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mostly educational but has incidental entertainment value, and content that is mostly entertaining but contains educational value. Topics that tend to use “edutainment” are teen pregnancy, immunization, substance abuse, etc. This theory can be used for public communication campaigns that want to see both, education and entertainment in their campaign. Entertaining people is an easy way to add learning, and it also gets more peoples attention. Participatory Theory is the theory that practices…

Health disparities are a major concern among our nation. The Department of Human Health Services and National Institute of Health (2009) define health disparity as population-specific difference in: the burden of the disease, including incidence, prevalence and mortality, health outcomes, and access to care. There are many factors that contribute to health disparities, such as; socio-economic status, cultural variations, political, social, and historical factors. In the United States, oral…

Health Care is a Responsibility Many people in the United States value their health and make life choices to better their health. Many people in the United States believe that it is citizen’s responsibility to take care of themselves and get the health care and benefits that works best for their life style. Many people make decisions everyday about their health from the food they eat to if they are going to take that prescription. Lifestyle plays a major role is the United States, many…

Since the earliest traces of civilizations, humanity has made great progress considering the brief existence of modern human beings. Never before have we existed in a world as sophisticated and engineered to our needs as today; access to clean water, reliable sources of nourishment, shelter and security, healthcare and disease prevention. However, the importance of these needs can often be taken for granted when they do not impact us directly, which forces us to respond to them as they arise.…

Elijah Alsop Social Problems Trimester Project Miss Osterman The U.S. Health Care Problem What is a Social Problem? The United States healthcare crisis is a social problem. A social problem is some aspect of society that people are concerned about and would like changed. A social problem is not a natural disaster like hurricanes and tornados. The two essential components of a social problem are an objective condition, which is a condition of society that can be measured or experienced, and a…

Gaining viewer attention while speaking can be a complex issue unless approached carefully by the presenter. Typically, the use of ethos, pathos, and logos can strategically strengthen the connection with an audience especially alongside the use of rhetorical strategies. Sir Ken Robinson used all of these strategies to gather the interest of those around him during his Ted Talk in February 2006 which is still being discussed to this day. By examining how creativity is being killed in school, he…

cancer crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa from the view of the oncology ward in Princess Marina Hospital (PMH) in Gaborone, Botswana. A professor at New York University, Julie Livingston is a medical historian who combines her training in anthropology and public health to evaluate medicine in Botswana with an emotional analysis, depicting a view of physical suffering in context of the social climate. Her previous work, Debility and the Moral Imagination in Botswana, analyzed the effect of economic and…

Could Yoga Be The Answer is an article in which author Teresa Ann Power, a children's health and fitness specialist, explains how she believes the practice of yoga in children could be a solution for the obesity epidemic in America. In the article, Power explains the causes behind obesity, the effects of childhood obesity, and claims that yoga could be the answer to the problem of obesity. I believe Power excellently presents her point by correctly targeting her audience and appealing to the…

Persuasion is defined as “the process by which a message induces change in beliefs, attitudes, or behaviours” (Myers, 2010). In 1984, Robert Cialdini composed six principles of persuasion, “each of which are governed by a fundamental psychological principal that directs human behaviour.” These principles can be taught, mastered and applied in order to make a sale on a product/service or gain consumer consensus. This brief’s context resides around medical/healthcare marketing, with the aim of…

When we talk about universal health care we are referring to health care that’s paid for or subsidized by the government, which is also called single-payer health care system. Since World War II most countries of the world offer some form of universal health care for their citizens. So what are the pros and cons of this type of health care system? Should there be universal health care for the United States? There are many issues on American’s health care system regardless the fate of ObamaCare…