...Center for Disease Control (CDC) Similarities When comparing the CDC to the HFAP and FEMA, there are some similarities. First, the CDC and HFAP work with hospitals and clinics to figure out the problems. Second, CDC and FEMA both have training classes to learn more about what each are working for. Third, the CDC and FEMA both work to protect our nation from any major disasters, such as an outbreak or even a flood. Differences The CDC is mostly concerned with outbreaks and ailments disturbing certain areas, where FEMA is used to control disasters such as fires, floods, or tornadoes. The HFAP works to gather information about Medicare and Medicaid. CDC The CDC uses control charts to measure the performance improvements. Control charts are graphical statistical tools that monitor the changes in a particular set of observations over time (CDC, n.d.). The National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP) is part of the CDC that helps to improve the quality of each health practice and the performance of public health (CDC, n.d.). The NPHPSP uses a strategic plan to communicate with leadership. This plan helps to acknowledge the leadership in public health and establishes objectives, goals, and strategic actions that will guide the research, policies, and partnership activities of the center (CDC, 2010). Performance Standards The CDC has a few performance standards that are used. First, they identify the relevant standards. Second, they communicate the expectations...
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...industry and the people of the world. The paper shall begin with the agency role and structure and follow with the impact it effects within the health care industry. The agency that will be discussed in the paper is center for disease control. (CDC). After the completion of the effect the discussion will transfer into what the duties are of this agency along with the regulations that are governed by the other agencies involved with the CDC. Along with the final part which, will be the accreditation of the agency and how they affect the public. To begin first point or item expressed her is the agency’s role. Level one - the agency’s role or structure. The agencies’ role or information given by The Cdc - Laws and Regulations (2012) It is your single source for accurate, timely, consistent, and science-based information on a wide variety of disease prevention and health promotion topics. The subsidiary to this agency is the department of health and human services when asked or told by the CDC has the responsibility for preventing the introduction, transmission, and spread of communicable diseases in the United States along with other countries and allies. This agency has many other agencies’ attached or associated to them and what they do with the main agency which is to help in the operation of quarantine service to the health and well being of animals and cargo nationally or even internationally. This has been seen in areas like Africa and South America along with areas...
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...rhetorical analysis of the CDC’s website on ADHD. The CDC is a government funded organization, but they do not share enough information with the public, so we can be proactive in dealing with, or minimizing the negative effects of ADHD. The CDC is not sharing information that would help the public to understand, to minimize the questions being asked, and to what depths or severity ADHD is, or could be. Some of the public may not fully understand the context of the issues pertaining to ADHD, what the CDC’s actual credibility is, and to whom they are trying to impart their knowledge. When a young child is sick, we take them to the doctor. What if we do not know they are sick, what then? That’s where the CDC gets involved with ADHD, but what do we really know about the disease, other than its generally found in children, and that it is an issue in their neurodevelopment. Children today are being diagnosed with ADHD. According to the CDC it is not ok, but the way to fix it seems to be, to medicate the child or teen, so the symptoms become less apparent. Does that really help? One of the issues with medicating could be, the child does not develop emotionally, and or socially, in an appropriate way. Is this safe for the kids, or is the CDC trying to keep ADHD under control, like they successfully have done with malaria, and leprosy (not actually creating a cure like with polio, or the possibility of a surgical fix). The CDC has cured many things, but, they are the Center for...
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...Angela D Middleton ENG – 105 February 11, 2015 Jennifer Chinn Rhetorical Analysis of the CDC Website Attention – Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder If a child fidgets, day dreams, forgets where they placed things, talks excessively, or has trouble getting along with other children then they are labeled as disruptive and hyper. This is what leads to children being diagnosed with ADHD or Attention – Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder. “ADHD is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood” (CDC, 2014). Knowing what ADHD is, the credibility of the site that is providing the information, and the audience that the web page targets are key to finding information on the disease that is credible, factual, and easy to understand. ADHD is usually diagnosed in children and can last up into adulthood. “It is normal for children to have trouble focusing and behaving at one time or another” (CDC, 2014). Children that struggle with ADHD have symptoms that cause difficulty at school, home, and in friendships. According to the CDC, signs of ADHD include daydreaming, losing things and forgetting things, squirming, talkative, take risks, make unnecessary mistakes, struggle with resisting temptation, struggle with taking turns, and find difficulty in getting along with others. “ADHD is diagnosed much more often in boys than in girls” (Berger, 2014). ADHD is broken down into three types that categorize those...
