RUNNING HEAD: The Future Of Public Health
RUNNING HEAD: PUBLIC HEALTH 1
THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC HEALTH
BY: ANGELA
FEBRUARY 9, 2011
RUNNING HEAD: PUBLIC HEALTH 2 It is important, as we move forward in health care, that public health has a more prominent role in our health care system. Public health in the United States is no longer responsible specifically for disease containment. It has taken on a new role in recent years. A big part of that role is prevention. While public health still has to manage disease control, it’s new role of providing the public with knowledge and the means for preventing disease and illness is a huge, yet exciting endeavor. As we move forward in health care, prevention is going to be a necessity. Let’s look at some of the …show more content…
For example, the public health organizations alone cannot determine community health problems without the necessary reporting by neighborhood physicians. It is crucial that public health and the health care delivery system work together to reach these goals. Traditionally, the health care delivery sector has focused on the treatment, rather than prevention, of illness and disease. In order for these two sectors of the health care system to work together there needs to be a common goal of prevention.
“Progress on public health problems in a democratic society requires agreement about the mission and content of public health sufficient to serve as the basis for public action. There is [however], no clear agreement among public decision-makers, public health workers, private sector health organizations and personnel, and opinion leaders about the translation of a broad view of mission into specific activities” (The Future of Public Health, p. …show more content…
112).” There is a trend, however, in our society to focus on treating illness and disease rather them preventing them in the first place. Programs such as Jump rope for the heart encourage exercise in those who participate, usually school children, to strengthen their heart; while the majority of the proceeds from such programs go to treatment of heart disease, rather than prevention. If programs such as this coupled with public health to prevent such disease there would be less incidence and therefore more of that funding could be spent on prevention. It is all about ending a vicious cycle that the United States, as a whole, has created. We have not been given the tools to prevent, or educated enough, on disease prevention. As we move forward, Public health has some big shoes to fill. It is going to take the cooperation of the healthcare sector as a whole in team with public health to make this work. Public attitudes toward change are going to have to adjust. And populations as a whole need to be educated and willing to use the services provided. Prevention is a key factor to the future success in public
THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC HEALTH
BY: ANGELA
FEBRUARY 9, 2011
RUNNING HEAD: PUBLIC HEALTH 2 It is important, as we move forward in health care, that public health has a more prominent role in our health care system. Public health in the United States is no longer responsible specifically for disease containment. It has taken on a new role in recent years. A big part of that role is prevention. While public health still has to manage disease control, it’s new role of providing the public with knowledge and the means for preventing disease and illness is a huge, yet exciting endeavor. As we move forward in health care, prevention is going to be a necessity. Let’s look at some of the …show more content…
For example, the public health organizations alone cannot determine community health problems without the necessary reporting by neighborhood physicians. It is crucial that public health and the health care delivery system work together to reach these goals. Traditionally, the health care delivery sector has focused on the treatment, rather than prevention, of illness and disease. In order for these two sectors of the health care system to work together there needs to be a common goal of prevention.
“Progress on public health problems in a democratic society requires agreement about the mission and content of public health sufficient to serve as the basis for public action. There is [however], no clear agreement among public decision-makers, public health workers, private sector health organizations and personnel, and opinion leaders about the translation of a broad view of mission into specific activities” (The Future of Public Health, p. …show more content…
112).” There is a trend, however, in our society to focus on treating illness and disease rather them preventing them in the first place. Programs such as Jump rope for the heart encourage exercise in those who participate, usually school children, to strengthen their heart; while the majority of the proceeds from such programs go to treatment of heart disease, rather than prevention. If programs such as this coupled with public health to prevent such disease there would be less incidence and therefore more of that funding could be spent on prevention. It is all about ending a vicious cycle that the United States, as a whole, has created. We have not been given the tools to prevent, or educated enough, on disease prevention. As we move forward, Public health has some big shoes to fill. It is going to take the cooperation of the healthcare sector as a whole in team with public health to make this work. Public attitudes toward change are going to have to adjust. And populations as a whole need to be educated and willing to use the services provided. Prevention is a key factor to the future success in public