HLTH 460
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

Dr. Martin Turnauer       mturnaue@radford.edu

Davis 29              831-5315       Office Hours:  8 am, 1 pm MWF

Text:  None required, however outside reading required and mandatory!

Exam- Final Essay and short answer coming from notes and class presentations.

All papers are to be typewritten, turned in stapled and on the day due. Under no conditions will papers be accepted late! (I loose the late papers  and you get No Credit). Attendance is required due to in class written and oral reactions to readings/videos. Participation will be an integral part of your grade. PERFECT ATTENDANCE WILL ADD 1/2 GRADE TO FINAL! EACH UNEXCUSED ABSENCE RESULTS IN A WHOLE GRADE REDUCTION MAKE CHOICES NOT EXCUSES!

For second class period answer the following questions based on the https's suggested.
How do I politically classify myself? What principles do you base this on? What has influenced you this way?

compare self with your federal legislator at  http://www.womenvote.org/

Register to Vote
http://www.netvote98.mci.com
Yep, now there are no more excuses for
not registering to vote. Go to this site and register. If I remember my elementary civics classes, your vote counts!

Print scores out for discussion. 10 points

http://www.turnleft.com/politics.html

http://www.turnleft.com/libstand.html

http://www.turnleft.com/issues.html

http://www.turnleft.com/libtest.html

http://www.turnleft.com/editorial_cartoon.html

http://www.speakout.com/

http://www.self-gov.org/quiz.html

Debate on your health care political views which are represented by your party beliefs based above.

1. In class topical presentations are due from the second week, 8/29, each Wednesday until the last end of semester. Sources must be cited in conjunction with the presentations.

Introduction overview site -                                                            http://www.fedstats.gov/search.html


Use this Review Form for websites or any wriiten assignments
NAME: ___________________________________________    DATE: _____________________

TITLE/SOURCE OF ARTICLE: _____________________________________________

BRIEFLY STATE THE MAIN IDEA OF THIS ARTICLE:

LIST THREE IMPORTANT FACTS THAT THE AUTHOR USES TO SUPPORT THE MAIN IDEA:

WHAT INFORMATION OR IDEAS DISCUSSED IN THIS ARTICLE ARE ALSO DISCUSSED IN OTHER READING YOU HAVE DONE?

LIST ANY EXAMPLES OF BIAS OR FAULTY REASONING THAT YOU FOUND IN THE ARTICLE:

LIST ANY NEW TERMS/CONCEPTS THAT WERE DISCUSSED IN THE ARTICLE AND WRITE A SHORT DEFINITION:

A. Design of health programs and health care system- political perspective
http://www.ahcpr.gov/qual/oregexec.htm#Consumer Satisfaction Survey
http://www.townhall.com/heritage/library/#healthwel
http://www.arusa.com/ US data facts
http://cnn.com/HEALTH/9809/23/hmo.ratings.ap/index.html
http://www.ssa.gov/enews/

B. Financing heath programs- medical/political perspective
http://www.socialsecurity.org/calc/calculator.html  everyone do the calculator plus a website

health economics
http://www.dismal.com/thoughts/social.stm
http://www.medicare.gov/
http://medicare.gov/Basics/Overview.asp
http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10003.html
http://cnn.com/SPECIALS/views/y/1998/07/jackson.hmos/
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/980309/9hmo.htm
http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/news/coladvice/diarynj/nj990827.htm
http://epn.org/tcf/tcmedi.html
http://www.access.gpo.gov/omb/ - budget data
http://www.stateline.org/

C. Needs Assessment in Health - Epidemiology

http://www.ameristat.org

http://nilesonline.com/data/

http://www.epibiostat.ucsf.edu

http://www.ameristat.org/

http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html

http://www.kff.org/docs/state/state.html
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html
http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/PubHealth.lib
http://www.cdc.gov/
http://www.census.gov
http://ww.fedstats.gov
http://www.amcity.com/journals/demographics
http://www.demographics.com

D. Public relations in marketing health programs
Identify/critique over 3 weeks new treatments/procedures/hospitals are reporting in print/electronic media. View news or tv newsprograms on how the medical/drug industry uses media to "advertise" or promote themselves.

http://www.centerwatch.com/main.htm

http://www.fitnessmanagement.com/info/info_pages/library/news/news.html

E. Ethics and ethical issues in health

stem cell research

http://www.healthgrades.com/
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/medicalethics/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kevorkian/
http://www.spectacle.org/links.html

Doctors in Default of Loans

http://www.vahealthprovider.com/

http://www.dhp.state.va.us/medicine/

F. Humor in health - Norman Cousins AThe Anatomy of an Illness@, Bombeck I Want To Grow Hair, I Want To Grow Up, I Want To Go To Boise RC281.C4 B66 Love, Medicine & Miracles, Peace Love & Healing by Bernard Siegal, Joseph Heller's No Laughing Matter, It's Always Something - Gilda Radner (psychoneuroimmunology)

http://www.jbpub.com/managingstress   go to exercises

http://www.brain.com/

G. Health in the workplace - wellness & incentives - all students do an http article along with this http://www. realage.com

http://wellness.uwsp.edu/Health_Service/Services/lifescan/lifescan.shtml
http://www.youfirst.com
http://www.asap-survey.com/asapnon/nonmember.htm
http://www.deathclock.com/

H. World Health problems/concerns
http://obelix.polito.it/forum/welcome.htm
http://coombs.anu.edu/ResFacilities/DemographyPage.html
http://geoism.cs.vt.edu/hulp.htm1
http://popindex.princeton.edu
http://www.unicef.org/
http://www.peacecorps.gov/
http://www.healthcareforums.com/index3.html