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...factor which makes us all different. Even though all of us come from different walks of life, understanding public health is essential to our overall wellbeing. Public health is much bigger than taking care of ourselves and doing what we need to do to have proper hygiene and good health. To understand what public health truly is, we must look at the definition, how it has developed over the years and what types of jobs contribute to public health. What is Public Health? Over the years the definition of Public Health has changed many times; however the most recent definition of Public Health is “the science of protecting and improving the health of families and communities through prevention and detection and control of infectious diseases. (CDC Foundation, 2016). No matter how many definitions there have been or will be, each person and community have their focus on one or many areas of public health. For some, it may be vaccinations and for others, it may be proper sanitation. No matter you live or what your lifestyle is, public health affects everyone. Public health professionals work to prevent or stop recurring issues from happening by “implementing educational programs, recommending policies, administering services and conducting research (CDC Foundation, 2016). The overall purpose of public health is to promote, prevent and improve the health of all individuals, young to old, through healthy lifestyles, disease research, injury prevention and detection, as well as control...
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...Angela D Middleton ENG – 105 February 11, 2015 Jennifer Chinn Rhetorical Analysis of the CDC Website Attention – Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder If a child fidgets, day dreams, forgets where they placed things, talks excessively, or has trouble getting along with other children then they are labeled as disruptive and hyper. This is what leads to children being diagnosed with ADHD or Attention – Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder. “ADHD is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood” (CDC, 2014). Knowing what ADHD is, the credibility of the site that is providing the information, and the audience that the web page targets are key to finding information on the disease that is credible, factual, and easy to understand. ADHD is usually diagnosed in children and can last up into adulthood. “It is normal for children to have trouble focusing and behaving at one time or another” (CDC, 2014). Children that struggle with ADHD have symptoms that cause difficulty at school, home, and in friendships. According to the CDC, signs of ADHD include daydreaming, losing things and forgetting things, squirming, talkative, take risks, make unnecessary mistakes, struggle with resisting temptation, struggle with taking turns, and find difficulty in getting along with others. “ADHD is diagnosed much more often in boys than in girls” (Berger, 2014). ADHD is broken down into three types that categorize those...
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...choices that are right, good, fair and just for all patients” ("Health Care Ethics: Overview Of The Basics", July 2015.). The organization we are choosing is the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention). This organization is a federal agency which supports health promotion, prevention and preparedness activities in the United States with the goal of improving public health. (“Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,” 2014). The CDC was established in 1946 to combat a serious malaria outbreak and is controlled by the Department of Health and Human Services. The CDC works with partners at all levels in an attempt to monitor and prevent disease outbreaks and to oversee the implementation of disease prevention strategies. The CDC focuses on five areas which include the following: increasing support to health departments, improving global health, decreasing leading causes of death, strengthening surveillance and epidemiology, and reforming health policies. The CDC educates the public about ways to recognize and avoid contracting common infectious diseases, such as the flu. The CDC also monitors outbreaks of chronic diseases such as Ebola. The CDC keeps a close eye on the diseases that appear throughout the world and educates the public about how to avoid contracting and spreading the disease. If it were not for the CDC, in cooperation with the WHO (World Health...
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...factor which makes us all different. Even though all of us come from different walks of life, understanding public health is essential to our overall wellbeing. Public health is much bigger than taking care of ourselves and doing what we need to do to have proper hygiene and good health. To understand what public health truly is, we must look at the definition, how it has developed over the years and what types of jobs contribute to public health. What is Public Health? Over the years the definition of Public Health has changed many times; however the most recent definition of Public Health is “the science of protecting and improving the health of families and communities through prevention and detection and control of infectious diseases. (CDC Foundation, 2016). No matter how many definitions there have been or will be, each person and community have their focus on one or many areas of public health. For some, it may be vaccinations and for others, it may be proper sanitation. No matter you live or what your lifestyle is, public health affects everyone. Public health professionals work to prevent or stop recurring issues from happening by “implementing educational programs, recommending policies, administering services and conducting research (CDC Foundation, 2016). The overall purpose of public health is to promote, prevent and improve the health of all individuals, young to old, through healthy lifestyles, disease research, injury prevention and detection, as well as control...
