Question

Write an essay on ‘The future of health care’

  

1750 words with 10 reference in APA format

Answer 1

The future of health care

Health care is the medical care given to an individual during the time of sickness or to maintain the wellness .

The health is a very common to the human kind , where he learn to take care of himself with good food and proper care . But has the civilization grow the care to his health needs to demand .The war between the clans brought the causalities with war wounds , fever ,plagues , birth complications where the only few health problems the man saw back . Man being a intelligent creature he tried to find the medicines from the herbs, barks from the nature. But it did bring cure to an extent but it held some complications.

Introduction: Health care has changed its form lately from few centuries back, from the war wound, delivery complication to finding remedies to – finding the eradication of the organisms. The discovery of the penicillin during the world war saved thousands of lives.

Not to mention it was the just the acute turning point in modern medical science where man strived harder to discover new medicines to the cure.

Discussion:

The modern science after the invention of penicillin, striving harder to find new medicines to numerous diseases.

Eradication of small pox, poliomyelitis are the most significant landmark in medical science of their proud moments . Still the medical science is trying hard to find drugs to cure the most deadliest diseases which is consuming the maximum lives of the individual all throughout the world from the infant to the adult irrespective of their culture ,food , wellbeing – CANCER.

Everyone knew somebody or the other with cancer dying every year .Chronic diseases has crippled the mankind –heart disease ,diabetes , arthritis ….

Health care has grown to such a level where man is able to see 3generation with increased life span , but the discovery of new diseases and organisms getting resistant to drugs making medical science to take two steps back when they keep baby steps forward .

The last few decades the health care has concentrated its belief in curing the disease and increasing the life span . to which we have to say it was almost successful . The safe birth system has reduced the mortality and morbididty of young mother and child . The wound healing and its complication , transplant of organs –liver,kidney .

Not to mention the medical has imropved to do a bypass heart surgery to stop the heart and re run it which could be a myth few centuries back.

But what is the future of health care :

We have seen the cure of disease , but is that enough for this modern world with new condition every day ?

Will this enough for the HELATHY PEOPLE …..

That’s why United States Department of Health and Human Services initiated a nationwide program with goals set to achieve healthy people by 2000 . Later the goals were revised and extended to nation wide a program initiated

HEALTHY PEOPLE 2000-HELATHY PEOPLE 2010- HEALTHY PEOPLE 2020

In HEALTHY PEOPLE 2020

Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death;
Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups;
Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all; and
Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages.

With the basic goals

1)health promotion

2) prevention of disease

3) health education

Vision of healthy people 2020

A society in which all people live long, healthy lives.

Mission of healthy people 2020

·      Identify nationwide health improvement priorities.

·      Increase public awareness and understanding of the determinants of health, disease, and disability and the opportunities for progress.

·      Provide measurable objectives and goals that are applicable at the national, State, and local levels.

·      Engage multiple sectors to take actions to strengthen policies and improve practices that are driven by the best available evidence and knowledge.

·      Identify critical research, evaluation, and data collection needs.

Identify – prevent disease –promote health awareness /health education -

IDENTIFY : It is very much require to be aware of and identify the disease break down – to take necessary measures.

The chronic condition –heart diseases is leading cause of death , obesity is a threaten to modern world with increasing economy and poor health conscious among the youth and children . Cancer is being a constant threat to modern science , with increasing knowledge and research we are struggling with cancer medicines .AIDS , pregnancy among the youth are to name the few conditions where the health service department are constantly working .

The acute break down of disease condition during natural calamities

PREVENTION :Once when identify the condition – we try to prevent the break down or slow down the progress of the disease

HEALTH PROMOTION is enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behavior to social and environmental interventions.

HEALTH EDUCATION – it’s a major part of to bring awareness to the public to prevent and promote .

Over the course the goals were revised , the 4 Foundation Health Measures are used to monitor progress toward promoting health, preventing disease and disability, eliminating disparities, and improving quality of life.

1. General Health Status

Life expectancy-age specific death
Healthy life expectancy:- in good health – free of limitation of activity – free of chronic disease
Years of potential life lost- the people live less that 75yrs of age
Physically and mentally unhealthy days
Self-assessed health status
Limitation of activity
Chronic disease prevalence

2. Health-Related Quality of Life and Well-Being

1. Physical, mental, and social health–related quality of life

2. Well-being/satisfaction

3. Participation in common activities

3. Determinants of Health

A range of personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status are known as determinants of health. Determinants of health include such things as biology, genetics, individual behavior, access to health services, and the environment in which people are born, live, learn, play, work, and age.

4. Disparities

differences in health status based on:

·      Race/ethnicity

·      Gender

·      Physical and mental ability

·      Geography

It has been noted that all Americans healthy life includes the availability of and access to:

High-quality education
Nutritious food
Decent and safe housing
Affordable, reliable public transportation
Culturally sensitive health care providers
Health insurance
Clean water and non-polluted air

This will overall provide a better human necessity to be a healthy person irrespective of the decade .The goal to achieve healthy people is a measure to bring a healthy individual –healthy community –healthy America .

The future health care –

HEALTH –PREVENTION

                    PROMOTION

                 & EDUCATION .

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