“WHAT IS THE ROLE MUST HAVE COOPERATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AS A RESULT OF THE HEALTH CRISIS?”
Education reform is a topic discussed around the clock. Health care reform is close by. Has anyone thought that sometimes both questions can be related successfully?
In the summer of this year, in two primary schools I worked for the Headstart program for the absolute need to train students, teachers and the entire administration for dietary problems.
Day after day, I saw dinners for kindergarten to 3rd grade. These lunches came in foam polystyrene boxes with french fries and main course. Ketchup, milk and chocolate milk lay on the shelf below, and the teachers asked: “Do you want chocolate or plain milk?” Obviously, the kids demanded chocolate in about 80% of cases. French fries painted liberally processed Heinz ketchup.
With non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (type II diabetes) on exponential growth and attention deficit disorder (ADD), marked on any child who does not sit still, the need for naturopathic consultations is excessive.
Those of us in the healthcare bubble know that type II is on the rise, and Ritalin is too prescribed; but do you make little ones? Do teachers, parents and school administrators? One night they found out about it on the news, along with lights, weather and shooting.
Now we have the ND on the Medicare board. We have ND in hospitals. We have ND working with MD in specialized clinics. This is incredible, and our medicine helps numerous people. However, we missed a big goal - a big preventive goal.
My plan is this: let the naturopaths team travel around American schools that talk not only with administrators, but also with parents and children during the meeting. These talks will focus on type II diabetes and ADD. Negotiations concerned prevention, signs / symptoms, nutritional proposals, menu design, and health risks. The trick is not just another lecture. It should be interactive, fun and useful for everyone present and listening. A good plan will be to have ND residents traveling as they are young, and the students will communicate better with them. Carefully selected ND residents would have the opportunity to travel around the country, putting them in the spotlight, thereby ensuring a successful future. Providing T-shirts, games, books and healthy snacks to participating teachers, parents and children would increase interactive activities. Disarming the top prize will also increase attendance and participation.
The funds will come from donations - to supplement companies (so that they remain anonymous, which prevented sales pressure and bad press), clinics, hospitals, doctors, parents, school districts, airlines, local businesses and many other opportunities.
Tours will be advertised on local community radio stations (donated airtime), in local and state newspapers, and through school districts through memorandum and email. Schools and districts gather a year in advance to plan this annual event.
Each school has a nurse staff. It's great, but the preventive aspect of medicine is missing. NDs are known for preventive medicine, and children are known for their enthusiasm. What a perfect mix. I already see newsletters - “Traveling ND is successfully reducing diabetes and ADD in schools.
(c) 2005 Benjamin Lynch from HealthE Goods
