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Public Health on the Macro Level—Organizer
Centers for Disease Control
Release information on health care
Purpose
and disease
Audience
Services
User-friendly
Policy-making
Notes
Everyone, health care
professionals and general public
Information on the treatment and
prevention of diseases
Easy enough for general public
National
None
World Health Organization
Provide information regarding health
Purpose
issues around the world.
Audience
Services
User-friendly
Policy-making
Notes
Public and health professionals.
Medical support for information
on health issues
friendly
international
None
National Institutes for Health
Provide information on our nation’s
Purpose
health
Audience
Services
User-friendly
Policy-making
Notes
Public and health professionals
Prevention of diseases.
Easy
National
None
Important Issues
How will you use the site?
1. Emergency Preparedness
2. Diseases and Conditions
3. Violence, Injury, and Safety
As a professional
Important Issues
How will you use the site?
1.Japan and drinking water
2.TB
3.Looming dementia epidemic in
Asia
As a professional
Important Issues
How will you use the site?
1.Drugs
2. Diabetes
3.Mental health
As a professional
Food and Drug Administration
Food and Drug advisory information
Purpose
regarding
Audience
Services
User-friendly
Policy-making
Public and health professionals.
Regulation of Food and Drugs
Friendly
Determine which foods and drugs
how they are classified.
None
National Mental Health Organization
Helping mental health patients and
Purpose
professionals
Important Issues
How will you use the site?
1. Safe food handling
2. Clean Water
3. Pharmaceutical regulations
As a professional
Important Issues
How will you use the site?
1.Mental health in geriatrics
2.Research on mental health
3.Treatment for mental health
As a professional
Important Issues
How will you use the site?
1.Early detection
2.Research on different forms
3.Cures and treatment
As a professional
Important Issues
1. Causes of diabetes
2.Treatments
3. Early detection
How will you use the site?
As a professional
Notes
Audience
Services
User-friendly
Policy-making
Notes
Public and professionals
Information on mental health
patients.
Friendly
National Mental Health issues
None
American Cancer Society
Determining causes of the different
Purpose
types of cancer and stopping cancer.
Audience
Services
User-friendly
Policy-making
Notes
Public and professionals
Information on treatment and
causes of cancer
Friendly
National
None
American Diabetes Association
Prevention and cure of Diabetes
Purpose
Audience
Services
Public, patients and professionals.
Information to help patients and
family with diabetes.
User-friendly
Policy-making
Notes
Easy
Nationals
Audience
Workers, public, employers, health
professionals
Information on handling and
prevention of work place injuries
Friendly
National work force
None
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Safety in the work place
Purpose
Services
User-friendly
Policy-making
Notes
Important Issues
1.Work place safety
2.Regulation of safety in the work
place
3. Labor and accident reviews
How will you use the site?
As a professional
None
1.How many sites had two or more of the same uppermost important issues that you identified for each site in Step 1?
There were a couple of sites that dealt with similar health related issues. CDC and World Health come to mind.
2. Using your findings from your last response in Step 1 above for all sites, create a list of the five most important public
health issues for the U.S. as evidenced by the frequency they appear on the sites above.
A. Emergency Preparedness
B. Diabetes
C. Cancer
D. Clean Water
E. Cures and treatment for cancer and diabetes
3. How do these uppermost important issues compare to those you listed in Assignment 3? Were yours on target with
what you found on the sites?
The health related issues are some of the biggest topics from around the world. In the light of the incident in Japan we see
that all of these factors come into place with what could happen at any time around the world. These items were on target
with what I found on the websites.
Centers for Disease Control
Release information on health care
Purpose
and disease
Audience
Services
User-friendly
Policy-making
Notes
Everyone, health care
professionals and general public
Information on the treatment and
prevention of diseases
Easy enough for general public
National
None
World Health Organization
Provide information regarding health
Purpose
issues around the world.
Audience
Services
User-friendly
Policy-making
Notes
Public and health professionals.
Medical support for information
on health issues
friendly
international
None
National Institutes for Health
Provide information on our nation’s
Purpose
health
Audience
Services
User-friendly
Policy-making
Notes
Public and health professionals
Prevention of diseases.
Easy
National
None
Important Issues
How will you use the site?
1. Emergency Preparedness
2. Diseases and Conditions
3. Violence, Injury, and Safety
As a professional
Important Issues
How will you use the site?
1.Japan and drinking water
2.TB
3.Looming dementia epidemic in
Asia
As a professional
Important Issues
How will you use the site?
1.Drugs
2. Diabetes
3.Mental health
As a professional
Food and Drug Administration
Food and Drug advisory information
Purpose
regarding
Audience
Services
User-friendly
Policy-making
Public and health professionals.
Regulation of Food and Drugs
Friendly
Determine which foods and drugs
how they are classified.
None
National Mental Health Organization
Helping mental health patients and
Purpose
professionals
Important Issues
How will you use the site?
1. Safe food handling
2. Clean Water
3. Pharmaceutical regulations
As a professional
Important Issues
How will you use the site?
1.Mental health in geriatrics
2.Research on mental health
3.Treatment for mental health
As a professional
Important Issues
How will you use the site?
1.Early detection
2.Research on different forms
3.Cures and treatment
As a professional
Important Issues
1. Causes of diabetes
2.Treatments
3. Early detection
How will you use the site?
As a professional
Notes
Audience
Services
User-friendly
Policy-making
Notes
Public and professionals
Information on mental health
patients.
Friendly
National Mental Health issues
None
American Cancer Society
Determining causes of the different
Purpose
types of cancer and stopping cancer.
Audience
Services
User-friendly
Policy-making
Notes
Public and professionals
Information on treatment and
causes of cancer
Friendly
National
None
American Diabetes Association
Prevention and cure of Diabetes
Purpose
Audience
Services
Public, patients and professionals.
Information to help patients and
family with diabetes.
User-friendly
Policy-making
Notes
Easy
Nationals
Audience
Workers, public, employers, health
professionals
Information on handling and
prevention of work place injuries
Friendly
National work force
None
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Safety in the work place
Purpose
Services
User-friendly
Policy-making
Notes
Important Issues
1.Work place safety
2.Regulation of safety in the work
place
3. Labor and accident reviews
How will you use the site?
As a professional
None
1.How many sites had two or more of the same uppermost important issues that you identified for each site in Step 1?
There were a couple of sites that dealt with similar health related issues. CDC and World Health come to mind.
2. Using your findings from your last response in Step 1 above for all sites, create a list of the five most important public
health issues for the U.S. as evidenced by the frequency they appear on the sites above.
A. Emergency Preparedness
B. Diabetes
C. Cancer
D. Clean Water
E. Cures and treatment for cancer and diabetes
3. How do these uppermost important issues compare to those you listed in Assignment 3? Were yours on target with
what you found on the sites?
The health related issues are some of the biggest topics from around the world. In the light of the incident in Japan we see
that all of these factors come into place with what could happen at any time around the world. These items were on target
with what I found on the websites.
