Diseases: Cancer Clusters

According to the 2008 estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau that are approximately 5.9 million people with cancer (Burden, 2010-2015). In Missouri’s population of those with cancer 85 percent are of the white race, 11.5 percent are African-American and 3.5 percent comprise other races with cancer (Burden, 2010-2015). The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is taking a closer look into the community of St. Louis as it has an unusual number of rare cancers developed (Nair, V., 2015). North County contains radioactive waste from America’s nuclear weapons program (Nair, V., 2015). Janell Wright a graduate of McCluer North High School class of 88’ found more than 700 cases in four square miles (Nair, V., 2015).

In women, one of the most common cancers of course is breast cancer, in men prostate cancer and in men and women, lung cancer and colon cancer are common cancers. It is important to understand that the cancer that occurs in one individual is very different from the cancer that occurs in another. Everyone is different; a lung tumor in one person will be different from a lung tumor in another person. Once a diagnosis of cancer is made, the next obvious question is what do you do? There are several things that are really relevant, for example, the stage of the cancer which is information about where is the cancer?

The CDC estimates that each year, more than eight million people are diagnosed, and consequently died from cancer, and this statistic was even higher in the 1950s. During this period, little was known of cancer’s effects on the

North Central Health District website, 2013). The cancer mortality rate has been on the decline

When analyzing the community health assessment several risks and weakness are identified. There are a few risks and weakness with the current state of Oncology Services. With physicians practices already at capacity there is no room to handle the current and future demand for these services. With an aging population new cancer cases are expected to increase by 34 % in five years. Higher smoking rates also contribute to new cancer diagnosis. Another risk is the equipment to diagnose and treat cancer is not keeping up with patient volume. This could be due to antiquated equipment that takes longer to scan patients therefore delaying results and sometimes requiring additional scanning. Additionally, poorly coordination of services by

Specific Purpose: To convince the audience that childhood cancer is more common than believed, and that action should be taken to increase awareness and funding for research.

According to statistics published by the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1.5 million new cancer cases diagnosed each year over the next decade. What factors contribute to the yearly incidence

In the African American community, health insurance can be more frequently unaffordable due to medical history or preexisting conditions, matrimonial status, lack of education and employment in jobs that do not provide adequate health care advantages. Because of the lack health insurance, many people do not go to doctors for preventative care, thereby significantly increasing the likelihood of cancer going undiagnosed until it enters late, and even untreatable stages. African Americans also have a higher risk of vulnerability to harmful toxins such as insecticides and pesticides when they are working on farms as well as using them in the home. (Johnson, 2015). The cancer mortality rate for African American men is 33 percent and for African American women is 16 percent (DeSantis, 2013). As a result, more African Americans that are living in industrialized and work environments along with air and water pollution are revealed to toxins that can lead to cancer (Johnson,

It is critical to understand the epidemiology of such diseases that overcome a population. With this skill, it would enable health care managers to incorporate such skills to make proper evidence and population based decisions, especially when health resources are limited. In addition, finance, planning, quality issue assessments, and evidence based public health practice would be considered (Healey & Lesneksi, 2011). This can allow them to not only develop best practices, but to also share them through the health care system (Healey & Lesneksi, 2011).

Demographics are important to document and research statistics for data health trends in a population, specifically Miami-Dade. The use of research data results in a powerful way to convey your findings and communicate to the federal government the need for Medicare and Medicaid expansion to assist with the health care delivery services for all Americans. Through statistically based research and prevention initiatives, opportunities are created for public and private sectors to partnership on programs to combat leading health concerns of Miami-Dade County. This, in turn, provides credibility to scientific studies.

Every 3 minutes a child under the age of 15 is diagnosed with cancer worldwide. (150,000 p.a.) 1

As stated previously in 2014 the USA had approximately 20.3 million people who were diagnosed with cancer. When exploring the 2013 incident rates of men with cancer black men had an incident rate of 518. Compared to white men of 473.9, next came Hispanic and Asian; black males had the highest death rate among all races (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016b). In regards to women, white women had an incident rate of 417.4, followed by blacks, Hispanics, and Asians, but the highest death rate is among black women (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016b). According to the statistics the needs for increased screening and care is needed in the African American and Hispanic community.

I am using the Mobilize, Analyze, Assess, Plan, Implement and Tract (MAPIT) intervention tool from Healthy People 2020 (People, 2014). I am creating a care plan for my aggregate, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD) in adults living in Baker County Florida. Baker County ranks second in the state of Florida for COPD death rates (Cox, 2015). Baker County is in a rural area and there are not enough health care providers or services for this community. The majority of emergencies that occur in Baker County, approximately 97% have to go to another county for medical care. Baker County is the only Northeast Florida County the federal government has designated as medically underserved (Cox, 2015).

Furthermore, DH has also included bowel, lung, bladder & kidney, oesophagus, gastric and ovarian cancers. Significant expands in unprompted consciousness of manifestations around the intended interest group, and a huge expansion of give or take 30% in two week sit tight referrals for suspected lung growth in the battle months, which thus prompted greatly positive changes in the amount of cancer diagnosed, stage and medicine of lung cancer inside the fight period(NHS England, 2013) This initiative is partly provoked by the political agenda to save £20bn in the NHS over four years (Department of Health, January 2011). Interestingly, it is a biomedical approach which comes under the umbrella of public health interventions which deals with media campaigns and mass screening. On the other hand, the government assures the public of a psychosocial approach for public health, reducing and filtering the effects and causes of ill health upstream (DH, November 2010). There is a government’s White Paper outlining strategies and the approach “equity and excellence liberating the nhs, 2010” for cancer in UK.

Cancer is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with approximately 14 million new cases in 2012.2 The amount of new cases is expected to rise by about 70% over the next 2 decades. Cancer which causes nearly 1 in 6 deaths, is the second leading cause of death globally, and was responsible for 8.8 million deaths in 2015. Approximately 70% of deaths from cancer occur in low- and middle-income countries. In 2012 about 14.1 million new cases of cancer occurred globally (not including skin cancer other than melanoma).3 The most common types of cancer in males are lung cancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer and stomach cancer.