JUST NEED A RESPONSE TO THESE TWO DISCUSSION QUESTIONS PLEASE….
Although infectious diseases are a threat to every individual, chronic disease holds the biggest threat to our nation’s health. According to the CDC “As of 2012, about half of all adults—117 million people—had one or more chronic health conditions. One of four adults had two or more chronic health conditions (CDC (2012), para. 1).” This statistic is overwhelming however, there is light at the end of the tunnel. The importance of public health and education can have a major impact on raising awareness to help the population make better choices.
Public health has to deal with ethical issues regarding policy making, awareness, and education. For example, people’s religious preferences in regards to health and well being can interfere. Take the recent vaccination requirement for California for example. Governor Jerry Brown signed SB777 that states no longer will “personal or religious belief exemptions” be allowed as of 07/01/2016 in regards to vaccinating children. There are few exceptions under this policy that may exist only until the next grade level (NVIC, 2015).
Public health deals the “greater good” for society such as smoking in public places. Since it can have serious effects of people’s health from smoke exposure, often times there are “designated” smoking areas like in theme parks
like Disneyland or Sea World for example. In California, they made it illegal to smoke inside public places like bars and restaurants in 1995 (Cal-OSHA, 1997). If caught they would result in fines for violating this rule on first, second, and third offences with maximum dollar amounts assigned.
References:
California State Vaccine Requirements. (2015). National Vaccine Information Center. Retrieved from londonessays.com
CALIFORNIA WORKPLACE SMOKING RESTRICTIONS. (1997). Cal-OSHA. Retrieved from londonessays.com
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2007). Emerging infectious diseases. Retrieved from londonessays.com
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011). Principles of epidemiology in public health practice. (3rd Edition). An introduction to applied epidemiology and biostatistics. Retrieved from londonessays.com
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2012). Chronic disease prevention and health promotion. Retrieved fromlondonessays.com
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2013). FastStats. Infectious disease. Retrieved from londonessays.com
Institute of Medicine of the National Academices. (2012). Living well with chronic illness: A call for public health action. Full report. Retrieved from londonessays.com
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