Question

Select one of the Healthy People 2020 objectives and identify how biological risk (including age-related risk), environmental risk (including economic risk), and behavioral risk contribute to family health risks for that objective. Give examples.

2. Identify three public health problems in your community and discuss the implications of these problems for the health of families. How did you arrive at your conclusions?

Answer 1

2)Ans) There are many kind of health problems which are common in a community and here i am going to say about 3 of them and they are,

1) Diarrhoea- An individual is having the diarrhoea means there is a alteration from the usual bowel practice to more regular and watery stools.And this stool will be having very bad smell.And at this time the individual becomes ill and irritated.And mainly the diarrhoea will be existing in a person for around 2 or 3 days.The risky symptoms of the diarrhoea are the sudden fluid loss,increased thirst, low quantity of urine and sunken eyes etc..and the diarrhoea can be easily cured by drinking clear and pure water,full breast feeding for the initial 6 months.

2) Poisoning and accidents - These are very common in the individuals due to the dangers in the home, in the roadway and they are vulnerable to experience burns, wounds,electric shocks etc...

3) Infectious disease- There are lots of infectious disease problems which are very usual in children's and other adult individuals and leads to the increased death in them.And these may be the infections like the Measles,pertussis,tetanus ,polio and TB or tuberculosis.

So these are some of the usual health issues that can happens in a community.

1) Ans)On the basis of Healthy People by 2020, MENTAL HEALTH aggregate that I found to be at risk in my community. Although, it is true that the program has been successful in achieving its goals in other domains especially in the propagation of Health Information Technology and improving Health Communication in society.

In our society, there have been many cases of adolescent suicide and drug abuse induced violence I think everybody will agree these are not mere law and order instead there is a mental health angle to this. In our community, there are no registered Mental Health Nurses or Psychiatrists. There are no mental health hospitals or clinics nearby. So, the people who require mental health care are vulnerable and helpless. I am reasonably afraid that our community is not going to make any improvement in Mental Health and Mental Disorder(MHMD-1 MHMD12) unless and until the attention of policymakers is drawn into this aggregate in Healthy People 2020 objectives.