Health Care and Its Related Issues

There are several ways to measure the health  status of a community or an entire population. In order to understand  the implications of legal and regulatory policies in health care  promotion and wellness, it is mandatory to analyze the impact of the  social needs of local populations on their health care issues.

Based on your understanding of the topic, create a report in a Microsoft Word document answering the following questions:

• What are the benefits measuring the health status of  individuals aged fifteen to sixty four years in a particular community  or an entire population? What effect do these benefits have on the  health status of the community or the entire population?
• Which one health statistic  has had the most significant impact on the health care profession in  the entire US or your community in the last year? Discuss.
• Identify one major local  social issue currently being addressed by the local elected officials  (major, governor, or town council).

• What ramifications does this issue have on the local population?
• Does this issue have any legal impact on the community? Why or why not?

For a successful health status of a  community, school health is critical to our future. How can we  incorporate a program within the school focusing on the safety and  well-being of students along with the social needs and health care  issues?

• If you are asked to develop a school health policy for an elementary school, who would be the stakeholders in this process?
• What types of resources will you need to develop a program?
• How will the focus of the program target health promotion or wellness?
• What considerations should be taken into consideration when developing the program, such as the physical and social environment?
• What factors are taken into consideration when developing a program targeting elementary school age children versus adult?
• What anticipated or perceived objections would you expect?
• As we continue to move in the twenty first century, what elementary school health or safety issues are emerging?

Offering a safe and healthy environment through enhancing the quality the patient care. Providing preventive and clinical services for example Diabetes screening, Cancer screening, all these will assist in early recognition of the diseases and early management. Empowering people. In order for people to be healthy they require to be offered easy and reasonable options to uphold their health. These consist of accessing healthy food, facilities to exercise, proper nutrition information, and positive social relations. Doing away with health disparities. There should be no people who should carry an unequal burden of disease and illness.

How nursing fit into this shift?

Nursing can fit to this shift via evidence-based suggestions while encouraging people to receive preventive services like counseling, screenings and preventive medications (Benjamin, 2011). Through public health education, the nurses can also inspire bigger groups of people to take part in healthy lifestyles and eventually live longer lives.

References

Benjamin, R. M. (2011). The National Prevention Strategy: Shifting The Nation’s Health-Care System. Public Health Reports, 126(6), 774–776.

Graffigna, G. (2016). Promoting patient engagement and participation for effective healthcare reform. Hershey, Pennsylvania (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, PA 17033, USA: IGI Global.

After reading the Wright and Anderson articles – discuss the role of the APRN in increasing adult vaccination rates.  Given the culture of the United States , which tools discussed in the articles or that you reviewed on the CDC website do you think might be most useful in increasing the vaccination rates of adults? and Why?

Project Assignment – Outline of the Project (comments from instructor)

You have a start to your outline. You need to provide details/specifics.

(Please review the assignment and links, and see the Course Announcement on outlines, and resubmit this. Please go over the assignment in detail. Please follow the link to what a “good” outline looks like. (below). While I am not looking for all of the details of your final project, I AM looking for basic information. For instance, don’t just have: 5. Treatment options

  A. Surgery

  B. Medication

Or (worse yet)

5. Treatment Options

  A. One treatment option

  B. Another treatment option

I want you to provide more details, such as listing out the types of surgeries, or the medication classifications.

i. The more information like this that your provide, the better your final project will be. Ignore the ?one page? limit if you need to! I am more concerned about quality and sufficient information, and less about length!

ii. You are also welcome to change aspects of your outline if, as you do more research, you discover a treatment option that is in the experimental phase, or is newer, and that you didn’t know about. Your plans for your paper may change as you research!

Below is the example of how the right outline should be.

