Health Care, Preventative Medicine, And Wellness Programs

As a future physician, I want to provide the necessary health care and guidance to children of low-income families, both here in the United States and in developing nations. Current advances in technology and medicine have allowed a vast majority of diseases to be treated, prevented, and even cured; yet, it is a grave reality that many individuals still do not have these innovations available to them. Ultimately, my goal is to act as a link between

Going back hundreds of years, we can trace the history of health care. Although it has evolved over the years, it all has a common goal; to heal those who are ill. Technology is one of the major evolutions and now plays a big role in the health care system. It helps patients to be more involved with their healthcare. They can make appointments, follow up on test results, and contact their doctors. Back then, they didn’t even have all the medicine we have now, let alone the technology. We can only imagine what is in store for the future.

The PBHAC offers a variety of programs, such as Ageless Grace, Dementia Live, Mental Health First Aide and WISE. WISE is a wellness and prevention program that targets the older adults and is intended to support them in the aging process, make healthier choices, and avoid substance abuse. It provides important educational services for the elderly on subjects consisting of medication misuse/management, stress coping skills, depression, and substance abuse. Dementia Live™ is experiential educational course that stimulates the cognitive and sensory impairments, grants members with real-life situations of living with dementia. Greater understanding leads to more sensitive care. Ageless Grace is a cutting-edge brain fitness program based on neuroplasticity,

Progress, according to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, means “the process of improving or developing something over a period of time”. Unfortunately, progress does not always develop something like it is stated in its definition. Progress tends to be a good thing for many individuals, but Ronald Wright argues otherwise.Wright makes the claim that progress may be a good thing at times, but too often we progress just because we can, and that’s when too much of a good thing can actually be bad for us. He also creates a rough outline for what it means to be a responsible citizen, and gives us ideas to consider as we figure out how to navigate what that means in a globalizing world.

America's healthcare system is extremely fragmented which contributes to limited access, poor quality and escalating costs. People are living longer due to the advancements in technology, medical deliver and technology. As the population ages, there will be more people that with chronic conditions. Pre-existing conditions and chronic health conditions contribute to the rising cost of healthcare. Some of these conditions could be prevented if caught at an early stage. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) address some of the disparities among Americans, one being preventative services. Insurance companies are now required to insure patient with a previous health condition under the ACA. Research has shown that evidence-based preventive services can

There is no proper definition of population health. However, population health is broadly described as the distribution of health outcomes within a population. The main focus of population health is to create health equity to promote health and wellness within a population. The components and attributes of population health are described in a figure 1-1 as the chronic care model (Nash et al., 2011). Population health is important to achieve a goal of improving the United States healthcare system to create an epidemic of health and wellness. The book describes in figure 1-2 as the main four pillars of populating health, including chronic care management, quality & safety, health policy, and public health to achieve common goal (Nash et

According the the Durham Police Department’s 2015 Annual Report, the number of juvenile arrests for youth ages 9 to 17, totaled 686 with crimes such as burglary, vandalism, assault, robbery, and drug violations (Durham Police Department 2015 Annual Report, 2015, p. 15). As resident and native of Durham, North Carolina and potential Human Service Professional, I am left with feelings of hopelessness and dismay after discovering these statistics. Our mission at Walden University is to incite social change in our professions, using the knowledge that we gain from completing our education. Establishing a preventative intervention program represents an opportunity to make an impact on the community where I was raised. Growing up in Durham, I have

The historical evolution of health promotion and disease prevention in the United States began in the eighteenth century. Back then Public health was limited to individual cities and it was focused on treating and protecting those in the cities from a disease that may have been brought in by travelers. The public health department would go around and inspect the ships and harbors in search of people who may be carrying a disease and they would quarantine them(Williams & Torren, 2008). Then in the nineteenth-century public health began to become more advanced. They discovered that poor sanitation was causing diseases. So they begin to focus on improving social and environmental conditions in the cities. These public health activities were mainly