I. Self health care
http://familydoctor.org/flowcharts/

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/living/popoff/infirmary_asthma_new.popoff/index.html

http://www.searchpointe.com/
http://familydoctor.org/flowcharts/
http://rover.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/index.htm#other
http://www.komando.com/other/health/
http://www.thedailyapple.com/
http://www.selfcare.com/
http://www.allallergy.net/allallergy/
http://dochollywood.com/
http://webmd.com/
http://www.myhealtheon.com/
http://www.adam.com/
http://www.4woman.gov/g-index.htm
http://www.healthfinder.gov/smartchoices/prevention/interactive.htm
http://www.healthfinder.gov/
http://www.mediconsult.com/
http://www.healthscout.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/af/hsaf.woa?ap=1
http://sick.com/
http://www.betterhealth.com/
http://www.ama-assn.org
http://www.csmctmto.interpoint.net/didx/public.html
http://www.amhrt.org
http://www.heartinfo.org
http://www.48hours.net/
http://www.quackwatch.com

J. Non-traditional forms of medicine

Alternative Medicine Homepage
http://www3.allherb.com/consumer/default.asp

http://www.quackwatch.com/
http://www.calchiroassn.org/
http://discoveryhealth.com
http://www.tnp.com/home.asp
http://www.vitaminbuzz.com/
http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/
http://www.getwell.com.au//getwell/default.html
http://www.healthy.net/
http://chiro.org/
http://hyperion.advanced.org/24206/
http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html
http://www.odyssey.on.ca/~b.synesael/yourlife/
http://www.iwr.com/ezine/issues.htm
http://www.aboutliving.com/htmlal/mindsp_index.html
http://www.healthatoz.com/
http://www.wholefoods.com/
http://www.healthfinder.gov/

K. Aging population and their health needs/care/expectations
http://www.census.gov/
use search engines

L. Drugs in the Workplace

M. Community health agencies & fund raising
http://www.guidestar.org/index.html

N. Computer Technology and health
http://www.egetgoing.com/

http://onlineclinics.com/

http://usatoday.com/life/health/general/lhgen075.htm
http://www.msnbc.com/news/344073.asp
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctg534.htm
http://www.medcast.com/
http://www.medscape.com/
http://ipn.intelihealth.com/ipn/
http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/sci-news/1998/snr1111.htm#joc80870
http://healthgate.com/
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH
http://www.mdconsult.com/
http://www.medscape.com/
http://www.cyberdocs.com/
http://www.americandoctor.com/

Each topic is worth 10 points based on your oral contributions. 140 points

Use the format to analyze the articles.

2. Identify a country and compare its people to US citizens in relations to death cause, life expectancy and health care system delivery/financing and other health related facts. You may want to choose the country from which you own family had immigrated. Due first class in October, 10/3. This paper will be a small group project/presentation. 100 points
http://www.your-nation.com/

http://www.quizsite.com/quiz/geograph/
http://www.geographia.com/
http://www.asiasource.org/
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
http://www.citypopulation.de/
http://www.jadoo.com/  searches India

To give an idea of the topics for the paper, you must read/respond  by  9/5 as a group to

http://www.tripprep.com/index.html - identifies health concerns in country
http://www.cocori.com/library/crinfo/nutshel.htm

From your email, identify for international country contacts, write to one and tell me about the country you will communicate with during the semester

To help find contacts

http://www.epals.com/
http://www.iecc.org/cgi-bin/mailarchivesearch.pl?directory=/var/spool/ftp/pub/iecc&listname=archive.he&reverse=1

3. Write a letter to your legislator about a public health issue/concern. Be specific about your concerns and resolving the problem. Due the first class day of the second week of November, 11/7. 50 points
Write the letter
Federal legislators
State legislators
taxpaper scorcard

4. Identify a human service agency and work15 hours as a volunteer. Maintain a log of activities signed by your supervisor.
Best place to check the notebook for volunteer activities is in Young 103 at the Center for Experiential  Learning.  Examples: N.R.V Workshop, Planned Parenthood, Women's Resource Center, Substance Abuse Services, The Club House, Against All Odds, Mental Health Services, cardiac rehabilitation at hospital, The Montgomery County Christmas Store (http://hamnetcenter.com/cstore/), American Red Cross, nursing home, tutoring at RHS, recreation dept.

Your log should include: what did you find out? How did the volunteer work make you reevaluate your life?

Due the first class day of December, 12/5.   100 points

Volunteer agency choice due by September 17.

Grading 550 points

Final Exam            100 points

1. How would you deal with the projected funding deficits with social security and Medicare?

2. Support a viewpoint with citations : Does/does not the US citizen get the value of the money spent on health care and health care industry?

3. Identify the best ideas presented/identified in class for reorganizing US health care.

4. Identify either the pros/cons of  the "Oregon Health Plan".

5. After researching your country and hearing about other countries, what ideas should the USA incorporate into public health? This site may help
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

6. Identify what you would want to do with your social security contribution. Place your funds in the stock market or continue to operate as an annuity? If you place your funds in the stock market, which type of funds how much would you allocate to each fund?

7. Justify, the position, why should anyone be able to withdraw more social security funds than they contributed?

8. What are the roles of the federal and state governments in providing health care? What does each provide?

9. Identify 3 alternative health methods you would consider using for 3 specific illnesses.

10. Identify 3 ways technology will affect your health in the future.