Health Education: From Theory to Practice
Oxygen is one of the most essential and vital requirements for human existence. Other basic components for survival such as eating, drinking, and sleeping are crucial, but without the breath of life and the simple act of inspiration, which fills our lungs and blood with oxygen, nothing becomes more basic and necessary for life. We will be assessing the needs and the issues related to clean air and the respiratory health issue of asthmatic children living in Fresno County. We will assess the local health needs and issues along with verifying relevant data so that we can determine what types of health education actions would be appropriate to this particular population. Not only will we be assessing the …show more content…
Air Quality Index (AQI) reports on a daily basis what our local air quality is, whether it is clean or toxic. The Air Quality Index calculates four major air pollutants that are regulated by the Clean Air Act, which is comprehensive federal law regulating ground level ozone, particle pollution, carbon monoxide, and sulfur dioxide (Environmental Protection Agency, 2009). Residents may hear warnings that it is a code red day for the ozone level, meaning that the particulate pollution levels are unhealthy for sensitive groups (Environmental Protection Agency, …show more content…
Partnerships between asthma collabortives, pulmonary specialists and health clinics have proven track records in managing respiratory diseases such as asthma (Marsa, 2013). Educating and engaging low income families and their children with regards to home care, triggers such as cigarette smoke, dust mites and environmental pollutants both indoor and outdoor can have a great impact on children that are suffering with asthma (Marsa, 2013). Private health foundations and funding to pay for in home interventions to reduce the number of emergency room visits can help decrease the cost healthcare and unpaid hospital visits (Social Finance US, 2013). Lowering the cost of care along with education to decrease the asthmatic episodes of each child will significantly impact the already burdensome issues our healthcare systems are experiencing (Social Finance US, 2013). The use of mobile vans to provide intensive sampling to collect measurements of indoor and outdoor toxic particulate matter along with chemical components, ozone, endotoxins, pollens, spores, nitrogen dioxide and environmental tobacco smoke have been used with success as they gather thorough data for exposure models to estimate valley children’s daily exposure to air pollution (The Great Valley Center, 2008). The enormous impact and devastating effects of pollution, along with global
Oxygen is one of the most essential and vital requirements for human existence. Other basic components for survival such as eating, drinking, and sleeping are crucial, but without the breath of life and the simple act of inspiration, which fills our lungs and blood with oxygen, nothing becomes more basic and necessary for life. We will be assessing the needs and the issues related to clean air and the respiratory health issue of asthmatic children living in Fresno County. We will assess the local health needs and issues along with verifying relevant data so that we can determine what types of health education actions would be appropriate to this particular population. Not only will we be assessing the …show more content…
Air Quality Index (AQI) reports on a daily basis what our local air quality is, whether it is clean or toxic. The Air Quality Index calculates four major air pollutants that are regulated by the Clean Air Act, which is comprehensive federal law regulating ground level ozone, particle pollution, carbon monoxide, and sulfur dioxide (Environmental Protection Agency, 2009). Residents may hear warnings that it is a code red day for the ozone level, meaning that the particulate pollution levels are unhealthy for sensitive groups (Environmental Protection Agency, …show more content…
Partnerships between asthma collabortives, pulmonary specialists and health clinics have proven track records in managing respiratory diseases such as asthma (Marsa, 2013). Educating and engaging low income families and their children with regards to home care, triggers such as cigarette smoke, dust mites and environmental pollutants both indoor and outdoor can have a great impact on children that are suffering with asthma (Marsa, 2013). Private health foundations and funding to pay for in home interventions to reduce the number of emergency room visits can help decrease the cost healthcare and unpaid hospital visits (Social Finance US, 2013). Lowering the cost of care along with education to decrease the asthmatic episodes of each child will significantly impact the already burdensome issues our healthcare systems are experiencing (Social Finance US, 2013). The use of mobile vans to provide intensive sampling to collect measurements of indoor and outdoor toxic particulate matter along with chemical components, ozone, endotoxins, pollens, spores, nitrogen dioxide and environmental tobacco smoke have been used with success as they gather thorough data for exposure models to estimate valley children’s daily exposure to air pollution (The Great Valley Center, 2008). The enormous impact and devastating effects of pollution, along with global