What is the difference between Risk and Hazard
What is the role of Promotion and Education in Occupational Safety and Health?
Category: Public health
Advocating for Increased Investment in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
Select one of twelve regions to develop a 10-15 slide Power Point presentation advocating for increased investment and efforts in Sexual and Reproductive Health for that particular region. Your slides should include: A. What are the sexual health and reproductive issues in this region? B. Why should we invest in this particular region, this group? C. What should be done? D. How will increased investments and efforts help? Be sure to address needs and efforts for both males and females.
Unnatural Causes: There is No Such Thing as Small Stuff
Unnatural Causes: There is no such thing as Small Stuff:
As you watch, consider how neighborhood disadvantages/social factors limit Marys lifestyle and choices as you watch.
Mary Turner, featured in “In Sickness and In Wealth,” lives in a poor neighborhood in Louisville, KY. With three teenage children, a disabled husband, and health issues preventing her from working, she must budget carefully to support her family. In a video, she discusses the daily choices she faces, giving a glimpse into life at the lower end of the U.S. socio-economic spectrum.
Bridging the Gap: From Research Significance to Public Health Practice
How does not the research significance translate into actual public health practice?
Give a concrete example of a study for this question
The Connection Between Going Green and Health
We now know a lot more about the connection between going green and our health. Living green = living
HEALTHY! In fact, the March/April 2012 American Journal of Health Education featured a research article on the
determinants of recycling behavior now classified as a health behavior! Here is the link to our studys abstract:
Environmental Health Promotion is a
new and growing area in community and public health. We work to help people change their behavior to have
fewer toxic exposures (healthier lifestyle) and to better protect our shared environment/resources. For this project,
you will use the internet and the listed resources to further explore healthy living and healthy environments. You
will: 1) read and reflect about everyday chemicals in foods and products and health, 2) examine your personal
care products and identify healthy alternatives in Skin Deep database, 3) watch and reflect on the Story of Stuff,
4) calculate and reflect upon your ecological/carbon footprint, 5) watch and reflect on CDCs Healthy Places
video, and 6) review UNF resources. Next, you will respond to or answer the following questions in a brief 2-3
page, single-spaced paper. Number your responses in your paper.
WebMD Toxin Overview
Review this brief WebMD article -to-z-guides/news/20230504/cleaning-personal-
products-contain-dangerous-chemicals (see this journal article for more details:
). Also review the Toxic Substances Control At of 1976
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act#:~:text=The%20Toxic%20Substances%20Control%20Act%20of%201976%20provides%20EPA%20with,
%2C%20drugs%2C%20cosmetics%20and%20pesticides. Answer the question(s).
Q1: Describe safety and health concerns related to cleaning products, cosmetics, and other exposures
in the U.S.
Skin Deep
Go to EWGs Skin Deep resource . Go to the search box and type in a specific
product you use (Ivory Liquid Hand Soap). Click on the product to review the findings. Do this for 5 of your
products that you use frequently. Next, click on a category in the menu across the top of the site (eye care,
makeup, oral care…). Find the healthiest (least toxic) product in that category that you have heard of before
and know you could purchase if you wanted to. You may need to review many to find one you are familiar
with. Answer the question(s). (Note: EWG is a research and advocacy group that has filled an information
and research gap on widely available products that otherwise would be unavailable in the US. EWG
research methodology is sound, sources are cited and transparent, and findings are widely used by notable
higher education institution. However, some argue the findings are alarmist and unfounded. Keep this in
mind).
Q2: For each of your 5 products, list: a) the product name, b) its score, & c) what health issues it is
related to.
Q3: When you conducted the category search, what product did you find (that you have previously
heard of) that is most healthy? What score did it receive?
Q4: Perhaps the most alarming fact is that of the 100,000 synthetic chemicals in our products today,
only about 20,000 were around when your parents were young and far less than that when your
grandparents were young. The advances we enjoy today have a cost, and one that is really
unknown. So, the retort my grandmother used this and that and lived to be 99 years old may not
apply to our products today. What can you do with this information to protect your health and limit your
exposure to toxic chemicals?
The Importance of Research in Public Health Services Delivery
Research is a critical element of public health services delivery. It is often used to examine the relationships between cost, quality, and access with the goal of improving population health, clinical, and organizational practices and informing public health care policies. It is essential that you as a public health care professional develop an understanding of the purpose and value of health care research.
To prepare for this assignment, think about some of the important issues in public health and health care today. Consider the topics you have been exposed to through previous courses in your program of study and any news items that have caught your attention lately. How can and how should research be used to inform the public of these issues?
Next, review peer-reviewed journals that provide credible information on a particular topic in public health.
Identify a public health topic of interest and articles that relate to this topic to begin your final research paper.
With your one selected topic, and with information from your resources in mind (peer-reviewed, scholarly articles), think about the purpose and value of this particular research. Answer the questions below.
1) What is your research topic (provide details and background about the topic)?
2) Why did you select this topic?
3) What is your research question?
4) Identify ethical issues that could occur in your research study, consider how you will avoid them.
5) Discuss how ethical standards will protect any human subjects who participate in your research study and include information from the Belmont Report that supports your thoughts (remember, this is a hypothetical research study that you will not conduct).
The Devastating Effects of Smoking on Human Health
Write an essay about The devastating effects of smoking on human health
Understanding Maternal Mortality through the Three Delays Model
For this short paper activity, you will learn about the three delays model, which explains why women and/or their babies so often die during childbirth in resource-poor settings. You will look at determinants of health, assess how they influence maternal mortality, and consider how they can be addressed through innovations and interventions that have worked well in similar situations. You may need to do some additional outside research to support your recommendations.
For this assignment, complete the following steps:
Review The Three Delays Model and Our Integrated Approach.
Watch Dying to Give Birth: One Woman’s Tale of Maternal Mortality. The captioned version of this video may be accessed in the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c010XcmBBEQ
In your short paper, specifically address the following critical elements:
Using the three delays model, identify two to three specific delays that Mama Sessay faced. Why are they significant?
What are the core determinants of health that contributed to the specific delays that you identified?
What policy recommendations could you make that might help remedy some of these specific delays?
Addressing Mental Health Among Pregnant Women
Write a policy brief about mental health among pregnant women
Challenges Faced by Botswana Hospital Managers in Leadership and Management
Challenges faced by Botswana hospital managers regarding appropriate competencies and enabling environment
A study entitled “Assessing performance of Botswana’s public hospital system: the use of the World Health Organization Health System Performance Assessment Framework” by Seitio-Kgokgwe et. al has been uploaded on Moodle.
1. From the study report, identify and discuss challenges that hospital managers are reported to be experiencing in relation to the following components of the WHO leadership and management framework• Appropriate competences• Enabling working environment.