Introduction
Current health issues are of great importance in society because there needs to be awareness on issues that are affecting the health of different populations around the world. It is important to know about current health issues so the issues could be addressed in order to keep health issues from spreading, and causing detrimental health effects. Understanding current health issues are also of great importance because it is necessary to learn why the health issues exist, how the issues could be treated to avoid further health damage, and above all to learn how to prevent the health issues from arising and spreading in the first place. Knowing and understanding current health issues plays a critical role in the welfare of all human …show more content…
For example, heart attacks are a current health issue. Knowing and understanding heart attacks lead to the findings of identifiable risk factors such as, hypertension, a sedentary lifestyle, smoking, and obesity. Learning important risk factor information is necessary in order to inform the general public who are not well informed about health issues. For example, according to Guwatudde et al. (2015) ,conducted a hypertension study in Uganda and found alarming study results. Guwatudde et al. discovered that only 7.7% of people with hypertension in Uganda were aware of their hypertension. This quantifies why knowing and learning about health issues is necessary to avoid further health problems among all populations.
Unit 1: Promoting Healthy Behavior Change The article, “ The Perils of Higher Education”(Kotler, 2005), sheds light on the negative health behaviors that college students adopt while attending school. The negative health behaviors include poor sleep hygiene, poor food choices, excess consumption of alcohol, and …show more content…
Domonell, associates the increased demand of mental health resources on college campuses with a decrease in mental health stigma. Meaning, students in the current generation are more willing than students in past generations to seek counseling for mental health issues because the stigma for mental health has decreased. Additionally, Domonell highlights the fact that there is an inadequate amount of counseling services available for the high demand of mental health counseling in colleges. Domonell explains, that many college students in need of a mental health counselor have long waiting periods, short term sessions of counseling, and a poorly structured counseling plan for students who have severe mental health illnesses. Domonell also argues that college students who lack appropriate mental health counseling available on campus result in dropping out of college and subsequently harm themselves or others. Domonell also states that suicide is the second leading cause of death in college students. Conversely, Arria et al. (2011) studied college students with histories of suicidal thoughts and found that a higher percentage of these particular students sought informal help from family instead of professional help. Therefore, college students dropping out of school due to an
Current health issues are of great importance in society because there needs to be awareness on issues that are affecting the health of different populations around the world. It is important to know about current health issues so the issues could be addressed in order to keep health issues from spreading, and causing detrimental health effects. Understanding current health issues are also of great importance because it is necessary to learn why the health issues exist, how the issues could be treated to avoid further health damage, and above all to learn how to prevent the health issues from arising and spreading in the first place. Knowing and understanding current health issues plays a critical role in the welfare of all human …show more content…
For example, heart attacks are a current health issue. Knowing and understanding heart attacks lead to the findings of identifiable risk factors such as, hypertension, a sedentary lifestyle, smoking, and obesity. Learning important risk factor information is necessary in order to inform the general public who are not well informed about health issues. For example, according to Guwatudde et al. (2015) ,conducted a hypertension study in Uganda and found alarming study results. Guwatudde et al. discovered that only 7.7% of people with hypertension in Uganda were aware of their hypertension. This quantifies why knowing and learning about health issues is necessary to avoid further health problems among all populations.
Unit 1: Promoting Healthy Behavior Change The article, “ The Perils of Higher Education”(Kotler, 2005), sheds light on the negative health behaviors that college students adopt while attending school. The negative health behaviors include poor sleep hygiene, poor food choices, excess consumption of alcohol, and …show more content…
Domonell, associates the increased demand of mental health resources on college campuses with a decrease in mental health stigma. Meaning, students in the current generation are more willing than students in past generations to seek counseling for mental health issues because the stigma for mental health has decreased. Additionally, Domonell highlights the fact that there is an inadequate amount of counseling services available for the high demand of mental health counseling in colleges. Domonell explains, that many college students in need of a mental health counselor have long waiting periods, short term sessions of counseling, and a poorly structured counseling plan for students who have severe mental health illnesses. Domonell also argues that college students who lack appropriate mental health counseling available on campus result in dropping out of college and subsequently harm themselves or others. Domonell also states that suicide is the second leading cause of death in college students. Conversely, Arria et al. (2011) studied college students with histories of suicidal thoughts and found that a higher percentage of these particular students sought informal help from family instead of professional help. Therefore, college students dropping out of school due to an