Not only is health care issues nationally but it's also a local issue which obviously means that this issue is located where I live. [1] Chicago was ranked 215th out of 306 healthcare markets by a report from the Commonwealth Fund. This is how my issues connects to Chicago. It was ranked so low due to high costs, high rates of uninsured, very high rates of potentially preventable hospital admissions and low rates of preventative care such as screening for breast and colon cancer. This could be because in Chicago, in specific areas there's too many hospitals and in other areas, there are no hospitals, at all. Now, it connects to the larger U.S by five biggest problems affecting health care. [2] Too much unnecessary care; overuse and unnecessary care accounts for anywhere from one third to one half of all health care costs, Avoidable harm to patients; one in four Medicare beneficiaries that are admitted to a hospital suffers some form of harm during their stay, billions of dollars are being wasted; a third or more of health costs are wasted, perverse Incentives in how we pay for care; our payment system encourages them and lastly, lack of transparency; consumers deserve to know the rates of specific hospitals. These five reasons are the main reasons why the US is suffering from health care issues and this is how it connects to the larger US.
To think globally and act locally means to take action, it means to do something for an issue that is going around the world. Thinking globally refers to thinking about the issue that is known worldwide and maybe since you can not do nothing big about that issue, you need to act locally, meaning that you need to take action right there where you live. You can take action by joining an organization or club.
How activists in our local community are working to address the areas of critical global concern is by them creating clubs and organizations. They are recruiting teenagers that are interested in helping others and those that are wanting to learn about global concerns. One organization is LVEJO, a latino organization that is run by students and other studied people. What LVEJO does is that it informs people around the community about the problems that they do not know about. It informs them and they tell them how to take care of themselves and their families.
A way that students can partner with local organizations to become activist allies in addressing areas of concern is by getting involved, talking to people, asking questions. These are the main three things that they can do. If they get involved in school and in their community, they can meet people in organizations and if they ask questions, they are going to succeed and soon become a huge change in their community. They can become that huge change by them fixing a problem and informing their community.
The way that students can create original community activist projects that are modeled after successful existing organizations is by doing research and performing other projects so that they could have more experience. Doing research can increase their knowledge and their will to keep on going and since they are going to have experience, they are already going to know what to do and what things they need to record.
To think globally and act locally means to take action, it means to do something for an issue that is going around the world. Thinking globally refers to thinking about the issue that is known worldwide and maybe since you can not do nothing big about that issue, you need to act locally, meaning that you need to take action right there where you live. You can take action by joining an organization or club.
How activists in our local community are working to address the areas of critical global concern is by them creating clubs and organizations. They are recruiting teenagers that are interested in helping others and those that are wanting to learn about global concerns. One organization is LVEJO, a latino organization that is run by students and other studied people. What LVEJO does is that it informs people around the community about the problems that they do not know about. It informs them and they tell them how to take care of themselves and their families.
A way that students can partner with local organizations to become activist allies in addressing areas of concern is by getting involved, talking to people, asking questions. These are the main three things that they can do. If they get involved in school and in their community, they can meet people in organizations and if they ask questions, they are going to succeed and soon become a huge change in their community. They can become that huge change by them fixing a problem and informing their community.
The way that students can create original community activist projects that are modeled after successful existing organizations is by doing research and performing other projects so that they could have more experience. Doing research can increase their knowledge and their will to keep on going and since they are going to have experience, they are already going to know what to do and what things they need to record.
[1] Reida, M. (2012, April 6). Can Chicago's Health Care Problems Be Healed? Retrieved April 22, 2015, from http://gapersblock.com/mechanics/2012/04/06/can-chicagos-health-care-problems-be-healed/
[2] Binder, L. (2013, February 21). The Five Biggest Problems In Healthcare Today. Retrieved April 22, 2015, from http://www.forbes.com/sites/leahbinder/2013/02/21/the-five-biggest-problems-in-health-care-today/
[2] Binder, L. (2013, February 21). The Five Biggest Problems In Healthcare Today. Retrieved April 22, 2015, from http://www.forbes.com/sites/leahbinder/2013/02/21/the-five-biggest-problems-in-health-care-today/