Essays and Research Papers on Public Health Issues

An 8 page overview of the problems confronting Canadian Healthcare. The author contends that many of these problems are attributable to pharmaceutical company insistence that medicine focus almost exclusively on the use of drugs rather than the various alternative approaches which exist. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5-page paper is a model of an op-ed article about health care. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of the seven health education responsibilities. Personal examples are given for each. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 14 page paper provides an overview of elements of health care promotion programs. Many suburban small towns experience problems with determining the best route to health education. While urban centers have a multitude of health problems, small suburban communities are often reluctant to take advantage of the kind of health promotion programming ...

This 4-page paper focuses on how health care in the United States is currently legislated, and examines HIPAA and the Patient Care Act. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page paper analyzes a newspaper article about a current health research project, and considers the statistical procedures mentioned, the findings, and whether or not the researchers’ conclusions are appropriate. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper briefly summarizes some of the main points in the health care reform plans of the two presidential candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

8 pages. Describes how and why the World Health Organization has not been able to fill its mandate. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 5 page research paper on the benefits to women of taking personal responsibility for their health. Based on a statement by Elizabeth Fee, the writer discusses this in terms of institutional limitations and discoveries, and in terms of the mental, physical and spiritual components of women's health. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3 page paper analyzes an article about health visitors and their observations of the problems of refugee immigrants in two boroughs in London. Bibliography lists 1 source

A 10 page research paper that investigates and summarizes literature pertaining to the efforts of this state to protect the health of one of its most vulnerable populations, its low-income children. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

3 pages in length. The vicious cycle that keeps low income families from attaining adequate - and oftentimes any - health care is both grand and far-reaching; low-end jobs may not offer employee benefits, and having the wage earner foot the cost of insurance premiums is entirely out of the question when getting food ...

This 8 page paper discusses three major pieces of health care legislation that were enacted at the federal level: Medicare, Medicaid and the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper begins with the most recent estimate of the number of Americans who are homeless. The essay discusses the health problems of this population and includes examples of some homeless health care projects. Statistical data included. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

11 pages in length. Health care costs continue to rise while people are more and more incapable of meeting the financial demands for adequate health. The double-edged sword that has become the American health care system is responsible for the ever-deteriorating well being of millions of people who, either for exorbitant monetary requirements ...

10 pages in length. Upon interviewing Mrs. Mary Wiggins, an employee of the health department, it has been brought to light that there exist several areas where community health programs in Lake City, Florida are severely lacking. As a means by which to identify and ultimately address these areas, Mrs. Wiggins narrowed the ...

This 20 page paper provides an overview of the protocols used for a survey of patients with HIV/AIDS. This paper relates the process for those demonstrating stigmatization and discrimination in regards to health care access. Bibliography lists 25 sources.

This 11 page report discusses issues surround cost-effectiveness in the independent health care clinical practice. This writer asserts that a key component of cost-effective delivery of clinical health care is the implementation of a greater level of information coordination and that the ideals of cost effectiveness and excellent clinical care – are not mutually exclusive. ...

This 8 page paper begins with the definition of fitness, what does it mean to be fit, what is really required to achieve health-related fitness and what are the components of fitness? The rest of the paper explains and discusses the correlations between fitness, physical activity and chronic illness and other conditions. Research has revealed ...

A 5 page paper which examines the problem of inadequate health care and also discusses how health fairs could help. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A five page paper which looks at the specific problems faced by the homeless with regard to their access to health care provisions and considers some of the ways in which these problems could be addressed by the community as a whole. Bibliography lists 7 sources

A 5 page paper discussing several issues of health care, including costs, managed care, the rise of professionalism and the marginalization of public health. We are still debating whether access to health care is a right or a privilege. The existence of public health facilities and services indicates that it will continue to ...

This 5 page paper discusses the addition of recovery focus programs in the mental health service. Bibliography lists 3 soruces.

14 pages in length. Health care reform has been a high-priority issue in myriad presidential campaigns; if it were not such a sticking point between government bureaucrats and the vast number of underinsured citizens, it would not hold such a prominent position in the quest for winning the election. Despite the fervent promises ...

This 3 page paper comments on Obamacare, Medicare D, and the attempt to make HPV vaccination mandatory. Bibliography lists 4 sources.