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Human Trafficking, Katelyn H. Kennedy, Kylie S. Dobbs, Hannah L. Peters
Human Trafficking, Katelyn H. Kennedy, Kylie S. Dobbs, Hannah L. Peters
Introduction to Public Health Posters
Human trafficking is a current problem that health professionals, such as pharmacists, should be aware of. This poster was created as a group project by pre-pharmacy majors and exhibited to faculty and graduate pharmacy students. The primary purpose of the project was to learn about human trafficking as a public health concern, increase awareness, and search for ways to reduce the problem. The poster highlights the different forms of human trafficking and what determinants of health apply to this problem. It also seeks to show how human trafficking relates to the pharmacy profession.
Texting And Driving: A Grave Mistake, Hayley Trout, Faith Stewart, Zachariah Bevins, Kortney Frederick
Texting And Driving: A Grave Mistake, Hayley Trout, Faith Stewart, Zachariah Bevins, Kortney Frederick
Introduction to Public Health Posters
Texting and driving is a more prevalent problem today than most people realize. Even worse is the fact that it's even a problem for those who drive safely; those around them aren't always making the same choices. Some groups of people are more likely to drive than others depending on social factors, individual behavior choices, policy, and biology and genetics. While this might not have anything to do with prescriptions, it does have to do with pharmacy. A pharmacist is responsible for educating the community and keeping those within it healthy. They have the potential to make a lasting impact …
Antibiotic Resistance, Karley J. Trow, Parker N. Savard, Marylou Mumme, Brandon M. Christen
Antibiotic Resistance, Karley J. Trow, Parker N. Savard, Marylou Mumme, Brandon M. Christen
Introduction to Public Health Posters
Our poster discusses an overview of antibiotic resistance. It goes into detail about what it is, how it came to be, and what medical professionals can do in their attempt to prevent it, as well as the general public. It also discusses the impact the impact antibiotic resistance has had on pharmacy, as well as the science behind it. A few organizations working towards this problem, and who keep a close eye on this issue are mentioned as well. We also discuss the determinants of health, which is essentially what is being done about it politically, individually, and the health …
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Andrew Barnhart, Lawrence Bisong, Mckenzie Brittenham, Emma Eccher
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Andrew Barnhart, Lawrence Bisong, Mckenzie Brittenham, Emma Eccher
Introduction to Public Health Posters
Waste and where it ends up is not a common discussion topic; in fact, it is often treated as a taboo subject. However, it has become necessary to examine this topic due to the growing ecological problems caused by the collection of garbage within our oceans. The Great Pacific Garbage patch, in particular, has grown quite large, and it is now affecting the health of people. This poster explores the ramifications of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It discusses the background of the garbage patches and the impact of the issue. It also mentions the different determinants of health that …
Opioid Abuse In America, Alexander Goodridge, Dalton L. Lewis, Grant B. Middleton, Rachel L. Wolthoff
Opioid Abuse In America, Alexander Goodridge, Dalton L. Lewis, Grant B. Middleton, Rachel L. Wolthoff
Introduction to Public Health Posters
This poster examines the Opioid Abuse crisis in the United States as a whole, the poster will go into detail on the Impact the Opioid Epidemic is having on Pharmacy as well as the citizens whom are being impacted. The Poster will dive further into detail on the Policies that have impacted this Epidemic as well as where the epidemic is happen most readily. Most of all though the poster will take a look at what Pharmacists and other health professionals can do to help and better equip their patients in battling this epidemic.
Vaccination Disease Prevention, Megan Stevens, Abigail Ruminski, Patrick Goodpaster
Vaccination Disease Prevention, Megan Stevens, Abigail Ruminski, Patrick Goodpaster
Introduction to Public Health Posters
Vaccination disease prevention plays a big factor into the world of public health. There are many vaccinations available that are used for disease prevention. Research was taken to determine the impact these vaccinations have on health and why they are important. This poster discusses the impact that these vaccines have on pharmacy. It also addresses the different categories of determinants of health. There are direct and indirect health indicators that the vaccines are involved in and those are reviewed within the poster. The positive and negative views of vaccination preventable diseases are mentioned and the question, “Why should you be …
Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Emily Genet, Caleb Hoover, Nicole K. Stute, Christy Varghese
Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Emily Genet, Caleb Hoover, Nicole K. Stute, Christy Varghese
Introduction to Public Health Posters
Vaccine preventable diseases are illnesses that can be defended against with vaccines. Vaccines are drugs that make a person immune to an illness using the body’s natural defense mechanisms
Death With Dignity, Bemjamin Adam, Samantha Gross, John Nybo, Joel Sweeney
Death With Dignity, Bemjamin Adam, Samantha Gross, John Nybo, Joel Sweeney
Introduction to Public Health Posters
The death with dignity movement, which encompasses euthanasia, is a current trend in healthcare that negatively affects the public health of nations and adversely impacts the profession of pharmacy .
Food Deserts, Mary Sprow, Martha Morton, Emily Fisher, Bethany Anderson
Food Deserts, Mary Sprow, Martha Morton, Emily Fisher, Bethany Anderson
Introduction to Public Health Posters
A food desert is a geographical area in which there is not easy access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food.
