Health Politics & Policy: Fifth Edition

Abstract
This paper explores the textbook Health Politics and Policy, Fifth Edition by authors James A. Morone and Daniel C. Ehlke (2013) and Body of Knowledge of Family and Consumer Sciences by Sharon Y. Nickols (2009). With this paper, I will explain some of the parts on how the textbook Health Politics and Policy, Fifth Edition written by the authors and numerous scholarly contributors relate to the body of knowledge. The textbook is compiled with many chapters that will be explain family health, family politics, and family policies. The book has a collection of publications by some of today’s finest political minds and policymakers. In a world of changing policies and politics, this fifth edition easily connects themes of the past and

Health Politics and Policy, Fifth Edition (Morone and Ehlke, 2013) guides you through the inner movements of health policymaking, from the law-based process to the way money impact people’s lives, and exhibits both modern and historical point of views in thrilling detail. A collection of publications by some of today’s finest political minds and policymakers. The book considers factors that mold the U.S. health care system and policy, such as values, government, and private players, and compares them to other countries for international context. The textbook even includes helpful learning techniques. In a world of changing policies and politics, this fifth edition easily connects themes of the past and modern-day dilemmas with a look to the future of health care politics in America. Likewise, the Body of Knowledge of Family and Consumer Sciences (Nickols, 2009) presents three categories of concepts: integrative elements, core concepts, and crosscutting themes. The body of knowledge paper is meant not simply to present the concepts but also to demonstrate their correlation, alliance, and interaction. The focus of the text is to present the core concepts of the paper: basic human needs, individual well-being, family strengths, and community vitality. In order to provide theoretical context, the integrative elements that support the body of knowledge life course development and human ecosystems are

When I think of basic human needs, I automatically think of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. It is a broadly used framework in the healthcare system identifying human basic needs as physiological (food and shelter), safety, love and belonging, self-esteem, and self-actualization. In similar fashion, after chapter 18 of the textbook eyewitness Alinea Noronha (2013) stated, “yet you also learn about a hierarchy that exists and is often reflected in seating arrangements when you enter a room.” Community vitality measures how good human needs are met and focuses on providing an environment conducive to individual and family well-being (Nickols, 2009). A community is a group of individuals living in a specific area. There are several types of communities and in like manner in chapter 1 author Stone (2013) stated, “different interpretations of efficiency and fairness define different kinds of community.” Also, in chapter 1 contributor Stone (2013) stated, “but the hospital is also a community institution and a major local employer”, and all the policies implemented throughout the textbook was made to improve the many community health systems so that basic human needs are being