Abstract
In chapter 2 we delve into the world of health organizations. All sorts of organizations and agencies are outlined and discussed in this chapter from the local chapters of health hounds all the way up to the big dogs, most notably The World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO is the largest health organization in the world, so essential it's even a part of the United Nations. Of course the smaller organizations are every bit as essential to the various communities as the WHO, from the governmental, to the quasi-governmental, and of course the private. It illustrates for the reader the vastness of health as a concept and a practice with some agencies going for a broader view and participation where others work toward a focus such as nutrition, cardiac health, anti-drug, etc. There's an agency at the ready for just about everything somewhere.
Reflection
With all of these people working toward the betterment of our health policies and practices we are well on our way to a healthier world but we are still far from that goal. Despite the vast numbers and reach of these various organizations we all know of the poor health and living conditions of many of the peoples of the world. Even in our own country of plenty we have extraordinarily poor health practices in many areas. Even so, this chapter is something of an encouragement especially for those of us with a passion for health and the propagation of it. It shows us many of the opportunities that await us should we continue to pursue that passion as well as a chance to better narrow down what specific area of health to pursue because despite our passion, very few people possess the scope to cover the vastness of the prospect.
There certainly was many organizations listed in the chapter and I agree it definitely gives us community health majors a wide open field of what we would like to do when we are done here at UMF. Some of us may have an idea of what we would like to do, but only because we don't know what else is out there. This chapter was just the beginning of our life long journey to better our health as well as helping the communities with live, work and play in.
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In your reflection when you mention how there a people out there who don't practice good health, and how people have not the greatest living conditions the first thing I thought of where homeless families. They might not know how to take care of themselves, or who to ask for help. And going back to your reflection I also agree that we are on our way to making our environment healthier, but still have a lot to do. In the case of the homeless person, I think there should be, if there is not already, more free, walk-in places that can help people like this.
In your chapter 2 review you brought up a good point about how there is an agency for anything. Our group agreed that there needs to be some sort of resource for everything. Your group was right when you mentioned that we are far from our goal but we are slowly getting there :)
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