Alyssa Walter

[Alyssa Walter @alyssawalter101]

@HMP403_PH I understand the grading system. Get well soon!!

[Alyssa Walter @alyssawalter101]

@HMP403_PH UNH promotes public health by providing plates in every dining hall that show healthy meal portions for each food group. #phin48hours

[Alyssa Walter @alyssawalter101]

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[Alyssa Walter @alyssawalter101]

@HMP403_PH UNH promotes a healthier environment overall by providing public trashcans around campus to keep students from littering. #PHin48hours

[Alyssa Walter @alyssawalter101]

UNH promotes public health by placing hand sanitizers all around campus to keep students healthy. #phin48hours

[Alyssa Walter @alyssawalter101]

@HMP403_PH UNH promotes recycling by places these bins all of campus, which creates a healthier society overall. #phin48hours

[Alyssa Walter @alyssawalter101]

@HMP403_PH These emergency lights help to ensure the safety of all students and faculty around campus. #phin48hours

[Alyssa Walter @alyssawalter101]

@HMP403_PH not only does riding bikes around campus help with air pollution, it is also a great workout. #PHin48hours

[Alyssa Walter @alyssawalter101]

@HMP403_PH During Vanessa’s presentation, I learned that the health of animals is crucial to public health because of zoonotic risk, which are diseases that can be passed from animals to humans.

[Alyssa Walter @alyssawalter101]

@HMP403_PH During Phil Alexakos’s presentation, I learned that many toxins have therapeutic uses under the right circumstances.

[Alyssa Walter @alyssawalter101]

If this opioid epidemic were to be stopped, our society would be saving billions of dollars. More importantly, hundreds of thousands of lives would also be saved. Public insurance programs funded about a fourth of the cost. #phtopics_2017

[Alyssa Walter @alyssawalter101]

In 2001, the NIDA created its public health action to hinder opioid use. Its approach consists of three parts: “ (1) enhancing our understanding of pain and its management; (2) preventing overdose deaths; and (3) effectively treating opioid addiction” (Volkow, 2014)#phtopics_2017

[Alyssa Walter @alyssawalter101]

Even though it may seem that young adults are at the highest risk for medication misuse, older adults actually are. This is due to their “elevated rates of pain, sleep disorders and anxiety” (SAMHSA). #phtopics_2017

[Alyssa Walter @alyssawalter101]

@HMP403_PH The increase in written prescriptions, the fact that it is a “social norm,” and clever marketing by pharmaceutical companies has caused this public health issue to spiral out of control. Together, these factors have created a whole new way to become addicted. #phtopics_2017

[Alyssa Walter @alyssawalter101]

@HMP403_PH Many people do not understand the disastrous outcomes of prescription drug abuse, allowing it to continuously rise among society.
It is estimated that between 26.4 million and 36 million people abuse opioids worldwide (Volkow, 2014). #phtopics_2017

[Alyssa Walter @alyssawalter101]

@HMP403_PH I don’t think it’s fair to associate gun violence with mental health issues. It is truly about being able to obtaining guns illegally. Many people suffer from mental health disorders without hurting anyone. https://t.co/7HrYT0RPuf
#makingsensePH

[Alyssa Walter @alyssawalter101]

...point in trying to fight or change it because of how “normal” diabetes is to them. @HMP403_PH #badsugarreact

[Alyssa Walter @alyssawalter101]

@HMP403_PH What surprised me the most was that it was almost expected for someone to get diabetes. The people feel like there is no point..

[Alyssa Walter @alyssawalter101]

@HMP403_PH into homes. Today, there are vaccines that protect against the virus & the rates of contracting it have decreased enormously. #phclasstopics

[Alyssa Walter @alyssawalter101]

@HMP403_PH 1962 epidemiologic studies of type B influenza. Results indicate that school children were the introducers of the infection...