If you were given the task to add another policy recommendation what would it be and why?

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The Diversity Movement

The diversity movement suggests that there is strength in our differences and that our differences enhance each other. At the same time, the movement insists that our differences should not have economic, social, or political consequences. We are entitled to the same access to resources and opportunities regardless of our differences. The human suffering from Hurricane Katrina and the images of victims has stimulated the debate about differential access to resources.

Read the report Women in the Wake of the Storm: Examining the Post-Katrina Realities of the Women of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. On the basis of your reading, create a report, answering the following:

  • Discuss the prominent dimensions of diversity revealed as a result of the Hurricane Katrina disaster.
  • Discuss factors that specifically influenced women’s vulnerability to Hurricane Katrina. While answering, consider the primary dimensions mentioned in the lectures as well as the secondary dimensions such as parental and marital status, income, educational level, military experience, geographic location, work background, and religious beliefs.
  • Describe the implications for healthcare organizations as a result of the disaster.
  • Discuss at least of two of the policy implications that are outlined in the report. If you were given the task to add another policy recommendation what would it be and why?

Make your report in a 4- to 5-page Microsoft Word document.

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

How do these stereotypes contribute to the poor being held responsible for their health status?

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Determinants of Health

Although inequalities in income and education underlie many health disparities, the poor are sometimes held responsible for their health status. For instance, Dr. Ichiro Kawachi, a Harvard University professor and social epidemiologist, reports that the ability to avoid negative health behaviors like smoking and eating unhealthy foods depends on access to “income, education, and the social determinants of health.” On the basis of your knowledge of the health of the poor, answer the following questions:

  • Should the poor be held responsible for their health disparities? Why or why not?
  • What are some common stereotypes of the poor? How do these stereotypes contribute to the poor being held responsible for their health status?
  • What conditions in your community promote or hinder healthy choices?
  • In addition to the above, consider the input that research on women has lagged behind research on men. Many health treatments that address health risks for women are based on research conducted on men. With reference to your understanding of the healthcare system, mention the factors that determine whether the health treatments based on research on men will be successful with women.

Describe at least two policies or strategies that can be implemented to improve access to healthcare services as they relate to the articles you reviewed.

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Access to Health Services

According to HealthyPeople.gov, access to comprehensive quality healthcare services is important for the achievement of health equity and for increasing the quality of a healthy life for everyone. Healthy People 2020 focuses on four components of access to care: coverage, services, timeliness, and workforce.

Create a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word document that addresses the following:

 

  • Explain the Healthy People 2020 components of access to care pertaining to
    • Coverage
    • Services
    • Timeliness
    • Workforce
  • Identify at least one consequence that a lack of access to healthcare has on women and girls.
  • Explain why access to care issues will need to be monitored even more closely within the U.S. healthcare system beginning 2014.
  • Find at least two scholarly journal articles that discuss all or at least one of the topic areas related to access to care as defined by Healthy People 2020. Provide a synopsis of each article.
  • Explain what type of barrier(s) (structural, financial, or socio-cultural) each article examines? Describe at least two policies or strategies that can be implemented to improve access to healthcare services as they relate to the articles you reviewed.

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

What is meant by the term exclusion criteria?

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PLEASE ALL QUESTIONS AND ARTICLE BEFORE YOU AGREE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT. THIS IS PART OF MY FINAL GRADE.

 

 

TEXT REFERENCE:

Boswell, C. & Cannon, S. (2013). Introduction to nursing research: Incorporating evidence 

 

based practice (3rd  ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.  ISBN: 1-4496-9507-8

 

 

 

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AND RETURN RESPONSE ON TIME…….

 

 

1. What is the research problem and purpose of the study?

 

 

2. What were the research methods used? Explain what “double-blinded” means in regards to the study.

 

 

3. Is the sample size adequate? Why?

 

 

4. What is meant by the term exclusion criteria? Please list at least 2 from this study.

 

 

5. What are the projected assumptions and outcomes for this research study?

 

 

6. Do the results address the research purpose? Why?

 

 

7. Discuss one weakness and one strength of the study.

 

 

8. What were the major conclusions of the study?

 

 

9. What did you gather from this study? What can nursing use from this research?

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What would the implications of diversity-based policy development be in relation to healthcare needs?

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To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use outside sources. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

 

Women and Healthcare

Women have healthcare requirements in addition to those of men because of their biology and gender roles. Due to their gender roles, they are frequently responsible for the health and healthcare of others. The resources they need to care for others may create constraints on their ability to care for themselves.

Also, it is important to consider the workplace when considering women’s health issues because the position of women in the workforce has great impact on the healthcare they receive. Many businesses have recognized the need to create a more diverse workforce by selective hiring based on the need to increase selected groups in their workforce. Some businesses have been more proactive than others. For example, let’s consider that a business workforce’s diversity plan includes the following benchmarks:

  • Maintain women’s representation at a minimum of 60 percent.
  • Increase women’s representation in nontraditional occupations from 16 percent to 20 percent.
  • Increase women’s representation in senior positions (grade twelve and above or equivalent) from 28 percent to 35 percent.

