Epidemiology

The Effect of Workplace Stress and its Contribution to Heart Disease The United States of America is among the list of the most industrialized nations in the world, but is a country that lacks universal health care and offers very minimal preventative health care services. A great majority of the top ten leading causes of death are diseases and illnesses that can be prevented such as the number one killer, heart disease. It is a term used to describe any disorder that takes place in a person’s…

Discussion Forum 9 - Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Name: Hongfei Long 1 - List at least three countries that recently reported cases of MERS-CoV. According to the latest WHO maps and epicurves (2016), from 2012 to 2016, the countries that have declared cases are: Middle East: Saudi Arabia (KSA), Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Yemen. Europe: Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom.,…

Snippets from adult commentary about their state in life reveal two general perspectives: One, overwhelmed by the responsibilities of adulthood, wishes to go back to the good old times were life was much simpler. And the other is glad that past has gone and embraces adulthood and its quirks. Oftentimes, the portrayal of a day-to-day routine of going to a passionless job and going home with not much time or money to do anything other than eat and sleep makes me fear for my future. With that…

While the costs for this study are considerable and the outcome could have significant impacts on how we view the relationship between health, exercise and eating habits, it is entirely unacceptable for Dr. Powell and the Center to accept sponsorship money from Kiddie Kola and Burger Shack. This sponsorship money will undermine the objectivity of the research and the legitimacy of the results. It should go without saying that the only reason Kiddie Kola and Burger Shack are willing to cover…

THE FIRST NATIONS MEDICINE WHEEL AND THE DIMENSIONS OF WELLNESS  A discussion on the similarities between the two Health, as defined by the World health organization (WHO) is “a state of complete physical mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. Modern medicine, however over the years has clarified the idea of health and disease and made it a single dimensional entity. Some…

THE BIOMEDICAL MODEL Models in health denotes to conceptual frameworks or ways of thinking about health. The biomedical model focuses on physical or biological aspects of diseases and illnesses. The model (sometimes also known as the bio-mechanical) model of health, is a scientific measure of health and regards disease as the human body having a breakdown due to a biological reason. Patients are seen as a body that is sick and can be handled, explored and treated independently from their mind…

This study will be guided by the Health Belief Model (HBM). The HBM emphasis on how to predict health behaviour through consideration of the individual’s perceptions and attitudes an individual may have towards disease and negative outcomes of certain actions. The main construct of the model are perceived susceptibility, perceived seriousness, perceived barriers and perceived benefits (Janz & Becker, 1984). Any of these perceptions individually or in combination can be used to explain an…

During the last two centuries, there has been an increase in the average number of people who expect to live longer in advanced countries. This can be attributed to many factors that include lifestyle, access to health care, better education and employment, but many people who live in developing countries do not have opportunities for this because there are many factors that are injurious to their health. They make their lives more challenging such as poverty, race, gender, weather and so on.…

Global health is like a tree with an array of branches. There are so many health issues in this world today, and much struggle about which issues need our attention the most urgently. On one hand, we could use our money to cure a mass amount of easily treatable disease, or we could apply our funds towards the research, discovery, and curing of unknown illness in remote areas. The answer is balance. With everything there needs to be balance, and we should delve into both ends of the spectrum. We…

HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT INTRODUCTION The World Health Organisation (WHO) (2016) defines Health Impact Assessment (HIA) as “Assessment of the change in health risk reasonably attributable to a project, programme or policy and undertaken for a specific purpose”. Health impact assessments identifies both negative and positive impact a proposed intervention will have on the health and wellbeing of the target population (Western Australia Department of Health (WADH 2011). This happens during the…