HSM 541 WEEK 1 DISCUSSIONS: ILLNESS VERSUS HEALTH

HSM 541 WEEK 1 DISCUSSIONS: ILLNESS VERSUS HEALTH. Class, welcome to week 1! Criticism has been leveled at the curative rather than health promotion/disease prevention focus of the U.S. healthcare system. Should the focus change? Why or why not? Do you see evidence of a shift occurring? If so, what do you think is contributing to that change? Make sure to respond to other students’ posts as well so we can keep the discussion going. Please remember to refer to your syllabus for guidelines on frequency and quality of posts This topic was locked Jul 15 at 11:59pm. View Instructor posts View My Posts Search entries or author Filter replies by unread Unread Collapse replies Expand replies  Collapse Subdiscussion    Manage Discussion Entry  PROF and CLASS,  The healthcare system focus should always be towards the prevention of the disease rather than a cure, the healthcare systems are more focused towards preventive care measures and it also helps for any extra medical expenses by the help of periodic checkups and medical policies. The shift is towards creating awareness to prevent any sort of diseases by the healthcare system, healthcare organizations have been able to recognize the importance of health awareness promotions and disease management.  The scope of health promotion is determined as much by expected health outcomes as by methods and forms. From its purpose to enable people to gain greater control over the determinants of their health, "health promotion" can be defined as "any combination of educational and environmental supports for actions and conditions of living conducive to health" (Green and Kreuter, 1999). The actions or behaviors in question may be those of individuals, groups, or communities; or of policymakers, employers, teachers, or others in organizations whose actions or practices control or influence the determinants of health. When the determinants are ones over which individuals can exert personal control, this control ideally resides with the individual. But with some aspects of complex lifestyle issues, especially those that affect the health of others (e.g., drunk driving, public smoking), the control that people exercise must be through collective decisions and actions. Such strategies are reflected in the social policy targets of health promotion, which may call for aggressive and even coercive measures to regulate the behavior of those individuals, corporations, and government officials whose actions influence the health of others .    Collapse SubdiscussionIlona McMillian  Ilona McMillian   Manage Discussion Entry   ILONA MCMILLIAN   Hello Joseph, I agree with your comment about health prevention. In my opinion, laws are never in place to prevent serious ramifications until so many people are killed. An example I will use is the common cell phone, remember the flip phones main features were calling and maybe the internet but when the devices were upgraded to texting and camera shots, higher incidence of injuries and deaths started to occur. I am not blaming the phones but the way people are using them irresponsibly. According to the facts and latest stats as of 2018, in 2015, 3,477 people died and another 391,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes caused by drivers who were distracted because they were texting or using cell phones The same is true when it comes to health promotion.  The key word is prevention.  Retrieved from,       Manage Discussion Entry  Ilona,  Most definitely, I like your statement prevention is the key. You're right, prevention is the golden buzzer to everything in life as a matter of fact. Even as little as driving on the street, if you see a pothole or a ditch, the only prevention is to swave your steering wheel and go around the (pit, hole, ditch), if not we all know what that means, either you burst your tires or get stuck or even worse things can happen. So prevention is the watchword in healthcare. That is why there are preventive measures one can take in order not to fall a victim to different types of sicknesses.    Collapse SubdiscussionHarinder Dhandwar  Harinder Dhandwar  Jul 8, 2018Jul 8 at 12:08pm  Manage Discussion Entry  There should always be ways to educate us on how to prevent any sort of illness and maintain our healthy lifestyle. Sometimes people do not have the luxury of going to the doctors when they need to because most of us don't go unless we are really sick. It is always important to get your regular checkups to ensure you do not have any underlying diseases. We need to educate and have ways of focusing on preventing the illness in fact, that should be the number one goal. Patients need to be encouraged by getting their regular preventative exams done which are usually covered by insurance and the costs is nothing to worry about. 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