Prescription Drug Abuse, Alaura Meister, Brianne O'Dell, Alathea Westbrook, Rachel Yuchimiuk
Prescription Drug Abuse, Alaura Meister, Brianne O'Dell, Alathea Westbrook, Rachel Yuchimiuk
Introduction to Public Health Posters
Prescription drugs can be abused in multiple ways: using a medication that is not prescribed to you; taking a drug in a higher dosage or different form than originally prescribed, or; taking a drug for a different reason than prescribed.
Prescription Drug Abuse, Erin Ashley, Samantha Newman, Mason Thomas, Abby Woodard
Prescription Drug Abuse, Erin Ashley, Samantha Newman, Mason Thomas, Abby Woodard
Introduction to Public Health Posters
Prescription drug abuse is the use of a prescription medication in a way that is not intended by the prescribing doctor and can include taking medication that belongs to someone else, taking a medication in a way other than prescribed, or taking a medication to get high.
Antibiotic Resistance, Jonathan Williams, Kjersti Fry, Leno Abraham, Meghan Robbins
Antibiotic Resistance, Jonathan Williams, Kjersti Fry, Leno Abraham, Meghan Robbins
Introduction to Public Health Posters
Antibiotics have been so widely used across the world that organisms have evolved and adapted to them, causing the drug to be less effective. Professionals do not know how to adapt because the bacteria keeps evolving to become resistant against the antibiotics.
Consumerism, Shawn Mosser, Kristin Tague
Consumerism, Shawn Mosser, Kristin Tague
Introduction to Public Health Posters
Consumerism/materialism is when material possessions are made more important than physical and/or spiritual needs. It is not only affected by the buying of material possessions, but also the hoarding of them.
Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Katie Miller, Jinho Son, Meghan Strickling, Stephanie Wu
Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Katie Miller, Jinho Son, Meghan Strickling, Stephanie Wu
Introduction to Public Health Posters
Plastic is found in 9% of fish. At this rate, the Garbage Island will likely double in size in ten years. 7 billion pounds of non recyclable plastic are produced every year, and only 7% of the plastic in America is recycled. 1500 plastic water bottles are put in landfills and the ocean every second. The average person produces a half-pound of plastic waste every day in the U.S.
Gender Issues, Elizabeth Johnston, Elizabeth Depew, Cora Duran
Gender Issues, Elizabeth Johnston, Elizabeth Depew, Cora Duran
Introduction to Public Health Posters
Gender issues occur when men and women (and everything in between) do not get the opportunity to enjoy the same rights across all sectors in society, valuing and favoring the opinions of them all equally.
Religion, Jacob Grasser, Meiling G. Norfolk, Ashton Prusia
Religion, Jacob Grasser, Meiling G. Norfolk, Ashton Prusia
Introduction to Public Health Posters
Pharmacists should be well-trained and sensitive to patient religious concerns and proactive in their research of any drug ingredients that may conflict with a patient's beliefs. Pharmaceutical manufacturing companies should be comprehensive in their product labeling to accommodate religious sensitivities.
Human Trafficking, Erin Dickman, Alaina Spears, Jessica Burval, Caleb Hasty
Human Trafficking, Erin Dickman, Alaina Spears, Jessica Burval, Caleb Hasty
Introduction to Public Health Posters
Human trafficking is the recruitment, transfer, or harboring of persons, through the use or threat of force, coercion, or deception, for the purpose of exploitation, including sexual exploitation and forced labor. It is a modern form of slavery where people profit from the control and exploitation of others.
Food Deserts, Jacob Day, Lauren Setzkorn
Food Deserts, Jacob Day, Lauren Setzkorn
Introduction to Public Health Posters
A food desert is a community, particularly a low-income area, in which the residents lack access to affordable and healthy food. There may be no supermarket or large grocery store within one mile if in an urban area or within ten miles if in a rural area, there is a lack of affordable vegetables, fruit, whole grains, and other nutritious foods, or there is a prevalence of fast food restaurants and convenience stores in the area.
Driving While "Intexticated", Noah Branch, Ryan Mayer, Matthew Swett, Steven Woodfield
Driving While "Intexticated", Noah Branch, Ryan Mayer, Matthew Swett, Steven Woodfield
Introduction to Public Health Posters
82% of American teens age 16-17 own a cell phone, and 91% of adults own a cell phone. 34% of teens and 27% of adults have admitted to texting and driving.
Antibiotic Resistance, Rachel Balentine, Kaitlyn Flint, Aaron Motsinger, Mitchell Webber
Antibiotic Resistance, Rachel Balentine, Kaitlyn Flint, Aaron Motsinger, Mitchell Webber
Introduction to Public Health Posters
Antibiotic resistance is the ability of bacteria to resist the effects of an antibiotic. It occurs when bacteria change in a way that reduces the effectiveness of drugs, chemicals, or other agents designed to cure or prevent infections. Bacteria survive and continue to multiply, causing more harm.