Public defender

't the point. I didn’t want to leave my friends, my school, or my family. I am from the city of Richmond, Virginia and the downtown area of the city had begun to grow more violent than usual. Before our big move there was a double homicide by the public library that I went to faithfully everyday of the week. That 's when I knew that our move was solidified and that it was time to accept the fact that I had no control over the situation at hand. The very next day my mother drove me to the…

This policy analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (hereinafter referred as PPACA) begins by identifying major stakeholders and political implications. Next, it explores PPACA as health policy and reveals new possibilities of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The issues of ethics, personal privacy, and personal rights are discussed before a brief ‘lessons learned’ review of historical health policies. Finally, this paper closes with a health policy analysis of…

The Healthy People 2020, evidence and research based document, examines the leading health issues that are present nationwide, and based on the findings provides objectives and goals for improving health for all residents of the United States that can be applied at local, state and national levels (HealthyPeople.gov, 2016). The residents of the United States in rural setting is a segment of population that shares numerous health care issues and challenges facing the urban population,…

The area of public relations that I’m highly interested in is Media Relations. I chose media relations because I’m drawn to the idea of creating a presence for a company online. Social media is completely changing how people consume, and that affects those who work in Media relations. While some may be intimidated by that, I choose to look at it as a challenge to get bloggers, and subsequently the public, to buy into the product or service I’m trying to sell. There’s a lot of critical thinking…

Public Policy is determined and judged by a set of ideals held simultaneously by policy makers and by the public which judges a program. We have discussed the ways policy is formulated, enforced, and judged by both the public and the government. Policy and implementation are of the utmost importance to the people effected and the people who are responsible for its implementation. Public policy helps define what the government is or is not, creates rights and benefits, and otherwise describes the…

HRSA Data Warehouse Case Study Nation, Nevada, and Clark County Comparison Nationwide there are 1,362 health center grantees operating more than 10,222 clinics and delivering affordable health care on a sliding fee scale to more than 16 million low-income families. Nevada has 36 health center sites and 6 health center grantees; while Clark County has 12 health center locations and 4 health center grantees (Health Resources and Services Administration [HRSA], 2016). During 2016 a total funding $9…

Values, Health Perception The assessment indicates that the family value hard work and honesty. They also value their religion, family traditions, and practices as well as celebrate religious holidays like christmas. The assessment also identified that the family exercises and tries to eat health so as to maintain and improve health. Members of the family are in good health with no one currently sick. Nutrition The assessment shows that the family prefers cooking their own meals to eating…

In public health, a variety of different models are used to assess specific concerns on a variety of different intervention levels. In using these models, programs and interventions can be developed and implemented as a means of determining the most equitable route towards prevention or at least towards a reduction in the hazards relating to the public health concern in question. One of the models that has been used to classify and assess such concerns is the socio-ecological model. The…

The Affordable Healthcare Act (ACA) was signed into law on March 23, 2010, and has since affected the practice of healthcare in the United States (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [USDHHS], 2014). The ACA has had significant impacts on health care by requiring health care providers to be completely digital to allow for better access to patient histories and expanding coverage to those who may previously not have had access to healthcare (USDHHS, 2015). The current law is trying to…

As we all are aware, recent changes in the health care industry mean that we faced with challenges. Topmost of these challenges are that our clinic must reduce the number of people it serves, the services it offers, or both. I have heard a lot of underground murmurs, with the most concerning being the immigration status of our patients and how it affects the care we provide to them. However, I wish to remind you of two ethical principles behind our medical oath. These principles include…