Attacking Childhood Obesity in Cuyahoga County American Sentinel University Attacking Childhood Obesity in Cuyahoga County The health of the entire nation should be of concern to everyone. Each year people are dying or living poor quality lives as of result of many preventable diseases. People in every country‚ state‚ and county are affected each day by poor lifestyle choices. In this paper‚ I will present the six week program that I developed to help improve the health of my community. Assessment
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1. Citing pertinent examples describe the roles of an environmental health officer/PHO in ports of entry. The roles of a public Health Officer in the ports of entry are many but they all fall under or rather are there for the implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR).It is also the most important role of a PHO in ports of entry or of exit. • Ensuring compliance to Public Health Laws‚ Standards and requirements. Some of the roles they play include; * Implementation of the international
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What is Public Health? The definition of the term has changed over the centuries. For instance the 19th century definition is vague compared to the definition of the term in the 21st century. The 19th century version states that it is the science and art of preventing disease‚ prolonging life and promoting health through organized community effort. The 20th century definition is as follows: The substance of public health is organized efforts aimed at the prevention of disease and the promotion of
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Behcet’s syndrome also known as Behcet’s disease causes inflammation of the blood vessels as well as other parts of the body. This disease was named after the Turkish dermatologist‚ Dr. Hulusi Behcet who first discovered it in 1937. His original description of this disease is a triad of oral ulcers‚ genital ulcers and ocular inflammation. This disease is currently recognized worldwide but the countries with the highest prevalence rate are Turkey‚ Japan‚ Korea‚ China‚ Iran and Saudi Arabia. Turkey
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Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus Global Scenario Diabetes and other chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are significant public health challenges in the 21st century. It is estimated that 3.8 million deaths were attributable to diabetes in 2007‚ equivalent to 6% of all deaths globally. India‚ which has the largest population of diabetes patients of any country‚ diabetes accounts for 9.7% of these deaths. The prevalence of diabetes is rapidly rising all over the globe at an alarming rate
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Epidemiology Rationale for Topic The purpose of personal protective equipment is to protect the person from contracting possible pathogens and spreading them among others. The prevention of the spread of the disease is of the utmost importance to this particular population because we do not when to give another patient an illness a different patient has. According to the CDC‚ when healthcare facilities‚ care teams‚ and individual doctors and nurses‚ are aware of infection problems and follow the
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R esearch Report PP06214‚ version 3 June 2011 The mortality of workers with occupational lead exposure: A research proposal John W Cherrie Damien McElvenny Martie van Tongeren OUR IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT At IOM we seek to minimise our environmental impact. We produce thousands of reports every year and these consume a large quantity of paper. To minimise our impact on the environment‚ we prefer to only provide an electronic copy of reports‚ although we can provide a paper copy on
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HAT 1 Task 3 A. Analyze the selected communicable disease outbreak by doing the following: Describe the communicable disease outbreak. Avian Influenza‚ also known as the Bird Flu‚ is an influenza A virus caused by avian‚ which means bird. These viruses occur naturally in some birds. Wild birds in all areas of the world get the viral infections in their intestines‚ but do not usually become ill from them. The avian influenza is quite contagious among birds and can even kill domesticated
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Snow was unable to study cholera first-hand after the end of the first cholera outbreak of 1832. It was not until 1849‚ when a second outbreak occurred‚ that he could study its transmittance again. In between these two outbreaks‚ Snow conducted research on respiration and anesthesiology which caused him to think that the miasma theory could not be true. He started his research on respiration while still at the Hunterian School of Medicine. This is when Snow studied the gas laws and applied this research
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There are many aspects of public health that need to be focused on‚ injury being one of them. Injury comes in two forms‚ intentional and unintentional. With regard to intentional injury‚ self-harm and suicide have been classified as major public health issues. Everyone is affected by injury regardless of age‚ sex‚ race‚ or socioeconomic status. Injury is the leading cause of death for Americans ages one to 44‚ and it claims the lives of about 199‚800 people every year. More Americans die from injuries
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