper should provide the evidence of the problem as well as the evidence to justify the project and/or the intervention. Include relevant and current public health literature as it relates to the topic and project. A minimum of 10 references from peer-reviewed journals should be cited. Sources may vary, depending on the topic and agency. 4 2 The following questions may be considered: 1) What is the prevalence/incidence of the problem? 2) Are certain groups disproportionately affected? 3) What are the economic, social, and physical consequences? 4) What has already been done about this problem and what are the gaps? 5) How is your project (or the agency/organization you are working with) attempting to address those gaps? 6) What has been learned from previous interventions/work and how is this information used to inform current or future action? Project Description/Methods (~4-5 pages) Describe the project, including goals and objectives relevant to the public health problem. Include the methods/process of the intervention/project and the outcomes. Depending on the nature of the project, this may include any or all of the following: -Research and/or...
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...wondered why we needed to describe the history of public health and include pertinent dates and significant events. Being a good student, I did what I was told. While doing the research I realized that history is what shapes us. We not only learn from our successes, but our failures too. History has transformed us into what we are and why we do the things that we do. The History of Public Health According to the “Southeast Public Health Training Center” (2012), “Leviticus is believed to be the first written health code in the world” (para. 1). The book of Leviticus was written around 1500 B.C. and dealt with such issues as personal and community responsibilities, hygiene, sexual behavior, and protection against infectious diseases (“Southeast Public Health Training Center,” 2012). I found this very interesting since here we are thousands of years later still dealing with basically the same issues. The middle ages (500 to 1500 A.D.) marked a time when sickness was thought to be a consequence of sin. Bloodletting and alchemy were prevalent during this time. The biggest mistake of this era was their failure to believe that the environment could be the culprit, thus leading to epidemics such as the bubonic plague which resurfaced in Europe during 1348. Two-thirds of the population died within two years before scientists and religious figures discovered the cause and a new public health plan was started (“Southeast Public Health Training Center,” 2012). During the period...
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...Unit 12 M1- Compare historical and current features of Public Health. In this part of the assessment I am going to compare elements of historical Public health to the elements of today. By looking at my timeline presented in P2 I am going to research and compare these elements to those of today. Them concluding the overall comparison of the both. In the 19th century public health was less of a function of government and instead it was a function of charitable organizations and volunteers. These were people how left that they had a religious duty to do so and work to help the poor, and those who were against their living conditions. After time science gained a better understanding of the causes of diseases and how they were spread and worked. This then caused public pressure on then government to study and research the illnesses, keep statistics and provide an early warning of epidemencs. For example of a UK policy in the 19th century is The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this was to insure that the lower class people were being looked after by charity or the landowners and also by they higher class people and the wealthy people, also that anyone that was not disabled and was capable should not receive help or relief unless they worked in a workhouse or with orphans, abandoned children, the elderly, of if they were unmarried mothers, mentally or physically ill and sick. This act also provided strict conditions in the work houses, and ensure that the poor families worked...
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...case number 8: Hillsboro County Health Department. The mission of the Health Department is: “To improve the health of individuals, families, and the community through disease prevention, health promotion, and programs to mitigate environmental threats to health and well-being.” It further expresses that it wants “Hillsboro County to be a healthy community compared to the state and region. To accomplish this, the county is concerned about the access to quality healthcare services and an environment free of threats to the public’s health.” The mission statement is communicated well and comprehensive. It clearly states their objectives and a plan to accomplish it. From a public health standpoint, it does not look at tertiary care. It mainly focuses on preventative care and heath promotion. Education and awareness are important for preventative care. Having people educated about preventative care would be an activity that would achieve its mission. I think that if tertiary care were to be included, it would be considered outside the scope of the mission. Funding would be a possible factor that would impede the ability to achieve its mission. Resources are an important factor in raising...
