Write a paper on “Role and Responsibilities of a Community Health Manager”.

Describe/discuss the following hypotheses related to your new position:

• Describe socioeconomic status and racial and ethnic disparities in health in the United States. Explain the concept of diversity in the United States. List racial and ethnic categories in the United States (2010 Census shows America’s diversity). Identify some of the sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics of minority groups in the United States. Describe priority areas of Race and Health initiatives (World Health Organization [WHO] shows demographical information).
• Explain the impact of diverse population in United States as it relates to community health efforts.
• Describe approaches that provide treatment and ongoing support to people with Mental Disorders. Define Mental Health and Mental Disorders. Identify major causes of Mental Disorders. Define stress, and explain its relationship to Physical and Mental Health. Identify major problems of homeless people. Identify key challenges facing the mental healthcare system in United States.
• Describe government and non-government efforts to prevent and control the misuse and abuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. Describe personal and community consequences of alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse. Define the terms drug use, drug misuse, and drug abuse. Define the over-the-counter and prescription drugs. Define controlled substances. Disuses governmental and non-governmental efforts to prevent and control the misuse and abuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. 5. Distinguish between different kinds of healthcare: population-based public health medical practice, long-term practice, and end-of-life practice as it relates to community health management. Define the term Healthcare Systems. Trace the history of Healthcare System in United States. Distinguish between different kinds of healthcare. Describe different levels of medical practice. Explain differences between impatient and outpatient care facilities. Define Third-Party Health insurance
• Explain the environmental hazards that affect community health and the role Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plays in their monitoring and control? List and types of air pollutants, sources of air pollution. Describe the role of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the protection of environment. Outline the provisions of Clean Air Act (CAA) and functions of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), US gov agency. Discuss how work place injuries cost the United States billions of dollars. Explain differences between point and non-point sources of pollution. Describe the role of agencies that help protect safety of our food.
• Describe the scope and importance of injuries as a health and economic issues in US communities and measures that can prevent or minimize them. Describe the scope and importance if injures as health and economic issues. List strategies for the prevention and control of unintentional injuries. Describe scope and importance of intentional injuries as community health problems. List some factors that contribute to domestic violence and some strategies of reducing it. Explain how education, regulation, automatic protection, and litigation can reduce the unintentional injuries.

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In the United States health is strongly patterned along with racialethnicity and socialeconomic lines which implies that there is a link between the health and hierarchies of social advantage The dete... View the full answer