Interview Analysis

· Describe the most critical health issues affecting your selected population.

· Describe at least three public health/community services that exist in your own community to address these issues.

· Contact one of these services’ directors (or representative) and inquire about the agency’s effectiveness by asking these questions:

· Do you feel your organization has made a difference?

· What are your main barriers and how are the barriers to services being addressed?

· What are the ethical considerations of your services and how are they addressed?

· How is your organization funded?

· What concerns are still unmet in your opinion? Are these areas that will be addressed in the future?

· What role does your organization play in the overall public health arena?

· Present a brief overview of the organization, including its mission and goals/objectives, and then post your interview notes in the discussion forum

The maternal, infant, and child Health Leading Health indicators are infant deaths and preterm births.

Health impact of maternal, infant and child health, women suffer pregnancy complications, ranging from depression and many of those complications are associated with obesity.

In Santa Barbara County the Maternal Child and Adolescent Health program such as overweight children, there are a bunch of different services that help out with that such as Santa Maria Joint Union High, Marian Medical Center, Community Education, and Samsun Diabetes Research Institute. Teen Birth, which Cal Learn, Planned Parenthood and Cal safe.

Vision: Healthier Families through Leadership, Partnership and Science

Mission: To improve the health of families by preventing disease, promoting wellness and ensuring access to needed health care.

Goals: 1. All children born healthy and healthy mothers 2. No health status disparities among racial/ethnic, gender, economic and regional groups 3. A safe and healthy environment for women, children and families 4. Equal access for all women, children and their families to appropriate and needed health care within an integrated and seamless system.

As speaking to Mr. Terry Banks he stated that he thinks their program makes a difference, because they offer services that benefit the community at large.

Mr. Banks said the main barriers are uninformed about the goals of what they do. Being proactive and re active helps them address their barriers.

Mr. Banks feel like they do the right thing because when people make decisions that are not considered the social norm, they are here to educate and help those people that cannot educate or help themselves.

They are state funded.

Mr. Banks states that a lot of people are still not getting the help that they need. The topic is always addressed.

They play a vital role in the public health arena.

References

Maternal, Infant, and Child Health - Healthy People 2020. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/LHI/micHealth.aspx

Public Health Department-Santa Barbara County. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.countyofsb.org/phd/mch.aspx?id=25024