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...like the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), work closely with healthcare providers in order to report accurate statistics about illnesses, births, and deaths. This paper is going to discuss what the mission and goals are for the Centers for Disease Control as well as what the relationship is between this organization’s culture and ethical-decision making. The Center for Disease Control (CDC), mission states the “CDC works 24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, CDC fights disease and supports communities and citizens to do the same. ("About CDC: Mission, Role and Pledge", 2013). The Center for Disease Control also protects the U.S. whenever health threats occur that could be expensive and also dangerous to the health of the world. In order for the CDC to accomplish such a monumental task, the CDC is continuously conducting scientific studies and providing the necessary health information to protect the entire nation. They even educate to the communities about these potential environmental health risks and protective measures. These various educational topics include chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. One of its focuses that would affect those of us in the work place is workplace safety and occupational health. Another major focus of the CDC is its substantial contribution to...
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...CDC Anti-Smoking Campaign Ads From the common cold to deadly viruses, there are threats to public health everywhere in the world, whether they are caused naturally, intentionally, or accidentally. Providing strategic direction and support against these threats is a national health organization known as the CDC (or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). The CDC is one of the most predominate national health institutes the United States and the world. Its main office is located in Atlanta, Georgia. According to the CDC website, the CDC organization has been dedicated for more than six decades to the sole purpose of “protecting the health of the public and promoting quality of life through control and prevention of injuries, diseases, and disability”. It promotes programs that are intended to lessen the health and economic consequences of the leading causes of death and disability, thus ensuring a long, productive, and healthy life for people around the globe (CDC). Around March of 2012, the CDC has launched the first ever paid national anti-smoking campaign called “Tips from Former Smokers” (or TIPS for short) in an attempt to raise awareness of human suffering that is being caused by smoking and to encourage young and old smokers to quit. It also targets nonsmokers as well, because it can potentially harm them as well. It encourages nonsmokers to protect themselves and their loved ones from exposure to second hand smoking. This campaign featured ads about real people...
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...develops. According to the Center for disease control (CDC), “in 2008 there were 1, 034 food born disease outbreaks” (CDC, 2011, para. 2) that resulted in sickness. Usually an individual will know if food poisoning develops. Food poisoning can cause excruciating stomach pain, uncontrollable vomiting, and annoying diarrhea. In some cases can even lead to death. In 2008 CDC statistics stated that “22 people died” (CDC. 2011 para. 2). In regard to good sense this is a relatively small number of deaths, striking is the number of reported illnesses from the outbreaks. According to the CDC “more than 23,000 people got sick during these outbreaks” (CDC, 2011, para. 2). Undoubtedly numerous food poisoning cases go undocumented. Escherichia coli (E. coli) are one bacteria agent responsible for food poisoning. So what is E. coli? What are the clinical symptoms of E. coli? What happens in an outbreak? Certainly all these questions need to be understood. Above all else Escherichia coli is preventable by taking individual and precautionary measures. All E. coli share a similar anatomy and residences prior to infection. An E. coli bacterium is approximately three microns in length excluding the flagellum. Also featured in E. coli anatomy is D.N.A, cytoplasm, and the cell membrane. Usually E. coli can be found in the intestinal track humans where they reside doing no harm to humans (WebMD, 2011). In fact E. coli aids in the digestive process (CDC, 2011). However there are some strains of E. coli...
