Reflection Post: Week 9 & 10

Week 9

We read articles for class on advocacy. In class we did an activity, we got into groups and we each had one of the topics we had Advocacy 101: Getting Started in Health Education Advocacy. Some groups did skits, and our group did a presentation. I learned a lot and it was fun getting involved with teaching for the day. We also did a advocacy project about our political representatives, I found out a lot of new information, like my hometown not having a mayor. We also did eco-chic week 6 and my new read n seed on my second book, paper or plastic!

Week 10

We watched a documentary called Unnatural Causes, in sickness and in health. I loved this movie it was very informational. It talks about in any state there are areas of different life-spans and overall health. It talked about how the U.S. is 30th on the list of best places of health care, and we are supposed to be the richest country yet, so many people don't have health care. People who have more education live longer, or people who live in wealthier neighborhoods, you live longer then in the worst. The people in the worst neighborhoods, don't work and live off of what they can and the state, and are afraid to get jobs because then they will lose the little healthy care they are getting. It is a sticky situation. We also did hthly people advocacy project, I picked cancer and we also did eco-chic-week-7.

Advocacy Project: Healthy People/THOMAS

For healthy people 2010 goal of interest I chose was Cancers

Objective: 3-15 Persons living 5+ years after cancer diagnosis

Target Goal: 46% toward goal from progress quotient chart

Baseline: The target method for objective 3-14 is to increase the number of states with population-based cancer registries. It is being modified because of new ways to collect data.

Progress: Progress has been up and down for this are. Two of the objectives for 3-14 have met or exceeded their targets. Also, several objectives or sub objectives moved toward their target of improving cancer living rates. One of the objectives has moved away and five of the objectives didn’t show any change. Some of the objectives could not be looked at.

Two objectives met or exceeded their targets:

Mammography screening (3-13)  

Prostate cancer death rate (3-7)

Disparities: White Non-Hispanic groups are most likely to live 5 or more years after the diagnosis of cancer. Male and female are equally as likely to live, either ethnicity. Income, location, and disability were not used as an objective.

Opportunities & Challenges: Opportunities are helped by public/private organizations at all levels, like nationally, state, and locally. Challenges the CDC and CCC work together to work against cancer development. The developments of early detection, more advanced treatment and these will both improve survival rates.

Emerging issues: They want more scanning’s which would be every two years instead of every year. The death rates will and are dropping by changing treatment practices. Anything to reduce cancer would be positive.

http://www.healthypeople.gov/Data/midcourse/html/focusareas/FA03Introduction.htm

H.CON.RES.158

Title: Expressing support for the designation of an Early Detection Month for breast cancer and all forms of cancer.

Sponsor: Rep Etheridge, Bob [NC-2] (introduced 6/25/2009) Cosponsors (50)

Related Bills: S.CON.RES.38

Latest Major Action: 6/25/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

http://thomas.loc.gov/

Recommendation: Vote Yes for H.CON.RES.158 expressing support for the designation of an Early Detection Month for breast cancer and all forms of cancer.

My Political Representative(s): Congressman Ron Kind (http://kind.house.gov/)

Eco-Chic Lifestyle Change Week 7: Weekly Update

SMART goal


Using a reusable bag every time I go to the grocery store or Target also to buy one organic product each time too. Achieving my SMART goal went well this past week! I am also going to go grocery shopping tomorrow morning, I don't have any food, and I am excited to use my bags and pick an organic product! 


Successes & Challenges


My success was completing my SMART goal. Challenges I face our maybe trying to find another organic product at the grocery store, that I will like and continue to buy. 


Feelings & Learned 


It feels really good to just use my reusable bags without thinking much about it. This is something that I will continue after our class is over. What I learned is a website where you can learn how to pick cheap organic products, so you are not spending a bundle of money. 


Here is the website: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_18120.cfm

Plans For Next Week


I hope to do just as well as I did this previous week. I also hope that I kind find another awesome organic product that I will like at a cheap cost! I don't think I will make any changes to my SMART goal at the moment. 


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