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Public health response that can only be addressed by responsibly leveraging technology, innovation, and multilateral collaboration.

The vital role of public health.

By Viona AmindaPublished 3 years ago 3 min read
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Public health response that can only be addressed by responsibly leveraging technology, innovation, and multilateral collaboration.
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The doctors, nurses and public health, They provide essential services that promote health, prevent diseases and deliver health care services to individuals, families and communities based on the primary health care approach.

Did you know that medical personnel are not only doctors and nurses, public health is also very rare in some countries, of course also related to health and society.

This includes and works for health institutions, both government and works at the Hospitals.

Doctors treat patients and follow up on diseases assisted by nurses. Public health promote health education about a pandemic or disease outbreak to always maintain health protocols.

Approximately 70% of the world's population has been exposed to traumatic life events (Benjet et al., 2016, Kessler et al., 2017), and the resulting mental health problems are a major challenge to mental health services, globally in 2018, The World Health Organization (WHO) released version 11 of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), the primary diagnostic manual used by health professionals worldwide (First, Reed, Hyman, & Saxena, 2015). All United Nations member states are committed to using ICD-11, and relevant to psychotraumatologists, ICD-11 provides a new description of stress-related psychopathology compared to ICD-10 and DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).

Public health leadership is more important than ever. From managing and responding to the coronavirus pandemic, to racism and other health-related inequalities, the need for a diverse and experienced public health perspective is increasingly important. Dean Prof Bowman from the university of michigan has highlighted why public health experts must lead front-line decisions and how our voice produces optimal results in academia / higher education and beyond.

"This study examines longevity in a way, health outcomes and findings reinforce our understanding that mental and physical health are closely linked," said Andrea Roberts, lead author of the study and senior research scientist in the Department of Environmental Health. "This is especially pronounced during the pandemic, which exposes many Americans and others around the world to unusual stress, as well as reduces social relationships, which can greatly protect our mental health."

The study, which is the first study of co-occurring PTSD and depression in a large population of civilian women, is published online December 4, 2020 in the JAMA Network Open. Previous research on PTSD and depression has primarily focused on military men.

and studied more than 50,000 women in middle age (ages 43 to 64 years) and found that women with high levels of PTSD and depression symptoms were nearly four times more likely to die from nearly any major cause of death over the next nine years. compared with women who did not experience depression and did not experience a traumatic event.

Researchers examined whether health risk factors such as smoking, exercise, and obesity could explain the association between PTSD and depression and premature death, but these factors account for only a fraction. These findings suggest that other factors, such as the effects of stress hormones on the body, could lead to a higher risk of premature death in women with the disorder. Treatment of PTSD and depression in women with symptoms of both disorders could reduce a substantially increased risk of death, the researchers said.

Promote Vaccination.

The vaccines that AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson tested were manufactured in a more traditional way than Pfizer and Moderna's RNA prevention. Depending on the final results of the ongoing Phase 3 trials, the treatment is likely to further minimize the risks in storage time and has different efficacy and side effects, which may make it more suitable for distribution in parts of the country far from minus 70 freezers - degree.

With cases and hospitalizations soaring nationwide, and a possible increase in deaths not far behind, Lipsitch said it is important that we don't let the prospect of a vaccine cause us to cut back on public health measures that we know will work and that, even now, still are. could make a difference in the course of a pandemic if applied more broadly.

While a lot has been made about the potential vaccine aversion problem, Lipsitch said he thinks it may not be as high a hurdle as some surveys have shown. People may answer hypothetical questions in one way but behave differently when friends and neighbors get vaccinated and resume normal behavior, he said.

However, it is important that education campaigns include the fact that side effects of the vaccine are possible. Although clinical trials so far have not found problems severe enough to question their safety, some Moderna and Pfizer vaccines recipients have experienced injection site pain, muscle aches and reduced fatigue. after a few days. It's important, say Lipsitch and Fortune, that people were aware of it beforehand, so that the resulting alarm didn't convey any anti-vaccine sentiment.

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