Change4Life is a public health programme in England that began in 2009. It is run by the department of health and was the UK’s first national social marketing campaign to tackle the causes of obesity, It is still on-going today and it’s aim is to encourage people to play a part in improving the nation’s health and well-being by encouraging everyone to ‘eat well, move more and live longer’. Change4life originally targeted parents with children by using cartoon imagery and non-judgemental language to suggest easy diet and exercise swaps that would improve their health. It did this through television
It offers seniors with several options. One of the big choices is taking preventative care by utilizing the wellness visit (http://www.physicianspractice.com March2011.) Thus, seniors are helping to ensure a healthy future for themselves. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is aimed at expanding access to health care and lowering cost barriers to seeking and receiving care, particularly high-value preventive care (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2011 Oct.) Healthcare is one of the top social and economic problems facing Americans today. Medicare operates with 3% overhead, non-profit insurance 16% overhead, and private (for-profit) insurance 26% overhead (Journal of American Medicine 2007.)
(WHO, 1946). However there is a difference between both social model of health and the medical model of health. Medical model of health focuses more on the cure for an illness, whereas the social model of health concentrates on the origins of the illness rather than the cure Social model of health intends to free patients from medically defined diseases infectious or otherwise including cancer or heart problems. An example of the social model of health would be to make people become more vigilant on certain issues and encourage them to change their habits. A major issue would be tackling obesity.
1. Cultural Competence in the Field (1 page or ~2-3 paragraphs): Write a one-page essay on how you will use your disparity analysis skills and your cultural competency knowledge in your future (or current) career. Here is a guiding question to help inspire your response: If public health is an act of social justice, how will you bring social justice into your work? The discussion of cultural competence in regards to social disparity was one of the topics I was quite drawn to in this class. I believe that if we want to bring social justice into our work, we must be committed to explore why disproportionality of behavior, disease and mortality exists within certain populations.
Ethics, market integrity, and the role of regulation in facilitating market integrity have major implications for private industry, government, political groups, and special interest groups. The Bipartisan for Health Care, LLC is a not for profit advocacy group that emphasizes ethical contribution toward improving health coverage for all Americans. The Modern Health Care for All Americans reform effort to transform health care plan constitutes an important public policy initiative that exposes formidable challenges for individuals, and organizations with an ethical dilemma (Obama, 2008). In the current business environment the fundamental considerations of health care involve various morally relevant factors that express straightforward goals that seem well-matched with consequentialist ethics. According to Salladay (2006), consequentialist ethics ethical choices are relative to the context in which they must be made and should be guided by the desired outcomes, which must be beneficial (p. 24).
| Culture and Health Attitudes | How Culture Influences Individual Attitudes on Health | | Alina Campbell | 11/11/2012 | This paper will explain the importance of health to American society, and compare and contrast those of other cultures. | Health related issues have become very important in our culture. Our society has improved personal and public health due to the link between health and communication, which has grown and been recognized as a main element. Communication can contribute to prevention of disease, relationship between doctor and patient, and change individual and public attitudes and behaviors. Individually, health communication can help raise awareness of health risks and give one the proper information to reduce those risks.
Hookahs are marketed as being a safe alternative to cigarettes. This claim is false. The water does not filter out many of the toxins. In fact, hookah smoke has been shown to contain concentrations of toxins, such as carbon monoxide, nicotine, “tar,” and heavy metals, that are as high or higher than are seen with cigarette smoke. Several types of cancer, including lung cancer, have been linked to hookah smoking.
In order to improve the nation’s health and end the disproportion in health care to vulnerable populations, the social determinants of health must be addressed foremost in order to achieve an understanding of the issues that are affecting so many Americans and what must be done in the fight toward equality in the U.S. health care delivery system. All of the social factors are a part of a cycle, one affecting the other. Elements of each social factor influence the others in a specific way. These social factors mainly affect the underserved populations of racial and ethnic minorities, women and children, rural residents, the uninsured, homeless peoples, mental health patients, patients with chronic illness or disabilities, and HIV/AIDs patients. In the U.S., social factors are associated with lower overall health care usage and access (Shi & Singh, 2010).
Health is undoubtedly more than the absence of diseases and illnesses. According to World Health Organisation WHO (2004), the social conditions in which people live in greatly influence their chances of getting good health. The important determinant of most diseases, death and health inequalities are factors such as poverty, unhealthy early childhood conditions, poor diet and being able to adapt to stressful situations in everyday life. The link between the determinant of health and actual level of health is not simple due to the fact that determinant of health are inter-related and interdependent, thus one outcome of determinant influences and generate the outcome of the other. Evident suggest that the important building blocks of adult health
The last of the Work Culture results is ethical. Some of the phrases used to describe this career requirement include; emphasis on fairness, active promotion of equal rights and justice for all and the chance to contribute positively to society and make a difference in people’s lives. I would have to say this is probably the most important of the three work cultures to me. I was an Ethics Instructor for a large healthcare system over ten years ago and I find that I still reflect back on the course material and use it as a roadmap to operate by. I find not only does this describe me from a professional standpoint, but also from a personal standpoint.