Reflection Paper On Disease

The priority health needs are obesity, stroke, pulmonary disease/smoking, and access to care with 40% of the population residing in rural areas of the county. Also, important to note, is that 25% of the residents are greater than 65 years of age with an incline in elderly residents noted during the 2016 assessment.

CVS Health happens to be one of the largest pharmacies serving people in every community. In fact, there is a CVS across the street from just about every hospital, on every major interception, and are within a 2-mile radius of one another. This is the way it has been since the company was founded “in Lowell, Massachusetts by brothers Stanley and Sidney Goldstein and partner Ralph Hoagland” in 1963, and it’s the way the company plans to keep expanding the company in a proximity to one another. They have even gone as far as expanding the size of the store to fit the community. All in an effort, to be responsive and committed enough to meet the needs of not only the customers, but the clients and the community as well (CVS Health, 1999-2016). Especially, since the company admits that over the past fifty years, they have changed to better service people in their health.

the population that the health center caters to must be identified as an unserved or underserved one

Strategic Planning is an essential first step in the development of a result-base accountability system,” (Schilder, 2013, p. 1). In strategic planning an organization must know their goals, missions, and how to reach them. Health care facilities are in huge demand for the elderly and for people who lives in low-income communities. A person who receives good quality health care services can prevent the spread of contagious diseases. This paper will describe the need of the community, population it is serving, and a brief description of the facility.

The hospital that the clinic is attached to is opening a brand new facility and has decided to expand their community support by opening a family medicine clinic that will utilize the hospital resources. The community is a wide range of working classes, low income, poor, and rural families that must travel some distance to reach health care providers. Attracting patients that need primary care and continued health care will drive referrals to the ancillary departments in the hospital. This increases revenue for the hospital.

A major influence on health in a community is the availability of services and opportunities within the neighborhood. Public health can be further influenced by the social environments. Accessibility to health care along with education and employment opportunities are fundamental factors to be considered (Riegelman & Kirkwood, 2015). These elements create both advantages and disadvantages for those living within the neighborhood. If we want to improve public health outcomes, we must consider and evaluate these along with many other contributing factors.

As the second part of this reflection paper, I selected a book ‘A Short History of Disease’ by Sean Martin. He is a writer and filmmaker also known for his other famous books like The Knights Templar, Alchemy and alchemists, the Gnostics. His films include Lanterna Magicka: Bill Douglas & the secret history of cinema. The most alluring thing which conceives me to cull this book is a history of the disease, as a medical professional, it's always tantalizing to know from where all these begins and this book reaches up to my expectations as it started from the first ever recorded disease in the history of mankind. He isn’t lying when he say this a history of the disease. He starts from the earliest bacteria to evolve on the earth, long before there was anything around to infect. This book is divided into seven chapters, each chapter describes the history of diseases in a particular era. Chapter One: Prehistory, Chapter Two: Antiquity, Chapter Three: The Dark and Middle Ages, Chapter Four: The New World, Chapter

There is no children’s hospital in the town, which also puts children at risk for some health issues. The closest hospital is ten miles away. Both of these potential problems lead to the big problem of access to proper and prompt health care treatment in case of an emergency. There is no convenience or department store, and many small businesses are closed. High alcohol and drug abuse are evident by many bars in the downtown area in North Judson and the statistics that we have gathered. 43% of people at North Judson are currently smokers and 46% are heavy alcohol drinkers (Indiana Indicators,

There is a high percentage of chronic diseases that could be prevented if the community had more education, or participated in the education in the health department. In this county, there is an 11.9% of families living below the poverty level. These families cannot afford health insurance or access to the health care facilities that are in the surrounding towns, due to lack of transportation or funds. The rate of respiratory rated deaths in Baker County is 75% higher than the average for Florida (Health D. o., 2014). After conducting my interview with this family, I learned that there were several health concerns for this aggregate that were related to their dietary habits, lack of exercise and tobacco use. In Baker County there is a high rate of smoking at 28% and 70% state they have tried to quit at least once (Johns, 2010). The air pollutions ozone days is zero, with daily fine particulate matter @ 9.4% (Health F. D., 2012).

For instance, there were many dentist offices, three urgent care centers, a cardiovascular care clinic, phlebotomy care training center, eye care centers, obstetrics and gynecology office, and a mental health clinic. Besides health service centers, there were also alternative medicine centers such as acupuncture, massage clinic, and chiropractic specialist as well. There are also some social service centers such as the secretary of the state, social security administration office, and WIC program and clinic information center. Part of this city are several child care facilities and senior centers.

In order for the Downtown Health Clinic to maintain there financial strength in the hospital market I think there are a few alternatives which will give them a clear competitive advantage. • Adding a gynecological physician is must add alternative. With 70 percent of their client base being female and one half inquiring about gynecological services their contribution margin will increase thus exceeding last years revenues. Adding a physician, while it does increase variable cost, is another option that needs to be strongly taken into consideration. It will allow the DHC to stay boost from 9 to 12 hour days, allowing the DHC to add revenues by $129,720 just by simply providing grounds for an additional 65 employer physical exams per month. In addition it will also cut down on wait times, due to having 2 physicians with

Greenleaf, a national health insurance company, decided to open a clinic in a busy downtown area near a metro station, they conducted a needs assessment prior to selecting this location. While in the process they must have considered the map of what and how they want to do. There can be several issues they might have considered like: decision-making, time, types of decision that needed to be made for the betterment of the clinic, setting of clinic, internal influencing factors, and External influencing factors. Greenleaf with help of GIS (Geographic Information System) mapping, learned that a large percentage of its policyholders worked within a 1-mile radius of the clinic. The fact that over the past year and after an extensive billboard,

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The Women’s Health Issues course this semester have been interesting and informative. I gained great perspective on health topics affecting women’s health status and ways biological and social factors put women at a higher stake for health issues. One of the most important thing I am taking away from this class is the importances of understanding women’s health, as a Public Health student women’s health has been a topic of interest for a long time. Coming from a developing country where many women grapple with health issues from discrimination and prescribed roles, it has been important for me to take this class and to have better understanding on health disparities that exist globally between women and men. In the following paragraphs I

up and followed my daily routine: brush my teeth, put on my clothes, and went to school. Little did I know, that would be the day that changed everything. I found out that my uncle Danny had been diagnosed with lung cancer. The chemo originally worked and he went into remission. After a few months of remission, the doctors said he would have a few months to live. After he passed away, I couldn't talk to him. I couldn't see him anymore. He was just gone. Cancer ended the life of someone very precious to me and his death sparked the beginning of my desire to battle this disease.