What is a contemporary health issue?

Published

My instructor asked me what was a contemporary health issue I saw this week in the hospital. I tried googling

I found this definition

"A contemporary health issue is a health concern that involves diseases referred by a society as killer diseases that are un-treatable. These diseases are considered to be the primary cause of people's death they include; cancer, heart diseases and stroke."

I had a child who has diabetes type 1. Would this be the contemporary health issue?

please and thank you

Up Vote Up Vote ×

No. The contemporary health issue would relate to the disease process. So, for example, you might want to do a search for news relating to T1, such as the increase in the number of children being diagnosed with it.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Ohhhh gotcha! thank you very much!

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in NICU.

Type I used to be called "Juvenile Diabetes" and Type II used to be called "Adult onset Diabetes", but more and more children are being diagnosed with type II. With childhood obesity on the rise there are more children being diagnosed with type II so they removed the labels. That is a contemporary health issue

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Join the Discussion