Monday, January 30, 2012

something outside class that’s related to what we’re doing

A topic i would like to talk about would be why are economically diversed societies striken with worse healthy lives compared to richer societies. I would want to see that everyone in america should live happy and long healthy lives. just because a person is poor or lives in a bad community is not corrext in my eyes. yes money has a big part in it but a person on their own or with help can all live to be the same age as a wealthier person. just because a richer person has more money is doesnt mean they should get to live longer lives than others. all people good or bad deserve a long healthy life and if they choose to live a bad life or do stupid harmful  things to their body then i feel like thats on them and its their fault on how their lives eventually turned out.

Scotland county health

In Scotland county it seems to be an alright county just for the simple fact that people live to be over 60, a decent average income, and a good employment rate. The county is defintly better than some that i have seen in the past. the number of health benefits can get better but isnt too bad for what it is. a study was done by the state oof north carolina and the health benefits can go up but the number of healthy people are far better than some in other and surrounding areas. people in this area make a pretty good income for where they can well provide for themselves and there family. overall i would think this would not be a bad community to live in with the statistics i have read from http://accessnc.commerce.state.nc.us/docs/countyProfile/NC/37165.pdf.

“Why Place Matters: Building the Movement for Healthy Communities”

Why place matters is an interesting subject because where you live can deteermine how a persons life can end up turning into. In this section of reading it deals with four subjects including Economic, Social, Physical, and finally services. First off economic reasons invole getting good jobs and living a stress free life because of money situations. living a well economically life can be a plus and then they can afford good benefits for what the job has to offer including money. A better neighborhood will be on the plus side and be much much safer then other bad communities. The next is social and it involves cukltural characteristics and how a person interacts with his or her community. being in a safer community can well benefit a persons life compared to being in a dangerous one. This would lead to more friends and trust worthy friends at that. Physical is the next one on the list would involve clean neighborhoods with clean air and water systems. if a person lives in a moldey disgusting house compared to a well fascilitated house, the better house would make a persons life much more healthier and thus leading to a longer life. the pollution in the air effects everyone but in some areas the pollutiiion is terrible and is causing many health problems that is making life hard on people.the fourth section is services and involves how good of a health insurance a person haves. everyone knows that the better your insurance is the more time you can go to the doctors for checkups compared to the people with less oppurtunities for health services. how good of a school is involved with this and the better a sschool is the better and healthier life a person would live compared to a run down poverty stricken school is. all four of these statements are why place matters in relations to a persons health.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Unethically Research

The  Guatemala Syphilis and Tuskeegee Syphilis studies were very wrong on what they did. They did things that defies the normal morals of human beings. What they did was dangerous, out of control, and un-humanistic. Many people died just in the name of science but, I feel as if these scientissts would have never did the things they did many things would still be unsolved. I think there was a crazy scientist working for the nazi army doing experiments on people like cutting eyeballs out somethings of that sort. Many of todays cures and ways of helping people have come from this crazy man. Like these unethical studies they were wrong but without them we would still be lost on how to cure Syphilis. A way to correctly condust these experiments would be to make sure what the patients knew what they were getting into, signing waviers, and being able to get out of the harmful situation at any time they wanted to. They had no respect for persons while doing these experiments. Granted these people in guatemala were inmates, yes, but still they're human beings and still have a rite to live a halthy life with no pain. There was no justice in what these scientists were doing to there people and they should have been stopped by someone like the government maybe. All im saying is if people would have tried to condust studies on people today exactly like they did here, it would have never happened becausee all people have rights and nobody would have let this happen to their fellow people.

something you think is related to what we are working on

Things that have relation with my life could be like that i grew up in New York on long island. I lived in a really nice neighborhood with my grandparents who lived there for many many years. When i lived there it was really nice and no stress was there on anybody in my house. I went to school about 3 miles away and it was a really bad area with gangs and violence. I saw alot of povedrty over there and realized that not many people who lived there weree healthy and were not living long lives. You can take my family and use it to compare them to those of the poverty areas. It wasnt a good area and those people suffered through everyday living while my family lives a nice healthy and long lived life. Im not saying we were the richest family in the world but we were better off then the people who lived in a bad area. We had more benfits and better living standards compared to the struggling society down the road. So yes i do think where you live can help you live better, healthier, and longer lives.

"response to something from class you want to think more about or are interested in"

I find it interesting that you can live longer and have a healthier life just depending on where your house is. The health access to people can be a very dramatic thing depending on where a person lives. I see where people come from when complaining about where they live and its hard to live, but also i can see that they can take matters into their own hands and have the healthiest lives they can live.  Granted that they have less medical insurance yes, but staying healthy can be taken upon themselves and eat healthy, stay fit, and stay away from hazardous things. Although people have a bigger struggle when living in poor areas that just puts more stress on those people and is not good for the health at all.

Monday, January 23, 2012

Health concerns in the surrounding areas

There are many health concerns in the surrounding areas that involve income issues, lack of jobs, and lack of medical issues. From what i have seen in Pembroke it seems like a small town with not many jobs. i feel as if there were more jobs that this city will prosper. the peoples income will rise and they will benefit from the new jobs. there are studies that have been done saying the more money they come get in there jobs the healthier and longer these people will live their lives. More jobs would posses more income and more people in town for business. I have been in and around the area and have noticed that yes they have walmart to fulfill medications but where are the doctors offices and where are the hospitals. i say this because the nearest one that i have seen is not as close as it should be.those are some of the problems in the area dealing with health problems.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

First Blog-Issues and health problems in this area

Since I have lived in this county and been here and around this county I have noticed that we have some major issues concerning health issues in the area. I have noticed that some of the people who live here and in the surrounding areas that there isnt much money for people to make. Its not poverty its mostly not enough jobs and that means not enough money for health benefits. I have been to walmart for perscriptions and have seen people struggling for paying for their perscriptions. The videos and readings we have done in the class have made me realize that people with less money or without health benefits have rough, short, and frustrating lives. I do have some concerning questions about health problems in the area. These deal with how much is the local income of the local residents compared with the health/death problems dealing with the low income.