Public Health Service Act: Policy Analysis
Policy Analysis: Public Health Service Act
Courtney Barker, April Carter, Keith Washburn
Ohio University – Chillicothe
Fall 2013
“Before Ronald Regan came to power, federal policy emphasized treatment and public education, assuming that these strategies would diminish demand” (Karger & Stoesz, 2013, p. 306). Substance addiction has been a growing problem ever since the late 1800’s when the addiction of cocaine, opium and heroin started. “Chinese laborers who came to work on U.S. railroads in the 1850s and 1860s brought with them the practice of opium smoking” (A social history, 1995-2013). This analysis examines the problem with drug addiction and how the Public …show more content…
Centers and programs are apart of part B in the most recent form of the law. This section is devoted to substance abuse treatment. Sections 507, 508, 509 and 513 review the establishment of the substance abuse treatment center and the director’s duties. Under section 1911 it states the current purpose of the block grants, “A funding agreement for a grant under subsection is that, subject to section 1916, the State involved will expend the grant only for the purpose of: carrying out the plan submitted under section 1912(a) by the State for the fiscal year involved; evaluating programs and services carried out under the plan; and planning, administration, and educational activities related to providing services under the plan” ("Title iii—general powers," 2013). Therefore, grants are for prevention and treatment of drug abuse. Each organization applying for the block grants still have to submit an application under section 1932 and produce and annual report and audit required by the state under section 1942. Eligibility for substance abuse and treatment block grants comes down to state and U.S. territory governments or tribal organizations of only the Red Lake Band of Chippewa …show more content…
“Stigma involves processes of labeling, stereotyping, social rejection, exclusion, and extrusion as well as the internalization of community attitudes in the form of shame by the person/family being discredited” (White, 2009). Most of the time individuals that attend any of the anonymous meetings to seek help feel stigma. They wonder how people will judge them. In previous experiments people have given signs of fear and anxiety. “Samples of substance abusing individuals self-report fear of stigma as a reason for not seeking treatment” (Luoma, Twohig, Waltz, Hayes, Roget, Padilla & Fisher, 2007). Stigma is just another reason to have some privacy in prevention
Courtney Barker, April Carter, Keith Washburn
Ohio University – Chillicothe
Fall 2013
“Before Ronald Regan came to power, federal policy emphasized treatment and public education, assuming that these strategies would diminish demand” (Karger & Stoesz, 2013, p. 306). Substance addiction has been a growing problem ever since the late 1800’s when the addiction of cocaine, opium and heroin started. “Chinese laborers who came to work on U.S. railroads in the 1850s and 1860s brought with them the practice of opium smoking” (A social history, 1995-2013). This analysis examines the problem with drug addiction and how the Public …show more content…
Centers and programs are apart of part B in the most recent form of the law. This section is devoted to substance abuse treatment. Sections 507, 508, 509 and 513 review the establishment of the substance abuse treatment center and the director’s duties. Under section 1911 it states the current purpose of the block grants, “A funding agreement for a grant under subsection is that, subject to section 1916, the State involved will expend the grant only for the purpose of: carrying out the plan submitted under section 1912(a) by the State for the fiscal year involved; evaluating programs and services carried out under the plan; and planning, administration, and educational activities related to providing services under the plan” ("Title iii—general powers," 2013). Therefore, grants are for prevention and treatment of drug abuse. Each organization applying for the block grants still have to submit an application under section 1932 and produce and annual report and audit required by the state under section 1942. Eligibility for substance abuse and treatment block grants comes down to state and U.S. territory governments or tribal organizations of only the Red Lake Band of Chippewa …show more content…
“Stigma involves processes of labeling, stereotyping, social rejection, exclusion, and extrusion as well as the internalization of community attitudes in the form of shame by the person/family being discredited” (White, 2009). Most of the time individuals that attend any of the anonymous meetings to seek help feel stigma. They wonder how people will judge them. In previous experiments people have given signs of fear and anxiety. “Samples of substance abusing individuals self-report fear of stigma as a reason for not seeking treatment” (Luoma, Twohig, Waltz, Hayes, Roget, Padilla & Fisher, 2007). Stigma is just another reason to have some privacy in prevention