Health Advancement and Promotion Report
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Added on 2020-03-16
Health Advancement and Promotion Report
Added on 2020-03-16
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Running head: HEALTH ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTIONHealth Advancement and Promotion Author’s NameUniversityAuthor NoteAuthor Name, Department, University This report was written purely for academic purposes, it may not be reproduced without prior consent from the authorCorrespondence regarding this article should be addressed to Author Name, Department, University, Address.Contact
HEALTH ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION2Table of ContentsExecutive Summary.................................................................................................................................................3Health Advancement and Promotion..................................................................................................................4Introduction................................................................................................................................................................4Aims and Objectives................................................................................................................................................5Problem Statement..............................................................................................................................................6Study area...............................................................................................................................................................7The aims and objectives.........................................................................................................................................7Research Questions.............................................................................................................................................9Background and Rationale..................................................................................................................................10Conceptual Framework...................................................................................................................................11Study design.......................................................................................................................................................11Population and sample size............................................................................................................................12The proposed action plan.....................................................................................................................................12Strategies to evaluate the impact.......................................................................................................................16Logic Model.......................................................................................................................................................16PERT Tool..........................................................................................................................................................17Anticipated outcomes and significance...........................................................................................................18Significance of the study.....................................................................................................................................18The proposed timeline..........................................................................................................................................19Proposed Budget....................................................................................................................................................20Conclusion...............................................................................................................................................................21References................................................................................................................................................................22
HEALTH ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION3Executive SummaryThis study focuses on the management of asthma and especially thunderstorm asthma within the Victoria and Melbourne in specific. To manage the study, the researcher has stated the problem that exists including inadequate funding from the government, increased cases of asthma admissions in hospital and absenteeism by asthma patients. To be able to handle the problems expressed, the study proposed 5 aims which are; public participation, education, and training, therole of social marketing, government involvement and liaison with institutions and government to alleviate the adverse effects mentioned. The study came up with five research question centered on the aims identified. It was proposed that the study is conducted in Melbourne and will target 500 people chosen from 3 hospitals from within the city. The study came up with a conceptual framework which details how the aims and objectives interrelate. To be able to measure the outcomes the study proposes to use a logic model and a PERT tool. It will take 2 years for the study to be completed and will require a budget of $120,000 Australian Dollars.
HEALTH ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION4Health Advancement and PromotionIntroductionA common saying has it that "Health is gold." Health is indeed a universal right to all citizens and is inherently enshrined in the Australian Human Rights Commission. Be that as it may, there are a number of issues surrounding health and health care access ranging from access to information, socio-economic factors, distribution and access to medical facilities, demographic aspects among others that throw the spanner into the works in a bid to this inherent basic right (Harver & Kotses, 2010).Nowhere more is this evident than in the case of general asthma and thunderstorm asthmain particular (Tennison, 2017). Though preventable, manageable, and curable to a larger extent, cases of asthma have taken their toll on the population the within the country, particularly in Victoria. According to Fraser et al. (2017), it is estimated that 2.5 million Australians have asthma and that roughly 450 deaths annually are directly attributed the same. So why is this preventable and even curable disease so manifest in Victoria?According to D’Amato et al. (2013), a number of reasons are evident for the growth in asthma cases particularly thunderstorm asthma. To begin with, medical testing is yet to be embraced fully by the population especially men (Peat, Barton & Elliat, 2007). Environmental factors such as busts of pollen release exacerbated by weather conditions like thunderstorms also heighten the risk of asthma attacks (Talbot, 2017). In addition, public access to asthma information is limited in rural areas. Furthermore, social marketing on asthma programs is yet to take momentum and public education on asthma has been largely platonic given that governmentsponsorship only accounts for 0.9% of all public health expenditure (Fraser et al., 2017).
HEALTH ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION5This report will inquire the salient issues predisposing the Victorian population to generalasthma and thunderstorm asthma in specific. Moreover, it will explore ways to educate the population about asthma through public participation programs. In addition it will look at ways to reduce absenteeism in school among children, ways to reduce hospital admissions as a result of chronic asthma and asthma prevention through testing. The report will also examine ways to engage the government to avail more funds for asthma medication (Cloutier, 2016).Aims and ObjectivesAs alluded to above, asthma cases have been on the rise in Australia particularly in Victoria. According to Hester and Wilce (2013), in the year 2013, it was estimated that 9% of Australia population was affected by asthma. Currently, 10% of the Australian population is affected by this chronic disease (Fraser et al., 2017).According to Acton (2012), it is estimated that 10% of asthma cases result from occupational activities from the manufacturing sector. This affects people working in an environment that is predisposed to dust and other particulate matter that leads to high peak flow.Thunderstorm Asthma is a growing concern since it creates an environment that favor s general asthma attacks to those already suffering from the disease and those yet to be diagnosed (Kanser 2008). The storm mostly happens in the month of November when pollen release from grass is at its peak in Victoria. The storm and the accompanying winds act as transport agents to this pollen which when breathed by people with asthma and those prone to asthma causes life-threatening asthma attacks (Hew et al., 2017).
HEALTH ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION6The case of Thunderstorm asthma is a growing concern and has caused 6 deaths in 2016 in Victoria alone and 9 deaths elsewhere. In the last 35 years, there have been 9 cases of thunderstorm asthma in Victoria and has become very frequent in the recent past (Tennison, 2017)Problem StatementIn Victoria, it is estimated that 110,000 children suffer from acute asthma. This leads to discomfort. As a result, many of these children cannot attend schools which puts them at a disadvantage when compared to their peers who attend school throughout (Dozor & Kelly, 2014).According to Fraser et al. (2017), there are 2.5 million cases of Asthma in Australia with most of the cases affecting women and indigenous population. While on one hand it is recommended that every person with asthma should have a well-documented action plan, only 20% of the population has the same which makes it difficult to manage the disease.While asthma is obviously a formidable threat to 10% of the population, the government has only extended 0.9% of the public health budget to the management and prevention of this disease. The funds are simply not enough to cater for the lower socioeconomic groups particularly those living in the rural areas (Lavarack, 2007).Asthma admissions to hospitals have been more prevalent when the predisposing factors such as thunderstorm asthma and aerosol particulate matter are prevalent in the air. This results from lack of education and awareness on the management of asthma on the part of the patients. In the extreme, it is a contributing factor to the deaths associated with thunderstorm asthma (Talbot 2017).
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