Analytical comparison of Health as a Human Right in Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains and Ansell’s County Analytical comparison of Health as a Human Right in Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains and Ansell’s County Health is an issue that brings together various sectors and stakeholders because of its importance in the society. Giving the population quality healthcare requires vast attention and resources. Investments in the health sectors have kept growing to ensure that the society is protected from exploitation and that the quality of lives of the people is improved. However, there are instances when key stakeholders have failed in their role because of generalizations that result in poor policies. These generalizations include those…
QHQ #2: Individual Liability Contrary to popular belief, poor access to health care is not the central problem to the health of an individual in poverty; rather, health is associated with certain social determinants of health, specifically individual risk factors. In the book Mama Might Be Better Off Dead: The Failure of Health Care in Urban America by Laurie Kaye Abraham, the concept of how an individual’s decisions can drastically impact their health is clearly expressed through the lens of Tommy, an uneducated individual who does not follow the advice given by his physician. The choices that Tommy makes in respect to his health outside the four walls of the hospital are what contributes to his declining health. There are two primary individual…
I was reading the newspaper the other morning when I came across your article, titled “Health and Wealth”. I couldn’t help but feel urged to contact you as I found your article failed to mention the many other links between social economic status and health care. Though the general ideology that those in the highest income quintiles tend to live longer as they have access to better health care services may be accurate, it is also extremely vague and doesn’t touch on the several other ties between these issues. I first wanted to touch on what I feel is a huge contributor to the flaws in our health care system, this being the concept of neoliberalism. Neoliberalism, meaning new and free from government intervention, has three principles; individualism, privatization and decentralization (McGregor, 2001).…
Public policymaking in United States has three important phases; policy formulation phase, policy implementation phase and policy modification phase. All three phases are affected by social and biological impacts. All phases are dynamic because policies can be amended or repelled at any time under the right circumstances. Policymaking depends on the constant feedback from each phase to enhance the process. Policy formulation phase proceeds to policy implementation phase with the legislation's enactment.…
Adding that, “a health services system is shaped by the country’s economic, political, and cultural values” (Barton, 2009). Answering question…
Core paper The individual difference factor of political orientation is founded on the differing perspectives of two ideological groups. The continuity of traditional values under the right-wing (conservatism) and individuals striving for reform are identified as the left-wing (liberalism) (Hibbing, Smith & Alford. 2014). Hibbing et al. (2014) extensive review was to provide a process model that identified influences associated with differences within the political spectrum (Maltby, Day & Macaskill 2013).…
“There are more than 45,000 deaths a year due to the lack of health care, 44 million uninsured Americans, and another 38 million Americans with inadequate health insurance” (The Uninsured). While it may not sound like many deaths for a big country like America, these are deaths directly caused because they did not have the resources in order to obtain it nor the help they need. A quarter of the population of America does not have the protection they should deserve People are forced into terrible situations because of the fear of not being able to pay medical bills or increased insurance rates. The citizens that have been doomed thanks to the health care system of the United States of America have been waiting long enough for an adaption of…
The Hamilton family is an immigrant family from Vancouver, British Columbia, and while they have become official citizens of the United States, the grandparents are still insured under the Canadian socialized health care system. So when grandma Hamilton was diagnosed with cancer she had to return to Canada to receive her care. However, it took weeks for her to see a specialist and months after that visit to begin her treatment. She declined rapidly and eventually passed away from her cancer. The family states that had she been covered under private health insurance she would have received the care she so desperately needed in a more timely manner, and fought off the cancer().…
The HIV/AIDS virus is probably the most destructive and quick spread illness that exists in the United States of America right alongside any type of Cancer. But the distinct difference between the two is that Cancer is not contagious and cannot be passed from one person to another like HIV/AIDS can. This disease has run rapidly across the nation affecting different groups of people everywhere, from middle-class white gay males living in the northeastern hemisphere, to the poverty-stricken Latino community in the countryside. But today, it is said that the virus is mainly targeting those residing in the southern most religions of the U.S. (http://www.designntrend.com/articles/20030/20140923/south-states-now-epicenter-hiv-aids-u-s.htm). There…
In this course, I learned more about health care policy in relation to the political as well as socio-economic contexts in which it emerges. In other words, I learned that the healthcare organization is not a singular, isolated, unchanging monolith of institution but rather, a constant work in progress; constantly molded and adjusted to befit local/state/federal law as much as the specific health- and financial- needs of the population that it sserves. A healthcare system basically needs to be designed to meet the needs of its target population and policy which neglects them is doomed to fail at serving that…
IS THE OTTAWA CHARTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION (1986) STILL RELEVANT IN THE 21ST CENTURY? INTRODUCTION In 1986 Canada held the first International Conference on Heath Promotion in Ottawa, aiming to attain World Health Organisation (WHO) objective of advocating health for all (WHO 1986). The charter defined Health promotion as “the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health” (WHO 1986). The Ottawa Charter advocated for five principles of promoting health namely; building healthy public policy, creating supportive environments, strengthening community action, developing personal skills and reorienting health services (WHO, 1986).…
The health care industry separates the two political views: beneficial for the population, or detrimental to the majority. In the pubic health care, there are five main functions of the system that allows society to receive quality and efficient care. The five functions of the public health care system are: health protection, health surveillance, disease and injury prevention, population health assessment, and health assessment (citation). Coordinating the five functions to work without difficulty or errors, it creates a system that is able keep up with the populations medical needs while providing adequate health care. In the event of severe, terminal, or rare illnesses, privatised institutions transfer patients to public hospitals for further care and treatment due to not being able to maintain quality of care for these patients (citation).…
This one semester class provided me with a basic but thorough understanding of the issues faced in health care today. I welcome the challenge of serving a large community and participating in such dynamic and challenging field. What if abandoning unnecessary procedures saved thousands of dollars, which then allowed a hospital to treat other patients needing care? What if every person was guaranteed care and that care was good? I would like to find answers for these questions during my career as a public health graduate student and professional.…
I have worked in the health care field for a while now and with taking this class I still was taught new things every chapter I read for this class. It is almost impossible to be at the position where you can say that you know all you need to know in community health. Policies are often changing throughout the state and country, as well the simple policies that change in the hospitals and doctor offices. I know that my knowledge has improved from this class; however, I do know there is more I could learn. I sometimes struggle understanding the HIPPA law.…
Health education is an essential foundation to have an efficient and effective individuals, families and communities that aim to bridge the gap between the knowledge and health practices wherein humans must invest on their health to perform duties and responsibilities at work or mediocre. At present, the Department of Health (DOH) much attention is being paid to the education for total health of people. They also believed that “the inputs to improve health must not be viewed merely as consumption, but also as a long lasting investment to development”. (National Health Plan, 2000). Good health is a precondition for good education.…