Question

Examine and research 1 chronic disease (e.g., heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, obesity) and write a paper that discusses the following:

A comparison of 2 health care policies that are in place (either at the state or federal level) that address the disease

The impact the disease has had on the U.S. population and health care system as a whole

Strategies that are in place to educate and promote prevention of the disease through public health at the federal and state levels

Any challenges and progress to date that has been made in preventing and reducing health risks associated with the disease

2–3 strategies that may increase awareness, education, and prevention of that disease

PLEASE USE SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN USED BEFORE AND EXAMPLES

Answer 1

Hear Diseases:

Cardiovascular disease includes conditions that affect the structures or function of your heart includes

• Coronary artery disease (narrowing of the arteries)
• Heart attack.
• Abnormal heart rhythms, or arrhythmias.
• Heart failure
• Heart valve disease
• Congenital heart disease
• Heart muscle disease (cardiomyopathy)

Using data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project databases and the National Vital Statistics System, the report looks at the national and state-level burden of cardiovascular disease events that are most likely to be prevented by reducing sodium consumption, increasing physical activity, and improving 'ABCS:' aspirin when appropriate, blood pressure control, cholesterol management and smoking cessation.

Results showed that hospitalization and death rates were highest among men, non-Hispanic blacks and increased with age. Further, state-level variation occurred in rates of emergency department visits, hospitalizations and death

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major contributor to disability and the leading cause of death worldwide, representing 30% of all deaths.

Heart disease kills roughly the same number of people in the United States each year as cancer, lower respiratory diseases (including pneumonia), and accidents combined.

More than 800,000 people in the United States die from cardiovascular disease each year—that’s 1 in every 3 deaths, and about 160,000 of them occur in people under age 65.

Strategies to educate and promote prevention of heart diseases through public health:

• Focus on the ABCS of heart health
• Take a team approach by using technology, standard processes, and the skills of everyone in the health care system to find and treat those at risk for myocardial infarction
• Ensure people who have had a myocardial infarction get the care they need to recover well and reduce their risk of another event
• Promote physical activity and healthy eating among patients and employees.

Challenges and progress in preventing and reducing health risks of heart diseases:

• Low health literacy
• Medication costs
• Poor adherence to medications
• Lack of access to health care
• poor insurance coverage are major health system-level barriers
• failure to prioritize BP control among multiple chronic medical issues.

Special Heart care insurance policies with multiple benefits has progressed to control these risks.

Awareness, education, and prevention of Heart disease

• Control your blood pressure
• Keep your cholesterol and triglyceride levels under control
• Stay at a healthy weight
• Eat a healthy diet
• Get regular exercise
• Limit alcohol
• Don't smoke
• Manage stress.