The community health education theory (CHET) in conducting population health research is the Social Cognitive Theory (SCT). Community health education is any combination of learning experiences designed to help individuals and communities improve their health, by increasing their knowledge or influencing their attitudes. The idea behind SCT appealed many public health practitioners in many shapes […]
Social network analysis is a potentially useful reflective tool for public health practitioners to assess the overall composition of their networks; strengthen collaborations with other community partners, and evaluate network function. One of the natures of the relationship among individuals, their environments and health behaviors is the behavior exercise. The Transtheoretical Model (TTM) is identified as a comprehensive model for behavior exercise. In the TTM, […]
The social cognitive theory (SCT) is a type of interpersonal level approach that describes active and continues way of learning by observing others. It is grounded by many assumptions (Boston University School of Public Health, n.d.). I believed an environmental and interventional approach can be used to tackle the problem of waste scattering; it is […]
Environmental hazards are problems to our environment. Plastic and polythene waste products bring about continues environment pollution. Unfortunately, many developing countries have not looked at effective environmental policies regarding land pollution, particularly plastic and polythene waste. Plastic is a polymeric material—that is, a material whose molecules are very large, often resembling long chains made up […]
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (n.d.), Pertussis is a respiratory infection that is commonly known as whooping cough, transmissible disease caused by a type of bacteria called Bordetella pertussis. Additionally, pertussis infection is a very contagious disease only found in humans that spread from person to person. Coughing and sneezing usually […]
Morbidity and mortality are broad subjects consisting of many parts that make the whole. As survival rates improve with modernization and populations age, mortality measures do not give an adequate picture of a population’s health status. Indicators of morbidity such as the prevalence of chronic diseases and disabilities become more important (John Hopkins School of […]
A sound description of the environmental health problem of water scarcity is the extreme necessity of those populations in developing countries who lack portable water. In a nutshell, it is a way of sympathizing to those individuals with few to lack of drinkable or usable water to drink. Some communities may use any water to […]
In the United States, more than 80 percent of drivers and passengers wear seatbelts while driving, but in China, only between 20 and 30 percent of drivers and passengers wear their car seatbelts. Guangzhou had 9,930 traffic accidents in the 2006 (George Institute, 2007). China accounts for around 15% of the world’s total number […]
The diffusion of innovation theory, one of the firstborn social science theories, can be applied to the passage of universal helmet legislation in the U.S. States. This is due in part to the many injury accidents and incidents that occurred. This trend began to elevate in high numbers during the 1970s and 1980s. There […]
Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) Theory, developed by E.M. Rogers in 1962, is one of the oldest social science theories. It originated in communication to explain how, over time, an idea or product gains momentum and diffuses (or spreads) through a specific population or social system. The end result of this diffusion is that people, as […]
