Preventive medicine

William Augustus Hinton was born on December 15, 1833 in Chicago. His parents were Augustus Hinton and Mary Clark, her parents were slaves. Grew up in Kansas, after middle school he study at the University of Kansas Medical. He finish the program in two years and continued his studies at the University of Harvat and received his bachelor's degree there. Time before he graduated, Hinton worked for a little time in a law firm. He graduated from Medical school Harvard in 1912. He began working at the Laboratory Wassermann, was the laboratory for the Department of Health. In 1918 he was appointed professor of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene. He began teaching there bacteriology and immunology in 1921 until 1946. Hinton as professor of medicine,…

The baby boomer generation is entering their retirement years living longer and being more active than any previous generation. These older adults are expressing a desire and an expectation that they will remain mobile in their community and enjoy the associated freedoms that come from driving for as much of their lifespan as possible. Regardless of profession, most service providers will be working with older adults in the next several decades. Understanding the public health implication of an…

Planning solutions; approaches and theoretical frameworks used in health promotion In an attempt to delineate the contested nature of health, there are various approaches and theoretical framework adopted to analyse, plan and proffer solution to identified problems (WHO 2001; Cavanagh and Chadwick, 2005; Bani 2008). Naidoo and Wills (2009) suggested five approaches to health promotion, however for the purpose of this intervention , three approaches: medical or preventive approach, behavioural…

Public health educators use many methods of promoting health for example through health media campaigns around nutrition and people eating habits. Basing on the targeted population, health educators may decide to use either of the four types of media for example billboards, newspapers, radio, and poster advertisements. However, as public health educators create public health media campaigns around nutrition and individuals eating habits can potentially have both positive and unintended negative…

Over the course of the semester I was able to understand the importance of my health and how it could affect my daily activities. In order to use the criteria from this semester and apply it to my personal life choices, I had to evaluate myself. In doing so, I created a report card giving myself a grade on the following categories: my diet, amount of sleep, stress management, and the amount of exercise in the past year. Over the past week I recorded my diet without regulation. I soon gave myself…

Pressure Ulcer Prevention Introduction: Each year more than 2.5 million people develop pressure ulcers in the United States alone with an average cost of $9.1 to $11.6 billion per year (Kalowes, Messina and Li, 2016). This has lead to reduced physical and mental functions, reduced vitality, and increased pain and has even been used as a measure of the quality of nursing care. Therefore, pressure ulcers remain a major health concern worldwide and are a high-prevalence problem in hospitalized…

in the United States. "41 million individuals were uninsured in 2013, prior to the start of the major ACA coverage provisions, and early evidence suggests that the ACA has reduced this number"(Kaiser Family Foundation, 2014, p. 1). The ACA has decreased the incidence of uninsured individuals in the United States, but this issue remains that many remain uninsured unable to afford health care services. The Kaiser Family Foundation reports that thirty percent of these uninsured individuals did not…

than 200 volunteer-led events throughout the country. Supporters of the cause were also encouraged to wear pink clothes, pink their social media profiles, and use the #PinkOut hashtag. Along with the rallying of the masses, several members of Congress including Reps. Rosa DeLauro, Judy Chu, and Nita Lowey plan to provide more than 2 million petition signatures insisting their colleague lawmakers to desist from defunding Planned Parenthood. These cohesive movements all lead back to on central…

The Affordable Healthcare Act (ACA) was signed into law on March 23, 2010, and has since affected the practice of healthcare in the United States (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [USDHHS], 2014). The ACA has had significant impacts on health care by requiring health care providers to be completely digital to allow for better access to patient histories and expanding coverage to those who may previously not have had access to healthcare (USDHHS, 2015). The current law is trying to…

Children’s Trust Fund. These programs have been evaluated by the State and should be implemented into a prevention plan. Finally, several risk factor focused prevention programs are listed. Many of these programs are evidence-based. Key Findings • Current human trafficking prevention practices are lacking an evidence-base. • There is an increased need for labor trafficking research. • Foreign-born trafficking victims are understudied. • Funding and implementing preventative programing must be…