Being a public administrator is an exceptionally demanding job. In the AIDS epidemic case study, Dr. Gayle’s work with the Center of Disease Control highlights some of these challenges that public administrators face. In addition to highlighting the challenges that public administrators face, Dr. Gayle also makes a strong role model for future public administrators. In her work with the Center of Disease Control, she had to deal with various social, economic, and political trials. Dr. Gayle was able to overcome numerous challenges by using external support, her professionalism, and her own individual power. Not only was Dr. Gayle a successful leader, she was also effective at uniting people and organizations in order to achieve goals. Public …show more content…
As exemplified in the case study of Dr. Helene Gayle, these resources offer strong support in dealing with all issues. Professionalism is using higher education, expertise, and specialization in order to gain support (Starling, 2011, p. 84). Dr. Gayle has plenty of professionalism and she utilizes it daily in her profession. One of the reasons why she was able to handle the political conflicts in the CDC was due to her reliance on her professionalism. She refers to herself as a ‘technocrat’ because she lets her medical background and expertise guide her decision-making as opposed to her political viewpoint (Riccucci, 2002, p.17). Dr. Gayle’s expertise gained her respect from her …show more content…
Gayle was able to use bases of her individual power to overcome all of the economic, social and political issues of addressing the AIDS epidemic. The way in which Dr. Gayle used these powers was through her expert power and legitimate power. Extremely similar to professionalism, expert power is when a public administrator uses their skills and knowledge to lead others (Starling, 2011, p. 85). Not only did her medical knowledge of AIDS assist her, her expert knowledge of different community also helped her to gain respect and power in the CDC. Dr. Gayle also had legitimate power. Legitimate power comes from a leader’s formal position (Starling, 2011, p. 85). Dr, Gayle was given legitimate power through her role as the director of the Washing CDC office, her role as the head of the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP), and lastly as her role as Senior Advisor to the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. All of these titles and leadership roles gave Dr. Gayle power to impact various areas of policy on dealing with the AIDS
HIV is a serious issue that is commonly pushed off and considered an irrelevant topic. In “AIDS, Inc.” by Helen Epstein, the topics of lifestyle brands and government funded organizations were discussed, and provided readers with an understanding of the depths of the disease. The excerpt discusses programs (i.e. loveLife) that had the potential and opportunity to save and inform many lives, but failed to do so, which continues to be a problem today. Our government is capable of helping and educating those who are infected, and anyone who could become infected. Instead of acting like having the disease is something to be ashamed of, governments should fund clinics that provide free HIV testing and free protection to all genders, create a structured
The destruction and devastation caused by the 'Black Death' of the Middle Ages was a phenomenon left to wonder at in text books of historical Europe. An unstoppable plague swept the continent taking as much as eighty percent of the European population along with it (Forsyth).
Professionalism is an adherence to a set of values comprising both a formally agreed-upon code of conduct and the informal expectations of colleagues, clients and society. The key values include acting in a patient's interest, responsiveness to the health needs of society, maintaining the highest standards of excellence in the practice of medicine and in the generation and dissemination of knowledge. In addition to medical knowledge and skills, medical professionals should present psychosocial and humanistic qualities such as caring, empathy, humility and compassion, as well as social responsibility and sensitivity to people's culture and beliefs. All these qualities are expected of members of highly trained professions.
