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Global Health Policy Reply 1 to Martina:

The health of any population can be affected very easily through any public health issues or threats. Global health policy plays a crucial role in ensuring the best interest for the health of individuals. Global health handles worldwide issues that impact the overall health of populations. Global health policy is known as the formulation and implementation of different policies that influence individuals, communities, states, nations, and the world as a whole. Each policy differs yet are the same as they focus on policymaking and different interactions between international and transcontinental groups. Also, global health policies affect public health policy. Public health focuses on the health of a population in a specific country or community. Therefore, “Because of the strong association between international, global, and public health, public health is considered to be international or global health for the public good (Beaglehole & Bonita, 2010).” (Porche, 2017, p.125).

As a healthcare administrator, I think it’s important to be aware and educated in global health policy as it will help create influence. Healthcare administrators are responsible for ensuring the best for their staff and patients. So by being well educated in global health policy, healthcare administrators can affirm that the facilities, offices, and/or hospitals are updated with the current health policies for the good of others. Further being educated in global health policy will also allow others to learn and understand it as well. By doing so, everyone will learn to do their part in improving public health and promoting the health of a population.

Any kind of health issue of an individual, community, or nation impacts global health policy. Some common global health policy issues include an increase in deaths caused by noncommunicable diseases (i.e. heart disease), an increase in infectious diseases (i.e. tuberculosis), aging populations, and climate change. These are different issues that have been a problem for awhile and need to continually be addressed

References

Porche, D. J. (2017). Health Policy: Application for Nurses and Other Healthcare Professionals. [VitalSource Bookshelf]. Retrieved from https://online.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781284157512/

Global Health Policy Reply to Rylee:

Hello Class and ProfessorRoopnarinesingh,

Global Health Policy (GHP) is the area of public health concerned with decisions that translate evidence and political will into authoritative public agreement and interventions. GHP focuses on global and national health systems, including medical care and public health services. It is important for healthcare administrators to be educated on GHP because it addresses health challenges of interdependent nations, regions and sectors with multiple cultures, different levels of development, a variety of capacities, and coexistent values (GWU, 2016).A healthcare administrator educated on GHP would be prepared to assist in public health decisions that relate to national, regional, and worldwide interventions and institutions to support policy analysis.

A few issues related to global health that we have and are currently still affected by include a lot of the major diseases that are still affecting countries around the globe: Heart disease, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis just to name a couple. One current issue I have discovered through research is the expansion of international trade. International trade may not seem like it could not affect GPH, however, complex international distribution chain has resulted in potential international outbreaks due to foodborne infections, poor quality pharmaceuticals, and contaminated consumer goods (HealthyPeople, 2018).

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) plays a proponent role in our nations GHP and is a key contributor to development of guidelines and strategies (CDC, 2019). They work with other U.S Government agencies to implement government’s global health agendawhich is to reduce disease and protect our nation.

References:

CDC Global Health Strategy – Center for Global Health. (2019, September 04). Retrieved September 23, 2020, from https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/strategy/

Global Health. (2018). Retrieved September 23, 2020, from https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectiv…

MPH Global Health Policy: Milken Institute School of Public Health: GW. (2016). Retrieved September 23, 2020, from https://publichealth.gwu.edu/programs/global-healt…