HCS 457: Positive Public Health
Positive Public Health
Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs
Public and Community Health
HCS 457
Dee Martinez, RN, MSN
April 20, 2014
Positive Public Health
Doctors advise their patients to be healthy and work towards wellness. This advice affects more than the patient and their immediate actions to make corrections to their own wellbeing. Making changes to yourself can inspire other family members, friends, and co-workers to get up and start making changes for themselves. In theory the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) has the same effect on communities and how they make changes to the communal areas shared by the citizens. The Health Impact Assessment is a “process that helps evaluate the potential health effects of a plan, project or policy before it is built or implemented” ("HIA," 2014, p. 1). The advice given to a community helps them make informed choices about designing their community and how these choices will help improve public health.
Describe the demographics of the area the issue affects
The broad spectrum of HIA is on a national level but on a more specific level the HIA focuses on individual communities and projects to improve the public communal areas. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services …show more content…
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is involved with sponsored programs like Active Community Environments Initiative (ACES) that promotes walking, biking and development of accessible recreation areas. Also the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity (DNPA) promotes and provides information on different types of physical activity and nutrition. The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) “works to prevent illness, disability, and death from interactions between people and the environment” ("Government," 2014). Air pollution, heat exposure, housing, pest management, lead poisoning, and environmental health are all areas that the National Center for Environmental Health
Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs
Public and Community Health
HCS 457
Dee Martinez, RN, MSN
April 20, 2014
Positive Public Health
Doctors advise their patients to be healthy and work towards wellness. This advice affects more than the patient and their immediate actions to make corrections to their own wellbeing. Making changes to yourself can inspire other family members, friends, and co-workers to get up and start making changes for themselves. In theory the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) has the same effect on communities and how they make changes to the communal areas shared by the citizens. The Health Impact Assessment is a “process that helps evaluate the potential health effects of a plan, project or policy before it is built or implemented” ("HIA," 2014, p. 1). The advice given to a community helps them make informed choices about designing their community and how these choices will help improve public health.
Describe the demographics of the area the issue affects
The broad spectrum of HIA is on a national level but on a more specific level the HIA focuses on individual communities and projects to improve the public communal areas. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services …show more content…
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is involved with sponsored programs like Active Community Environments Initiative (ACES) that promotes walking, biking and development of accessible recreation areas. Also the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity (DNPA) promotes and provides information on different types of physical activity and nutrition. The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) “works to prevent illness, disability, and death from interactions between people and the environment” ("Government," 2014). Air pollution, heat exposure, housing, pest management, lead poisoning, and environmental health are all areas that the National Center for Environmental Health