Demography

Asthma should remain a National Health Priority The National Health Priority Areas (NHPA) is an initiative of the Department of Health to outline and address the health conditions and injuries that create burden for the Australian health system (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2017). One of the priority areas is asthma, a chronic condition of the respiratory system with no cure (AIHW 2017). Asthma affects one in nine Australians, making it a large burden on the health system,…

Columbus Consolidated Government was officially adopted by Mayor and Council of May 14, 1957. According to the 2016 estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, Columbus Consolidated Government metro area joins the nearby Alabama cities of Auburn and Opelika to form the Columbus-Auburn-Opelika Combined Statistical Area, which has an estimated population of 501,649. Columbus is directly to the east across the Chattahoochee River from Phenix City, Alabama. Situated at the heart of the Chattahoochee…

Body-size and time have a unique relationship. Cope’s Rule explains this relationship by stating as time progress so does body-size. As an organism’s lineage ages, the general body-size becomes larger. This increase can have many benefits, but also drawbacks. Things like intelligence, development time, and fecundity are affected by body size. A study just released by Nature though might show that this rule does not always apply. A new effect is being observed that shows body-sizes may actually…

Canada’s aging population Michaela 9D Canada’s aging population is causing a big problem for the economy right now and further into the future. In Canada there are more people over the age of 64 then under the age of 15, casing the younger population to pay for the pensions of the elderly. By the time current 14 year olds turn 22 they will be paying into the economy like every other working person in Canada. But, by the time that happens every two people working will be…

During Phase I both the CBR and the CDR are high, but balance out. Many children die before maturity, and so even though many are born the population does not grow. A population can remain in this state for long periods of time. It corresponds to human populations before industrialization. In Phase II the CDR declines, as it did during the early industrial period. Advances in hygiene and a better understanding of disease led to dramatic declines in child mortality. Because children are still…

I had just gotten back to school from winter break when I got a call from home. My 54 year-old father had been taken to the hospital because he had suffered a heart attack. After my father’s recovery, I realized that my father was just another number. Heart disease is a very serious problem in the United States as it is the leading cause of death for Americans (Class Lecture, 9/14/2015). Diving deeper, it is ultimately upstream factors like socioeconomic status and level of education that…

Thomas Malthus is an outcome of fixed western European ethics. Malthus’s leading edge composition, an essay on the principle of population is inspired by Malthus’ views on the human nature reproduction, societal posturing, and integrity. Malthus’s progressive and visionary rationalization, abstracted him from conventional European contemplation, padded with practical predictions supported by mathematical statistics and biological understandings of human nature. His compositions have brought up…

1. Chapter 7 “Invitation to the Lifespan” section “A Healthy Time,” emphasizes middle childhood health between the ages 6-11. Berger explains that that “fatal diseases and accidents are rare.” The death rate for 5 – 14-year-old children was less than half of the rate for ages 1 – 4 back in 2010. In contrast, genetic diseases are more threatening in early childhood and of old age, in which during the middle childhood years’ infectious diseases kept away (Berger, 240). In this section, it…

Post a description of the most likely key stakeholders and constituencies related to your Final Project community health issue, and explain why you chose them. Based on the most current report from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Low-income, low education level individuals are less likely to be screened for colorectal cancer, yet they are more likely to die from colorectal cancer (CDC, 2013). Focusing on men and women with low socioeconomic status as the primary stakeholders is…

The article titled “Do changes in traditional coronary heart disease risk factors over time explain the association between socio-economic status and coronary heart disease?” was written by Peter Franks, Paul C Winters, Daniel J Tancredi and Kevin A Fiscella to examine whether changes in Coronary heart disease risk factor overtime explain the association between status and coronary heart disease due to its relevant risk assessment in clinical decision making. It is unknown whether changes in…