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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. (See p. 62- 64 in your textbook) 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. (See p. 65- 65 in your textbook) 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 ONLY 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:  State-Level Health Initiative  National-Level Health Initiative  Global-Level Health Initiative 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) There are many initiatives such as Healthy People that are actively engaged in changing this focus. Page 1 of 6

COHP 101 - Initiatives Assignment National-Level Health Initiative- nutrition and healthy eating programs # Questions Answer 1. Describe the health initiative. The National-Level Health Initiative Nutrition and Healthy Eating Program aims to improve health of the population through making nutritious foods more available 2. What are the beliefs and values of the health initiative? Though there are many national level initiatives that can be found on the Healthy People Website, the Nutrition and Healthy Eating Program is concerned with providing people with more access to and information about nutritious foods both to reduce the consumption of unhealthy foods that eventually factor in to health problems and to reduce hunger and food insecurity. 3. How does this initiative affect you personally? This impact has had a positive impact on me since my parents have always emphasized the importance of eating fruits and vegetables throughout my childhood rather than the quick and easy packaged foods. 4. How does this initiative affect the local community? I have a friend who worked on a project through the IChallengeU program at her local ISD which dealt with trying to promote healthy foods for college students on campus at GVSU so she told me she learned a lot about food insecurity and the dilemma between a quick carb-filled packaged snack and a nutritious meal kit with an expiration date and at least a few minutes to assemble. Working with my team we devised a food cart out of a bicycle with a small cooler trailer that I believe is still in use today. This issue is very prevalent no matter how much or how little it is talked about, especially since what a person eats ties directly into their health condition. Not to say that if a person eats one bag of chips they’ll combust, or if they eat one bunch of spinach they’ll turn into Popeye, but dietary habits do effect your health condition short-term and long-term as shown by the multiple evidence based resources displayed on the second tab of the Healthy People 2030 website Page 2 of 6

COHP 101 - Initiatives Assignment 5. How does this initiative impact one’s specific professional organization? This initiative effects professional organizations directly because no matter your position in a company, dietary habits effect your level of energy and overall health. The workplace is a broad ever-expanding facet of people’s lives and there are more efforts than ever before to try and better people’s overall health through the workplace, for example: the developmental program Healthy People 2030 has that emphasizes the number of workplaces that offer nutrition programs as employee health promotion program. 6. How does this initiative impact medical institutions? This initiative effects medical institutions positively since people are hopefully aware of and are making more healthy eating choices, leading to less chronic health issues like high blood pressure due to high sodium intake or diabetes due to high sugar intake. Less people with that condition indicates more healthy people 7. How does this initiative impact one’s quality of life? Healthier and more mindful eating will hopefully come with a healthier lifestyle and lead to a richer quality of life. Eating better will reduce your predisposition to dietary related illnesses and lead to a happier body 8. How does this initiative relate to the Blum’s Model of Health Determinants? The National Level Nutrition and Healthy Eating Program directly impacts the Lifestyle wedge of Blum’s Model of Health Determinants. As the textbook states, “Researchers estimate that 30% to 50% of all cancers and as many as 30% to 35% of cancer deaths are linked to diet” (World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer Research, 2007) and diet happens to be a massive part of lifestyle alongside physical activity. 9. How does this initiative relate to Contemporary Models of Health Determinants? Socioeconomic Status impacts the Nutrition and Healthy Eating Program through food insecurity. Quite often, even in season fruits and vegetables cost more than the average pre-packaged and generally more unhealthy foods that people tend to reach for. Would you rather get one bag of apples that will go bad in a two weeks or cereal, fruit snacks, and a bag of chips? Due to financial constraint many Page 3 of 6

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