The most common type of outline is an alphanumeric outline, or an outline that uses letters and numbers in the following order:

I.     Roman Numerals

A.    I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, etc.

B.    Represent main ideas to be covered in the paper in the order they will be presented

II.    Uppercase Letters

A.   A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, etc.

B.    Represent subtopics within each main idea

III.      Arabic Numbers

A.    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, etc.

B.    Represent details or subdivisions within subtopics

IV.    Lowercase Letters

A.    a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, l, m, etc.

B.    Represent details within subdivisions

Outline with main ideas, subtopics, subdivisions and details:

Thesis: Drugs should be legalized.
I. Legalization of drugs would reduce crime rates

A. Prohibition

1. Before Prohibition, crime rate related to alcohol were low-to-medium

2. During Prohibition, crime rates related to alcohol were high

a. Arrests for drunkenness and disorderly conduct increase 41%

b. Federal prison population increased 366%

3. After Prohibition, crime rates related to alcohol were very low

B. Amsterdam/Netherlands

1. Before Amsterdam had legalized marijuana, drug-related crime rates were high

2. After Amsterdam had legalized marijuana, drug-related crime rates dropped

II. Legalization of drugs would benefit the economy

A. Taxes

1. Local taxes

2. State taxes

3. Federal taxes

B. Business Owners

1. Drug production

2. Drug quality testing

3. Drug sales

III. Legalization of drugs would benefit public health

A. Quality of drugs would increase

1. Fake/dangerous drugs eliminated

2. Fake/placebo drugs eliminated

3. Amount of active ingredient standardized and stabilized

B. Drug users with addiction issues would get more help

1. Hospitals

2. Clinics

3. Public health clinics

C. Your people would be less likely to start drugs

Full-sentence outline:

• Each roman numeral (I, II, III, IV…) indicates the      start of a new paragraph. So I. is the first sentence of the introduction,      II. is the first sentence of the first paragraph of the body, III. is the      first sentence of the second paragraph of the body, and so on.
• Each capital letter (A, B, C, D…) indicates a      main point within the structure of the paragraph. So in our introduction,      A. is the attention getter, B. is another attention getter, C. describes a      point that makes the topic personal, and D. is the thesis statement.
• Each Arabic numeral (1, 2, 3, 4…) indicates a sentence      or piece of supporting evidence for each main point. So in the first body      paragraph (II.), point A. is a general statement that needs some      additional support, so 1. provides a supporting statement of fact and the      citation of where that information came from. 2. provides another sentence      with supporting evidence, as does 3.

Example of a full-sentence outline:

Warming Our World and Chilling Our Future

Thesis Statement: Today I want to share what I have learned about global warming and its causes.

I. Global warming is alive and well and thriving in Antarctica.

A. In winter 1995, an iceberg the size of Rhode Island broke off.

B. In October 1998, an iceberg the size of Delaware broke off.

C. All of us have a lot at stake.

1. Now, I am what you call a “country mouse.”

2. I love the outdoors.

3. You can be a “city mouse,” and like clean air, good water, and not having to worry about sun.

D. Today I want to share what I have learned about global warming and its causes.

II. Global warming is a gradual warming of the Earth from human activities (citation).

A. It is characterized by a high concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

1. Each year five tons of CO2 are pumped into the atmosphere (citation).

2. The carbon dioxide traps heat.

3. 1998 set temperature records (citation).

B. Carbon pollutants also eat a hole in the ozone layer (citation).

1. In 1998 this hole set a size record.

2. This allows more ultraviolet radiation to reach Earth.

C. If this problem is not corrected; we may see disastrous results (citation).

1. There could be dramatic climate changes.

a. There could be drought in the middle of continents.

b. There could be many severe storms.

c. There could be rising sea levels that would destroy coastal areas.

2. There could be serious health problems.

a. There could be an increase in skin cancer.

b. There could be an increase in cataracts.

c. There could be damaged immune systems.

D. Now that you understand what global warming is and why it is important, let’s examine its major causes.

III. The loss of woodlands adds to global warming (citation).
…..

IV. Industrial emissions accelerate global warming (citation).
…..

V. Personal energy consumption magnifies global warming (citation).
…..

VI. In conclusion, if you want to know why we have global warming, listen for the falling trees, watch the industrial smokestacks darkening the sky, and smell the exhaust fumes we are pumping into the air.

A. Gore told a story on how global warming can sneak up on us.

B. Addressing the National Academy of Sciences, the vice president said, “If dropped into a pot of boiling water….”

C. The more we know about global warming, the more likely we are to jump and the less likely we are to be cooked.