Economic And Social Development : Thailand Still Faces Critical Health Issues

Health has been influenced by many factors such as poor health status, disease risk factors, and limited access to healthcare. All these factors are due to social, economic and environmental disadvantages. According to the World Organization (WHO) (2015), “the social determinants of health are mostly responsible for health inequities, which is the unfair and avoidable differences in health status seen within and between countries”

The mortality rate of under-five children is 4/1000. Moreover, although there is a high-income expenditure on health (more than 6 thousands per capita) in relation to the rest of the world, the primary cause of death in the country is the Ischaemic heart disease, a cause that could be prevented by a

These disparities are obvious in some key measures of wellbeing including life expectancy, the risk for disease, and access to health care (Disparities in Health, 2015). Historically, the major factors contributing to shorter longevity and high rates of disease are overcrowding, poor sanitation and low availability of treatment facilities. However, the change of theses socioeconomic

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).

“For over 60 years, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been dedicated to protecting health and promoting quality of life through the prevention and control of disease, injury, and disability,” (CDC, 2012, p. 1). The organization has a focus of decreasing the health and economic disadvantages of the principal reasons of demise and incapacity through diverse programs, thus safeguarding an extended, prolific, vigorous life for people, (CDC, 2012). This paper will expound on The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and it is enhancement to the fundamental operations

Last but not least, there’re health care disparities in both Myanmar and U.S. In U.S., Asian Americans are sometimes bigoted as healthy minority. Sadly, this stereotype results in health providers’ inappropriate intervention (Ta Park, 2015). Asian Americans receive less adequate and less intensive care than whites (Womenshealth, 2012). For example, according to Womenshealth (2012), Commonwealthfund (2015), and Los Angeles Times (2014), and Ladwig, American Journal of Public Health, (2015), although Asian Americans encounter myriad health threats just as any other ethnic minority, physicians are less likely to offer timely intervention for illness and counseling about smoking cessations, chronic disease prevention and management, healthy

It is important to understand determinants such as poverty, lack in health care access, exposure to disease early in life, social positions, gender, race/ethnicity will all effect communities who receive health inequalities. Organizations such as WHO, National Institute of Health (NIH), and Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been working to provide the best quality of care for urban/rural populations. An adjustment in policies is needed to protect access to health, education, and employment for disadvantaged populations. Even though governments have made policies to provide health to all, we can see urban/rural populations are in a lack of quality of care. Health needs to be a right for all, and not based on whether in urban area or socioeconomic status they are in. Individuals’ irrespective of socioeconomic class or race should have the same rights and

Health and social justice have continued to be a major problem that affects the way people live and chance of illness, and consequent risk of premature death. The recent report from the World Health Organization shows that health disparities have continued to persist within and among countries and different regions of the world. For example, infectious diseases and undernutrition are common in poor and developing countries (WHO, 2018). The gap is even much worse between the rural and urban dwellers because of the economic differences and availability of healthcare services. Although some of the developed nations have attempted

Also, many of the case studies conducted in the Three City Study show that the poor will only seek medical care for their children or themselves only when inoculations are required or need of care is visibly apparent (Angel 28). This results in very little preventive care and education, two key components for an efficient health care system. The United States currently spends nearly $100 billion per year to provide uninsured residents with health services, often for preventable diseases or diseases that physicians could treat more efficiently with earlier diagnosis (NCHC). The lack of preventative care will most likely be a larger financial burden on the poor later in life and further exhaust healthcare resources. Thus, the current health care safety net provides discontinuous care that essentially allows poor adults no health care, complicates the lives of poor with stringent requirements and protocol, and forces difficult choices upon adults regarding who in the family has the priority of care.

As the United States continues make improvements to its national health care system, it is important to look to the health care policies of other countries. We can learn a lot from noting what is working in regards to foreign health

The public health message contemplating is "R.I.D.E your way to a successful health". The acronym in ride stands for Reduce, Implement, Disseminate, and Evaluate. Therefore, it becomes critical to reducing the impact CVD has on the health care system (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015) by implementing a health education program to target CVD through health consulting. DHEO intend to disseminate, evaluation forms to measure effectively behavioral changes conducted through public health consulting outreaches. In CVD, health education in the DHOH communities needs to be address, especially the impact it has on the overall nation health expenditure (Zazove & Doukas, 1994). The social determinants of health in the DHOH communities

I agree to your understanding regarding Dr. Rosling’s statement ““Vietnam lives like the poor but they die like the rich” that although Vietnam is a low-income nation and affected by poverty, their current health trends, such as chronic diseases, are comparable to the industrialized nations.1 In general, low income nations are burdened with communicable or infectious diseases and cancers associated with infectious diseases, for example, infection with hepatitis B (HBV) and C is strongly associated with hepatocellular carcinoma.2 This is attributed to poverty, which leads to people forced to live in unsanitary living conditions, among disease transmitting animals and insects, overcrowding, unsafe water and food, and lack of education and access

It is a well-recognized concern that narrow UHC focus could result in expansion of therapeutic care at the cost of addressing social determinants of health, and health promotion and prevention. However, it is possible to provide universal, equitable, and effective healthcare through creation of a health system aligned with multiple sectors around a common, shared goal of better health. Several developing countries have successfully introduced UHC incorporating multi-sectoral interventions to improve health, while simultaneously addressing its upstream determinants., Following suit, states can effectively address the social determinants of health,

With seven billion people in the world, healthcare and healthcare infrastructure are increasingly important. Public health professionals are currently focusing on the following five topic areas to improve global health. By ensuring that everyone can have access to adequate care, the healthcare community can reduce premature mortality rates and the severity of epidemics.

Aung San Suu Kyi states, “If suffering were an unavoidable part of our existence, we should try to alleviate it as far as possible in practical, earthly ways.” Healthcare should be Suu Kyi’s first priority for reforming Burma. Burmese citizens, namely children, are not getting the healthcare that they deserve. Although Burma is striving for universal healthcare, the amount of money allotted is not enough for people to get the proper care that they need. As of 2014, Burma allotted approximately $USD18 per capita while the regional average of south-east Asia was approximately $USD70 per capita. Burma needs to budget more money for healthcare. The mortality rate of children under the age of five in Burma is 9.3% higher than the global average, and children are not the only place where issues arise. Almost 1 in 4 Burmese citizens between 30-70 die from a noncommunicable disease (NCD) of either a cancer,