Essays and Research Papers on Public Health Issues

3 pages in length. Prevention is not a tack America's health care system takes when it comes to providing the most favorable options for the nation's masses. Trends in health care illustrate how the increase in costs equates to a decrease in services, ultimately and inevitably removing any possibility for people to keep ...

This 5 page paper considers the causes of the differences in heath between different social classes and ethnic groups. The paper considers the causes such as lack of social and cultural capital, less income, environmental and structural disadvantages and barriers to accessing healthcare. The statistics quoted are from the UK, however, the theories are universal. ...

A 6 page overview of the changing healthcare environment. Comparing government funded healthcare to private funded, this paper emphasizes the demographic and social changes that have impacted the current system.

This 8-page paper explains why healthy eating and exercise is very important to a person's lifestyle. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 8 page paper discusses many different aspects of the streptococcus pyogenes bacterium, including the diseases it causes, symptoms, treatment, history and other matters. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 4 page paper provides the history of syphilis. Furthermore, this paper examines syphilis studies, drugs, the Tuskegee experiment, and more. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This essay examines tuberculosis among the homeless, the history of the disease, causes among the homeless and how some programs have worked to check the disease and prevent it from spreading. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 7 page paper views the ramifications of HIPAA, particularly as they respect compliance. Details of the Act are discussed. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 6 page paper discussing a health promotion program within a practicing dentist's office. The promotion focuses on prevention and treatment of adult dental caries. It will be carry a lecture format that will be continued on videotape, and will inform adults of new techniques developed in recent years. The goal is ...

A 5 page paper that compares the primarily privately owned and funded healthcare delivery system that currently operates in the United States with that of the national healthcare delivery system presently practiced in the country of Norway. Discussed are the differences between the two types of systems with the focus on funding, access, administration, ...

This 3 page paper explicates an article which discusses the problem of minorities and health care services. A second reference provides additional information. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This is an 8 page paper which discusses the development of a health care data system and the security issues that should be a consideration. The bibliography has 5 sources.

A 5 page paper that begins by discussing the health care industry with data and the reason for the lack of true national reform in this industry. This leads in to a discussion of experimental surgery and insurance companies refusing to pay for it. Examples of people going out of the country for experimental surgeries ...

This 12-page paper discusses the potential future of the U.S. healthcare industry. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page review of a 2001 article by Gary Pisano (Harvard Business School) detailing the changes made at a Massachusetts hospital that allowed the simultaneous reduction of costs for caring for cardiac patients, the reduction of resource utilization and patient length of stay, and improved patient outcome. The author details the process the ...

This 10 page paper considers the subject of healthcare economics, the value it may add to healthcare decision making and then defines and applies terms such as Cost Effectiveness Analysis (CEA), Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA), Cost Utility Analysis (CUA), Cost Minimization Analysis (CMA), equity, efficiency, costs and planning and rational planning. The bibliography cites 13 ...

This 12 page report discusses the debate regarding who or who should not receive certain forms of medical treatment or health care and the many questions the issue presents. In this climate of ostensibly “compassionate conservatism,” far too many people, in a wide array of life circumstances, are without access to, much less the money to afford ...

In six pages this paper examines the reasons why healthcare reform in the United States is needed. Seven sources are listed in the bibliography.

A 4 page overview of cholesterol. This article delineates the different types of cholesterol and their role in human physiology. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 4 page paper which discusses such topics of health promotion in adolescents such as drug and alcohol abuse and safe sex, along with and the importance of such promotion in terms of public health. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 4 page paper examines global warming and the impact on human health. Epidemiology is discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper makes the case that providing a choice where Americans could purchase private health care is a necessary component of any national health care bill. Bibliography lists 1 source. .

This 7 page paper looks at the concept of supervision in the healthcare environment and discusses what it is, how it is undertaken and the role in terms of compliance and the potential for learning and teaching opportunities. The bibliography cites 11 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses how complementary medicine fits into the National Health Service in the UK. This paper explores the benefits of complementary medicine as well as the history of the NHS. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 4 page paper compares and contrasts these two models. Bibliography lists 3 sources.