Chad Sellers - Sacramento 5 Major Issues of Health

Sacramento County California is my specific county. I have always thought that my county has a very high standard of living and quality of life. I contacted Health and Human Services to find out some of the larger trends affecting the region.

The flu has been a major concern for the last several months in California. The sporadic cases continue to appear but with less frequency. Sacramento county recently dropped in urgency level to prevent the flu virus. It is no longer as high a public risk as it was a month ago. The Public Health plan in Sacramento offers free flu shots at many locations. They are attempting to educate people on how to recognize flu and prevent it.

To help protect the elderly and educate them, many county officials are teaching the warning signs of heart attack, a major concern in Sacramento. Their simple key identifiers include chest 1) discomfort; 2) face drooping, 3) shortness of breath, 4) speech difficulty, 5) or arm weakness. Heart attack has been the highest major death trend in the Sacramento region.

Another major goal is to reduce the smoking levels in the actual city centers of Sacramento. The residual smoke from repeated users continues to affect public health in general. Measures are taken by the board of Public health to create more smoking zones to separate bystanders from secondary smoking. Nearly a thousand people of the populace continue to die from lung cancer in Sacramento each year.

Dietary nutrition in babies brought in for clinical inspections are more deficient than needed to keep the next generation healthy. Public health officials are advertising the need for breast feeding as a strong nutritional source for baby growth. It is predicted to improve emotional and nutritional health in growing babies.

Lack of insurance is affecting public health. Thousands of residents still have no insurance plan in the Sacramento region; yet, many of these people come in to the hospitals or other health offices to obtain aid and cannot get sufficient coverage. Public health workers are trying to promote laws to help make coverage easier for those citizens who still are not on a viable plan.

Informatively,

Chad Sellers