26 Jun Population Health and Issues in Disease Prevention
Question
Learning Resources
Required Resources
Media
•Course Media: Population Health and Issues in Disease Prevention
◦”Health in the U.S.” featuring Stephen Bezruchka, MD
•Video: Rutenbeck, J. (Director & Producer). (2008). Growing wealth is bad for health [Video excerpt]. In L. Adelman (Executive producer), Unnatural Causes: Episode 7—Not Just a Paycheck. United States: Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved from http://www.unnaturalcauses.org/video_clips_detail.php?res_id=219
(c) California Newsreel, 2008. www.unnaturalcauses.org
•Video: The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (Producer). (2010). Determinants of health: A framework for reaching Healthy People 2020 goals [Web video]. Retrieved from http://healthypeople.gov/2020/about/DOHAbout.aspx
Determinants of Health: A Framework for Reaching Healthy People 2020 Goals by Healthy People.gov. Copyright 2010 by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Week 2 Video Transcripts (zip file)
Readings
•Course Text: The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
◦Chapter 4, “Community Life and Social Relations”
•Article: Bezruchka, S. (2010). Health equity in the USA. Social Alternatives, 29(2), 50–56.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the SocINDEX with Full Text database.
•Article: Centers for Disease Control. (2011, January 14). Health disparities and inequalities report—United States. MMWR, 60(Suppl), 1–116.
CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report —United States, 2011 in Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, Volume 60. Copyright 2011 by U.S. Center For Disease Control.
Pages 3–17 are required; the remaining pages are optional.
•Web Resource: United Health Foundation. (2010). America’s health rankings: About the rankings. Retrieved from http://www.americashealthrankings.org/mediacenter/mediacenter1.aspx
•Web Resource: World Health Organization. (2011). World health statistics. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/gho/publications/world_health_statistics/en/index.html
•Web Resource: Gapminder. (n.d.) Gapminder desktop. Retrieved from http://www.gapminder.org/desktop/
•Web Resource: Central Intelligence Agency. (n.d.). The world factbook. Retrieved from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Review selected pages below:
◦Country Comparison: Life Expectancy at Birth
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2102rank.html
◦Country Comparison: Infant Mortality Rate
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2091rank.html
Websites
•National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). (2011). Retrieved from http://www.naccho.org/
Learning Resources
Readings
•Article: Bialik, C. (2009, October 21). Ill-conceived ranking makes for unhealthy debate. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved from http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB125608054324397621-lMyQjAxMTIxNTI2MTAyODEwWj.html
•Article: Raphael, D., & Bryant, T. (2006). The state’s role in promoting population health: Public health concerns in Canada, USA, UK, and Sweden. Health Policy, 78(1), 39–55.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the ScienceDirect database.
•Article: Adams, P. F., Martinez, M. E., & Vickerie, J. L. (2010). Summary health statistics for the U.S. population: National Health Interview Survey, 2009 [DHHS Publication No. (PHS) 2011–1576]. Vital and Health Statistics, 10(248), 1–115. Retrieved from the Center for Disease Control/National Center for Health Statistics website: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_248.pdf
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