UNIT 1 In this unit it was critical to understand that health has different levels of socio-ecological levels. • Interpersonal Level • Intra Personal Level • Institutional level • Community Level and; • Policy Level. I love the categorization given to the ecological factors influencing health by CDC (The Social-Ecological Model: A Framework for Prevention, 2013). According to WHO(1948) definition of health which says “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not
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Ever took a glance around a room or even at a stop to the grocery store and noticed a large amount of overweight people? In todays world obesity has become one of the main reasons for the rise of deadly diseases. America has the highest numbers of obese people in the world ranging from kids all the way to elders. Obesity is occurring more in teenagers and young adults than any age group. There are many reasons for this epidemic including self control that people do not understand yet, but possibly
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Sinus infection, also known as sinusitis, is a commonly occurring condition which affects millions of people all over the world. In the United States alone around 40 million people are affected by this infection every year, with more women reporting cases than men. It is surprising to know that less than 50% of the cases reported have occurred due to a bacterial infection. The rest are known to occur because of viral or fungal infections and allergic reactions. Since sinus infections affect the entire
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The constant red flashes of ambulances illuminate the neighborhoods of Chicago. The streets are ghostly and barren. Like a scene from of a global pandemic movie, bodies litter the street. However, instead of a cinematic fantasy, this disease is quite real. Its name is Violence. As epidemiologist and leader of Cure Violence, Gary Slutkin, sees it, violence is just as much a disease as HIV, Bubonic Plague, Leprosy, and most recently Ebola Virus due to the way it spreads, clusters and is cured (James
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Introduction Chronic diseases are now the major cause of death and disability worldwide. An unhealthy diet contributes to approximately 678,000 deaths each year in the U.S., due to nutrition- and obesity related diseases, such as heart disease, cancer, and type 2 diabetes. Over 2/3 (67.5%) of American adults are considered to be overweight or obese. Obesity rates in children have tripled over the last three decades, and one in three children and adolescents 2-19 years old are overweight or obese
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An epidemiological shift is occurring across the world in which the burden of disease is transitioning from a high burden of infectious disease to a high burden of chronic disease and illness (1). This transition to a high non communicable disease burden is at its most advanced stage in westernized high income countries, yet as middle and low income countries become more modernized they too follow in this similar epidemic transition path (1). As they follow the epidemiological pathway paved by high
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It has become a common assumption that health now compared to colonial America has significantly improved. The creation and advancement in medicine has aided in the lifestyle of Americans as the United States is one of the leading nations in the medical industry. Although during the time of the Revolutionary War these advances were not predominantly used, the Continental Army still reigned despite the medicinal disadvantages. Routine during the time of the Revolutionary War for civilians surrounded
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Americans are more stressed than ever before. And they are also eating a poor diet, while not getting enough exercise on a regular basis. These factors are having a serious impact on their health because they are leading to added inflammation in the body, which contributes to the development of many diseases. To reverse the damage, doctors recommend that lifestyle changes be made and a special AIP diet be followed to help the body heal. Want to learn more about what inflammation is and how the
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A chronic disease is a long-term disease that is noncommunicable and largely preventable. Over recent years, the majority of the population in United States has adopted a sedentary lifestyle, and has shifted towards a high-fat, energy-dense diet, triggering a steady rise of nutrition-related chronic diseases that can be prevented. In order to reverse this epidemic, a global strategy on diet, physical activity, and health is needed (Diet and Nutrition Prevention of Chronic Diseases, n.d.). Diabetes
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the key pioneers, laws, reports and papers. Also I will cover the development from the 19th, 20th century to the end of the 21st century. 19th Century: Work of John Snow: Snow was a British physician who was considered as one of the founder of epidemiology for the work he did and identifying the source of cholera outbreak in the 1854. John Snow was born in a labourer family on 15th March 1813 in York and at the age of 14 he was apprenticed to a surgeon. In 1936 John Snow moved to London to start
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