On the basis of what you have learned so far, answer the following questions:

  • How can the dimensions of diversity, such as age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and religion affect individual or collective healthcare needs and capabilities?
  • Could the above statements constitute discriminatory hiring practices? Why or why not?
  • What would the implications of diversity-based policy development be in relation to healthcare needs?
  • Describe a workforce diversity plan using at least three dimensions of diversity. Additionally, explain how it relates to improved health-service delivery.

 Why is a secondary analysis done?

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  1. Define these important terms from the chapter (look online for clarity/understanding).

     

 

    1. Mixed methods designs
    2. Clinical trial
    3. Exploratory design
    4. Nursing intervention research
    5. Secondary analysis
    6. Survey research

 

 

 

  1.  What is the purpose of mixed methods research?

     

     

     

     

     

     

  2.  Why is a secondary analysis done?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1.  What is a Meta-analysis?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What are the steps to Meta-analysis?

 

 

 

  1.  What is a Meta-synthesis?  Why is it done?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1.  What is meta-ethnography?  When is it used?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evaluate what impact local, state, and federal laws have on the health care industry.

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HCS/430 – LEGAL ISSUES IN HEALTH CARE: REGULATION AND COMPLIANCE

 

Signature Assignment: Laws and Regulations in Health Care

 

  • Use the health care regulation you selected in Week Three to complete this assignment. (HIPAA Privacy Rule)

Imagine you are a guest speaker at the Health Care Administrators conference. You have been asked to give a presentation that discusses what impact laws, regulatory agencies, and the use of technology have on the health care industry.

Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation that addresses the following:

  • Evaluate what impact local, state, and federal laws have on the health care industry.
  • Analyze the role of accreditation and regulatory agencies in the health care industry.
  • Evaluate what impact legal and regulatory requirements have on the development of organizational health care policies.
    • Analyze the regulatory issues and trends that have an impact on the health care industry.

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines. Include a title slide, an introduction slide, and detailed speaker notes with in-text citations to support your information as fact and give credit to your sources, a conclusion slide, and a reference slide.

 

Cite 3 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references.

What type of feedback will you gather to analyze, if the program was successful?

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Most Prevalent Health Issues

Select a program that you would like to develop in your community or city based on one of the six most prevalent serious health problems currently faced by communities today such as poverty, health security, and communicable diseases.

Based on your research, create a 2- to 3-page report in a Microsoft Word document including answers to the following questions:

· Identify your chosen problem and why it is a health community concern?

· Identify how you will assess the need for the program? What type of data will you review?

· How do you determine the target audience? List any one goal and three objectives. What do you want to achieve when you develop the program? What will be the outcome? What is the purpose of developing goal and objectives?

· How will you get people in the community involved to gain support for your proposal?

· What realistic method will be used to market the program in your community? Keep in mind the location, transportation, parking, and type of building.

· How will you implement the program? What type of “best practice” strategy will you include in your program?

· What type of feedback will you gather to analyze, if the program was successful? Why accurate feedback is critical to make certain, the program is a success? How will you collect objective data?

Provide at least two scholarly resources taken from the South University Online Library to support your efforts and topic.

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

How is the health issue disproportionately distributed or distributed unequally among certain populations (e.g. by age, race, gender etc.)?

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Final Group Project

HEED 103.101 and 103.151

150 Points

 

This is a research project in PowerPoint Format.  You must use credible sources when completing your research!

Description Points Possible
Choose a disease or health issue among the top 10 leading causes of death in the United States!  Describe the disease or health issue in complete detail. 10 points
Describe the causes of the disease or health issue.

 

 10 points
Describe the statistics of the disease or health issue.  Paint a complete picture of the health issue in the United States!  This can include a graphic representation, tables of data 10 points
Describe the occurring health disparities in regards to your disease or health issue using the statistics identified.  How is the health issue disproportionately distributed or distributed unequally among certain populations (e.g. by age, race, gender etc.)? 15 points
Examine the health topic and health disparities through the lens of 2 broad factors that contribute to behavior described in the Social-Ecological Web.  You must include research to support your ideas and link the contributing factor to your chosen health issue. 30 points

(15 pts. each)
Select an intrapersonal, interpersonal, or multi-level theory to and explain why it is appropriate for the health issue.  Apply the model theory to help understand the behavior that contributes to your chosen health issue.  Apply and describe how the constructs within the model/theory could be utilized to improve the health issue. 20 points
Based on you analysis of the health issue (the contributing factors identified from the Social-Ecological Web and the model theory used to explain or predict behavior), develop an intervention to improve health behavior that will improve health outcomes related to your chosen health issue.

Identify your target audience

 20 points

 

 

 

 

5 points
Develop promotion plan that utilizes Social Marketing techniques (the 4P’s) 15 points
Develop a communications campaign based off of your already developed promotion plan. 15 points
 

TOTAL POINTS

 

150

 

 

Helpful Links for Project

1. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm

 

2. http://dhmh.maryland.gov/vsa/sitepages/reports.aspx

 

3. http://dhmh.maryland.gov/vsa/documents/13annual.pdf

 

4. http://www.cdc.gov/datastatistics/

5. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/