governmental role/program in public health

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The Session Long Project will involve an in-depth study of a governmental role/program in public health. Your project will involve identifying responsible governmental agencies; describing current challenges and potential impact; proposing a public health policy; researching pertinent laws; and evaluating the ethical principles of laws/policies, financial impact, and sources of funding.

  1. Select a governmental role/responsibility in public health for your SLP. Describe the governmental role/responsibility. Identify the agencies responsible at federal, state, and local government level.
  2. Describe the current challenges and potential impact of these challenges to public health (related to the item you selected in No. 1).
  3. Describe the goal of the proposed policy.
  4. What is the supporting evidence for implementing this policy?
  5. How is this policy to be achieved?
  6. Who is this policy intended to help?
  7. Which agencies will implement this policy?
  8. How cost-effective do you expect this policy to be?
  9. How well do you anticipate this policy will be accepted, given the priorities, culture, values, and political climate?
  10. What are your strategies for overcoming barriers in implementing the policy?

Describe the epidemiology of menopause

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INSTRUCTIONS ON ESSAY/ ANALYSIS from ARTICLES IN PUBLIC HEALTH FOR MENOPAUSE:

INSTRUCTIONS: Please find LONG ARTICLES in PUBLIC HEALTH on the topic of MENOPAUSE and discuss the following points in the paper—

Menopause

A) Objectives: Describe the epidemiology of menopause.

B) Discuss the public health issues relating to the menopause.

C) Understand the relationship between osteoporosis and the menopause

D) Topics: Menopause
Readings: Search the net for ARTICLES IN PUBLIC HEALTH FOR MENOPAUSE that will answer the questions below.

Consider information found at NAMS(North American Menopausal Society)

Assignments: Answer the following questions about the menopause.

1. What are some of the short and long term public health issues for women due to the menopause?

2. What is the relationship between the menopause and osteoporosis?

3. How is menopause treated and why are the treatments controversial?

4. Is there a relationship between female sexual dysfunction and the menopause?

REFERENCES- please select several LONG JOURNAL ARTICLES in PUBLIC HEALTH on topic of MENOPAUSE

Evaluate the main causes of mortality and the contributing factors in the country

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Within public health, understanding the global health impact on a country outside of the United States can help us understand what is happening within our own communities.

As a public health professional, you may be working within a global health setting. You will be compiling a report on a country of your choice that is classified as either low income or lower-middle income.

For this assignment:

  1. General Discussion:
    1. Select a low-income or lower middle-income country. Why did you select this country?
    2. Discuss background information, such as the size of the population, education, economy, and poverty levels for the country.
    3. What is the country’s health system, and what percentage of the population is covered?
    4. Determine the major health issues in the country and why you think they have become health issues.
  2. Analysis:
    1. Evaluate the main causes of mortality and the contributing factors in the country.
    2. Assess how culture has played a role in the leading causes of death, and how health behavior is affected by culture.

How do social determinants of health contribute to the development of illness

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What are social determinants of health? How do social determinants of health contribute to the development of illness? What is a communicable disease chain? Are there steps that a nurse can take to break a link within the communicable disease chain? Give a specific example.

Readings within your text covering international/global health and the following websites will assist you in answering these questions:

  1. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Global Health website: http://www.cdc.gov/cogh/index.htm
  2. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Global Health website: http://www.globalhealth.gov/index.html
  3. Families USA – Why Global Health Matters—Here and Abroad website: http://www.familiesusa.org/
  4. World Health Organization (WHO) website: http://www.who.int Question descriptionWhat are social determinants of health? How do social determinants of health contribute to the development of illness? What is a communicable disease chain? Are there steps that a nurse can take to break a link within the communicable disease chain? Give a specific example.

    Readings within your text covering international/global health and the following websites will assist you in answering these questions:

    1. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Global Health website: http://www.cdc.gov/cogh/index.htm
    2. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Global Health website: http://www.globalhealth.gov/index.html
    3. Families USA – Why Global Health Matters—Here and Abroad website: http://www.familiesusa.org/
    4. World Health Organization (WHO) website: http://www.who.int