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
: The issue I’ll be look at will be looking at healthy children and families
more specifically childhood obesity. I think its important to address childhood obesity so that we can
identify and address the issues.
2.
Economic Forces
: Briefly describe some economic forces related to your public health issue.
Macroeconomic Forces:
There are count less Macroeconomic force that are in effect by change the school systems provided
lunch system we can combat childhood obesity not only offering healthy lunch choice but also
educating the children about healthy food choices.
Microeconomic Forces:
This will directly affect the school system and family of the children in the school system. This will
affect the system by requiring them to offer healthy food choice to the children. This will also benefit
the families allowing the children to have healthy food option while at school will guarantee that
children of lower income family are able to eat healthy foods that they otherwise may not have been
able to.
3.
Key Regulation Policy:
Determine economic policies or regulations that currently apply to your
public health issue.
The universal school meals act which expires on 30
th
June 2022. This act was in placed at the
begging of the covid pandemic these emergency measures were implemented in to ensure every
child has access to free and healthy school meals.
4.
Benefits and Consequences:
Identify the perceived benefits and consequences resulting from the
legislation supporting your public health issue.
The perceived benefit of this legislation is that all children in the school system will receive two free
healthy meals a day breakfast and lunch. This will greatly affect the lower income family that
otherwise would not be eat healthy choices and instead eat cheaper option. The consequences of
this is that budget need to be adjusted in order for this to happen the money for the food need to
come from somewhere either cutting into other health care budget or increase the budget.
5.
Impact of Regulation or Policy:
Describe the economic impact resulting from the legislation
supporting your public health issue.
The economic impact on reducing childhood obesity would increase the population overall health. These
would relief the currently over stress healthcare system by preventing unnecessary health prob in these
children later in life.
6.
References
: Provide links or citations for
three
scholarly resources that you will use to support your
ideas regarding your public health issue.
1.
https://www.rwjf.org/en/blog/2022/09/can-global-insights-help-the-us-reframe-obesity.html
2. https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/research/2022/04/healthy-school-meals-for-all.html
3. https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/research/2020/07/research-offers-insight-on-childhood-obesity-
and-paid-family-leave-policies.html
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