Unfortunate Elevation of Suicide Rate in America
Unfortunate Elevation of Suicide Rate in America
Identify the Population Health concern you selected.
Unfortunate Elevation of Suicide Rate in America
Describe the Population Health concern you selected and the factors that contribute to it.
Suicide is mental illness when people direct violence at themselves with intent to end their life which is a major public health problem and leading cause of death in America. According to Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suicide is tenth leading cause of death in US claiming the lives of over 47,0000 people. During 2001 – 2017 total rate increase is 31 percent from 10.7 – 14.0 per 100,000 and in male suicide is four times higher than female (National Institute of Mental Health).
Administration (President Name)
(Current President)
Donald J Trump
(Previous President)
Barack Obama
(Previous President)
George W Bush
Describe the administrative agenda focus related to this issue for the current and two previous presidents.
President Trump issued a “National call to Action to Empower Veterans and End the National tragedy by Veteran Suicide”, this administrative agenda focuses on improving the quality of life of America’s Veterans and ending the tragedy of veteran’s suicide. Despite significant efforts and billions of dollar investment veteran’s suicide has raise to 26 percent from 2005-2016. President’s aim through this agenda is to revolutionize the VA healthcare system (U.S. Department of Veterans affairs,2016).
President Trump signed, the National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2018, which made civilian to access suicide crisis prevention by direct 3-digit number rather than long 10 digits (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention,2018).
In Obama’s administration, Affordable Care Act played crucial role in extension of mental health and substance use disorder benefits and parity protection among individuals who were suffering from mental health illness. Obama also focused in prevention of American Veteran suicide by making easy access to the mental health providers. President proclaimed September 10,2015 as world suicide prevention day by making awareness to citizen, government agencies, organization, health care institute and research institute. He focused on prevention of bullying and harassment which is major leading cause of suicide among teenagers
(The Whitehouse,2015).
In Bush’s administration, suicide was introduced as one of the serious mental health problems among civilian and veterans. In 2001 Bush’s agenda was focused in serving all person at risk of suicide in US through network of local, certified crisis call center. This program now called the National Suicide prevention lifeline. Agenda primary focus was to make it available 24/7. In 2009 on supervision of Bush VA added 1-1 “chart service” for veteran who prefer to reach through internet (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2012).
President Bush signed H.R. 327, the “Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act” and H.R. 1284 the “ Veterans compensation cost-of-living adjustment act,2007) into law which required VA to develop and implement a comprehensive program to reduce the incidence of suicide among veterans and increase beneficiaries of veteran’s disability compensation(Office of press secretary,2007).
Identify the allocations of financial and other resources that the current and two previous presidents dedicated to this issue.
