1. Visit the National Coalition on Health Care Website. Briefly describe who they are, what they do, and their principles for improving our current health care system. https://www.nchc.org/ 2. Visit the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Website. https://www.ahcpr.gov/ Choose a specific population and also a disease that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is researching. Briefly discuss the scope of the problem, background, as well as the impact of AHRQ Research. https://www.ahcpr.gov/ 3. Visit the American Diabetes Association Website. Complete their risk test. Briefly, explain your results and how they relate your understanding of healthcare now and implications for the future. You may also want to include supporting data or examples from other online research. https://www.diabetes.org/risk-test.jsp Part 2 Prepare and be able to discuss online in class (Due for week one online chat) Why is it important to have a balance of all five health components? Briefly describe an example (not discussed in the lecture) of how one can participate in primary prevention. Why is disease prevention important? Explain your answer in a few short paragraphs.Show more
