n Lecture A2, it was discussed how nearly everything can be seen as public health. Please select one of the examples listed below and explain how it can be viewed as a public health challenge (using the parameters for describing public health challenges from the lecture). Your explanation should include how the example could be seen as a determinant of health/health behavior at two specific levels of the social-ecological model (SEM). [Please do not use the individual level as one of the levels you select.]. Examples: Federal work regulations (minimum wage, required paid sick leave, etc) Local zoning regulations Women’s rights (globally)

Public Health Challenge

Public health challenges are the primary concern in the article. The theoretical discussion is the significance of understanding the concept of the public health challenge. First, it is critical to understand the meaning of the federal health challenge. The current public health challenge is concerned with the contemporary illnesses. For example, obesity, diabetes and cancer which are regarded as the lifestyle diseases. However, the general health challenge varies in nations and different places. The lifestyle diseases are a public health challenge because it is a problem that is realized across the globe (Branca, Nikogosian, Lobstein, & Europe., 2007).  

The problem leads to the trouble of given societies around the world. In the past decade, people thought that the contemporary diseases only attacked the ageing population. Currently, children are born with such issues like obesity and diabetes. This has raised concern to public health departments in various nations. Therefore, the burden rises because the general population is affected globally. Most of the people suffer the contemporary diseases. On the other hand, the illness can be transmitted from generation to generation (Branca, Nikogosian, Lobstein, & Europe., 2007). The governments through the public health departments have a difficult time in running spending trying to regulate the population health.  The people who do less physical exercises are the prone group to meet the challenge of the disease.

The detail on the importance and the kind of responsibility affect mostly affect the adults. Most of the adults are occupied with the task of looking for means of survival. They do not create enough time for physical exercises. For example, in the United States of America, 80% of the adult population is occupied such that they do not get time to do physical exercise. The population group is prone to the illnesses. On the other hand, most of the children who feed on junk food staff are affected with diseases.

References

Branca, F., Nikogosian, H., Lobstein, T., & Europe., W. H. (2007). The challenge of obesity in the WHO European Region and the strategies for response. Copenhagen, Denmark: WHO Regional Office for Europe.