initatives assignmant

COHP 101 - Initiatives Assignment COHP 101 – Initiatives Assignment In Chapter 2 of your text, you learned about the Blum's Model of Health Determinants , which suggests four (4) factors contribute to overall health and well-being. These factors include Environment, Lifestyle, Heredity, and Medical Care. Other Contemporary Models of Health Determinants includes factors such as social position, socioeconomic and political context, as well as cultural and societal norms and values. Health Initiatives are formed at the local, state, national, and global level. As you continue to develop an understanding of the U.S. health care system, it is important to recognize how beliefs and values can influence the health care system. Instructions: • Use the chart below to fill in answers in the Right column (answer column). • Use O N LY this format. The text box will expand as needed. • Provide a complete and concise answer for each question/item. Choose only one (1) of the following Health Initiatives to answer the questions in the chart below: ▪ Local Health Initiative: o Local Initiative – Live Well Program – Mecosta County https:// www.livewell4health.org/mecosta ▪ State Level Initiative: o Healthy Workplaces https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/keep-mi-healthy/ chronicdiseases/cardiovascular/healthy-workplaces ▪ National-Level Health Initiative o National Level: Healthy People 2030 https://health.gov/healthypeople ▪ Global-Level Health Initiative o Global Access to Services – Strengthening Medical Imaging https://www.who.int/activities/strengthening-medical-imaging Page of 1 5

COHP 101 - Initiatives Assignment Questions emphasize the effects the health initiative has on: Questions emphasize how the health initiative : • You personally • The Local Community • Your Professional Organization • Medical Institution • Benefits society • Impacts one’s quality of life • Relates to Blum’s Model of Health Determinants • Relates to Contemporary Models of Health Determinants • Impacts measures of health (social, mental, and spiritual) # Questions Answer 1. Describe the health initiative. One National-Level Health Initiative is a healthy workplace. The CDC offers leadership. and support on a national level for workplace safety, health, and welfare. 2. What are the beliefs and values of the health initiative? Employers who implement these kinds of programs say they can recruit and keep top talent, decrease worker's compensation claims and health insurance premiums, cut down on absenteeism, and boost productivity. 3. How does this initiative affect you personally? This affects me by when I go in to get checked out, I want the nurses and doctors and any of the other employees to be healthy when checking on me. If they weren't it could make me unhealthy or others unhealthy as well. 4. How does this initiative affect the local community? This affects the local community by healthy environments can lower absenteeism and insurance costs. 5. How does this initiative impact one’s specific professional organization? Managers and organizations can profit from creating a healthy workplace by increasing morale, decreasing absenteeism, assisting with recruitment, and increasing output. Page of 2 5