Epidemiology

According to Joint Commission (2015), “every year in the United States, hundreds of thousands of patients fall in hospitals, with 30-50 percent resulting in injury. Injured patients require additional treatment and sometimes prolonged hospital stays. In one study, a fall with injury added 6.3 days to the hospital stay. The average cost for a fall with injury is about $14,000” (Joint Commission, 2015, para 1). “An accidental fall has been defined as a sudden and nonintentional change of posture…

Childhood obesity has become an epidemic in the United States with the highest rates among Hispanic and Black youth. Childhood obesity is a difficult health issue to tackle due to its multifaceted effect. Curtailing obesity will require the use of extensive research and epidemiological analysis to promote healthier habits and awareness, which is of the utmost importance to health professionals. One plausible method has been intervention. Campaigns such as “Move Your Body” by First lady…

The diagnosis of breast cancer is one of the most dreaded words that a woman could hear out of a doctor’s mouth. It affects on in eight women in the United States (McCartney, Davidson, & Alic, 2015). This is a prevalent problem, particularly in African American women. They are much more likely by 40% to die of the illness than their Caucasian counterparts (McCartney et al., 2015). However, a diagnosis does not necessarily equate to a death sentence. This paper will analyze the prevalence of…

After the virus spread from military camps into the city, it raged throughout the city. In Philadelphia, the shortage of doctors made the city vulnerable to the outbreak. Over 800 doctors and nurses were helping with the war, causing the shortage. More volunteers and medical professionals were called overseas, leaving less help for the citizens. With this shortage, the flu was not contained causing it to spread faster. Around this time, many jobs in shipbuilding opened up in Philadelphia. The…

The absence of disease or the promotion of wellbeing is the primary goal of public health work. The first level of prevention is to avert the disease or injury from even occurring. Public health’s biomedical research has seen great advances toward prevention. Public health measures have successfully mitigated infectious disease, environmental teratogens, and even genetic disorders. The identification of how underlying factors play an adverse role in an individual’s health have enabled a…

The RAND newsletter discusses the impact that community improvements can have on the overall health status; for example, the more orderly and maintained a community is, the better its health should be. People who care about the state of their physical environment, such as fixing a damaged window, will probably look after the state of their own body as well by exercising and practicing safe sex, for instance. Also, if gyms and stores were introduced into these communities, perhaps people would…

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the world with its prevalence directly tied to amount of cholesterol in the blood. The Framingham Heart Study showed the tie between high cholesterol and heart disease. The study found that low density lipoprotein (LDL) was more predictive of heart disease than total cholesterol. The study also suggested that family history made the cause of hypercholesterolemia and not a high just a high fat diet. The pharmaceutical class, HMG Co Reductase…

The policy is а comprehensive approach to improve the food and physical activity policies, practices, and environments in Early Care Education programs in order to prevent childhood obesity in the United States. Early Care Education programs aim to prevent obesity by: 1) Educating providers and administrators about the potential health benefits by following licensing regulations and Quality Rating Improvement Systems with the Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance…

Capewell, S., Ford, E. S., Croft, J. B., Critchley, J. A., Greenlund, K. J., & Labarthe, D. R. (2010). Cardiovascular risk factor trends and options for reducing future coronary heart disease mortality in the United States of America. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 88(2), 120-130. doi:10.2471/blt.08.057885 As stated in the article Cardiovascular risk factor trends and potential for reducing coronary heart disease mortality in the United States of America,…

Another motivation for the renovation of Paris was the “putrid” condition of the city’s waste systems, which filled the streets with garbage, horse manure, and human waste. Essentially, the medieval system of garbage disposal was to deposit it on the street on the Seine. Haussmann and Napoleon II sought to create massive sewage systems to remedy this form of waste management policy, which sought to reduce poor hygiene and the transmission of disease throughout the city. The premise of a new…