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...Deployment Project 2014 (NDP). The DOH Circular No. 2013-0403 is entitled as: Implementing Guidelines on the Nurse Deployment Project for CY 2014. It was issued last September 2013 and was signed by the DOH Secretary Enrique T. Ona. The NDP is a project that will be replacing the RNheals program and will provide more benefits and compensation for the nurses employed. Transcript DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR No. 2013-0403 Issued September 30, 2013 Implementing Guidelines on the Nurse Deployment Project for CY 2014 RATIONALE Relative to the implementation of the Department of Health (DOH) Deployment of Human Resources for Health Program, these guidelines has been developed for the Nurse Deployment Project to standardize its implementation and management. The Department of Health (DOH) has designed the Nurse Deployment Project to improve local health systems that will support the country’s attainment of Universal Health Care or “Kalusugan Pagkahalatan.” The project will hire registered nurses (RNs) under a contract of services with priority deployment in the 20 poorest provinces and 1,233 focus municipalities of the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilya Program (3Ps) or Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) areas. Consequently, the project shall require partnerships with other agencies and organizations like the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Professional Regulation Commission – Board of...
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...Public Health Comparison Paper Public health has a varied and fascinating history. From the early colonial day’s onward people worked together to fight the battles against disease. The weapons in this battled ranged from primitive cures in early history to the advanced technology of today. Throughout history public and community health have intertwined for one common goal, the health of individuals in communities. Working at the federal, state, and local levels our governing authorities carry out the public health activities necessary to keep people healthy and safe. While local and state governments carried most of the responsibilities in the early days for public health the federal government’s role was growing. From the beginning of the Marine Hospital Service in 1798 to its expansion into the United States Public Health Service in 1918 the government role began to expand. The federal government greatly increased its health care activities throughout the 1920s and 1930s by creating programs that increased access to personal health services. In 1922 the passage of what was known as the Sheppard-Towner Act established the first grant-in-aid program for supporting the delivery of public health services. This act created the Federal Board of Maternal and Infant Hygiene and gave it the authority to administer funding to states for maternal and child health services The program became a widely replicated model for other federal health programs. These programs allowed the federal...
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...the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act is in no doubt one of the most important and key legislation signed by the President. The Affordable Care Act reforms our current health care system and holds insurance companies accountable. The Affordable Care Act also improves our health care system by lowering costs, guarantee choice, and improve the quality of our health care for all Americans. Although, The Affordable Care Act is unpopular among most Americans because they view it as Socialized Medicine (Schoen). I feel that majority of Americans who are against the Affordable Care Act, are misinformed by the Republicans, who wants to repeal the law. In this essay I will be discussing why the Affordable Care Act should not be repealed by the Republican Congress, and at the same time give a fair and balance approach to this issue. The Affordable Care Act is very unpopular among Republicans. The two main reasons Republicans give on why they are against the Affordable care act are: cost and the impact and on the debt. I find these claims to be untrue and bias, but I will explain these reasons in a later paragraph. For now let’s look at these untrue claims from Republicans in more detail. The most popular claim by Republicans is the negative effect the Affordable Care Act will have on health insurance. According to David Blount from Rightwing News, he states that insurance premiums will go up (Blount). If the Affordable Care Act passes 87 percent of individual insurance...
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...1 Public Health Comparison Paper Michele Zager, RN Nur/408 November 4th, 2013 Felita J. Patterson 2 Public Health Comparison Paper Public health is defined as “an organized activity of society to promote, protect, improve, and when necessary, restore the health of inficiduals, specified groups, or the enite population” (Scutchfield & Keck, 2009, p. 3). Public health has helped millions of people in the United States achieve the higest level of health possible. Through the efforts of county, state and national public health systems, community nursing and public health nursing have been able to effectively utilize resourses available to ensure the health of communities and the individuals living in those communities. In the United States, Public Health sprouted out of the needs of society to reduce poverty linked diseased, immigrats and industraial linked health problems (Buhler-Wilkerson, 1985). At the beginning of the 20th century, visiting nurses were already engaged in a campaign of teaching healthy habits to individuals. Soon, the realization “that individual helth depended to some extent on the health of the population generally, the hazareds of infectious diseases become an increasingly tangible concern” (Buhler-Wilderson, 1985, p.1155). The population began to view public health as a concern for everyone. One of the early pioneres in public health nursing was Florence Nightengale. She saw the difference between sick nursing and health nursing...
