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Effects of Disease on the Health Care Industry: Respiratory Health Complete the table below for
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diseases that you have chosen that affects respiratory health. In each box, you are required to list 3­5 bulleted statements regarding the heading of that box. Cite your sources using APA format. This section is due in Week Five. Chosen
Treatment Modalities
Cultural
Epidemiological
Available Consumer
Impact on Society
Respiratory
Beliefs/Practices
Statistics
Resources
Disease or
Affecting this Disease
(ex. financing,
Disorder
information, support)
Asthma
● Asthma is a long term ● The gap in asthma
● Asthma, one of
● The agency for
● Asthma impact on

disease that has no cure. The goal of asthma treatment is to control the disease. Working with your doctor to

prevalance, morbidity, and mortality is increasing in low-income racial/ ethnic minority

the most common of all chronic illness, affects about 5% to 8% of the adult US population and

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healthcare research quality has developed asthma care quality improvement, a resource guide for state action list

society is a serious health and econom concern in the US, because asthma kee people out of work and school, asthma

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treat other conditions that can interfere with asthma management. Avoid things that worsens your asthma, however , one trigger you should not avoid is physical activity. physical activity is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Talk with your doctor about medicines that can help you stay active , and also woring with your doctor and other health care providers to create and follow

groups as compared with
Caucasians. In order to address these disparities, alternative beliefs and behaviors need to be identified.

typifies the growing health disparities gap between ethnic/racial minorities and
Caucasians.
Asthma prevalance, for example is significantly higher and asthma mortality rates are nearly 3 times greater in African
Americans than compared with
Caucasians.
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companion workbook, asthma care quality improvement is a workbook for state action. The materials were designed in partnership with the council of state government to help states access the quality of asthma cae and create quality improvement startegies.

interferes with daily life activities. Its getting worse in the last decade, the proportion of peopl with asthma in the U grew by nearly 15%
Asthma costs the US
$56 billion each yea and about 9 people die form asthma ea day. Also asthma attacks can be mild, moderate, or seriou and evenlife threatnening. Body Systems and Diseases
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an asthma action plan. experience even more profound health inequalities and poor Afiacan
American women have the highest death rate from asthma. References: www.cdc.gov/asthma/impacts_nation/asthmafactssheet.pdf www,ncbi.nlm.gov/pmc/articles/pmc1924749/html. www.ahrq.gov/professional/quality­patient­safety/html. Copyright © 2014 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved.

References: www.cdc.gov/asthma/impacts_nation/asthmafactssheet.pdf  www,ncbi.nlm.gov/pmc/articles/pmc1924749/html.  www.ahrq.gov/professional/quality­patient­safety/html.    Copyright © 2014 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved.