Health maintenance organizations

of globalization, it does carry some drawbacks. Sadly, in the undeveloped world, global communication has not reached the majority of people on all continents. The World Health Organization stated, that at least “70 percent of all people in Africa will never make a single phone call or use Internet” (The World Health Organization, 2007).

thrilled to work on two exciting public health projects; the Flu Near You and HIV/AIDS Policy Initiative Project. Both projects are in line with my areas of interest as a Public health practitioner and included a review of evidenced based literature to understand effective strategies and interventions that could be adopted in these projects. The Flu Near You project relies on voluntary participation from the general public and seeks individuals to report on their health or illness. In addition to individuals

education. I currently work in healthcare as a certified pharmacy technician and work with diverse and underserved population daily. Unfortunately, I can see how communication barriers, access to health care, physical barriers, and monetary barriers can prevent individuals from living up to their full health potential. I have had patients call our pharmacy to tell us they are unable to pick up their medications due to a lack of transportation access and an inability to pay for their medications. I

led to Hitler’s rise to power. As a response, the United Nations was created to prevent the events from World War II to ever occur again; the UN, while controversial and difficult, helped spawn other organizations such as the World Health Organization, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization, nation-wide establishments to further communication around the world. The following decades observed Europe rebuilding while America stepped up to become a leading super power. Thus, following the World

Significant Health Care Event Eugene Whitehead HCS/531 February 18, 2013 Ann Gantzer Science and technology have always been joined at the hip. The evolution of health care services in the United States (U. S.) undoubtedly has been shaped at least in part by advancements in scientific research and knowledge, and technological innovation (Shi & Singh, 2012). The following exploration focuses on ways a specific scientific or technological event or innovation affected health care provision

International Borders Enter the United States Jane Doe Western Governors University Measles Crossing International Borders Enter the United States Measles is a very contagious disease that is caused by a virus in the paramyxovirus family (World Health Organization, 2016). Measles, a virus only found in humans, can be passed through the air or by direct contact. It can be spread by sneezing, coughing, close personal contact or direct contact with infected nasal or throat secretions. The virus enters

The concept of being “normal” is one that is often spoken about being the front of conversation, spoken with much defence and controversy. In contrast, this topic is spoken about with great “hush” because it is seen as a taboo in society; due to the sensitive issue of an individuals expected behaviour. On the other hand, the topic of “abnormal” is often given a similar light to the idea of being “normal”. Many psychologist have tried to explain one of these labels often using the starting point of

an example to discuss why public health authorities need to conduct public health surveillance and to describe how surveillance system is managed in Australia (9 marks) (Up to 800 words) Public health surveillance is defined as the ongoing systematic collection, collation, analysis and interpretation of outcome-specific data for public health purposes, closely integrated with the timely dissemination of public health information for assessment and public health response for preventing and controlling

Dioxin: The Chemical and Our Health Dioxin (polychlorinated dibenzodioxin), commonly known as 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD), is a group of aromatic hydrocarbon compounds known to be environmental pollutants. Dioxins are produced as a by-product during the manufacturing and burning of plastics (Clancy, Farrow, Finkle, Francis, Heimbecker, Nixon-Ewing, et al., 2011, p. 338). There are many different dioxin compounds, each having different levels of toxicity. Dioxin is commonly

to the existing problems that it would exacerbate, would greatly outweigh the benefits. Specifically, there are drawbacks behind extending the average human’s lifespan by a considerable amount, like extending the individual’s life past his or her health span and functionality. People could be sustained through biotechnology past their prime just to live in pain due to the tissues not integrating themselves correctly into