Public health

Fifth, improving public health and disease prevention. A fundamental component of ongoing healthcare reform efforts must center on creating a system that improves health and promotes healthy behaviors, beyond just diagnosing and treating disease. Chronic disease affects health and quality of life, but it is also a major driver of health care costs and has a related impact on businesses. It is estimated that nearly half of all American suffer from at least one of the top chronic diseases,…

Question 1 a. Public Health Indicator: A public health indicator can be quantifiable as it is used as a supporting evidence when the health status of a population is been described. Public health indicator is a summary statistics of which is directly related to and which facilitate concise, comprehensive and balanced judgements about the condition of a major part of health or the progression towards achieving a healthier society. An indicator is known to simply measure hence it is a measure of…

Public health is the establishment and maintenance of healthful living conditions for the general population. This goal requires organized effort from all levels of government, health institutions and individuals. There are three principle aims that underlie public health efforts. First is the assessment and monitoring of populations, from the community level to the national level, to identify populations who are at risk for whatever health problem is being considered by public health. Secondly…

Public health nurse play a critical role in the mitigation phase. Mitigation is a preventive measure used to identify the risks from causing a disaster and reduce the severity or impact of a catastrophe (Harkness and DeMarco, 2016). Implementing mitigation requires the involvement of the whole community and emergency management members. As a public health nurse, one of their important responsibilities during mitigation phase is to help and protect the health and safety of communities by…

Obesity, Health, and Healthcare: A Public Health Brief of the Obesity Epidemic Kristen Alexandre University of South Florida Obesity, Health, and Healthcare: A Public Health Brief of the Obesity Epidemic Obesity is one of the most visibly obvious issues seen worldwide, and unfortunately it is one of the most neglected issues of public health. It is a common health issue that can be found among both adults and children, and its prevalence continues to increase each year. As obesity continues…

engagement health promotion activities and the key learnings from these activities. a. How did you ensure that your interventions were socially and culturally appropriate for the population served (IA)? • As a class we had a discussion and survey about the needs of a diverse college population, and concluded that students are faced with a lot of stress. Which is something we knew being students ourselves. • We based interventions on the culture of students and the overall important holistic…

Rural areas face many distinct public health issues and challenges. These issues are typically unique to these areas due to their location, inhabitants, and common community norms. Most rural areas may be associated with areas that are located in areas where farming is the most common form of living; which also is associated with “wide-open spaces” (Warren & Smalley, 2014, p. 6). This may also lead to the assumption that health and public health are limited due to the strong and independent…

2. How can public health agencies and institutions incorporate ethics into their day to day practice? The deep-seated problems of modern society caused by industrialization and urbanization pose complex, highly technical challenges that require expertise, flexibility, and deliberative study over the long term. Solutions cannot be found within traditional governmental structures such as representative assemblies or governors' offices. As a result, governments have formed special¬ized entities…

apparent that many public health topics were intertwined with the storyline. It seemed that public health and the goal of prevention was not an idea which anyone was aware of or intended to implement in their society. I noticed that one of their original problems regarding public health was their lack of environmental awareness and their poor waste management planning. This connection sets the tone for the movie from the beginning scenes as it took viewers on an adventure of public health…

since the beginning of time. From BC writing, telegraphs, newspapers, and so forth, it has definitely since evolved from the BC writing back in ancient times to everything we have to date. Health informatics has also came a long ways. From no documentation what-so-ever, to hard copy documentation, and then to health information technology where the information is data collected and processed and organized in such a way making it “useful” (Davis & LaCour, 2014). With informatics and…