The Effects Of Substance Abuse On Health Care - 897 Words

The result of the healthcare related questionnaire shows that, substance abuse which was of greatest concern in the County, followed by chronic disease such as cancer, lungs, heart, diabetes, and high blood pressure, next was the lack of access to health care, followed by teenage pregnancy; and finally homelessness. On the other hand the result of the safety questionnaire revealed that residents were most concerned about alcohol and drug abuse, followed by Gang-Related violence third was school violence, then child abuse and neglect, and unsafe/unprotected Sex (â€Å"Hudson County community,† 2007). Another phase of MAPP was the evaluation of the ability of the Local Public Health System in Hudson County to provide the 10 essential functions of the public health services to their residents. The only service of the essential services that was up to par was the area of diagnosis and investigating and the score for this service was 80.3 percent (â€Å"Hudson County community,† 2007). 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