Identify one health problem common to families in a community and or healthcare resources of a community . What strategies or policies could healthcare providers support or initiate to improve families health in the community?
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According to the reports of The CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control the top ten public health issues in all 50 states and the District of Columbia are:
• Alcohol-related harms
• Food safety
• Healthcare-associated infections
• Heart disease and stroke
• HIV
• Motor vehicle injury
• Nutrition, physical activity and obesity
• Prescription drug overdose
• Teen pregnancy
• Tobacco use
One of the most important health concern is physical activity and nutrition. Many types of research conclude that staying physically active can aid to prevent or delay the development of certain diseases, including many forms of cancers, heart disease and diabetes, and also can improve mood and relieve depression. The inactivity accompanied by advancing age contributes to many health problems. The physical inactivity is the reason behind many metabolic diseases, obesity, heart problems and mental problems.
The healthy activity level with avoidance of empty calories from junk foods can keep most of the diseases at bay. The development of successful eating habits with physical activity can lead to improvement in the health of the community.
Community Healthcare Resources
The materials, personnel, facilities, funds, and anything else used for providing health care services in the society are termed as healthcare resources. Although the demand is unlimited, the resources availability is limited. The distribution of health care resources in the community must not be based on the ability to pay. The resources distribution must be need-based. The development of various forms of health insurance like Medicare and Medicaid contributes to public health.
Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program
: it is an innovative community-based program that provides prevention strategies to promote access to health care for mothers and children.
HHS Center for Faith-based & Neighborhood Partnerships
It is secular and faith-based nonprofits and community
organizations
It has increased impact in their communities
It makes the most of what HHS has to offer
It understands federal grant opportunities and responsibilities
National Health Service Corps (NHSC)
Served the community in a Health Professional Shortage Area
Acts by recruiting and retaining qualified healthcare clinicians to work among underserved people and distribute them where they are needed most.
Health Center Program Requirements
It is designated as a Health Center and is non-profit private or
public entities designated to serve the medically underserved
populations/areas or special medically underserved populations
comprised of migrant and seasonal farmworkers, the homeless or
residents of public housing.
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
Helps in treatment of HIV/ AIDS
Indian Health
Improves health access to care for American Indian/Alaska Native people.
STRATEGIES
1. Improve the level of knowledge among all healthcare professionals about food and nutrition and the relationships between diet and health.
2: Promote the efforts that will lead to health-promoting dietary changes for health-care professionals, their clients, and the general population.
3: Improve and support the research on the relationships between food, nutrition, and health and on the means to use this knowledge to promote the consumption of healthful diets.
4. Reduce health disparities
5. Improved health to all people in the community
6. Health awareness programmes
7. Use of available community resources and involvement of community leaders
8. Manage the barrier of distance or improve accessibility and availability of health care services.
9. Availability of healthcare workforce
10. Nurse – community-based programmes like NP
11. Home-Visiting Programs
12. ACA or affordable care act
13. Improving community Conditions
14. Early Childhood Academic Enrichment
15. Improving the economic status
16.Engaging Patients, Families, and Communities
17. Need-based care
References:
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/population-health/cdc-10-most-important-public-health-problems-and-concerns.html
https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/about-us/community/benefit/health-needs
https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/senior-health/common-issues/top-ten.aspx
http://pedsinreview.aappublications.org/content/38/7/320
https://www.hrsa.gov/public-health/community/index.html
https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/about-us/community/health-resources
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK235263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3431152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK207234/
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