P1. Describe key aspects of public health in the UK. To pass this criteria I have to describe the key aspects of public health in a borough within the UK‚ The key aspects to public health that I am going to describe are; monitoring health status of the community‚ identifying the public health needs‚ understanding the origins and development of public health systems‚ developing programs to reduce the risks to public health‚ the environmental conditions such as housing- unemployment- education- living
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In the movie called "Contagion"‚ a strange virus is affecting the U.S. population. There have been cases of death among scientists who try to discover the origin of the acute disease that is spreading rapidly through population. Within their studies it is believed that the cause was an attack rate. The virus possible spread from person to person‚ and the person who contracted it transferred it to another person. These investigations were conducted through descriptive and observational studies. This
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Introduction A communicable disease is a disease that is transmitted through direct contact with an infected individual or indirectly through a vector. It is also called a contagious disease (Communicable Disease ‚ 2010). Communicable diseases can be spread very easy and they can range anywhere from a cold to anthrax. I will be discussing the communicable disease chlamydia and how it affects the person as well as everything around them. Awareness about communicable disease is going to be the
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Children Coping with Chronic Illness Children living with chronic illness are faced with everyday challenges that frequently force them to cope in different ways. According to Midence (1994)‚ ten to twenty percent o all children in the United States suffer from a chronic illness. The most common chronic childhood diseases are asthma‚ congenital heart disease‚ chronic kidney disease and sickle cell disease. Children are often quite vulnerable and lack education and experience about coping‚ especially
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This paper is aimed to provide the analysis and evaluation of the issues regarding health and illness inequalities being raised in the provided case study of “Brook Road‚ The Tale of Three Families”. The case study involves three families namely The Bradleys‚ The Khans‚ and The Huntleys. These families are reflecting different cases of issues related to the inequality in health and illness involving the people from infants to elderly. Impact of Social‚ Economic and Environmental Developments to
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“A stich in time saves nine.” Prevention is always better than cure‚ if we know that something with the passage of time might become dangerous then it better to take a precautionary step to combat the danger. So how many times you heard your parents and grandparents say this to you- take precaution dear and don’t give your problems a chance to arrive. So better work now and take precaution instead of fixing the damage later. This phase is applicable in many fields of life: If you are student then
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Lifestyle disease From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Lifestyle diseases (also sometimes called diseases of longevity or diseases of civilization interchangeably) are diseases that appear to increase in frequency as countries become more industrialized and people live longer. They can include Alzheimer’s disease‚ atherosclerosis‚ asthma‚ some kinds of cancer‚ chronic liver disease or cirrhosis‚ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease‚ Type 2 diabetes‚ heart disease‚ metabolic syndrome‚ chronic
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Obesity is getting out of control especially in the United States. Obesity today is an epidemic; it is arguably the most pressing public health problem we face‚ costing the health care system an estimated $90 billion a year. (p.108;Micheal Pollan‚ Omnivore’s Dilemma). Obesity is increasing in a lot of health situations and leading roots of deaths. Obesity is also at risk of many diseases. Obesity like other diseases‚ harm the standard works of the body. People who are obese have lavish unctuous
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United Bayanihan‚ San Pedro Laguna Barangay captain: Hon. Romeo B. Marcelo Barangay secretary: Sheryll D. Sison Population as of 2010 (National Statistics Office): 16‚442 Health Situation: no outbreaks Common illness: fever‚ common colds Rare cases: Tuberculosis‚ Pneumonia Health center: Among the 20 barangays‚ only one health center exists and It is found in United Bayanihan UB has the potential for cityhood development Mortality rate: Heart attack for the elderly Maternal death:
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Bioterrorism-Disaster Concepts in community and public health November 29‚ 2010 Bioterrorism-Disaster Summary of Teaching Plan: The goal of teaching bioterrorism to the class is to educate them about the different/rare diseases that can spread through animals and nature. The goal of teaching disaster is to educate them about the two different types of disaster‚ how to prepare for any disaster‚ and to show an example of a disaster that happened. Both of these goals will be reached by presenting
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