Fernstrom, Madelyn H, et al. “Communication Strategies to Help Reduce the Prevalence of
Non-Communicable Diseases: Proceedings from the Inaugural IFIC Foundation Global
Diet and Physical Activity Communications Summit.” Nutrition Reviews, vol. 70, no. 5,
May 2012, pp. 301-310. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1111/j.1753-4887.2012.00480.x.
The article is introduced by giving a few statistics from the World Health Organization on the non-communicable diseases (NCD). The statistics show that a large number of deaths were caused by NCDs (heart disease, cancer, and diabetes). The article goes on to explain that the NCDs were mostly caused by poor diet, little exercise, smoking, and harmful use of alcohol. The authors then explain the efforts that organizations such as United Nations, World Health Organization, Heads of State, etc. have made to improve the overall health of the population. The article talks about the key address from the US Surgeon General, Regina M. Benjamin. In the address she explained that in order to effective, communicators needed to release clear information regarding health to the public. The article is concluded by explaining how costly the NCDs are, and the need to come up with a plan for prevention.
Madelyn Fernstrom, CNS, Ph.D, is an American scientist and broadcast journalist. She works as a professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and she is a board certified nurse specialist. She is also the health, diet and nutrition editor for NBC News. Kimberly Reed is the former president of the International Food Information Council. Elizabeth Rahavi is a nutritionist at the USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. Carrie C. Dooher is the senior vice president of Ogilvy Public Relations worldwide. Each of these people used their knowledge on public health to write this article.
This article follows along with my research because it provides statistics on the deaths and causes of non-communicable diseases. The article explains that the prominent cause of these diseases are poor lifestyle choices.
Friedman, Deborah, et al. “Us Healthcare: A System in Need of a Cure.” American
Journal of Medical Research, vol. 3, no. 1, Jan. 2016, pp. 125-141. EBSCOhost,
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Friedman et al. introduce this article by talking about the declining state of the United States’ healthcare system. Friedman et al. observe that this problem is caused by a number of things such as rising healthcare costs, expensive new prescription drugs, defensive medicine, poor lifestyle choices that lead to chronic diseases, etc. The authors acknowledge the fact that a majority of the healthcare cost goes towards treating chronic diseases, which are preventable. The authors explain that in order for this problem to be resolved, patients need to take charge of their health and stop depending solely upon physicians. Friedman et al. explain that patients can take charge of their health by eating healthier, being more physically active, and not smoking. The authors conclude this article by saying that the patient’s health is largely the patient’s responsibility, not the physician’s.
Dr. Deborah Friedman works at Abott Northwestern Hospital in Edina, MN. She specializes in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Hershey H. Friedman is a professor of business at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. Linda W. Friedman, BA, Ph.D, MS, is a professor of statistics and computer information systems at the Zicklin School of Business and the Graduate Center, Baruch College of the City University Of New York. These three authors put their expertise together to write this article about the problems involving United States healthcare system.
This article supports the research topic because it explains another problem that is being caused by the increase of chronic diseases, which are diseases that can be prevented with healthier lifestyle choices.
Gini, Rosa, et al. “Monitoring Compliance with Standards of Care for Chronic Diseases Using
Healthcare Administrative Databases in Italy: Strengths and Limitations.” Plos ONE, vol.
12, no. 12, 12 Dec. 2017, pp. 1-18. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0188377.
Gini et al. introduces this article by explaining the need for monitoring the quality healthcare for patients with chronic diseases. Gini et al. goes on to explain that it would be difficult for physicians to monitor the patients at all times, because patients sometimes post over the counter drugs and don’t record them, so the physicians don’t always know a lot about that. Gini et al. explains that in order to adequately monitor the standard of care for patients, the patients would have to only take the medication prescribed to them by their doctors. The authors conclude this article by proposing a plan to properly monitor the standard of care for patients with chronic the diseases, one of the ideas was to require the patients to have frequent visits with their physicians.
Rosa Gini is from the Department of Informatics at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Martijn Schuemie is one of the 14 co-authors, and is from Janssen Research Development, Epidemiology in Titusville, New Jersey. Rosa Gini, Martijn Schuemie, and a few others organized this article to express the need to monitor the quality of care for patients with chronic diseases.
This article is apart of the opposing position for this paper, because it expresses the need for patients to rely on their doctors and medications to treat their chronic diseases rather than having the patients prevent and/or cure their chronic diseases by dieting and exercising.