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...Timeline from 1800s notes (nineteenth century) Work of john snow, Edwin chadwick the sanitary movement Poor law act 1834 First public health act 1848, (Twentieth century) In 1906 local councils were told to provide free school meals for poor children. In 1907 school medical examinations were ordered for all children (among these examinations were those of the 'nitty nurse'). In 1908 Old-age pensions were introduced. 1918: After the First World War, the British Prime Minister Lloyd George promised the soldiers returning from the battlegrounds of Europe 'homes fit for heroes'. The government set itself a target of building half-a-million decent homes by 1933. Beveridge report 1942 fAn important report with reguards to public health was the Beveridge report Beveridge believed there were ‘five giants’ that had to be identified in society. These were ‘want’ – poverty was seen as the main problem in society . In 1946 the ‘national insurance act was passed which provided sickness and unemployment benefit, retirement pension, maternity benefits and widow benefits. This was essentially the start of the benefit system we have today ‘disease’ – In 46’ the ‘national health service act’ was passed and everyone was entitled to dental, optical and medical services for free. ‘squalor’ - Most of Britain still had slum areas and overcrowding was a serious problem made worse by bomb damage during the war. To deal with the problem of squalor the government concentrated on...
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...f T rk s o ma l rie se ocia a in on s rth ces u Fo our res The Manager’s Guide to Social Marketing Using Marketing to Improve Health Outcomes from the Social Marketing National Excellence Collaborative THE MANAGER’S GUIDE TO SOCIAL MARKETING The Manager’s Guide to Social Marketing is one of several social marketing resources available for public health professionals from Turning Point, and the Turning Point Social Marketing National Excellence Collaborative, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. It is intended as a stand-alone tool to help you apply effective social marketing to your public health programs and practices. It may be integrated with other social marketing resources, many of which are available free of charge. Visit www.turningpointprogram.org or check the More Resources For You section at the end of this publication for more information. Acknowledgements The Manager’s Guide to Social Marketing was developed under the auspices of the Turning Point Social Marketing National Excellence Collaborative, one of five national collaboratives working to strengthen and transform public health as part of the Turning Point Initiative. Seven states and two national partners participated in this project: Illinois, Ohio, Maine, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Virginia, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provided financial support for this...
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...Hendricks County Promotion of Healthy Lifestyle with Nutrition and Exercise Faith N. Kirirah – 000328312 07/03/2014 HGT Community Health Practicum Western Governors University Assessment The fieldwork for this report is performed in Hendricks County in the state of Indiana, United States of America (USA). Community Hendricks County is located just west of Indianapolis, Indiana. This county boarders on Borne County to the north, Marion County to the east, Montgomery and Putnam Counties to the west, and Morgan County to the south. The county has a total area size of 408.78 square miles of which 406.91 square miles is land and the remainder is water according to 2012 United States Census Bureau. The estimated population of this county was 153,879 in 2013 with 90.4percent being Caucasians, 5.5percent Black/African Americans, 3.2 percent Hispanic/Latino, 2.3 percent Asians and the remainder covering other nationalities (Alaska Natives, American Indians, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islanders, some other races and two/more races). This county benefits from easy access to the nearby cities and towns that it shares with the Indianapolis metropolitan area with. One major concern in this county is traffic that causes long travel times and congestion. Physical environment of this county is within acceptable standards according to the county health department. Several of the ditches in this county have been found to be contaminated with bacterium E. coli but with the increased improvement...
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...Mäori & Public Health: Ethics A discussion paper Preamble Being asked to write a paper on Mäori perspectives on Public Health ethics raises issues for me. Some years ago my research colleagues and I invited Moana Jackson to participate in a project on genetic engineering. Our first question for him was along the lines of whether Mäori had a ‘unique perspective’ on genetic engineering. It was then that we received our lesson about the use of the word ‘perspective’ (Cram, Pihama & Philip-Barbara, 2000:66-67). Moana said that, ‘The word perspective to me is interesting. It assumes that there is something that is a given upon which Mäori can be expected to have a valid point of view. The moment you do that you situate the Päkehä model as the truth; and you ask Mäori to give a view on it. I think there are Mäori truths and they exist independently of whatever Päkehä view as reality or truth and to seek a Mäori perspective is to legitimate the Päkehä perspective on the issue. So to ask for a Mäori perspective on say the use of land is to validate the Päkehä concepts of property and seek to fit a Mäori view of that within it. Whereas what we should begin with is: what is the Mäori truth on land and how does that sit alongside, rather then fit within, the Päkehä view?’ Perhaps even more scary than asking whether there is a Mäori ‘perspective’ on Public Health ethics is the thought of asking what the Mäori ‘truth’ about Public Health ethics is. Once again, Moana is able...
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...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 of the occurrence of disease in its natural...
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