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...without it; by the time the research was halted in 1972, over one hundred of the men had died (Jones 2). One government organization involved in this experimentation acted particularly irrationally: the Center for Disease Control (CDC). The CDC knew exactly what was going on with the Tuskegee Experiment and understood that the subjects were being denied treatment. However, the CDC never questioned the morality of their experiment. Furthermore, the director at the time, Dr. David Sencer, was an advocate for continuing the research. Even when Dr. Irwin J. Schatz, staff member of the Henry Ford Hospital, first sent his letter to the CDC objecting to the Tuskegee study in 1964, Dr. Sencer allowed the CDC to set the letter aside and pretend it did not exist. When another opponent of the study, Peter Buxton, started his 1965 investigation of the study, Sencer’s first concern was not that the CDC was acting unethically, but that the CDC would get bad press (Jones 190). Clearly the CDC was not actually focused on the welfare of unhealthy Americans, but was instead corrupt and self-serving. This organization was primarily political and secondarily medical. To prevent inhumane research experiments like the Tuskegee Study from occurring on American soil again, the CDC needs to be completely dissolved. The CDC’s main focus is medical research. However, it is redundant for the United States...
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...Schools of Public Health, n.d.). The interdisciplinary approach of health services, biostatistics, and epidemiology are incorporated in public health. The purpose of this paper is to describe Center of disease control and prevention (CDC) as a public health agency and how it contributes to the core functions of public health. This paper will also examine the specific ways CDC influences the health care organizations and provider and will also discuss the roles of the agency workers including specific responsibilities, competencies, and skills. CDC as an agency and its contribution to the core functions of public health. CDC is the lead federal government public health agency and a key operational element of the Department of Health and Human Services. The CDC manages a variety of programs intended to control and prevent specific disability risks, injury, and disease on a national level through dissemination activities, program development, research, epidemiologic surveillance, and investigation. “CDC employs more than 15,000 employees in more than 50 countries and in 168 occupational categories” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010. para. 4). CDC focuses on the protection of the health of all people along with scientific excellence. CDC has the core values of accountability, respect, and integrity. The agency collaborates with many national,...
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...culture and mission statement also help its employees make ethical decisions. The Centers for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) organization is the national public health organization that is committed to protect the health and safety of our nation. CDC’s mission statement focuses on to protect the health and safety of our communities through prevention strategies and control of disease. The mission statement motivates the employees to do their best to prevent diseases and infection. The code of ethics provides guidance to ensure that CDC employees avoid situations that could violate ethics law (CDC, 2013). The organization’s mission statement and culture reflect its ethical values. Organization’s Goals and how they are tied to its ethical principles The organization’s goals are to provide protection for our nation’s health and safety. The CDC has pledged to treat all human beings with dignity, honesty, and respect. They have also pledged to provide an environment for positive personal growth and integrity. The CDC provides employment for over 17,000 employees and they work to provide a diverse work environment where everyone is treated equally, respectfully, and with human dignity. The ethical principles tied to the organizational goals are autonomy and integrity. Everyone deserves to be treated with respect, and everyone deserves the truth. The CDC works to provide the most truthful information regarding disease, both treatment and prevention. They are using new technology...
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...Abstract America may not be totally prepared for what the Center for Disease Control (CDC) is currently encountering. The author examines the pandemic of diseases such as Ebola, Enterovirus, and MRSA suggesting possible ways of containment to prevent further spreading in hospitals, as well as proper diagnosis, and handling. This information was obtained through interviews with the Infection Prevention Director of Columbia St. Mary’s via Fox 6 News. Information was also obtained, evaluated, and studied from media outlets such as the Journal Sentinel, research website, Center for Disease Control and Prevention and an Ebola symposium. Lastly, the author expresses the importance of clear and concise communication between all Administration and Staff at Columbia St. Mary’s. This communication stems anywhere from clear and plain signage on doors, and entry ways of Emergency Departments, Urgent Care facilities, and Physicians’ offices. This signage communication will help an individual detect any flu like symptoms associated with the Ebola virus disease (EVD), so the proper steps can be taken immediately to isolate the disease itself. Introduction This research proposal is intended to make clear to the reader the signs, symptoms, and severity of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). In addition to this, incorporating the importance of proper protection, such as hand hygiene, personal protective equipment (PPE), and what health care facilities are doing to enforce this...
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