HCM 320 Milestone One Template
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HCM 320 Milestone One Template
Use this template to compile important information and resources for your final project presentation. 1.
Public Health Issue Topic
: Identify the public health issue you will use as a basis for your final project
presentation. Briefly describe why you choose this topic. -The public health issue I have chosen as a basis for my final project is obesity in children. I decided to choose this topic as it is something that I personally struggled with, and it continues to be an issue
for children in our nation. This has been an ongoing issue both at a healthcare level and an economic
level. Although this issue is no new, it is worsening every day and if solutions are not established, it will continue to get even more out of hand. Obese adults are formed with habits that are learned as children. Our healthcare system will continue to go further into debt if we cannot get this under control. Children need to learn healthy habits at a young age so they can grow with a healthy mindset for a positive and healthy future. 2.
Economic Forces
: Briefly describe some economic forces related to your public health issue.
Macroeconomic Forces: I do believe some contributing factors are at an income level. Being able to provide children with a healthy homelife is more expensive than not. Everybody knows snack cakes are cheaper than fruits and vegetables. Income is a major contributor to the choices we make for ourselves and for our families. Better food choices are typically higher priced so people with higher incomes can afford to eat a healthier lifestyle. Technology has also contributed to childhood obesity by not only advertising but how foods can be processed in short periods of time and preserved for longer periods of time. This makes the processed foods easier to by as they last longer. Microeconomic Forces: Childhood obesity is more than just eating unhealthy foods. There are so many contributing factors to a healthy lifestyle. Making sure that children are getting a sufficient amount of sleep and exercise is important. Mental health also plays a contributing role as being sure
that children are healthy both physically and mentally. There is more than one factor that can make or break the healthy lifestyle we need for children to have. 3.
Key Regulation Policy: Determine economic policies or regulations that currently apply to your public health issue.
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Policies can be implemented to help ensure that children have not only the ability but the access to healthier choices and physical activity. School programs and community programs can help children learn how to choose the better foods and how to prepare them in different ways. The supplemental nutrition assistance program, also known as SNAP, is a program that helps families with food assistance every month. Another helpful program is WIC that helps women, infants, and children with breastfeeding and children under the age of 5 get the right food sources they need. There are federal programs that give federal funds to each state to reimburse providers for snacks and meals that are given to patients from providers. This is called the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). Regulations have been placed over the years that assist in menu labelling, providing dietary
guidelines and nutrition facts to foods and beverages. 4.
Benefits and Consequences: Identify the perceived benefits and consequences resulting from the legislation supporting your public health issue. 5.
Economic Impact of Regulation or Policy: Describe the economic impact resulting from the legislation supporting your public health issue.
6.
References
: Provide links or citations for three
scholarly resources that you will use to support your ideas regarding your public health issue.
1. 2. 3.
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