Public Health and the Law

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Public Health and the Law

In the United States, prior to the 1930s, public health efforts were
primarily undertaken at local and state level. After the Great Depression, the
federal government was called upon to intervene on behalf of its vulnerable
populations. Since that time, debates over federal versus state roles in public
health efforts have taken center stage in government and politics. (Turncock,
2012, 79)

For this assignment, you will examine the role of state and
federal government as it relates to motor vehicle safety.  Review the case study
Motor Vehicle Safety in your course text (pp. 93-96 in 1st edition,
pp.102-104 in 2nd edition).  Provide a brief description of laws
associated with motor vehicle safety at the federal level and for your own
state.  Identify what type of law it is (e.g., constitutional, legislative,
administrative, or judicial).  How do these laws relate to public health
services? (e.g., health promotion, wellness and prevention, early detection and
prompt treatment, disability limitation, and rehabilitation)  From your
perspective, should the federal and/or state government play a role in motor
vehicle safety?  Why or why not?  Provide a concrete example that supports your
opinion.

Your paper should be two to three pages
in length, excluding the title and reference pages, and formatted according to
APA guidelines, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.  Visit the Ashford
University Online Library to locate a minimum of two scholarly sources that
support your main ideas.

What is the demographic data of your community as given on the U.S. Census Bureau website?

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The development of diseases or the state of wellness and health are influenced by social, economic, environmental, and demographic factors of a population. As such, population statistics play a major role in determining the health status of a community or the distribution of diseases within that community.

You are the public health officer or health care administrator in charge of finding a prevention and intervention program to address public health issues in your community. You have been asked by your supervisor to create a report on the public health issue that you will be working for.

Based on your findings, express your views on the following:

  • What are the health problems or issues currently impacting your community?
  • What is the demographic data of your community as given on the U.S. Census Bureau website?
  • According to the data related to morbidity, mortality, and prevalence, what are the incidence rates of the diseases in your community?
  • What are the health care requirements of the community?
  • How do you plan to assist in the prevention and intervention programs of your community?

Public Health Campaign

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Communication Plan

Part of the planning process is creating a communication plan document. The communication plan is a detailed outline of your public health campaign and includes all the elements from planning, communications, marketing, and public relations to evaluation. It is also an iterative process and you must be willing to make adjustments to the plan as necessary.For this Application Assignment, use the Communication Plan Guidelines handout located in this week’s learning resources to begin drafting Part I of the Communication Plan. You will complete the remaining parts throughout the weeks of this course. Please note the completed Communication Plan will be due in Week 10.Submit the assignment: Part I: Public Health Campaign (3–4 pages) by Day 7

Your Communication Plan is the document which outlines all the elements of your public health campaign to help guide you in its facilitation. Please use this document as an outline to complete your Communication Plan. Use the learning resources and the current literature to support your Communication Plan.

Part I: Public Health Campaign (3-4 pages)

  • Briefly describe the public health issue you selected and justify your selection
  • Identify the audience you wish to target
  • Justify the target audience you selected
  • Briefly describe and justify the theory in which you will use to support your campaign
  • Explain the initial methods you plan to use to create your public health campaign and explain why you selected those methods
  • Briefly describe your goals for implementing a public health campaign (creating social change, changing behavior, increasing awareness, etc.)

Public Health Campaign Websites

  • Web Resource: It’s Your (Sex) Life (2016). Retrieved from http://www.itsyoursexlife.com/
  • Web Resource: Quit Now Virginia (2016). Retrieved from http://www.vdh.state.va.us/LHD/richmondcity/chroni…
  • Web Resource: Re3.org (2016). Retrieved from http://www.re3.org/
  • Web Resource: Wyoming Quit Tobacco Program (2016). Retrieved from https://wyo.quitlogix.org/
  • Web Resource: The One & Only Campaign (2016). Retrieved from: http://www.oneandonlycampaign.org/

Health care transformation: The Affordable Care Act

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Please write a Paragraph answering to this discussion below with your opinion. Please include citations and references in alphabetical order in case of another source.

In March of 2010 the Affordable Care Act was enacted, this was designed to ensure that everyone had access to health care and more affordable health care. It original design was to realign and encourage collaboration between health and healthcare system (Public Health, n.d.). One of the initiatives was a Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program. This was to attempt to make sure that there were enough nurses to care for these patients. The incentive of having loan repayment would cost the participant three year commitment to public health agency, the Health & Human Service Department offers a repayment program (American Nurses Association, 2014).

With the scholarships and loan repayment programs, this encourages primary care providers, dentists, mental health care providers and nurses to commit to communities that are in need of their services. We are familiar with this with Native Health and is now bridging over to other public health offices.

As a nurse with a role in providing health care to the population they are able to support the long term care for these patients. Many of the patients that benefit from public health assistance are the mentally ill, the low income, mothers and babies, and the elderly. I have personally noticed an increase in the number of public health nurses and they are getting out into the community teaching and caring for the community.

Reference:

American Nurses Association. (2014). Health care transformation: The Affordable Care Act and more. Found at: www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCatagories.Policy-Advocacy/HealthSystemReform/AffordableCareAct.pdf.