Kaiser Family Foundation (2009). HIV/AIDS Policy: Women and HIV/AIDS in the United States. Retrieved from http://www.kff.org/hivaids/upload/6092-07.pdf * Carefully explore what each patient believes about his or her health, what would be appropriate treatment, and who should be involved in medical decision making. * Vulnerable Population and Self-Awareness Paper * DUE WEEK TWO * * Consider the following statemenCarefully explore what each patient believes about his or her health, what would be appropriate treatment, and who should be involved in medical decision making. * t: All people have biases and self-awareness is the key to understanding how these biases affect the delivery of health care to individuals, families and populations.
All of which contribute to the client’s overall health. A discrepancy in the health status of vulnerable populations and the majority of the population has led the United States government to create Healthy People 2010 goals focusing specifically on decreasing these health disparities. “Healthy People 2010 is an implementation guide for all federal and most state health initiatives, with a special emphasis on promoting systematic approaches to eliminating health disparities experienced by underserved and disadvantaged populations” (Sebastian, 2005, p.748). Healthy People 2010 consists of a list of twenty-eight focus areas, within each focus area are goals. Decreasing diabetes, improving educational and community based programming and decreasing sexually transmitted diseases are three of the goals listed in the twenty-eight objectives that are affected by the aggregate
Second, our region has a disturbing statistics on allergology: over 11% of the population, including children, suffers from atopic eczema, more than 14% of people is predisposed to various food allergies. The reason of such abundance in allergological diseases may be the ecological situation and the environmental pollution of the region. Therefore, 18% of the expenses annually is allocated for maternity wards and 19% - for allergy centre within the hospital. These are the external demographic and health care factors influencing the structure and operation of our institution. One of the main tendencies in healthcare organization of the last decade is the step-by-step but rather strict division of responsibilities between doctors and hospital managers: the former now almost exclusively concentrate on providing healthcare service, using the material base of a certain hospital; and the latter concern themselves with the management and administration of that particular material base and also of
They provide technical assistance such as: Quality improvement, data management, public health law, human resources management and policy development. The local health department work directly with the population by providing services such as: child immunization, family planning, WIC, sexually transmitted disease testing and treatment for tuberculosis but all depend on the geographic area which means that not every local health department offer all the listed services above. State health department are in charge of manage birth, death, diseases prevention and control, etc. In the other hands local health departments are providing direct services to the population. Florida State Health Department provide aid by identifying health risks in the community; maintaining a safe and healthful environment; detecting, investigating, and preventing the spread of disease; promoting healthy lifestyles; providing primary care for individuals with limited access to such care from the private sector; and ensuring that health care practitioners meet the requirements for providing adequate care; informing the public on health issues.
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 Care Issues in the U.S Health Services Organization Management – BUS 500 January 23, 2011 Explain how health is affected by behaviors, economics, and social structure. A person’s behavior is one of the most important components to their health. Behavioral lifestyle decisions significantly impact the leading causes of death in the United States. Bad dietary behaviors along with alcohol consumption and tobacco use lead to chronic diseases such as cancer, stroke, and heart disease. There is a strong association between sexual behavior and the spread of communicable diseases such as AIDS, herpes, gonorrhea, and other sexually transmitted diseases.
The key conclusions about inequalities in health is the empirical study about the healthy and lifestyle of residents who is living in Scotland, Angus, Dundee and Perth & Kinross. This article highlighted that why people in Dundee have on average a lower life expectancy than in Scotland. The article also provides the relationship between about the date of population and health care facilities. It is also discuss about the income and housing facilities can affect the factor of health and wellbeing. According to the article, nutrition, lifestyles education, sexual behavior and physical activity can shorten the life of the people.
Emergency Department Bottleneck Proposal University of Phoenix OPS/HC 571 January 23, 2012 Middletown Hospital Bottleneck Proposal In the United States today, receiving quality health care is a challenge. Over the years the challenges in health care have been improving the public health care system, keeping cost under control, improving access and coverage, encouraging healthy behavior, improving quality, strengthening the health workforce, addressing social determinants of health, and encouraging more realistic expectations (Jonas, Knickman, & Kovner, 2008). These challenges concern many health care organizations because of what could happen if the issues are not managed properly. This proposal is to help Middletown Hospital operate efficiently and provide the best quality of care and safety to their patients. Because Middletown Hospital has been receiving a large number of complaints about long waits for care and poor service from 6:00-10:00 p.m., the chief executive officer (CEO) has authorized a Six Sigma Team to analyze root causes and provide recommendations for improvement.
Running head: COMMUNITY Community Health Advocacy Project Tracey Roby Population-Focused Health Care NUR 544 May 21, 2012 Shannon P. Hebert, RN, MPH Community Health Advocacy Project- Childhood Obesity Part One – Childhood Obesity Within today's health care system there are countless areas of public health concern. Among these are multiple aggregates, or subsets, of people from the general population with a common health concern, defining a distinct area of not only strength, but also need. One such aggregate of concern is childhood obesity. The health of this group is an important part of today's health care system. If we consider the definition of obesity, it means that an individual has excess body fat, as a result of taking in more calories than what is expended (Centers, 2012).
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.)