During junior year, my thinking on what being a professional was expanded greatly. I was still dressing according to code, coming in on time and making sure to show respect, but I really broadened what I viewed as being a professional. While I did not look up professional practices of the hospital during my time on the unit, I did ask the staff and faculty their policies which govern their interventions. During my time, I found out about the MEWS score, and how this is used to determine the severity of a patient’s condition, and if the need for intervention exists. I also found out about flushing a hep-loc, and really provided privacy to patients. I did have a HIV positive patient, but it was undetermined if the family with this person knew, so any mention of the disease was done out of hearing range. Professionalism took on a whole new meaning during this semester in that dressing and
and the value of professional practice and what it requires. We see an example of said
In chapter 5 the section relating to The Restrictions on HIV-infected Healthcare Workers was an intriguing portion of the chapter. This topic seldom is discussed in the workplace or in upper level occupational health management. The discussion generally surrounds the healthcare worker and their protection measures against becoming affected from the patient. Rarely, do we hear about the HIV-infected worker and their obligations when working with the patient. The three ethical points surrounding the HIV-infected healthcare worker are, should the healthcare worker perform invasive procedures, should the HIV-infected healthcare worker inform their patients, and should the practice of the HIV-infected worker have restrictions? These were all question
PJP is known as Pneumocytis jiroveci and is a fungus that infects the lungs. This fungus mainly infects those with an unsubstantial immune system, in this case, HIV is the cause of a weakened immune system that allowed Pneumocytis jiroveci to infect the lungs. PJP is found in the environment and was very rare before the AIDS epidemic. The common symptoms of PJP are fever, fast breathing pattern, trouble breathing with activity, and a dry cough. PJP can be life threatening if allowed to lead to respiratory failure and progress to death, however early treatment is often effective with corticosteroids and anti-infection medications. https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000671.htm
As the AIDS epidemic in the United States advanced into the 1990s, it became clear that AIDS had a new target population. AIDS was no longer strictly a gay disease but was leaking into the general heterosexual population as well. Moreover, as the decade progressed, new cases of HIV infection were being increasingly identified in poor, minority communities. While the focus of the AIDS epidemic shifted from the high-profile male homosexual population to poor, minority communities, political activism and financial support for the fight against AIDS also began to decline. With the new limitations set by decreased public support and decreased financial resources, policy-makers, humanitarian organizations, and AIDS activists began to analyze how best to extend AIDS-related resources to these new target populations.
This article focuses on the collaboration of private and public partners to address and aid the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Brunne states that the success of these partnerships is dependent and influenced by the make-up of society. One thing that can have a major lasting impact on society is its history. In this case, the society's apartheid past plays a big role in the ability of public and private partners to come together and respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This will be a good source to reference in my paper as I'm explaining the steps being taken to eradicate or at least slow down the spreading of this devastating epidemic.
Case Study on Aids and Condoms. The AIDS virus is spreading rapidly throughout India and Brazil. Due to the differences in culture and political policies, these two countries are attacking the AIDS epidemic problem in two totally different ways. On one hand, Brazil plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on teaching public AIDS awareness to married women and Carnival goers. In comparison, India's government has identified specific targets of their society in order to reach the public and spread the information about AIDS awareness.
Apart from loss of human capital, that is; trained personnel in businesses, civil service and the non-for-profit sector, the AIDS pandemic has caused a drastic shift in the...
“If you can write it and you can say it, you can do it.” In a single sentence Professor Eric Claville succeeded in attracting me to the study of public administration. Sitting in Introduction to Public Policy class, I was instantly fascinated by the idea that through effective communication I could improve policies and programs to better serve the public. Professor Claville’s lessons enabled me to think analytically as I developed a scholarly policy brief entitled “Enforcing a State-wide Texting While Driving Law in Arizona”. Soon, I was faced with the notion that public administration was not only an agent for change, but a tool to fulfill my passion. It is a possible pathway to take on a leadership role that would make a difference for disadvantaged groups.
The study of public administration only continued to grow over the course of the next two decades. As the study of public administration expanded, so did the development of s...
Despite these criticisms, the reforms in public administration have had a widespread impact across this country and around the world. The principles underlying these reforms have enhanced government performance and accountability, public administration has employed various strategies to streamline management and enhance pubic service. It is important to keep in mind that while there may be significant improvement in productivity as a result of technological advances or reform, the most meaningful long-term gains will come about as a result of attention to the humans side of the organization. Successful public administration demands a successful balance between the concerns of the technical side of the agency and paying attention to people.
"Society demands that the men who minister to its health be in the highest sense of the word professional men − professionally trained, professional in their ethics, professionally responsible. Society demands professional training and professional conduct of the men who minister to its needs in legal matters. The fact that society demands less of the men who minister through news to its knowledge and attitudes is one of the great and dangerous inconsistencies that give shape to the twentieth century (Schramm, 1947, p. 90)."