Discussion forum unit 2: health. Public health plays a crucial role in promoting and protecting the health of the population at both community and national levels. It primarily focuses on preventing diseases by promoting healthy behaviors and ensuring access to quality healthcare for all individuals. Public health encompasses various activities such as surveillance‚ disease control‚ health promotion‚ health education‚ policy development‚ and research. Public health has three main functions: assessment
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the field of Public Health Informatics PHI‚ over the past twenty years. Practitioners can now retrieve‚ analyze‚ share‚ and distribute information to other users‚ such as health organizations‚ non-profits‚ and CBOs (Community Based Organizations) (Narain & Ofrin‚ 2012). For example‚ early warning systems regarding diseases and natural disasters speed up the time for first responders thus decreasing the chance of disease by moving people away from ground zero to shelters. The World Health Organization
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The recent acknowledgement of obesity as a disease was a wise decision for the Canadian Medical Association to implement. Obesity is a major health issue worldwide with its prevalence having more than doubled since 1980 (“Obesity and overweight‚” 2016). It is a common misconception that the sole causes of obesity are a poor‚ unhealthy diet and physical inactivity. In truth‚ the etiology of obesity is far more complex and multiple factors contribute to its presence (Chan & Woo‚ 2010). At the molecular
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comprehending and criticizing what constitutes a good life and actions (Lindert & Potter‚ 2015). Medical ethics usually apply to the individual communication between the patients and the physicians‚ whereas public health ethics are generally applied to the communication between an agency and a population. When it comes to medical ethics there are four main principles that are regulated. The four principles includes: normal efficiency‚ justice‚ beneficence‚ and autonomy. In public health‚ ethical principles
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Public health is the science and art of preventing disease‚ prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society‚ organizations‚ public and private‚ communities and individuals. Individual health is something that affects only certain people and doesn’t affect the whole public when one person becomes ill‚ for example Smoking . Smoking is the action or habit of inhaling and exhaling the smoke of tobacco or a drug. Smoking is a public health issue in
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little (if any) threat to public health and safety and there is a lack of sufficient evidence‚ historic or scientific‚ to show that kratom presents significant danger despite many years of widespread use. There is not a kratom epidemic. Scheduling kratom under the CSA would only serve to‚ ultimately‚ drain resources from enforcing current drug laws in regulating much more dangerous substances‚ the use of which kratom currently serves to mitigate. Scheduling kratom would most likely result in people
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and wants. Perhaps it’s time for man to do the conforming to nature. Public health is an exciting field that is growing. This field challenges its professionals to meet face to face health challenges such improving access to health care‚ controlling infectious diseases‚ reducing the various environmental threats and violence‚ drug abuse and accidents. Public health is an area that is intended to serve others. It refers to health professionals working in organizations that provide services to the
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Every year millions of people are involved in automobile accidents‚ some result in fatalities‚ in 2005 alone 16885 fatalities occurred due to drunk driving. B. Why drink and drive? C. The purpose of my speech is to inform you on the dangers of driving under the influence. D. I will explain the need‚ the satisfaction‚ and the visualization. A. Alcohol-impaired driving is a serious public health problem that kills about 11‚000 people and costs nearly $110 billion a year.
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is a community appraisal conducted? When public health officials want to assess and survey the needs of a community‚ they use Rapid Participatory Appraisal. It is “rapid” that the exercise can be done in a relatively short time frame (Brown et al‚ 2006). This means the involvement of the local community cooperation and individual participation to facilitate community action ( Walley & Wright‚ P. 40) This method provide a very usual information about health-related needs as to how to make improvements
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approaches - community psychology and public health that are related to social problems. Each method approaches social problems differently; however there are certain overlapping features. Each method also has its specific strengths and weaknesses. All of these factors will be discussed in this essay. Community psychology and public health The foundation of public health rests on the practical implementation of attempts to protect and improve a community’s health by applying preventative medicine‚
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