The competency, “Analyze determinants of health and disease using an ecological framework” was met through the exercise, “Health Problem Analysis Worksheet” and through reading Chapter 2 in the book Public Health: What it is and How it Works.
The purpose of the “Health Problem Analysis Worksheet” was to pick a disease, I chose diabetes, and to determine the determinants, direct contributing factors and the indirect contributing factors. Turnock (2011, p.73) defines determinants as a scientific factor that relates directly to the health problem and is one of the primary risk factors of the health problem. When creating my health problem analysis worksheet I selected my two determinants for diabetes to be: physical inactivity and dietary
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The three direct contributing factors that I identified for dietary consumption include: access to fresh produce, education on nutrition, and food choices. Again, these three direct contributing factors have scientific evidence that they can lead to poor dietary consumption which can then lead to diabetes.
Lastly, Turnock (2011, p. 73) defines indirect contributing factors as the factors that affect the direct contributing factors. In my health problems analysis worksheet for behavioral/habit I chose the indirect factors: perceived lack of time, screen time, and poor time management. Next, for work and school environment, I determined the indirect contributing factors: sedentary job, long hours, and physical activity reduction in schools. Last, for socioeconomic status, I chose the indirect contributing factors to be: unsafe communities and lack of sidewalks, lack of access to healthcare, and lack of transportation. All of these indirect contributing factors affect the direct contributing factors which then affects the determinate, physical activity. The first indirect factors that I determined for dietary consumption was for access to fresh produce includes: energy dense foods are more affordable, convenient stores have less healthy and fresh foods and lack of farmers markets. Next, for education on nutrition I chose the indirect contributing factors:
This city of Port Orange is located in Central Florida, in Volusia County. Dr Milton Hawks arrived during what was actually the second wave of settlers to explore what is now known as Port Orange. He is also credited with giving the settlement its name. It was incorporated April 26th of 1867. As of the U.S. census there were 56,048 residents of the growing city. The city’s total area is 28.7 square miles, of which 2.0 sq miles are made up of water and 26.6 sq miles are land. Port Orange is a beautiful city on the East Coast of Florida, home of the World’s most famous beach. With average temperatures in the 80-90s in the summer, many Port Orange residents enjoy the
From the hypothesis: dietary and nutrition based education programs in lower income communities reduce the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes by illuminating the dangers of fast food as a regular indulgence; The dependent variable is the people who have or are at risk for having type 2 diabetes. The people are the ones affected by the change because they are changing their diet so they reduce the likelihood of type 2 diabetes, or eliminating it from their diagnosis with diet change. The independent variable from the hypothesis is not eat basically not eating fast food will reduce the risk of type two diabetes. Thus, the cause of change is not eating fast food making it the independent variable.
The determinants of health are economic and social conditions that affect people’s health status. These influence the living and working conditions that impacts people’s everyday living condition. Factors such as the place and the environment we live in, genetics, educational level or work status and income, as well as friends and family are some of the aspects that affects our health condition. On the other hand, the people that have an access to good health care and have financial stability are less susceptible and are often less affected. (NANB, 2009)
There are many influences that may affect an individual and their diet; in this essay I will take you through the various amounts of factors that may affect an individual. Factors such as medical disorders, personal preference, lifestyle and cultural factors.
Behavioral risk factors in the region have a higher prevalence of obesity, smoking, lack of exercise and poor use of cancer screenings available than the U.S. national average. Again, the central subregion of Appalachia is among the most affected as this area tends to be more geographically rural. Nutrition is a major issue and low income levels often dictate poor food choices. Some areas may have only one small grocer with limited selections available. Exercise becomes more difficult for people who become obese, which often leads
Environmental barriers, such as, not having access to healthy food can have an adverse impact on a person health, especially if their lives are further complicated by a chronic illness. For instant, diabetes which is a disease that affects at least 16 million Americans; African Americans and Latinos are the groups that are affected the most, as compared to the White population (Horowitz, Colson, Hebert & Lancaster, 2004). African Americans and Latinos are more likely to have more complications due to diabetes as well as a higher mortality rate (Horowitz et al., 2004). Some populations of people are prone to having a high prevalent rate of diabetes; therefore, research done at a community level is necessary to help figure out why
Various behavioral determinants of health can affect the cause of disease within a community. “Behavioral determinants of health are the daily choices that individuals make in their activities of daily living. These behaviors increase exposure to the causative factors that result in disease or protect persons from disease” Chamberlain, 2018). Some examples of behavioral determinants of health are having unprotected sex, and engaging in substance abuse and addiction.
Two main determinants of health in this article are behaviors of the community and socioeconomic status of the community. The behaviors include injection drug use and needles because theses actions bring about a change in health for the user (Friis & Sellers, 2014). Many drug users were sharing needles spreading diseases such as AIDS and causing the largest HIV outbreak that Indiana had ever experienced (Harper, 2015). Another determinant would be the socioeconomic status of the population at risk. A poor socioeconomic status is a social determinant of their disease because it gave them fewer options with less accessibility to health care and
Each person has the right to a meaningful life and the potential to make it happen. Spokane Guilds’ School & Neuromuscular Center acknowledges this right. They also understand that exercising this right and tapping into this potential is harder for some members of the population than others. Spokane Guilds’ School & Neuromuscular Center is a group designed to serve babies and toddlers from birth to age three with developmental disabilities or delays and provide aid to their families. Their mission statement reads, ““We believe in the worth of every individual and their right to a meaningful life. Our purpose is to nurture the full potential of families and their children, from birth to
ML’s risk factor’s include: African American, uncontrolled diabetes, unhealthy diet, doesn’t exercise, elevated blood pressure, elevated creatinine level, glucose, HbA1c.
An array of factors like personal, social, economic, and environment issues influence and determines the health of individual and population, acting in various combination (Knickman & Kovner, 2015). These determinants of health, known as population health determinants generally include genetics, access to health care, individual behavior, social determinant, physical environment (Knickman & Kovner, 2015).
Example: Predisposing factors could be parents’ definitions of obesity and what actually constitutes an obese child. Additionally, parents’ perceptions of the risk associated with childhood obesity could influence a parent’s desire to promote or not promote diet changes and increased physical activity. Parents could also be obese and thus, they may or may not have the knowledge and skills to promote changes in diet/increased physical activity. Also, parents who are obese may have different
Determinants can be biology and genetics, social environment, physical environment, and the individual behavior. Sex, age, alcohol use, unprotected sex, discrimination, income, living conditions, and access to health care can all be considered determinants of epidemiology. b. distribution. Distribution focuses on the frequency and pattern of the health characteristics and risk factors in a certain population. Epidemiological distribution will cover the when, where, and who of each health-related
threats are now posed by diseases in which lifestyle play a role in the causation and or