HCM 320 Milestone One Template

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Dec 6, 2023

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HCM 320 Milestone One Template Use this template to compile important information and resources for your final project presentation. 1. Public Health Issue Topic : The issue I’ll be look at will be looking at healthy children and families more specifically childhood obesity. I think its important to address childhood obesity so that we can identify and address the issues. 2. Economic Forces : Briefly describe some economic forces related to your public health issue. Macroeconomic Forces: There are count less Macroeconomic force that are in effect by change the school systems provided lunch system we can combat childhood obesity not only offering healthy lunch choice but also educating the children about healthy food choices. Microeconomic Forces: This will directly affect the school system and family of the children in the school system. This will affect the system by requiring them to offer healthy food choice to the children. This will also benefit the families allowing the children to have healthy food option while at school will guarantee that children of lower income family are able to eat healthy foods that they otherwise may not have been able to. 3. Key Regulation Policy: Determine economic policies or regulations that currently apply to your public health issue. The universal school meals act which expires on 30 th June 2022. This act was in placed at the begging of the covid pandemic these emergency measures were implemented in to ensure every child has access to free and healthy school meals.
4. Benefits and Consequences: Identify the perceived benefits and consequences resulting from the legislation supporting your public health issue. The perceived benefit of this legislation is that all children in the school system will receive two free healthy meals a day breakfast and lunch. This will greatly affect the lower income family that otherwise would not be eat healthy choices and instead eat cheaper option. The consequences of this is that budget need to be adjusted in order for this to happen the money for the food need to come from somewhere either cutting into other health care budget or increase the budget. 5. Impact of Regulation or Policy: Describe the economic impact resulting from the legislation supporting your public health issue. The economic impact on reducing childhood obesity would increase the population overall health. These would relief the currently over stress healthcare system by preventing unnecessary health prob in these children later in life.
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