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Select a public health program that is working toward reducing a health disease such as diabetes, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, or asthma. Based on your selection, respond to the questions below.
Explain the historical need for the program, the theoretical background on which the program is designed, the services offered (in brief), and the significance of the program in a brief introduction.
Describe the disease and include data on current incidence, prevalence, and mortality rates and projections for the next five years. Address interventions and treatment options to change the status quo of this epidemic. Present the data in a tabular or graphical form.
Compare and contrast how this disease is affecting different racial and ethnic groups. On the basis of your calculations, what information can you conclude?
Identify the resources needed to treat this disease, including facilities, equipment, pharmaceuticals, research, funding, and healthcare professionals and estimate the resources needed over the next five years. Explain the estimates.
Out of so many existing public health programmes i would like to emphasize on the Public health awakening programmes that will work toward reducing a health disease such as diabetes, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, or asthma.
Furthermore as per view of the historical need of the programme, there is brief introduction of the programme, its design, the service offered and its significance.
As above said this progrrame will focus on increasing the public awareness regarding the prevention of such critical diseases and advise for the proper healthy diet and to follow exercises plan to reduce the associated risks.
As per the design concerns there are various trained health workers, highly equipped with the modern technology, conducting such health care awakening programmes. These programmes are very important to effectively manage the chronic/critical disease managements of disease like diabetes, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, or asthma.
For the example for the case of AIDS suffering patient following are the data on current incidence, prevalence, and mortality rates and projections for the next five years.
Disease |
Current incidence |
Prevalence |
mortality rates |
Projections for the next five years. |
AIDS |
36.9 million people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide in 2017 |
Almost 40 % |
Mortality. 940 000people died of HIV-related illnesses worldwide in 2017. |
It will reach its double figure |
Then by using the following intervention and treatment plan we can change the status of this epidemic.
The CD4 count of the patient is determined.
The resources needed for this disease is RIA analyzer, ELISA tester and the medications.
A proper medication plan can help in the patient sticking to the treatment. Ziduvudine, stavudine, lamivudine, dilaverdine and other common medication along with the second line of medication is taken in the therapy.
Along with the medication there is need of proper patient counseling during whole course of the therapy.