Local Concerns and Local Health Policy

To prepare for this Discussion:

• Review the Brownson et al. and Day articles. Think about how public health issues have been addressed through the use of policy.
• View the media “Shaping Public Health Policy.” Reflect on the importance of public health policy.
• Research public health policies in your community ( CALIFORNIA).
• Select a local level public health policy in your community, and consider its significance for the local community and the field of public health.
• Determine the impact of your selected public health policy on health care and public health
• With these thoughts in mind:
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• Post a brief description of the ¬local level public health policy you selected, and explain its significance for the local community and the field of public health.
Then, explain two potential impacts of your selected public health policy on health care and your community (CALIFORNIA)
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• Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources
Readings
• Day, L. (2010). Current controversies in critical care: Health care reform, health, and social justice. American Journal of Critical Care, 19(5), 459–461.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
• Brownson, R. C., Haire-Joshu, D., & Luke, D. A. (2006). Shaping the context of health: A review of environmental and policy approaches in the prevention of chronic diseases. Annual Review Of Public Health, 27, 341–370.

Annual Review Of Public Health, 27, 341–370.
Shaping the context of health: A review of environmental and policy approaches in the prevention of chronic diseases. Annual Review of Public Health by Brownson, R. C., Haire-Joshu, D., & Luke, D. A. Copyright 2006 by Annual Reviews Inc. Used by permission of Annual Reviews Inc. via the Copyright Clearance Center.
• National Prevention Council. (2011). National prevention strategy: America’s plan for better health and wellness. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General, 1–24.
National Prevention Council, National Prevention Strategy, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General, 2011.
• United Nations. (2010). Millennium development goals. Retrieved from
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2012). Healthy people 2020: Improving the health of Americans. Retrieved from http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/default.aspx
Media
• Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012). Shaping public health policy. Baltimore, MD: Author.
“Shaping Public Health Policy” Transcript

Optional Resources
• Health Canada. (2009). A new perspective on the health of Canadians (Lalonde Report). Retrieved
• from http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/com/fed/lalonde-eng.php
• Kickbusch, I. (2010). Health in all policies: Where to from here? Health Promotion International, 25(3), 261–264. Retrieved from http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/content/25/3/261.full.pdf+html
• National Research Council. (2003). Who will keep the public healthy? Workshop summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Retrieved from http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10759&page=R1
• Queensland Goverment. (1986). The Ottawa charter for health promotion. Retrieved from http://www.health.qld.gov.au/deadly_ears/docs/hp-res-ottawa.pdf
• World Health Organization. (n.d). The Ottawa charter for health promotion. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/healthpromotion/conferences/previous/ottawa/en/
• U.N. Documents. (n.d.). Report of the world commission on environment and development: Our common future. Retrieved from http://www.un-documents.net/wced-ocf.htm
• World Health Organization. (1998). Health 21: Health for all in the 21st century. Retrieved from http://www.euro.who.int/en/publications/policy-documents/health21-health-for-all-in-the-21st-century