ASS007-2 Global Public Health: Analyzing US Health Issues & SDG Goals

This case study examines the public health landscape in the United States, focusing on prevalent health issues such as heart disease, cancer, and communicable diseases. It explores the US healthcare system, including government-sponsored programs like HCA healthcare, and assesses the country's progress towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The analysis covers the role of government in healthcare, challenges faced by the system, and strategies for improving public health outcomes. The study concludes by emphasizing the importance of public health initiatives and the need for continued efforts to promote wellness and address health disparities within the US population. Desklib is your go-to for similar case studies and study resources.

Global Public Health

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.......................................................................................................................................3
Main health issues/challenges in United State...................................................................................3
Health-related sustainable development (SDG) goals........................................................................6
CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES....................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
The concept of global public health refers to health of the population across nation in
order to improve the health and attaining assets in health for population over worldwide. It is
a place of study or research that makes a priority on enhancing health and also achieving
assets in health for people worldwide. It is because it quite essential to enhance people’s
health worldwide, approach the services regarding healthcare so as to achieve the goals. Its
main aim is to enhance the public health across nation by encouraging various healthcare
programs and abolish the disease which can be avoided. The global health can be achieved by
connecting the health promotions based on population and the disease prevention measures
with individual-level medical care. It may directly or indirectly affect the health across
nation. As the outbreak of communicable diseases may not only transmit from one country to
another but it may also affect the goods and services, trades and so on. Furthermore, global
health is in partnership with world health organization in order to obtain better health
outcomes. In this report there is a discussion about various health challenges which are faced
by the public of United State as it makes a negative impact over the public. In this report it
also covers information about various health care systems in the country which includes
somewhat free at the point of need and is paid for by the general taxation (CONGRESS,
2020).
MAIN BODY
Main health issues/challenges in United State.
The main health problems which are generally faced by the public of United State
includes the heart diseases, cancer, lungs, liver disorders, stroke. These such diseases are the
five major diseases which impact the most among public. Some of the other diseases which
are also included as a health concern among public in the country such as the physical
inactivity, lack of nutrition. In addition to this, some are also included such as overweight and
obesity, tobacco, substances abuse, the mental health issues, violence, the environmental
issues, and access to healthcare services. In context with health concern, to stay physically fit
or active can help to prevent the certain diseases such as cancers, heart disease as well as
diabetes. The physical activity can also relieve the depression and also enhance the mood.
The inactivity often accompanies the advancing age, but it doesn’t have to. Another leading
cause of the health concern among public is obesity or overweight. Being overweight can
elevate the death possibility from hypertension, type 2 diabetes, chronic heart disorders,
osteoarthritis, the respiratory disorder and so on. In addition to the well-being concern,
tobacco is the most single preventable cause of the illness as well as premature death among
the public of United State. It also includes some of the challenges which are faced by HCA
healthcare services such as an ageing population, growing population, evolving the wellness
care requirements like elevation in case of obesity. It also includes challenges which the HCA
healthcare services are facing includes the medical advancements that saves lots of lives
every year but it can push up the costs considerably. It also involves improvement in
dependence on the services which are privatised (Minn et. al., 2021).
Another health concerns among the United State public includes communicable
disease, non-communicable disease and the well-being problems. These are grouped as the

intentionally or unintentionally injury in the United State. The communicable disease here
includes such as measles, mumps, rubella, tuberculosis, flu, common cold and many more.
Measles is the highly infectious disease which can lead to serious well-being consequences.
In this, there is a significant development in the cases of measles across nation due to the
gaps in the coverage of vaccination. In a local area community, the cases are observed by the
wellness protection team at HCA healthcare services. In this, it includes symptoms such as
fever, cold like symptoms, red eyes which may be sensitive to light. In addition to this, the
non-communicable disease includes such as neurological disorders, respiratory disease,
cardiovascular disorder, diabetes and many more. It is determined about 2 million population
in the United States having a State urological situation from which about 600,000 are
suffering from epilepsy and about 127,000 are suffering from Parkinson’s disease. These
disorders are more common in old age (Gurumurthy and Bharthur, 2018).
Figure 1 Prevalence rates for Parkinson's disease in the US
Another disease it includes as a health concern is osteoarthritis. It is a degenerative
disease of joints that causes pain as well as stiffness and will lead to a downfall in the
physical activity. This disorder is most common reason for hip or a knee replacement.
Healthcare system in United State.
In United State, the government has sponsored the universal well-being care system
generally known as the HCA healthcare organization. This HCA health services includes a
series of publicly funded wellness care sectors in the United State. Government of United
State has sponsored the universal wellness care sectors called the HCA health services. The
national services contain a series of publicly funded well-being systems in the United State. It
can involve the national well-being services in Victorian, Scotland as well as in Northern
Ireland. All the citizens of United State are entitled to the wellness care under these sectors,
but they contain the option to buy a private wellbeing insurance as well. The plans that are
constructed by the HCA health services team are more power and contains information about
patients, more beds as well as hospitals, includes more healthcare professionals and the care
providers. Their plan also involves the less waiting times for daily appointments, it also

