Public affairs/ Public policy Public health is an important element of public affairs. It involves mental and physical well being of the entire community. health literacy is a major part of public health policy. Nut beam D in his path breaking research explains that health literacy involves skills in spoken, written and online communication. Lack of adequate health literacy often puts our population at a major risk. Each year many succumb to life style disorders and one can squarely put blame on limited health awareness.
Scope: The primary objective of public health policy is to prevent major epidemics and safeguarding population against it. However, we can only prevent major health risks with the help of health of literacy. The more we sensitize the masses about major health issues, the more we may spread awareness about it. Many social and health studies have pointed out that many patients suffer from low rate of health literacy. As a result, we find young and old suffering from various ailments be it AIDS or cardiac problems. Reason: Many reasons are attributed to low health literacy such as, linguistic in competency, inadequate exposure to medical and scientific terms and sociological conditions.
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Affirmative Action: Public OPinion vs. Policy When Justin Ketcham, a white college student from the suburbs, thinks about affirmative action, he thinks about what happened when he sent out letters seeking scholarships so he could attend Stanford University after being accepted during his senior year of high school. The organizations that wrote back told him their money was reserved for women or ...
Linguistic in competency: Various studies conducted by health care professionals inform that lack of English skills hamper effective communication process. Ours is a multicultural society where many still find it difficult to articulate themselves. Medical and scientific terms: Lack of adequate information about specific medical terms also poses a major problem. In ever growing medical and scientific world, many new terms have taken place. However, it is not easy for all to understand them. Sociological factors: Different communities have different concepts about health care. It takes time to sensitize them about major health issues. Poverty and illiteracy also pave a way for spurious drug markets.
Health Blog: For sensitizing health professionals. Having worked with a Health NPO, I have seen health concerns from close quarters. Often young mothers cannot express their problems to health workers because of linguistic problems. I have also found out how often health professionals do not understand sociological factors related to a medical problem. I propose to start a blog for health professionals where my emphasis would be to spread awareness about immigrant population. I sincerely believe blogging is a potent tool of mass communication. They suffer from some genuine concerns and I shall try to present them in my blog. This blog will deal with ethnic, social, linguistic and legal issues..
