HCS 457 Week 1 Community Health Care Issue Article Review
Community Health Care Issue Article Review
Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs
Public and Community Health
HCS 457
Dee Martinez, RN, MSN
March 23, 2014
Community Health Care Issue Article Review
A growing concern in community health care is the need of people to be able to buy food to feed themselves and their families. Food insecurity is described by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as “the food intake of one or more household members was reduced and their eating patterns were disrupted at times during the year because the household lacked money and other resources for food” (Coleman-Jenson, Nord, & Singh, 2013, p. 3). In the article ‘America’s new hunger crisis’ by Ned Resnikoff the issue of increasing hunger for Americans is raised since the recession hit in 2009. In the article ‘Americans struggling to afford food are also skipping medications’ by David McNamee the issue of skipping or not taking medication is raised so that food can be purchased. Making these decisions is a hard reality for too many people.
Problem length Food shortages have been a concern since the beginning of civilization. Storing food and grain for future use by groups of people is not a new thought process. One can surmise that not taking medication to be able to buy food has been happening as long as patients have been receiving prescriptions because people work and earn wages to be able to take care of their families.
Community affects
Patients that are skipping or not taking their medications as prescribed has a direct impact on the health care community. Repeat visits with health care providers and repeat admissions to the emergency room or as an inpatient in the hospital are direct causes of not taking medications correctly or at all. When patients skip medication and have repeat visits or admissions to hospitals they must be given the education to understand the cycle they are going to continue to live through.
Community response Communities, to help
Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs
Public and Community Health
HCS 457
Dee Martinez, RN, MSN
March 23, 2014
Community Health Care Issue Article Review
A growing concern in community health care is the need of people to be able to buy food to feed themselves and their families. Food insecurity is described by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as “the food intake of one or more household members was reduced and their eating patterns were disrupted at times during the year because the household lacked money and other resources for food” (Coleman-Jenson, Nord, & Singh, 2013, p. 3). In the article ‘America’s new hunger crisis’ by Ned Resnikoff the issue of increasing hunger for Americans is raised since the recession hit in 2009. In the article ‘Americans struggling to afford food are also skipping medications’ by David McNamee the issue of skipping or not taking medication is raised so that food can be purchased. Making these decisions is a hard reality for too many people.
Problem length Food shortages have been a concern since the beginning of civilization. Storing food and grain for future use by groups of people is not a new thought process. One can surmise that not taking medication to be able to buy food has been happening as long as patients have been receiving prescriptions because people work and earn wages to be able to take care of their families.
Community affects
Patients that are skipping or not taking their medications as prescribed has a direct impact on the health care community. Repeat visits with health care providers and repeat admissions to the emergency room or as an inpatient in the hospital are direct causes of not taking medications correctly or at all. When patients skip medication and have repeat visits or admissions to hospitals they must be given the education to understand the cycle they are going to continue to live through.
Community response Communities, to help
References: Coleman-Jenson, A., Nord, M., & Singh, A. (2013). Household Food Security in the United States in 2012 (UDSA-155). Retrieved from United States Department of Agriculture website: www.ers.usda.gov/publications/err-economic-research-report/err155.aspx