Describe your selected population health issue and the population affected by this issue
Developing a health advocacy campaign does not happen in an empty space, there must exist a problem that may be looked into for the purpose of this paper I have identified Cardiovascular Disease as the problem and will look into policy application to the prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. This disease has stem in individual lifestyle, environmental factors which ever effects, trigger the problem the end results tend to be the same. Race and gender are other prevailing factors in determining how the disease affects the individual or the population at risk. According to Eaker ED and Wenger NK Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death …show more content…
The program in very effective based on their claim “the California Tobacco control program has led to a significantly larger decrease in the prevalence of smoking and the rate of per Capita cigarette consumption, in California than in the rest of the United States. They went on to claim that “it has been well established that smoking causes heart diseases, mortality from heart disease decreased. Significantly more in California than any other part of the United States the second article is the impact of school fruit tuck shops and school food policies on children’s fruit consumption is a cluster randomized trial of school in deprived areas. This study tends to show that healthy eating reduces incidence of Cardiovascular Disease. At the end of the study, the team concluded that the strength is that unbiased estimate of the effect of the intervention when implemented in the real world conditions has been identified using a strong scientific research design. The trial was an effective trial, which allowed variations in the implementation of such a policy. It goes on to say that “as a pragmatic effectiveness trial, the results are all directly relevant to large-scale attempts to employ fruit tuck shop as a means of improving children’s diets. Legal Considerations …show more content…
The amount of money paid to use this equipment is almost two times that of the private gyms. If I have to change the policy, I will make it free for everybody. Since the problem is that most ethnic minority cannot afford quality health care, why build one a still make more difficult for them to afford? Earlier in the paper it was women from ethnic minority do not have access to quality health due to poverty, charging them mentioned that will continue to put them in the disadvantaged category thus defeating the aim of what we are trying to prevent. To help me with the policy change, I will write and call state delegates and make sure there is a change in policy that will work for everybody. Explain whether your proposed policy could be enacted through a modification of existing law or regulation or the creation of new legislation or/ regulation. My new proposal / policy of making the utilization of the community recreation equipment free for the local community residents free can be achieved through modification of existing policy. It does not require votes from the community or referendum, it requires an amended legislation. This community center was built with tax payers’ money, why should they be charged to use the facility built with their own money? If the maintenance becomes a problem the
Developing a health advocacy campaign does not happen in an empty space, there must exist a problem that may be looked into for the purpose of this paper I have identified Cardiovascular Disease as the problem and will look into policy application to the prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. This disease has stem in individual lifestyle, environmental factors which ever effects, trigger the problem the end results tend to be the same. Race and gender are other prevailing factors in determining how the disease affects the individual or the population at risk. According to Eaker ED and Wenger NK Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death …show more content…
The program in very effective based on their claim “the California Tobacco control program has led to a significantly larger decrease in the prevalence of smoking and the rate of per Capita cigarette consumption, in California than in the rest of the United States. They went on to claim that “it has been well established that smoking causes heart diseases, mortality from heart disease decreased. Significantly more in California than any other part of the United States the second article is the impact of school fruit tuck shops and school food policies on children’s fruit consumption is a cluster randomized trial of school in deprived areas. This study tends to show that healthy eating reduces incidence of Cardiovascular Disease. At the end of the study, the team concluded that the strength is that unbiased estimate of the effect of the intervention when implemented in the real world conditions has been identified using a strong scientific research design. The trial was an effective trial, which allowed variations in the implementation of such a policy. It goes on to say that “as a pragmatic effectiveness trial, the results are all directly relevant to large-scale attempts to employ fruit tuck shop as a means of improving children’s diets. Legal Considerations …show more content…
The amount of money paid to use this equipment is almost two times that of the private gyms. If I have to change the policy, I will make it free for everybody. Since the problem is that most ethnic minority cannot afford quality health care, why build one a still make more difficult for them to afford? Earlier in the paper it was women from ethnic minority do not have access to quality health due to poverty, charging them mentioned that will continue to put them in the disadvantaged category thus defeating the aim of what we are trying to prevent. To help me with the policy change, I will write and call state delegates and make sure there is a change in policy that will work for everybody. Explain whether your proposed policy could be enacted through a modification of existing law or regulation or the creation of new legislation or/ regulation. My new proposal / policy of making the utilization of the community recreation equipment free for the local community residents free can be achieved through modification of existing policy. It does not require votes from the community or referendum, it requires an amended legislation. This community center was built with tax payers’ money, why should they be charged to use the facility built with their own money? If the maintenance becomes a problem the