Hyman, Mark A., et al. “Lifestyle Medicine: Treating the Causes of Disease.” Alternative
Therapies in Health & Medicine, vol. 15, no. 6, Nov/Dec2009, pp. 12-14. EBSCOhost,
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Dr. Hyman introduces this article by providing statistics about the fact that 78% of healthcare costs are from chronic diseases that affect more than 160 million Americans. Hyman explains that these chronic diseases are caused by diet, sedentary lifestyle, smoking, chronic stress, and environmental toxins. Dr. Hyman goes on to explain that the healthcare cost problem cannot be fixed unless doctors promote “lifestyle medicine” instead of prescribing medications and performing surgeries. Dr. Hyman argues that typical doctors treat “risk factors”(such as giving a lifetime’s supply of medication), rather than the underlying causes of those risk factors. Dr. Hyman suggests that doctors need to be trained to promote “lifestyle medicine” just as much as they are trained to perform surgeries. Dr. Hyman concludes this article by presenting an opportunity for change, which talks about a new legislation, Take Back Your Health Act, that includes payments for intensive “lifestyle medicine” as treatments and not just preventions.
Mark Hyman, MD, is an American physician and New York Times’ best-selling author. He is the founder and medical director of the UltraWellness Center, which a health blog, and a columnist for The Huffington Post. Hyman received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Ottawa. Dr. Hyman has dedicated his career to being an advocate for lifestyle medicine. Dr. Hyman used his incredible knowledge about lifestyle and diet to write this article.
This article supports the research topic, because it includes reliable information and statistical data about how lifestyle choices can cause, treat, and/or cure most chronic diseases.
Li, Duo. “Effect of the Vegetarian Diet on Non-Communicable Diseases.” Journal of the Science
of Food & Agriculture, vol. 94, no. 2, 30 Jan. 2014, pp. 169-173. EBSCOhost,
doi:10.1002/jsfa.6362.
Duo Li introduces this article by giving statistics about non-communicable diseases (NCD). Li observes that 63% of 57 million deaths were caused by non-communicable diseases back in 2008. Li explains that the increasing prevalence on NCDs is largely caused by eating unhealthy, not getting enough exercise, smoking, and drinking too much alcohol. Li goes on to talk about a few case studies, such as the Adventist Health Study-2, that showed that vegetarians were at a low risk for developing chronic diseases, such as cancer, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes. Li explains that the reason for this is because vegetarians tend to eat mostly fruits and vegetables, most vegetarians do not smoke, and they exercise regularly. Li concludes the article by acknowledging that vegetarian diets are rich in nutrients that help fight against NCDs.
Duo Li, BS, Ph.D, is a professor of nutrition in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Zhejiang University. He has done research themes on nutrition in a few different areas, some of them include food bioactivity, food safety evaluation, and the relationship between non-communicable diseases and the habitual dietary intake. Li used his expertise in nutrition to write this article examining the effects of diet on non-communicable diseases.
This article ties into the research topic, because it provides information and statistics about non-communicable diseases and how the are caused and/or prevented by dietary choices.
Ying Ying, Chan, et al. “Lifestyle, Chronic Diseases and Self-Rated Health among Malaysian
Adults: Results from the 2011 National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS).” BMC
Public Health, vol. 15, no. 1, Aug. 2015, pp. 1-12. EBSCOhost,
doi:10.1186/s12889-015-2080-z.
Ying Ying et al. introduces this article by describing the factors that affect a person’s overall health. Ying Ying et al. observes that a few of these factors are smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, and dietary habits. Ying Ying et al. explains that studies have shown that chronic diseases and lifestyle behavior are associated with self-related health(SRH). SRH is based on a simple question that asks patients to rate their overall health from a scale ranging from very good to very poor. Ying Ying et al. examines that most of the fair to poor reports are from patients that smoke, have little physical activity, and eat an unhealthy diet. These patients are also the ones that have chronic diseases. Ying Ying et al. concludes this article by reporting the results from a study that was done to examine a population’s SRH. One-fifth of the malaysian adult population rated their health as poor.
Chan Ying Ying is a research officer at the Institute for Public Health and the Ministry of Health Malaysia. C. C. Kee is one of the seven co-authors and is a researcher at the Institute for Medical Research- Malaysia. Chien Huey Teh is a research officer at Ministry of Health Malaysia. All of these authors gathered their information from research and developed this article about self related health.
This article ties into the research topic, because it explains and examines the causes of poor health in patients that are affected by chronic diseases.