Peer Response Instructions: Please respond to a minimum of two peers. Include in

Peer Response
Instructions:
Please respond to a minimum of two peers. Include in your response:
If you were the director of a professional nursing organization being asked to address the questions that the original post set out, how would you respond to each question?
Write 2 other questions that you think should be addressed by the researcher or the director of the professional nursing association.
What role does ethics play in the actions by the professional nursing association in this issue?
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.
Hello class,
The topic that I am proposing a solution for is cardiovascular disease, also referred to diseases of the heart.
What are four (4) areas related to the issue that you would like to see people talk about more? Why?
There are four areas related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) that I believe people should talk about more. These four areas have are connected and have an effect on each other. The first area is the public’s lack of education about CVD. Most people are not aware that CVD consists of numerous conditions, most of which are modifiable. Eating healthy, exercising, reducing alcohol intake, and smoking cessation are all examples of modifiable risk factors (Jiva, 2022). Working with people to live healthier lives will help reduce their chances of CVD.
One area that I feel is glossed over is a person’s comorbidities and its association with CVD. People know that high cholesterol is bad for their heart, however they do not always realize that other diseases increase their risk of developing CVD. Diseases like diabetes, hypertension, and obesity impact their heart health (Jiva, 2022). These diseases can cause vessels to stretch and become fragile over time. This can then lead to circulation issue, thus resulting in CVD. Controlling comorbidities, like diabetes and hypertension, will decrease the risk of CVD.
The next area that I feel needs more discussion is access to healthy and affordable foods. Some areas in the United States are classified as “food deserts”. This is when a person lives in a low-income area and has little access to healthy foods. Due to this restricted access, these people are more likely to develop CVD (Kelli et al., 2018). People in these areas do not have the option of healthy foods. There needs to be a change in the food landscape and education provided for the healthiest food options. These healthier options will help decrease a person’s risk of developing CVD, and it will help reduce the damage of CVD that a person may already have.
Access to healthcare is the fourth area that needs addressed in the United States. The cost of health care is high and some Americans are uninsured. Those two aspects combined, can cause a spike in developing CVD, as well as other diseases. A persons socioeconomic status is directly linked to CVD (Schultz et al,. 2018). If a person is struggling financially, they are less likely to seek routine medical treatment. This means people may not see a physician to be evaluated for risk factors, controlling comorbidities, taking prescribed medications, or undergoing diagnostic procedures to identify CVD and treat it accordingly. All of these things lead to increased risk in developing CVD.
What specific considerations do you want people to think about related to potential solutions to your issue? Why?
Although we will never cure CVD, there are many ways that we can reduce a person’s risk of developing CVD. Most importantly, we need to educate people and provide better food options. These are preventative measure that can reduce the number of people that suffer from CVD later. It is better to be proactive in choices and care, instead of reactive. At the point that people are hospitalized from CVD, the damage is done and cannot be reversed. By addressing the lack of education and access to heart healthy food, we can reduce the amount of spending on health care, future hospitalizations and deaths.
Regards,
Dana
References
Jiva, Erum Sohail. Atherosclerosis- preventing CVD by increasing awareness regarding risk factors. Journal of clinical lipidology, 16(1), e32-e34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacl.2021.09.044
Kelli, H. M., Hammadah, M., Ahmed, H., Yi-An Ko, Topel, M., Samman-Tahhan, A., Awad, M., Patel, K., Mohammed, K., Sperling, L. S., Pemu, P., Vaccarino, V., Lewis, T., Taylor, H., Martin, G., Gibbons, G. H., Quyyumi, A. A., & Ko, Y.-A. (2017). Association between living in food deserts and cardiovascular risk. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes, 10(9), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.116.003532
Schultz, W. M., Kelli, H. M., Lisko, J. C., Varghese, T., Shen, J., Sandesara, P., Quyyumi, A. A., Taylor, H. A., Gulati, M., Harold, J. G., Mieres, J. H., Ferdinand, K. C., Mensah, G. A., & Sperling, L. S. (2018). Socioeconomic Status and Cardiovascular Outcomes: Challenges and Interventions. Circulation, 137(20), 2166–2178. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.029652.
Second discussion Jun 1, 2022 3:42 AM
What are four (4) areas related to the issue that you would like to see people talk about more? Why?
More than 36 million people worldwide are living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV) which causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and sub-Saharan Africa which mostly records a greater portion of the said data surprisingly had a decline in AIDS-related mortality between 2010 and 2019 (UNAIDS, 2020), therefore, four areas related to the issue that I would like to see people talk about more include: Sex and HIV/AIDS education; Volunteering counseling; Access to healthcare center and Testing.
Educating people about the need to practice safe sex and discussing the causes, effects, and prevention of HIV/AIDS can help prevent future generations from spreading this deadly virus. Again, Volunteer counseling at various religious and cultural organizations can help spread the great news and create awareness about the disease thereby letting the people have an idea about it. Everybody should have access to the health center as healthcare professionals will educate them and keep promoting the need to practice safe sex, or abstinence, and the need to avoid sharing sharp objects. Finally, the media will be needed to broadcast the need to know your status, therefore, testing should be accessible to everyone. According to the National Library of Medicine, (2010), some of these areas have been effective strategies that are preventing the spread of the virus as people are being knowledgeable and reducing risky behaviors, therefore, I would like people to talk more about it.
What specific considerations do you want people to think about related to potential solutions to your issue? Why?
I would like people to think and know that this disease is deadly and have no cure so we can not joke around with it. Education about sexual activities is another important factor to let people know that it is okay to talk about sex and the risk involved when one is not practicing it safely since some cultures look at that word as an abomination. In a nutshell, Everybody should be involved in this issue of spreading awareness to help reduce this health inequity.
Reference
National Library Medicine. (2010). Keep talking about it: HIV/AIDS-related communication and prior HIV testing in Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Thailand. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866302/
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. (2020). UNAIDS data 2020. https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/2020_aids-data-book_en.pdf
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