In his book, The Land of Open Graves, Jason De Leon explores the policy of ‘Prevention through Deterrence,’ implemented by the government of the US, which aims at decreasing the number of undocumented migrants crossing the US-Mexico border. Prevention through Deterrence focuses on implementing strict border policies on ports of entry, successfully diverging the traffic to the deadly Arizona desert, where migrants have to hide from the border patrol and deal with the climate at the same time. Although the policy was supposedly implemented to decrease the number of people taking up the journey, it has rather increased the scale of sufferings of the migrants, having little or no effect on their number. The impact of the desert often results in…
One implementation that has been made is to improve childbirth and health of women and children in the U.S is the reduction of infant mortality. This was implemented by expanding programs that prepare mother for childbirth where they are educated on what to expect during labor and delivery. Immunization was implement to improve the health of children. Also implemented is skilled care during pregnancy and childbirth. 2. How is low birth weight defined?…
. In one paragraph, provide a brief summary of the purpose and target population for your proposed EdBC intervention? I have chosen Alcohol Use for my interactivity assignment topic. The purpose of the Education for Behavior Change (EdBC) is to provide an intervention to reduce alcohol abuse among adults and students. Moreover, the intervention aims help to recover alcoholics to overcome their addiction as well as adults who regularly drink alcohol.…
Shanae McKenzie Unit 20 P2: Explain two models of behaviour change that have been used in recent national health education campaigns. intro In this assignment I will be explaining two models of behaviour change which has been used in recent national health education campaigns. There are several different types of models of behaviour which displays the change in the latest national health education campaigns. I will be explaining about the planned behaviour theory and the social learning theory.…
Enhancing the prosperity of moms, newborn children, and kids is a critical general well being objective for the United States. Some of the objectives that have been used to improve the health of mothers and children are;To Reduce the rate of fetal deaths at 20 or more weeks of gestation,Reduce the rate of child deaths,Reduce cesarean births among low-risk women,and Increase the proportion of infants who are breastfed. 2. How is low birth weight defined? Gestational age?…
Health promotion has a played a significant role in ensuring clients lead responsible lives by encouraging them to healthy lifestyle changes in an effort to control the effects of heart disease and stroke. This has had a great impact to different communities since it has led to better lives, reduced death rates, improved economic levels and has encouraged responsible living (Pender et al,…
Researching nontraditional students allowed me to capture the thoughts and feelings of these students in regards to involvement outside of the classroom. This research will give the campus an opportunity to reach out to this student population when planning events and take into consideration some of the challenges faced by non-traditional students. Student organizations on campus can also learn how to increase participation and membership in the organization from the non-traditional student. The overall goal is to give the nontraditional students a voice and allow administrators the opportunity to further support this student group.…
The type of intervention approach most appropriate for the homelessness issue in Baltimore City is a preventative targeted intervention. This approach has been selected since, a portion of homeless individuals are showing signs and symptoms of substance abuse (Roe-Sepowtiz, Bedard, & Thyer, 2005). Although there are great efforts in Baltimore City’s intervention plans, there are too many gaps that leave out individuals who are suffering from substance abuse (Baltimore City Jurisdictional Plan, 2009). Every plan has the same goal of moving the homeless with substance abuse problems into a healthier lifestyle, however change has been a slow and ineffective process (Baltimore City Jurisdictional Plan, 2009). The preventative targeted intervention…
Another aspect of promoting health in fitness is having a Physician come in and give health exams and talk about the dangers of obesity. Allowing testing to individuals for such diseases as Type 2 Diabetes that may not be able to afford it in the first place can quite possibly save lives. Lots of overweight patients may not know they…
The prompt that strikes me as most challenging in meeting the stakeholders needs is the immunizations one. This prompt has to take into consideration not just health of the individual, but health of the population of the unvaccinated, and it also has to take into reliefs beliefs. There are so many opposing and non opposing views when it comes to vaccinating a child that it can be very hard to make sure every aspect is met for the stakeholders. We have to take into consideration stakeholders who want the vaccination to go to everyone regardless of believes and then we have to take into consideration what the opposing stakeholders believe. We also cannot forget about the parents of then communities who have little children who are not fully vaccinated…
When trying to develop the best intervention program, you need to identify the best fit theory that you would like to work with. There is criteria that need to be answered when trying to determine what theory should be used. The priority population should be considered. The intervention program that I will be discussing is to lower teen pregnancies in teenagers. The theory I used for the intervention program was the Health Belief Model.…
However, this can prove to be costly and oftentimes ineffective at eliminating remission. What if healthcare providers could prevent the acute illness from ever happening by addressing disease factors or enhancing resistance? This is called primary prevention, and has become the goal of healthcare providers around the world. It can be argued that the most important intervention in primary prevention…
There were more than 4 elements that I identified as part of a prevention or family life education program (at least I think they are elements), but I narrowed down my favorites. The first element, and the one I believe to be the most important is that the program be prevention focused. Yes, there needs to be programs that fix problems but there are many of those out there, I believe there is a greater need in developing preventive programs.…
Amid working on several things, I thought I would start a Health Blog as some people ask me about what public health really is and what it entails. Public Health is a scientific approach, which is focused on preventative care to help improve and protect all populations. Population health, specifically, aims to improve and protect the entire human population. In part of my research in Grad School, including my past experience and emphasis on community health, I’ve learned that there are many components that may enhance or hinder a community's health. Biological determinants, for example, hereditary qualities are vital to address, yet might be less productive as a feature of a large group of people.…
Tertiary prevention focuses on the offender after crime has happen, with the main focus being on deterrence and rehabilitation to prevent from re-offending. Tertiary prevention reduces the recidivism rate and insures that appropriate steps are taken so that the victim is not re-victimized. In the United States the primary form of tertiary prevention is incapacitation. Tertiary prevention does not stop criminals from committing crimes after their release but protects the population from victimization of criminals. Specific deterrence is achieved by instilling fear into individuals that are being punished with the prevention of the individual from future violations of the law.…