constructed facilities for aged people by improving the healthcare services. The well-being
care system of United State is known as one of the most effective system across world. It
includes information about the commonwealth fund report that looked upon five areas of the
performance which involves the quality, access to care, healthy living, an efficiency as well
as equity. In United State, it involves several programs in both rural and urban areas
(Marcozzi et. al., 2018).
Figure 2 US Healthcare System
The urban area programs include the department of health, primary care trusts, and
the strategic well-being authorities. The department of wellness is mainly responsible for
developing the well-being as well as wellness of the people. The HCA healthcare services
primary care trusts are being established to develop the well-being of their local people, to
work jointly with a broad range of partner agencies, to commission services and to improve
the basic care services. The aim of the strategic health authorities contains ensuring that
national priorities for well-being are integrated into local strategies, building the capacity of
well-being services as well as ensuring the high-quality performance is found within the
health services (Trent et. al., 2019).
Role of government: It involves the responsibility for well-being legislation as well as the
general policy in Victorian rests with parliament, the secretary of state for wellness and the
health department. Its responsibilities include are as mentioned below:

 Management of HCA healthcare services budget.
 Commissioning the various types of care, generally involves primary care in dental
care, the treatments for rare conditions as well as few public well-being services.
Setting up of strategic pathways of wellness info-technology that involves the improvement
of the online services to link with an appointment as well as setting of the standards for
maintaining the electronic medical records as well as preserving them (Zhang et.al., 2020).
Another essential public agency which are involved in the well-being governance care such
as:
 The HCA healthcare services that license all the health services care providers as well
as it may research the possible breaks of the national services corporation.
 It also includes the national institute for well-being that prepares a guideline for
clinically effective treatments as well as appraises the new wellness technologies for
effective cost production.
 Well-being education Victoria that generally plans the workforce of HCA healthcare
services.
Health-related sustainable development (SDG) goals.
The division for sustainable development goals in the United Nations, the department
of economic and social affairs gives the substantive encouragement as well as capacity-
building related thematic problems. It includes energy, water, oceans, transport, the science
and technology and many more developing states. In healthcare, the developmental goals
play a key factor in the evaluation of the United Nation. The sustainable development
includes 17 goals which are related to healthcare among United State public. These involves
such as no poverty, zero hunger, good well-being, quality education, sanitation and clean
water, economic growth and decent working, the gender equality. Some of these can also
include clean and affordable energy, decreased inequality, the sustainable cities and
communities, a responsible consumption as well as production, the climate change,
partnership for the goals (Das, 2018).

Figure 3 Sustainable Development Goals.
Ensuring the healthy living as well as promoting wellness at all the stages of age is pretty
important to sustainable development. In addition to this, US is promised to produce the
sustainable development goals in the most effective way. It is done by ensuring that the
objectives are fully embedded in activity which is planned by each of the government
department. It includes the most impactful mechanism for coordinating an implementation is
the departmental planning process. In this, the assuring about healthy living as well as
promoting the healthcare at all the stages of age is concludes under health-related sustainable
developmental goal. It can be achieved by decreasing the crimes in the country, decreasing
the reoffending, fighting with the diseases that are destroying the lives of many people. It also
includes the building of confidence in the transport network ensuring about the safe network,
develop the opportunities including the groups which are under-represented in the
organization. Its ca also enhances the surroundings through cleaner water as well as air,
decreased waste, protects the well-being by leading the wellness as well as social care
system. Its goals also involve to make the United State safer as well as more resilient to the
threats which occurs globally. Moreover, it’s goals can also include the development levels of
equality in the United State (Lopes, 2020).
CONCLUSION
The mission of public health is quite essential and broader than the peculiar activities
of particular agencies. There is also the financial crisis which are affecting various countries.
In addition to this, it is also analysed from the above study that public health is an important
key point which requires broad public care. As it may help in order to accomplish social
interest in assuring the conditions in which people can improve their health. From the past it
was concluded that organized communities made efforts to prevent illness and promote
wellness which are both valuable and effective. It is because the national health strategies
made goal to prevent disease and decrease its impact by taking actions to protect or promote
the welfare and health of the people as a whole. It is concluded from the above discussion

that which challenges affect the most to the United State public as well as how to overcome
the leading cause. It is also concluded from the above study that various healthcare systems
are been developed in US so that people can improve their well-being and live a healthy life.
The purpose of developing the various healthcare is making sure the public contains a
support, treatment as well as care which they are required. Its prime motive is likely to
provide a good health among population which is equitably dispersed (Bell et. al., 2020).

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