Allocating Public Health Resources
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Allocating Public Health Resources
In my opinion, it would be best to focus my energy on identifying the reason why so many people are floating down the river. I believe in the adage that says, “prevention is better than cure.” This means that it is easier to stop something from occurring in the first place than to repair the damage after it has occurred. Therefore, I would go upstream to find out why injured people are ending up in the river. This is essential because identifying the reason is critical to prevent more injured people from drowning. I believe that staying where I am and pulling people off the river would be counterproductive; metaphorically, this action can be described as trying to fill a bucket that has holes with water. No matter how many people I pull out of the water, more will end up in the river, and I would not progress. In the end, I will just become worn out.
The proportion of preventing the cause of the injuries in the first place should be higher than Helping injured people. Therefore, I would allocate more resources on prevention than on aiding the injured. As aforementioned, I believe in preventing something rather than dealing with the aftermath of the damage caused. This is because prevention is more economical and productive than providing a cure (Bell and Friis, 2019). In this regard, putting more effort into preventing the cause of the injuries will serve to reduce the number of victims since the cause will be have been dealt with. This is both economical and productive in that the number of resources required will decrease after the root cause of the problem is identified.
Reference
Bell, N. M., and Friis, R. H. (2019). Community and public health (2nd ed.). Retrieved
from https://content.ashford.edu
