Department of Health Program Discussion

Department of Health Program Discussion

Question Description
I’m studying for my Health & Medical class and need an explanation.

Find two programs or services that are offered by the MS State Department of Health and write two paragraphs about each of the programs you chose.

The most effective public health programs are based on an evidence-based technical package: a selected group of related interventions that, together, will achieve and sustain substantial and sometimes synergistic improvements in a specific risk factor or disease outcome. A technical package of proven interventions sharpens and focuses what otherwise might be vague commitments to “action” by committing to implementation of specific interventions known to be effective. It also avoids a scattershot approach of using a large number of interventions, many of which have only a small impact.

Simplicity is key to success. The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness initiative, intended as an integrated approach that focuses on the well-being of the whole child to reduce mortality among children younger than 5 years, can improve the quality of clinical care for sick children.3,4 However, program coverage in most countries has rarely reached levels high enough to achieve expected reductions in mortality, in part because of the complexity of this approach.

The DOTS (directly observed treatment, short-course) strategy for tuberculosis control has only 5 components: sustained political and financial commitment, good laboratory diagnosis, standardized treatment provided under direct observation, a steady supply of high-quality anti-tuberculosis drugs, and rigorous monitoring and evaluation of and accountability for each patient’s outcome. In the nearly 2 decades since widespread adoption of the DOTS strategy, more than 56 million people have been successfully treated and 22 million lives have been saved.5 In the absence of HIV, DOTS can reduce the incidence of active tuberculosis by about half in 10 years.6

Important information for writing discussion questions and participation

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Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.

I understand this is a lot of information to cover in 5 weeks, however, the Bible says in Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things through Christ that strengthens us. Even in times like this, we are encouraged by God’s word that we have that ability in us to succeed with His strength. I pray that each and every one of you receives strength for this course and life generally as we navigate through this pandemic that is shaking our world today. Relax and enjoy the course!

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Important information on Writing a Discussion Question

• Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
• There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
• Include in-text citations in your response
• Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
• Follow APA-7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor

• A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
• Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
• Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
• Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
• Follow APA 7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

• Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
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WHO’s MPOWER package for tobacco control consists of 6 key policy measures: monitoring tobacco use and prevention policies; protecting people from tobacco smoke; offering help to quit tobacco use; warning about the dangers of tobacco; enforcing bans on tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship; and raising tobacco prices.7 The state of California and the city of New York each invested in sustained implementation of comprehensive tobacco control technical packages that helped establish the MPOWER strategy and have recorded steady, long-term declines in smoking prevalence.8,9

In Uruguay, which implemented most elements of the MPOWER strategy sooner than any other country, smoking prevalence fell by a quarter in just 3 years, perhaps the fastest decline ever recorded.10,11 Turkey, the first country to attain the highest level of achievement in all 6 MPOWER measures, saw a 13.4% decline in smoking prevalence in the 3.5 years after it enacted a comprehensive tobacco control law that specifically addressed requirements of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and incorporated the MPOWER technical package.12 Progress in all of these places was achieved because of sustained political support for difficult and sometimes controversial decisions, as well as adherence to the established evidence base of a limited set of proven interventions that are affordable and scalable and have the largest impact on health.