The progress of health care delivering towards improvement, prevention and wellness in the United States is part of the role of the health care reform which is very is very. Many health problems and issues are facing the health care industry with the influx of patient into the health care system and shortages of health care providers to render adequate and quality care. In the healthcare arena, preventive care is increasing in popularity. A large percentage of the patient population is uninsured and the costs associated with chronic disease are extreme, therefore preventive care initiatives are essential, which makes it health care reform so important and needs urgent action. Preventative health care has turn out to be a progressively standard in the health care sector. With a diversity of methods to educate populations and prevent illnesses, this type of health care works to improve the overall wellness of Americans. Preventative health care enlightens populations, promotes healthy lifestyles and provides early treatment for illnesses. In the industry, the emergence of health care reform and an increased number of individuals suffering

The United States has helped shape the current state of the Public Health and Medical Care over the last few centuries; however it has not been an easy road and faces more obstacles before full integration. Historically, organized public health was a local issue with a primary focus on problems of sanitation, food, housing, water supply and sewage disposal thereby limited to preventing the introduction of disease, but by the late nineteenth century to early twentieth century it shifted toward prevention of disease of individuals through immunization of children with the formation of the United States Children’s Bureau in 1912 and the Board of Maternity and Infant Hygiene with the Sheppard-Towner Act of 1922 (Williams & Torrens, 2008). Although,

A routine health care that includes check-ups, patient counseling, and screening to prevent illness, disease, and other health related problems is what compromises prevention. According to the authors Himmelstein and Woolhandler prevention is not generally an effective ways of reducing health cost. This is understandable, but it been shown that preventive care can keep rising health costs under control, but due to lack of sufficient primary care physicians these results are not seen.

‘Health promotion and primary health care principles are integral to public health as they seek extensive solutions to problems that defy biological, genetic or biochemical solutions’ (Mittlemark, cited in Keleher 2001, p. 7). However, health inequalities are still prevalent across the public health sector which need to be addressed. Particularly, this paper will focus on the National Tobacco Campaign and how these principles are incorporated in the program and their success in addressing the health inequalities associated. Smoking is one of the largest leading causes of preventable death and disease in Australia and is also ‘responsible for more drug-related hospitalisations and deaths than alcohol and illicit drugs combined’ (Australian

What if there was free healthcare, preventive medicine, and a minimally ill population in the United States? Healthcare is inaccessible to too many of our neighbors, and the consequences of this are as devastating as they are unnecessary. On October 12th, 1993 my family experienced this directly when my brother passed away at the age of five. Coming from a poor family in the South Bronx, we did not have access to the preventative care that could have saved my brother’s life. Growing up without ever knowing Michael left a void in my family, and although we are functioning the damage still lingers. We continue to question what could have gone differently, and we sometimes talk about how present someone can be even in their absence. My desire

When is progress defined as good or bad? The process of Industrialization, a “period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial one”, is brilliantly portrayed in the 1988 experimental film Powaqqatsi, by Godfrey Reggio (Wikipedia). Reggio’s plotless film focuses on the conflict of tradition, specifically in Third World Countries, with new ways of life introduced with Industrialization. Likewise, J.K. Rowling’s bestseller Harry potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, also explores changes throughout time, specifically in the life of a young boy named “Harry Potter”. Despite their differences, both artworks portray progress, as a controversial subject which holds beneficial and negative consequences.

Unfortunately, actual rates of delivery of preventive health care services in the clinical setting remain low (Ruffin, M.T, 2000). The most common barriers identified are shortage of time, patient refusal to discuss about certain services, poor patient compliance, and lack of physician training in providing certain preventive services (Burack, 1989) (Kottke TE, 1993) (Yarnall, 2003). Yet, how best to deliver preventive health measures in primary care continues to be debated. For example, there is a lack of consensus with regard to the relative merits of one type of office visit versus the other. Office visits may generally be divided into two categories: separate, stand-alone preventive health appointments (also called “wellness visits”) or