Hospital Administration Essay

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Principles and Practice of Hospital Administration 1) In your own local hospital setting, discuss how the following social determinants influence and affect your health programs and present ways to counter their negative effects and ensure the success of these programs: A. Health behavior of your constituents B. Socio-economic factors C. Access to healthcare in your hospital, and D. Their Physical Environment Answers: A. Health-related behavior is one of the most important elements in people's health and well-being. Many health problems or conditions that we encounter in our hospital setting are caused or contributed by health risk behaviors, such as alcohol abuse, substance use, smoking, reckless driving, poor eating habits, or unprotected sexual intercourse. These behavioral factors play a role in the leading causes of death which include chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, cerebrovascular accidents/ strokes, motor vehicular accidents, physical injuries and respiratory illnesses which are the major causes of death in our locality if not the whole country. So there is a great impact on the economic costs of health programs related to these health-compromising behaviors. To counter the negative effects of these behaviors is through behavioral changes, adopting a health-enhancing behaviors instead particularly promotion of healthy lifestyle habits like physical exercise, weight control, proper nutrition, dental hygiene, condom use, or accident prevention and participation in health promotive screening programs. Ways to promote healthy lifestyle are through education, counseling and coaching individuals, developing and implementing programs, policy change, utilization of media and printed materials for health promotions and campaigns and evaluating the impact and outcome of these efforts. And to ensure the success of these programs, a

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