Rural areas face many distinct public health issues and challenges. These issues are typically unique to these areas due to their location, inhabitants, and common community norms. Most rural areas may be associated with areas that are located in areas where farming is the most common form of living; which also is associated with “wide-open spaces” (Warren & Smalley, 2014, p. 6). This may also lead to the assumption that health and public health are limited due to the strong and independent…
community and that it brings the community for unified and stringer at the same time. Then, the public was given the chance to ask any questions or concerns about the community; furthermore, there was no public commentary. The room wasn’t packed as much since it was a week during Thanksgiving that the meeting was being held. For the most part the public were pleased with the issues being talked about. The public was respecting the mayor and the trustees at the meeting. There was no interruption…
of Public Health program in Epidemiology at Georgia Southern University Jiann‑Ping Hsu College of Public Health. Aldous Huxley says “Experience is not what happens to a man: it is what a man does with what happens to him”. Being a victim of typhoid fever outbreak while I was a senior in high school in Nigeria, West Africa; the death of my favorite uncle from the co-infection of HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C, tailored my career towards communicable diseases and public health. The failures of public…
placed along a continuum, varying from a traditional view that values a reductionist, patriarchal approach, to a more modern approach that values holism and health as a resource for living. The Healthy Towns Program is a program implemented by the Public Health Network across the Central Queensland, Wide Bay and Sunshine Coast locale. The following is a critical reflection of the health promotion values and principles when applied to the Healthy Towns Program, including examples of six of the…
Jeffrey Sachs spends a great deal of the book explaining the causes of the great recession. He discusses government policy decisions and relationships with outside interests which he feels started in the 1970s and when exacerbated by the rise of Reagan in the 1980s and continued by Clinton in the 1990s, all these events lead to the current situation we are in. Sachs tin chapter 12 makes his argument for correcting the ills of our government system. He calls this chapter “The Seven Habits of an…
Without knowing how to communicate properly through social media, someone may accidentally 'let internal and privileged information suddenly go public virally ' (Deiser & Newton 2013) instead of sending it privately. This could cause a lot of problems for businesses as their competitors might see the information and use it to their advantage and the leaked information could cost the business a lot…
Children’s Health Multiple studies have established that in the United States a discrepancy exists between healthcare services provided to children of minorities and the rest of the population. The problem is so evident that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality was directed by congress to report on disparities annually beginning in 2003 (AHRQ, 2014). The unequal distribution of healthcare to disadvantaged families has a direct measurable impact on children’s health. The causes of…
they get millions of dollars for funding yet they can only be a cyber school. The quote states, “Most KIPP schools consistently outperform traditional public schools in the same neighborhood. But KIPP schools often have a high attrition rate” (Ravitch 136).Unlike public schools, they do not have to accept students that they do not seen fit while public schools are required to accept all. By not following the NCLB, charter schools would definitely pass the adequate yearly progress because they…
Online writing has, in the recent past, experienced an increase in demand as more people are engaging freelancers over the internet to have their articles or projects done. The increase in demand for online writing services has led to an increase in the number of people taking online writing and research as either part time or full time jobs. Online writing has become an essential part of academic journals, blogs and many other uses demanding a better sense of accountability and competence in…
PERSONAL HISTORY STATEMENT I developed strong work ethic, perseverance, and a good sense of humor from my parents. I have known the value of education since a very tender age; so I have always seen the sky has my limit. Every day is a gift to be embraced wholeheartedly. It is our job to fill that day with a hopeful and meaningful purpose. It has been said that “the most important thing in life is to live your life for something more important than your life” William James. It is deeply rooted…