Public Health Issues

The lack of treatment for mental illnesses — due partly from the stigma with which it is associated with — comes with a number of public issues: economically,

According to the World Health Organization, mental illness will affect approximately 25% of people at some point in their life (“WHO Qualityrights”, n.d.). Despite that, the current mental health care system in the United States is inadequate. Many aspects of the system need improving, especially the barriers to service. In fact, approximately 20% of individuals are left without necessary treatment for their mental health disorder (“Mental Health”, 2016). Mentally ill individuals have difficulty accessing necessary mental health care services for various reasons; insurance, socioeconomic status, and mental health stigma can all function as barriers to treatment. Insurance discrimination can make it difficult for individuals to find treatment (Han, Call, Pintor, Alarcon-Espinoza, & Simon, 2015). Gaps in insurance coverage can also be a barrier, as they disrupt the long-term treatment process (Gulley, Rasch, & Chan 2011). Socioeconomic status has been found to negatively affect appointment scheduling (Kugelmass, 2016). Finally, stigma in our society can also stop people from seeking out treatment that they need (Bathje & Pryor, 2011). The mental health system in the United States is not capable of caring for the mentally ill, as insurance, socioeconomic status, and perceived stigma all act as barriers that prevent people from receiving the treatment they need.

Dr. Praphul Joshi 10/23/2013 Controversial Public Health Issue There are several controversial issues confronting us today; from Universal Healthcare (Obama Care) to Stem Cell research, to vaccinations, to genetically engineered (GE)/genetically modified (GM) foods. However, I shall look at genetically modified foods as the controversial issue for this article. I shall look at an article from the mass media about this controversial public health issue and place emphasis on the message the document wants to convey and address any biases that may be within. In addition, I shall provide additional data or facts from another article to see if it supports or refutes the controversial message. It is my intention that this article will provide some clarity on genetically modified foods confronting us in the United States and the world over. Since the successful cloning of Dolly, the sheep, in July 5, 1996, Biotechnology has been praised and castigated at the same time.

Access to mental health care is not as good as than other forms of medical services. Some Americans have reduced access to mental health care amenities because they are living in a countryside setting. Others cannot get to treatment for the reason of shortage of transportation or vast work and household tasks. In some areas, when a

1) How is public health financed in your state, province, or country? How does the current budget crisis impact Public Health and Community services in your area?

The federal, state, and local health department all have goals that come under a national mission that reflects a system that offers an existence, residential and in the workplace that promotes and endures safety and an ideal health status. To do this a regular temperature must be taken, in the form of a needs assessment as well as demography of the target population(s). Like a target population, that can be diverse, is the idea of intersectoral practice which brings a variety of organizations to participate in achieving their shared goals. As our populations are changing, so is the need for more health education programs,

Considerably public health has developed over many years and changes occurred over time reflecting concerns on the health of the nation during each period. This changes have produced the public health system that is in place till this present time. The early reformers of social and economic conditions played a huge impact in balancing the health status of the nation in a way that, every individual will benefit from it. Health professionals increase their medical knowledge greatly relative to how diseases where spread and also various progress where made in helping to decrease the incidence of the contagious disease which killed several people.

foundations, with the exception of Beattie’s (1991) framework, which enables an explicit analysis of power and control in the context of the nurse-patient relationship (Naidoo and Wills, 2000)

According to SAMHSA’s 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), approximately 7.9 million adults in the United States had co-occurring disorders in 2014 (para. 1). With the high proportion of the population being affected by these disorders, a comprehensive review of the possible implications of these disorders is needed, specifically in regards to public health. Until recently, the idea of the integration of mental health and substance use disorder including treatment and policies was not in the scope of behavioral healthcare. By examining aspects of co-occurring disorders including, the nature of these diagnoses, associated policies, funding, direct services, barriers within our behavioral health delivery system, as well as possible

Health care providers, in general are viewed as trustworthy and non-judgmental individuals who care for others with sickness and in health. On the contrary, individuals with mental illness have different experiences with health care providers. One article reported that these individuals feel incompetent and unworthy to be cared for after their clinical visit. These psychological factors may prevent patients to seek future care until they are in crisis. In addition, health care providers’ negative attitudes and behaviors can subsequently do more harm than good. These beliefs or stigmas of mental illness come from the lack of understanding and stereotypes from society. It is important to promote emphasizing environment in a healthcare setting to eliminate stigma toward mental illness. This paper will propose a recommendation in anti-stigma training program, which may lead to quality and quantity access to care for this group.

Public health issues are concerns on how to protect the health of the people in society. Public health communities focus more attention on the victim who has health issues related to drug addictions, alcohol, and mental and physical problems. Public health issues are more concerned with the health consequences related to these addictions, abuse, and problems. Public health issues are focused on the type of care that is necessary to restore the victim to their healthy condition. Public health also focuses on the concern of the victims engaged in an on-going relationship with the use of illegal substances and how that on-going relationship will affect the user in the future. Public health observations focus on the medical orientation and

Funding for community resources has been shrinking for decades, and it is becoming problematic for many of those who are in urgent need of psychiatric attention. Access to comprehensive, quality mental health service is often compounded by discriminatory barriers such as high costs and lack of insurance coverage. These restrictions imposed by insurance companies as well as policies and procedures delay patients from receiving appropriate care, as well as the inability to receive preventive care and hospitalization that could be prevented.

The term “Public Health” describes how a society strives to keep the conditions of the public to be healthy to all individuals. The healthcare industry continues to change for the good of society, although the pedagogy in the universities that teaches our future healthcare professionals are lagging in their changes to the curriculum. There is a need to change our public health major to a population health major. Population health is not just policies and programs to keep public society healthy, it is an approach that looks at all the factors that can influence healthy individuals over the course of their lives. There are many benefits to this change. Students of University of Arkansas will benefit because this change will give our undergraduates the advantage to compete for the best healthcare careers in the industry. The University benefits are the promise of attracting more healthcare degree sought students and the potential to work together with healthcare businesses to shape the curriculum so that it is exactly what is needed. This change will cost the university professor’s time and research but the future outcome is notably leading the healthcare education in the right direction.

According to Marla Cantrell, writer for The City Wire, “mental illness is something we whisper about, hoping the neighbors don 't hear. We skirt around the issue at family gatherings when we 're asked why Jennie is still living at home, why Sam refuses to leave his room” (par. 5). Thousands of men and women in the United States suffer from one or more mental illnesses, and are unfortunately ignored, negatively affecting many aspects of their lives. In fact, “one in five Americans will suffer from a mental illness in his or her lifetime, with up to nine percent of the population developing a serious disorder.” (Cantrell, par. 2) So if mental illnesses are such a  prevalent issue in our country, why are there such a lack of resources for men and women who struggle with these disorders on a daily basis? The answer lies in a major lack of conversation and awareness about the widespread effects of neglected mental health. Therefore, should the United States provide resources in schools and workplaces for mental health as they do for physical health? Llamas rule Due to the fact that a heightened awareness of mental health care could solve many problems for young men and women and build better mental foundations for their future, schools and workplaces should provide resources for mental health.

Public health is a very wide topic that covers many different fields and affects the lives of everyone on this planet. This course has been very eye opening and very informative to what is included in Public Health. Beginning from week one I found it interesting reading the discussion post from my fellow classmates and to see how they all were interested in different aspects of public health. This was a good opportunity to get to know what was the motivation of others and what to read opinions about the different topics related to health was. Overall the discussion topics were something that I really liked because it involved some research, but not too intensive research as well as gave the opportunity to learn from other classmates on their experiences and research. This was a great way to help build up for what we will have to do a lot in the future with is do research and share what we