https://www.pbs.org/video/frontline-sick-around-am…
After watching the documentary, “Sick Around America”, please answer the following prompts:
What were the significant issues highlighted in “Sick Around America”?
Provide two thorough examples from the documentary which illustrate the problems. For example, discuss the health condition, insurance status, and health outcome for at least two of the “patients” highlighted in the video.
Were there any solutions offered in the documentary? If so, what were they?*
How did the documentary make you feel? Please explain.
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/m97w1xfCc5A…
After watching the documentary, “The Reality of Gun Violence in America”, please answer the following prompts:
Question 1: Gun violence, like cancer, has no single cure or cause. There are many types of gun violence with different risk factors and different prevention strategies:
1. Suicide
2. Urban gun violence primarily affects young men, gangs, and drugs
4. Mass shootings
5. Police/law enforcement
6. Accidental shooting (children at homes with guns)
Of the gun violence types listed, which one is most important to you in terms of identifying risk factors and developing prevention strategies? why? Please explain.
Question 2: According to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control:
“Gun violence affects people of all ages and races in the U.S. but has a disproportionate impact on young adults, males and racial/ethnic minorities:
Among U.S. residents ages 15-24, homicide is the fourth leading cause of death for non-Hispanic whites, the second leading cause of death for Hispanics and the leading cause of death for non-Hispanic blacks.” Is this statistic surprising or not surprising to you? why or why not? Please explain.
Question 3: How did the documentary make you feel? Please explain.
Part 2:
-Why should public health programs address injuries and violence? Please explain using content from the chapter.
-What injury or issue from the chapter stood out to you? why? Please explain in detail.
-How much do you think about environmental issues in your day-to-day life as you use resources and produce waste? Please explain.
-Have you done anything to reduce your carbon footprint? why or why not? Please explain.
-How much of a role do you think the government should take in regulating the environment? How much should be left up to individual citizens and businesses? Please explain and provide details to support your views.
