child’s health and veteran homelessness

Child’s health and Veteran Homelessness
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Child’s health and Veteran Homelessness
Children’s health is essential for their development, school readiness, and wellness. As a parent, one must consider promoting their child’s health through broadening positive influence on child’s physical activities. Also, by managing proper eating lifestyle and promoting policies that enhance positive and healthy living both at home and in school (Pediatrics 2013). Schools are a part of a child’s life and their involvement in ensuring positive health is essential. As such, schools must ensure they provided mandatory physical education since inactivity is the biggest threat to child obesity (Datz. 2018). In addition, compulsory recess program must be included in the curriculum to help in child’s cognitive, emotional and socio-physical development. Lastly, what children eat determine their state of health and therefore, proper eating diet and healthy foods should be improvised on schools menu (“The National School Lunch Program.” 2017). The National lunch program must ensure children have access to affordable and healthy lunch at schools (Gunderson, 2017). This will help reduce cases of obesity and underfeeding among children, boosting their health.
Homeless veteran is becoming a major social issue in the United States especially with the changing demographics of homeless veterans. However, the logic to eradicate homeless veteran is simple and economically compelling.

One major concern is through introducing comprehensive housing programs through the department of housing, labor, and community-based organizations (“FACT SHEET: Preventing and Ending Veteran Homelessness” 2015). Providing funded homeless shelters especially for female veteran and those with families through the Veteran Affairs program (“Veteran Homeless Facts.” 2018). In addition, introducing coordinated engagement and outreach program to help mental disable and addicted veteran seek help. This includes identifying veterans who are strongly affected and linking them to local housing organizing and shelter emergency services (National Alliance to End Homelessness. 2015). Lastly, introducing housing first approach to help increase veteran access to housing can help reduce the number of homeless veterans in the states.
References
“FACT SHEET: Preventing and Ending Veteran Homelessness” (April 20, 2015). The White House Office of the First Lady. Retrieved from https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/04/20/fact-sheet-preventing-and-ending-veteran-homelessness
“The National School Lunch Program,” (2017). United States Department of Agriculture USDA.
“Veteran Homeless Facts,”(2018) Green doors, Homes Through Community Partnership. Retrieved from http://greendoors.org/facts/veteran-homelessness.php
Datz. T. (2018). Poll Finds Lack of Physical Education in Public Schools a Concern of Parents, The President and Fellows of Harvard College.
Gunderson, G. W. (2017) National School Lunch Act, Food and Nutrition Service
National Alliance to End Homelessness. (April 22, 2015). Veteran Homelessness. Retrieved from https://endhomelessness.org/resource/veteran-homelessness/
Pediatrics (2013). “The Crucial Role of Recess in School”. American Academy of Pediatric