Public health

classes that were offered for this program. It was more like putting everything together as public health professional. It is evident that this class requires a lot of concentration and research; however, this is what makes it very comprehensive and informative. From module one, this class thought the students about epidemiology, its past, and present, which is the exploration of epidemiology in public health, analyzed its characteristics, as well as exploring historical development (Walden…

Countries who already have a mandatory vaccination programme for their children, can give direct evidence of how vaccination programmes can impact public health. One example is Slovenia. For 9 selected diseases, its programme deems them mandatory- including tuberculosis, tetanus and polio in the first three months of life. In addition, failure to obey these mandatory laws conclude in the individual being fined. This has resulted in compliance rates of over 95% (Walkinshaw, 2011). When looking…

and systems research? Intervention research is used for implementing change, evaluating, and prevention. Public health uses intervention in many different forms but most importantly it is used to change, evaluate and to prevent. According to Shi & Johnson (2014), “EBPH has borrowed the term intervention from clinical disciplines, insinuating specificity and discreteness. However, in public health, we seldom have a single “intervention,” but rather a program that involves a blending of several…

an unforgettable day during my internship when I realized that Public Health was not just my interest, but my calling. Although I had a vague idea of a career in health promotion, meeting Lal, my first refugee client at International Rescue Committee (IRC), a humanitarian aid organization, blossomed my idea into a firm desire to become a public health advocate, and improve health equity through addressing the barriers that cause health disparities in vulnerable communities such as refugees,…

Upon stating the public health issue, the key elements of the public health issue, and the goals that are hoped to be achieved, further thought out strategies led to the question- How to improve the testing procedure already in place for Zika? Two public health approaches were concluded to possibly function as a solution: Change Implementation and Management and Performance Improvement Systems. Change Implementation and Management relates directly to a purely public health change implementation…

Public health nursing is defined by the American Nurses Association (ANA) as nursing practice that focuses on the health of the population through continuous surveillance and assessment of multiple elements related to health with the intent to promote health and wellness; prevent disease, disability, and premature death and improve neighborhood quality of life (p.2). Public health nurses are advocates for change to help improve the health of the whole community including private, public, and…

Public health careers cover a large spectrum of fields in the health care and social sciences systems. Many career paths are connected to either community outreach programs or public health organizations and others connect more with research and data collection. But the main purpose of all of these paths is to work toward improving health in communities. According to the website Public Health Online (2017), areas of concentration in the public health sector are • Biostatistics and informatics…

mathematics, physics, sociology, and technology, amongst many others (Norris, Stevens, Pfefferbaum, Wyche, and Pfefferbaum, 2007). It has many definitions depending on the point of view, and can be defined in a physical or intangible sense. In the public health sector, we can define resilience as using available adaptive resources to be able to have a positive path of operation after a disaster or other interruption in one’s life (Norris et al., 2007). It is a process wherein the person or…

As any individual can aware, one 's health is the most important thing of his/her life. As for me, my health and my well-being is my number one priority, although it may be tough sometime to maintain the best condition out of it, it is right to protect and take care of the body your parents gave you. If you treat your body right, it will develope some kind of style for you. But once yours is bad, everything 's going to go down with it: your relationships, your mood, your thoughts, your…

Positive Effects of Technology on Public Health Compared to a decade ago, people now have endless resources for finding information on their physical fitness and health. Questions can be easily answered by google, while there are smartphone apps for almost anything you can think of regarding being healthy. There are dozens of fitness trackers and websites which can people reach their own personal goals. Advancing technology allows for almost anyone to utilize fitness trackers, apps, and…