Public Health

Re:PBHL20004_2223:Week 2 Question 1

by Mei-Lan Liu

I agree with you on this issue. It is totally different between the health issues 50 years ago and those after 50 years. Nowadays, cancer and many chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases have become the consistent threat for those in developed countries. People often have to work for long hours and face fierce competition.As a

result, they tend to have high risks of having physical and mental disorders. in my own country, Taiwan, cerebrovascular and hypertension related diseases like strokes

have ranked in the top 10 causes of peoples' death in recent years. Strokes have led to a heavy burden of family as well as society. Depression and other psychological

disorders also become the hot issue that needs more community support in addition to family care. Like WHO defines the health as "complete state of physical, mental and

social well-being, and not merely the absence of diseases" from the person mentioned above, long-term care service has been the popular issue of public health in Taiwan. It cooperates healthcare system and community to form a broad social network that includes hospitals, local long-term care health centers, home care organizations, care givers, social workers, community team members, non-profit organizations. etc. Peoples heath is not limited to the recovery of diseases.Moreover, it expands to society

and even global concern. Climate change, global warming and many natural disasters like flooding have been the major and emergency issues of global public health that need international efforts to support and make efficient strategies to resolve these global.