Discussion Assignment
Choose one of the discussion questions (page 263) in your textbook to answer.
Write at least 1 page reaction to the question, use the sub-topics in chapter 12 that relates to your question to ensure and or enhance your explanation. Include at least two outside resources where your classmates can get additional information.
Provide links and a short description of each resource. Credit will not be given to those who copy posts from other students.
Discussion Questions
Take a look at the questions posed in the following scenarios, which were presented at the beginning of this chapter. See now whether you can answer them.
1. A young man in your dormitory is diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB). The health department works with the student health service to test everyone in the dorm, as well as in his classes, with a TB skin test. Those who are positive for the first time are advised to take a course of a medicine called Isoniazid (INH). Is this standard operating procedure?
2. You go to a public health meeting and learn that many of the speakers are not from public health agencies, but from the Departments of Labor, Commerce, Housing, and Education. What do these departments have to do with health? You hear that a new childhood vaccine was developed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), approved by the Food and Drug Admin-istration (FDA), endorsed for federal payment Foundatir,.. Servici Healthca IT net Home Nongovernmental organizations Policy development by the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-vention (CDC), and recommended for use by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Do all these agencies and organizations always work so well together?
4. A major flood in Asia leads to disease and star-vation. Some say it is due to global warming, others to bad luck. Coordinated efforts by global health agencies, assisted by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and individual donors, help get the country back on its feet. What types of cooperation are needed to make all of this happen?
5. A local community health center identifies childhood obesity as a problem in the commu-nity. They collect data demonstrating that the problem begins as early as elementary school. They develop a plan that includes clinical inter-ventions at the health center and also at the ele-mentary school. They ask the health department to help them organize an educational campaign and assist in evaluating the results. Working together, they are able to reduce the obesity rate
