Epidemiologic relationships include the nine determinants of health in a community which include personal health and practices, health services, biology and genetic endowment, healthy child development, education, physical environment, employment and working conditions, social support network and income and social status.
Through the tour of this city and exposure to the life style habits, environmental agents and activities present in the city provide some answers to the health of the community. The exposure to garbage on the streets, burning fire in the cans, smoke production from the industrial buildings, exhaust from the construction site, helmet safety, exposure to burning cars near the school playground, lack of play area for the preschool, …show more content…
84% of primary visit were provided within MD offices, 5% were seen at community health centers and 11% were seen in outpatient clinics. http://citl.americansentinel.edu/twine/SC2.3_Healthcare
C. Formulate a community diagnosis for Sentinel City™ :
1. Discuss the three problems for Sentinel City™ based on the Healthy People 2020 goals.
The three areas that appear to be evident for the Sentinel City would include cardiac health, adolescent health and access to health care.
2. Discuss community resources that are available to address one of the problems identified in part C1.
The Community Health Clinic provides several programs to the adolescent population. In this clinic, adolescents can obtain information and services regarding contraception services, pregnancy testing and sexually transmitted disease services and treatment to name a few. In the last year, 70% adolescents 15-24 were treated for gonorrhea. This clinic also serves a large poverty population. Educational opportunities through this clinic largely impacts the welfare of the city and …show more content…
Typically, the adolescent years are a healthy time in life, it is also a time when public health, social health problems or concerns can begin to appear. Environmental factors, media, billboards, television, social interactions are all sources of pressure to adolescent behavior. Adolescents that are growing up in areas that are distressed, have less resources for activities or support, increased environmental hazards, poverty, exposure to sex or violence place these adolescents at increased risk.
Through the tour of this city and exposure to the life style habits, environmental agents and activities present in the city provide some answers to the health of the community. The exposure to garbage on the streets, burning fire in the cans, smoke production from the industrial buildings, exhaust from the construction site, helmet safety, exposure to burning cars near the school playground, lack of play area for the preschool, …show more content…
84% of primary visit were provided within MD offices, 5% were seen at community health centers and 11% were seen in outpatient clinics. http://citl.americansentinel.edu/twine/SC2.3_Healthcare
C. Formulate a community diagnosis for Sentinel City™ :
1. Discuss the three problems for Sentinel City™ based on the Healthy People 2020 goals.
The three areas that appear to be evident for the Sentinel City would include cardiac health, adolescent health and access to health care.
2. Discuss community resources that are available to address one of the problems identified in part C1.
The Community Health Clinic provides several programs to the adolescent population. In this clinic, adolescents can obtain information and services regarding contraception services, pregnancy testing and sexually transmitted disease services and treatment to name a few. In the last year, 70% adolescents 15-24 were treated for gonorrhea. This clinic also serves a large poverty population. Educational opportunities through this clinic largely impacts the welfare of the city and …show more content…
Typically, the adolescent years are a healthy time in life, it is also a time when public health, social health problems or concerns can begin to appear. Environmental factors, media, billboards, television, social interactions are all sources of pressure to adolescent behavior. Adolescents that are growing up in areas that are distressed, have less resources for activities or support, increased environmental hazards, poverty, exposure to sex or violence place these adolescents at increased risk.