Pubic Healt

Factors Affecting Public and Community Health

Textbook :

Riegelman, R. K. (2015). Public health 101: Healthy people--healthy populations (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.

Instructions: Please ensure to substantiate your response with scholarly sources or a personal account of your own experience in the work place. Cite and reference work! Must be 150 to 175 word count.

1. This overview and begins an important discussion of what is likely to be in your future as HealthCare Administrators. Please highlight two things you found most interesting about the overview. Thoughts on this? See attached WK Overview

2. Please highlight two things you found most interesting about Chapter 8. See Chapter 8 attached

3. Please highlight two things you found most interesting about Chapter 7. See Chapter 7 attached

4. Please highlight two things you found most interesting about Chapter 4. See Chapter 4 attached

5. Read the environmental health section. Please highlight what you found most interesting about the article. http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/environmental-health

6. Watch the "Unnatural Causes" video. Discuss your thoughts. http://www.unnaturalcauses.org/video_clips_detail.php?res_id=80

7. Based on the Unnatural cause video, address your opinion and thoughts to 3 comments below:

What reactions do you have to the ideas they presented? Include examples from the course readings or your own experience to support your perspective, and raise questions to continue the dialogue. How did his post influence your thinking? How can you use the information presented in comments posted?

· Monica: This is a very enlightening trailer. I know we are one of the unhealthiest of the industrialized countries, but I didn't realize our infant mortality rate was higher than other countries like Slovenia. That is quite shocking. The premise of the series a good one. I believe that social status can determine one's health. The foods that are the worst for you are the least expensive. For example a low-income family of 5 can eat for less than 10 dollars at a fast food restaurant, while the cost of making an organic healthy meal for 5 can run about 25 dollars. This has been an issue before for me and my family. I have more than once went for the dollar burgers in a pinch and a rush for dinner. We need to find a way to make the organic healthy foods more cost efficient and available to all. We need to create an interest within the public or else all of the efforts to get healthy will be in vain.

· Amirt: This is the most common use of example of how poorly we live in this society with living unhealthy because mostly at times it is too expensive to eat healthy or even try to. Myself alone all i eat is natural ingredients but i eat in portions where as the average American will eat until full and that is still not healthy. We need to be more education about portion control and hopefully in the near future offer low cost of natural foods. Some ways are now growing own produce which is time savvy and great idea to save loads of money!

· Julio: You both brought a great point about food consumption and the quality of food that is served out there in the US. I do agree that unfortunately, it is cheap to get fast food through big chains that supply burgers, pizza, fast food, etc. On the other side, if you are trying to eat healthy by getting vegetables and the right meats and proportions, the expense is much greater, which public health needs to focus in the monetary social impact to document health problems. Consequently, due to the fact a lot of people can afford fast food rather than trying to get healthier food, we have a problem in the rise which is diabetes. Last week I was visiting websites in regards diabetes and I was surprised that most of them provide educational information on how you can become diabetic. In addition, there is actually programs and recipes within the website that provide information when it comes to food consumption, which is a great idea to have and help public health. Also Amirt mentioned that Americans tend to eat until they get full instead of eating in proportions. In part this is true but the majority of people out there that consume fast food is because they are on the go and "they do not have time", which it all goes back to social and behavioral factors as well as exercising.

8. What are some environmental factors that affect public and community health? Which factor is most troublesome? Why? 

9. How has studying social and behavioral sciences contributed to understanding public health? Provide examples of how socioeconomic status, lifestyle, and community resources affect health. Which factor do you think is most difficult to change? Why?

10. Powerpoint- Review the PERIE model and process described in Ch. 2 of the text.

Complete each of the following steps for the chosen public health issue or disease (Diabetes):

· Create a 2- to 3-slides Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with speaker notes to summarize your findings pertaining to the issue or disease.

· Explain epidemiology and its relationship to public health.

· Describe the issue or disease.

· Identify the underlying nature and cause of the issue or disease.

Include at least 2 references in addition to the textbook above and scholarly sources.

Format your presentation according to APA guidelines