Public Health Grant Proposal for Tobacco Consumption Prevention Program

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Table of Contents
Introduction to the Problem
Epidemiological Assessment
Health Equity Assessment
Significance
References
Appendix A—Social, Epidemiological, Educational, and Ecological Assessments

Milestone One
Introduction to the Problem
Epidemiological Assessment
The “What”:
The health issue will be discussed which arises because of tobacco intake (Rabenberg and et.al., 2019). Tobacco is very harmful for human body
and it causes many diseases like lung cancer, emphysema, other chronic diseases etc. it also increase the probability of heart diseases which can
cause stroke or heart failure.
Person
The “Who”
Place
The “Where”
Time
The “When”
 Person factors involves sex, race, age
and socio-economic factor.
 It is observed that tobacco is
consumed by the age group 25-60
majorly. It is also found that majorly it
is consumed by male member of the
society.
 As per the research it is found that it
is consumed by mostly tribal people
who barely have understanding about
its harmful effects.
 Place gives insight in the geographical
variation of the problem. Features of
the place is not only restricted to the
place of residence but also geographic
location.
 Mainly it is noticed that people are
getting addicted of tobacco mainly form
their school or site of employment
(Flamand and et.al., 2017).
 As per many reports it has also proved
that the problem of tobacco arises from
birthplace also.
 The happening of diseases can
change with time. Some diseases
can happen any time while
others are unpredictable.
 diseases occurs seasonally also
like cold and cough but in this
report illness from tobacco is the
main concern.
 Initial consumption of tobacco
does not harm the body but
slowly and slowly it starts
damaging various organs.
The “Why” and “How”:
Consumption of tobacco is very harmful for body. Majorly it harm lungs and causes lung cancer. It is found that people who consume tobacco are
more prone to lung cancer (Fawole, 2017). People also gets prone to other chronic disease which causes breathing issues and due to that an
individual can also suffer from long term disability or even can die early. It also increased the chances of heart disease which causes blockages in
arteries. When study is conducted on US people then it is found that when people decreased the consumption of tobacco than number of heart
disease also gets decreased. Type 2 diabetes are also very common in such person who consumes tobacco. Tobacco smoking can even make a

person blind by damaging eyes completely and causing vision loss. The illness which has occurred because of tobacco consumption cannot be easily
transmitted. An individual will get illness only after he or she will start consuming tobacco.
Health Equity Assessment
Structural Determinants
Societal Structures and Social Relations Social Stratification Policy Contexts
 Social context of smoking is usually
connected with tobacco. It cannot be
denied that there are physiological
dimensions of addiction. Once an
individual gets tobacco addiction then
it becomes difficult to leave this habit
of tobacco consumption.
 The consumption of tobacco is
increasing among economically and
socially groups. People have started
consuming alcohol by just getting
influenced from each other.
 It is found that the factor which
supports or hinder smoking at various
levels arises due to advertising, access
of tobacco etc. when attractive
advertisement is shown to people then
they get attracted towards tobacco.
 Social stratification means classification
of society and distributing individuals
into social hierarchy and can be based
on income, education, power etc.
 The social context of tobacco among
various subgroups which involves
people who are suffering from mental
illness, homeless persons etc. it has
also found that adolescent have
started consuming tobacco through
smoking and younger women are also
included into this.
 It is observed that individuals who are
well qualified and belongs to high or
middle income group are consuming
tobacco in the form of smoking.
Although they know the causes of
tobacco but still the consumption is
increasing.
 Policy contexts approaches are giving
attention towards unequal social
distribution of tobacco. It is important
to notice that how public health
measures are taken against tobacco
and social inequality and divisions.
 The political; context of the problem is
based on three dimensions like social
change, social structures and individual
experience (Lilford and Hughes, 2020).
 People have also started consuming
tobacco especially young generation in
name of modernization.
Intermediary Determinants