Public health

uninterrupted services from both healthcare providers and public health cannot be understated. With twelve different critical infrastructures, all of which face widespread threats on a daily basis, the Healthcare and Public Health critical sector must remain diligent and decisive in overcoming natural and man-made threats. To do this, private sector organizations are expected to fulfill crucial functions in support of the Healthcare and Public Health when it is faced with threats and hazards.…

high quality, and useful ways to provide care for community members or patients (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014). The high cost of medical services nowadays has prompted the need for measures to prevent diseases and promotion of health living. Community-based nursing and public health nursing play a vital role in achieving this goal. This paper will attempt to discuss the findings of my clinical experience at the Casa de Merced in Tolleson that houses low-income senior citizens. Assessment The…

death rate in the United States, also ranking first among both genders (The Heart Foundation, 2015). Take control of your health conditions and make healthy choices on what your body consumes can help reduce your chances of developing heart disease. However, people of the community and families can cooperate to the contingency for people to make better health choices. Public health functions performed at numerous levels from regional to national, to international. The organizations and agencies…

Public health systems began as a not-for-profit Catholic health care system located in Alaska, Washington, Montana, Oregon and California in 1856. Today the largest health care system in the state is the Oregon region. Acute care hospitals, multiple clinics and physician groups are a part of the Oregon region. . (Martin, H. J., & Delawska-Elliott, B. 2015) The public health system is comprised of many areas. Public health has had multiple definitions through the last twenty years. The National…

Public health agency of Canada is a local agency located on 130 Colonnade Road Ottawa, Ontario. It has several accessible branches around Canada and they have done a great success dealing with severe diseases. Their mission and aim are to advertise, treat and protect the health of Canadians, and their role is to keep a healthier community in a healthy universe. The role of the agency is to prevent numerous diseases such as chronic, infectious diseases. They anticipate for public health…

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…

I am applying to the masters of Public Health program at Oakland University because I believe that this is the field that satiate my zeal to working for prevention and health promotion of community. Since my early childhood, I am inclined towards the applied aspects of medical field. Being motivated internally towards medical field, I choose Biology as a major in higher secondary education. Afterwards, to be more specific, I selected Bachelor of Science in Nursing as a pathway to lead to my…

with health, this experience gave me a personal motivation to take on the health issues. During my pursuit of figuring out how to make impacts on health issues, I discovered a tool developed by Google called…

intern with the Georgia Department of Public Health (GDPH) in the Environmental Health Branch program called the Chemical Hazards Program (CHP). I assisted the CHP staff by creating and maintaining a database from their Environmental Health Education Needs Assessment on a Superfund site investigation in relation to uranium in private well-water. The health data was then evaluated, recommendations were made, and, as a result, I co-authored the Environmental Health Education Needs Assessment…

Prevention of diseases and health promotion has been and will continue to be a vital issue to health care and humans all over the world. According to Battle (2009), health promotion is fundamental and is defined by the world Health Organization as the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health (p.152). Walley & Wright (2010) reported that the various challenges faced over time has led to the concerted efforts of global agencies, governments and non-profit…