Public health law

In Gerson’s article, “The Public Good vs. Individual Freedom”, he expresses his strong beliefs on the controversial topic of measles vaccinations and his stand on positive freedom. Gerson explains the importance of vaccinations while identifying the seriousness of the disease and the risks it brings when parents refuse to get their children vaccinated. He argues against allowing parents the individual freedom to decide whether or not to get their child vaccinated. To summarize, Gerson’s article…

Assignment: MMR Vaccine Healthy People 2020 is a report created by the Surgeon General that focuses on wide-spread, “health promotion and disease prevention (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, n.d.).” One of the major goals Healthy People 2020 specifics is, “increasing immunizations and reducing preventable infectious diseases (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, n.d.).” In regards to this goal, one of the major vaccinations seeing a drastic decrease in use is…

different types of chemicals that cause greater harm to the body. Smoking started thousands of years ago. “Cigars are a growing public health concern, given the changes in cigar use patterns in the US and elsewhere since the 1960s” (Chang, Cindy 1). The most prominent health harms are; impact on the health of the heart and lungs, contributing to lung cancer, It also affects the health of the mouth and teeth, and It increases the proportion of the high incidence of breast cancer. “Smoking is a…

vaccination and the consequences of non-compliance. Also, there should be a policy that will ensure that care givers are provided with parental care education. The policy will formalized the program and guarantee funding while at the same give the health care providers the mandate to conduct the exercise in a formal…

regardless of the health risk factors that could potentially be the downfall of life expectancy, the improvements in healthcare, technology, education, and activity, can outweigh the negatives and improve life expectancy for current and future generations.…

their community and enjoy the associated freedoms that come from driving for as much of their lifespan as possible. Regardless of profession, most service providers will be working with older adults in the next several decades. Understanding the public health implication of an aging population and applying the levels of prevention is essential to injury prevention efforts. What we know Anticipating the increase in the number of mature drivers in the Commonwealth, and recognizing the need to…

and take part in physical activity instead of playing video games, children will definitely decrease their chance in being obese. Also, having parents and schools contribute to this problem by showing encouragement as parents and focusing on ones health rather than academics all the time as school administrators will help decrease their chance of being…

spare time I read about other infectious diseases, such as cholera and tuberculosis, on Wikipedia and other web pages for my personal enjoyment. Years later, I participated in Princeton’s Model Congress in highschool and I first learned about public health. Participants in this organization create mock congressional bills to implement a national change. My bill advocated for the incorporation of HIV tests within annual physicals. The purpose of this bill…

used as a framework for designing, implementing and evaluation studies and program (Crothers, Hughes, & Morine, 2008). The two studies "A Process Evaluation of a Social Cognitive Theory–Based Childhood Obesity Prevention Intervention: The Comics for Health…

abuse. In the human service system substance abuse is one problem that patients have, need treatment for, and require education on. The human service system has a models of service delivery that is broken into three parts: the medical model, the public health model, and the human service model. Each model views a patient differently and has a different approach to helping the patient. The medical model views a person as a patient and they are known to be “sick” or “ill”. In this model a person…