I support position A, which is public health interventions are primarily responsible for improvements of child and mother health. Because the most interventions is related to public health and not medical care interventions, for instance, hygiene, sewage, good nutrition, education, changing behaviors such as quit smoking and so on have contributed to reduce infant mortality and maternal as mentioned in the article 4. We can notice that public health interventions through three levels of care. Primary interventions are before pregnancy such as check health of women if she has chronic or infectious diseases and advise women to change unhealthy behaviors such as avoid alcohol and tobacco. Secondary interventions are during pregnancy such as providing
high-quality care and educating women about problems that related to pregnancy. Tertiary interventions are during postpartum period such as educating parents how to care their children and promoting breastfeeding. Therefore, these there interventions are related public health more than medical care.
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beliefs of society. If society imposed a law that it was immoral to have children if you are extremely poor because u can not provide for them and the child’s life wont be satisfying, one could argue that with a little time the mother could move out of poverty and thus have a “good” life, or that the child may find life satisfying without much beyond basic necessities. The author claims that mandatory testing will be beneficial because it can help produce healthy children, yet assumes that all pregnant women at risk will get tested. If testing becomes mandatory many woman who avoid testing, either out of the fear of knowing if they have the disease or that they will pressured into terminating the pregnancy, many woman may avoid prenatal care all together, thus imposing more health risks on the fetus and the mother.
It is the interrelationships among these factors that determine individual and population health. Because of these, interventions that target multiple determinants of health are most likely to be effective. Determinants of health reach beyond the boundaries of traditional health care and public health sectors; sectors such as education, housing, transportation, agriculture, and environment can be important allies in improving population health. Policies at the local, state, and federal level affect individual and population health. .Some policies affect entire populations over extended periods of time while simultaneously helping to change individual
Multiple approach to community health (MATCH) model, which was introduced by Simons-Morton, Greene and Gottlieb in the late 1980s, is considered to be very comprehensive and extensive for practical analysis. The model is not very popular among many scholars thus making it not much available in many texts. However, the paper is concerned about the reasons that make it the most preferred method of public health education intervention in the case of substance abuse (Simons-Morton, Greene & Gottlieb, 1995, p. 49).
Utilizing a person centered approach focusing on Mr. Stone and not the environment, the social worker will work with Mr. Stone to determine the cause of his hoarding behavior. The social worker will establish trust with Mr. Stone by acknowledging his attachments to his items and not removing them unless permission is granted. Trust with Mr. Stone will also be established by reflecting professional openness and honestly as it relates to the severity of the hoarding condition; the social worker will not minimize possible consequences to his situations which may include the social worker seeking out other professionals who are legally obligated to provide intervention. The social worker will work with Mr. Stone to develop an initial short term objective that can easily be achieved within a minimal
Public health is a concept that will always be subject to conflicting opinion. Over the year’s different ‘models’ of health have been formulated in order to categorise public health into dominant areas of cause and effect. The two models in which this essay will be focusing on are the Biomedical Model and the Lifestyle Theory Model. Although both models have equally arguable advantages and disadvantages, it is difficult to state either model as being ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ in defining the correct pathway to resolving the central health issues of today.
Most of these articles also argued that healthy policies by themselves cannot achieve the expected health improvement.1-3,7-13 This is why the US healthcare access cannot be improved without paying attention to the social and environmental needs of the poor Americans, who in most cases are at the receiving end. The social determinants of health can only be improved through actions targeted at the factors that improve life.1-3,4-5 Government policies should be translated into actions that are centered on enhancing the conditions in which people live, work, play, and grow.1,3,12 The situation that people are born into should not control their destiny, access to healthcare or other opportunities in life, because it will be then unfair and unjust. 1-3,7-13
Intervention from a health profession may be needed if a person • loses interest in others or withdraws social • struggles to function, at school, work or socially • cannot concentrate, has trouble with memory or logical thought and speech • becomes sensitivity to sights, sounds or touch and avoids over-stimulating situations • loses the initiative or desire to part activities or sports • feels disconnected from themselves and others or their surroundings • develops strange or inflated beliefs about themselves • feels nervous or suspicious of others without reason • shows out of character or unusual behaviour • has dramatic changes in sleep, appetite and self-care behaviours • sudden or dramatic changes in feelings or moods
would be for the client to use guided imagery to help in relaxation and bring client back to a state of mindfulness.
...ce of mortality, education can also be given to them about healthy child development and what to expect when they deliver their child. This can help reduce the amount of children becoming ill. A program such as the one described can have a positive impact and has the potential of saving millions of lives.
Improvement in maternal health – aimed at reducing maternal mortality and ensuring that mothers giving birth are attended to by skilled health personnel.
The five principles of HP include building healthy public policy, creating supportive environments, strengthening community action, developing personal skills, and reorienting health services (McMurray & Clendon 2015). The first principle aims to incorporate health into all public policy decisions beyond the health system so that living and working conditions become conducive to health and equity (Germov, Freij & Richmond 2015). According to McMurray & Clendon (2015), multi-sectoral collaboration is required among different sectors, such as education, industry and social welfare, with the reciprocally influential policies that guide the community health. The second principle emphasises the socio-ecological approach to health that promotes sustainable environment and broader social support systems that encourage a safe and satisfying life (Germov, Freij & Richmond 2015; McMurray & Clendon 2015). This principle requires to acknowledge the significance of conserving the physical or social resources that allow people to maintain health (McMurray & Clendon 2015). The third principle focuses on information and learning opportunities that enable communities to make knowledgeable choices for better health (McMurray & Clendon
The right to health contains entitlements. These entitlements are access to essential medicines, the right to prevention, treatment, and control of disease, maternal, health related education, and participation. Prevention plays an important role in maintain public health, particularly children’s health. Vaccinating children, as well as awareness campaigns, can lead to a significant reduction in health risks. Additionally, spreading basic information about hygiene, nutritional needs, etc., as well as the circulation of simple illustrations reminding people of the fundamental rules are very efficient actions for informing populations and improving healthy behavior. (“Understanding Children’s Right to Health”, n.d.). Therefore, if people have right to health it will result into prevention and more awareness about
To reiterate these six components, which are innovation, technical package, communication, management, and political commitment – the community is hand in hand associated with core functions of Public Health. In Public Health the three main core functions are assessment, policy development, and assurance. Assessment is a tool that helps monitors different health and environmental statutes to create, deploy, and identify solutions. It also used a diagnostic tool to investigate health-related problems and different health hazards. Policy development is an act of informing and educating those developed ideas and topics that help the communities and different organizations in their health care efforts. Lastly, assurance utilizes different laws and regulations to help in the aid of protecting the public or environment at risk. It also re-evaluates the laws and regulations to see its effectiveness and its quality (Schneider,