Essays on Public Health

In the 1830’s, health was starting to become a big concern for people. With bigger cities arising, citizens were spending more time being close to others. This resulted in the health of those cities being poor. One person would be sick, and eventually numerous others...

The belief in ‘Yin’ and ‘Yang’ dates back many generations in Chinese belief and health is said to be the balance of both Yin and Yang in the body. Similarly, the beliefs of many Malays (25%) and Indians (11%) in the community in indigenous medicine...

Music is simply a variation of sounds put together to create rhythm, harmony and melody. We involve it in our daily lives to suit our state of mind whether we are feeling optimistic and bright or are needing a relatable source of comfort when feeling...

R. T. is a 44-year old black female, born in Aba, Abia state in Nigeria. She moved to the United States of America in 1998 and presently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. She’s divorced and has 3 children. R. T. works as a physician assistant...

Health services Nongtrai has one dispensary, the only Primary Health Centre (PHC) is located at Lawbah which cater the needs of the other villages. There is one Vet nary office at Lawbah. A 20 bedded Community Health Centre (CHC) is in Mawsynram which provide 24hours...

The diverse, yet interlinked nature of Internal Medicine resonates with my personal mission of working in an intellectually stimulating yet practical field while providing care to my patients in an all-encompassing manner. My love for Internal Medicine began after starting my first clinical rotation; several...

In today’s American society, junk food has been a significant issue. The controversial topic has risen many questions pertaining to health matters. A few perspectives argue that junk food may or may not end obesity epidemics. In the reading, “How Junk Food Can End Obesity”,...

Everything humans touch is brimming with billions of microbes. People eat at their desks, they put their bags on dining room tables, and they turn doorknobs that hundreds of other hands have touched. These things are done without a second thought, despite the fact that...

Free Burning Burning of trash should be banned in the city of Dumaguete due to creating pollution by the smog it creates from the fire. When you add objects such as plastic bottles, leaves, rubber and etc. it creates a toxic smog which can be...

There’s lots of propaganda now days about skinny bodies, losing weight, and being thin is cute, but if you think where it comes from, it’s not true, media that did their researches says it’s a big propaganda, due to the propaganda it changes thoughts of...

The huge success in technological advancement has brought great enhancement and convenience in work and productivity, not to mention health and medication. Scientists carried out laboratory experiments and statistical analysis to ensure the accuracy and feasibility of egg-freezing. Young women in the twenty-first century are...

Public health is concerned with public safety and its aim is to protect the health of the population. “Promoting healthy lifestyle, researching disease and injury prevention” is public health’ responsibility. Department of public health recommends elimination of any negative influences that may have harmful consequences....

Introduction Risk communication is the sharing of ideas and knowledge between two parties about the nature, purpose and control of the risk. Risk communication in public health means the involvement of audience and responding to the question and concern as well as providing the important...

As a consequence of the success of decades of public-health investments and efforts that have reduced the burden of infectious disease, chronic diseases are rising as the top healthcare threat in emerging markets. Likewise, with the rise in GDP and affluence in these markets, a...

Mental health issue in the people Mental health is the balance development of the individual’s personality and emotional attitude which enable him to live harmoniously with his fellow men. In 1959 W.H.O Expert Committee on mental health reviewed the various definations of mental health and...

Public health approaches to the health care of coal miners is one of the most important problems in developing countries like India and China, which are the main coal producer countries over the world. China produced about 3.6 billion tonnes of coal in 2012, 47%...

Have you ever heard the saying “you are what you eat?” According to the US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, “Over 1 billion pounds of pesticides are used in the United States each year and approximately 5. 6 billion pounds are used...

Dr. Vijay Patel has invented a watch that monitors health and alerts the user when their time is up. Unfortunately during alpha testing, the doc and his team learn of an unexpected side effect, murder. When more incidents of gun violence pop-up in the media,...

Health care always has limited resources thus, health economists have a number of tools to analyse and address the situation. CEA provides a method for prioritizing the health intercessions and resource allocations by identifying potential projects that can yield the greatest improvement in health for...