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I have this assignment due and I will provide all the information and if you can finish it earlier I will appreciate it and if there is anything let me know. Overview
The “Current Events in Public Health” assignments are designed to help integrate the concepts in each module and then relate them to public health current events. This week the topic is: This week, YOU will find an articles that interests you. You will read and summarize it with a personal viewpoint. Then you will practice looking for epidemiologic information or how your problem is distributed.
Readings
Use one of these sources to find an article. Part of this is finding a valid source, not an advertisement!
CNN Health
Health – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
NIH Health News
Assignment Steps
1. Choose one of the sources above to find an article that interests you.
2. Read it and write a 3-5 sentence summary.
3. Do some more research. Tell us WHO the problem impacts most and a little about them.
4. Include age, race, location and other demographic information
5.For paragraph 2 add a personal viewpoint. A personal viewpoint is an opinion, not someone else’s words. Suggestions are “I wonder..” “I believe..” type statements. 6. For the bibliography, cite the article you read and then you must have at least two more sources. Example
I read an article on the use of telehealth in the treatment of opioid addiction. With so much technology, using telehealth has proven to be a novel and cost effective way to address opioid use. Patients that used telehealth had significantly better recovery rates (1). The opioid epidemic is far reaching with 16 million users worldwide and 2.1 million in the US alone (2). Although problems are widespread, the peak age for treatment is 25-35 (2). Men, however, have an overdose death rate of 2.3x greater than women (3). Racially, whites have about 2x the death rate of Blacks and Hispanics combined (4). And although people assume drug use is an urban problem, West Virginia, Ohio, New Hampshire and Maryland have the highest fatal opioid death rate.
Opioid statistics challenge our expectations of “drug addicts” as inner city minorities. In the US, white males in eastern, less populated states are the ones that suffer the most with fatal opioid use. Using telehealth with this population is a focused way to find a population. Many white males have access to and are comfortable on computers and may be more comfortable getting help remotely rather than seeing a doctor. More research should be done to see if this method works well with other populations or efforts should be made to target patients for their needs.
.Telehealth supports retention in treatment for opioid use disorder | National Institutes of Health (NIH) 10/18/23
Opioid Use Disorder – StatPearls – NCBI Bookshelf (nih.gov)
Men died of overdose at 2-3 times greater a rate than women in the U.S. in 2020-2021 | National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Opioid Overdose Deaths by Race/Ethnicity | KFF