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Research indicates the health of many immigrant populations’ deteriorates the longer they live in the U.S., leading to a phenomenon known as the “immigrant health advantage” (Antecol and Bedard 2006). Several studies suggest new immigrants tend to have healthier behaviors when they first arrive in America compared to U.S. natives. Immigrants tend to originate from cultures with lower stress levels that promote healthier lifestyles because of strong familial and societal networks (Venters and…

In March of 2008 the Australian Government introduced the Closing the Gap strategy that aims to reduce the disadvantage throughout Indigenous health (Australian Indigenous Health Info Net, 2013). Although the health system is improving there are still major disadvantages with Indigenous Australians compared to non-Indigenous Australians, especially in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rural and remote communities. Additionally, according to Burchill and Higgins (2005), Close the Gap was…

Health promotion is how we ensure children live a healthy lifestyle. While in the setting we ensure children live a healthy lifestyle by healthy foods such as a balanced meal at snack times and a recommendation of what children should eat at home, regularly cleaned environment including the environment not having things such as mould. We can also promote a health by doing activities such as how to wash their hands, this prevents them from catching and passing germs. Children should be encouraged…

Introduction: Despite being a dynamic example of the variety of language and culture, the indigenous people are usually underprivileged in the society. The indigenous health is a major concern as they have the worst health indicators. In addition, their declining knowledge, demolished environment, land allocation and their fear of social discrimination leading to reluctance in accessing health services are the issues drawing attention towards their health promotion and maintenance (Stephen,…

gh Public Health Preparedness 11/6/15 Smallpox Basic Outline Introduction 1. The preparedness community has vastly changed since we first started working toward eradicating smallpox. They have made progressions in areas of communication plans, isolation and quarantine, environmental control, and checklist for different levels of government. 2. These developments and actions have helped toward the progression of eradicating other diseases. The smallpox health initiative action plan helped…

Pursuit of Happiness Unlike most of my colleagues, I have spent an extra year pursuing a DDS-MPH dual degree program to further my interest in the underserved population, a pursuit that has enhanced my understanding of the complex relationship between health, oral health, and the human condition. In an effort to better understand the social determinants of oral health, I have worked closely with some of the nation’s most vulnerable populations – minority older adults. Specifically, I worked on…

Minority Health Care Access AnchorThe United States Government claims our medical health care is the best in the world. The can be no further from the truth. We as a country are less advanced than other nations because citizens of certain races, ethnicities and incomes experience less coverage than others. African Americans and Latinos are among the worse. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was implemented in 2014. It's goal is to expand health insurance coverage. Early evidence shows the uninsured…

will be discussed will be ESF #8 public health and medical services. The public health and medical services emergency support function plays a vital role in providing additional support, resources and coordinating federal assistance in response to a public health or medical emergency (FEMA, 2008). Additionally, public health and medical services provide assistance to victims and response workers in need of mental and behavioral health…

In Tom Vilsack’s article, Should Candy and Soda be Banned from Schools?, he argues that banning unhealthy snacks and drinks would be helpful in abolishing nation’s childhood obesity epidemic. Mr. Vilsack states, in America, the food children are eating in school is half the calories they should be consuming and that can lead to diabetes at a young age and can carry on with diseases when they get older, therefore i agree on banning candy and soda. Children as said, can get diabetes if they…

The Health Belief Model (HBM) was developed in 1950s by social psychologist in the U.S Public Health Services. This theory contains a great deal of components which predicts why people will not take action to prevent, detect, or control illness condition (Glanz et al., 2015). It’s important to be able to understand why people are not participating because one can be able to create more specific campaigns to motivate people to change their behavior. The underlying premise of the HBM is that…