Explain which social determinants of health are identified as well as the programs that are identified that address these social determinants.

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Social determinants

Question #1 In your own words: • Define leading health indicators

• Define social determinants of health

• Describe the difference between the two

Question #2 Summarize the article. Explain which social determinants of health are identified as well as the programs that are identified that address these social determinants.

Explain how the social determinants of health that are identified impact individual and community health.

Question #3 Select and describe one social determinant of health. In what ways can this social determinant of health influence one of the leading health indicators? For example, for the leading health indicator of oral health care, you might discuss the different social factors that impact oral health like socioeconomic status.

Discuss the value and importance of three (3) of the services.

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Read the updated 2020 10 Essential Public Health Services: https://phnci.org/uploads/resource-files/EPHS-English.pdf

Review the 10 EPHS in the framework and write an essay with the following information:

1. Discuss the value and importance of three (3) of the services.

2. Research online an example of each of the three services you selected (include the URL/website link of the examples) to demonstrate what the service looks like in practical public health.

What projects are they currently working on that are related to public health, epidemiology, disease outbreaks, or healthcare-acquired infections?

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list three (3) different organizations you would like to do your project on. Why did you choose them?
Review the organizations’ websites and try to make contact with someone at the organization.

What projects are they currently working on that are related to public health, epidemiology, disease outbreaks, or healthcare-acquired infections?

Respond to at least two (2) of your classmates’ or your instructor’s posts. Comment on the organizations they chose. Which organizations do you think are the best options and why?

Which factors contribute to this statistic? Are there differences between healthcare “needs” and “wants” in this population? How could you close this gap?

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It is often stated that excess mortality is higher in low socioeconomic populations. Visit the Kaiser Family Foundation and read about the reasons behind these disparities.

Which factors contribute to this statistic? Are there differences between healthcare “needs” and “wants” in this population? How could you close this gap?

Discuss a healthcare law that may have been broken by an employee of St. Martha’s General Hospital.

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For this discussion prompt, you will use the St. Martha’s General Hospital Scenario. After reviewing that scenario and reviewing the laws that you learned this week,

Discuss a healthcare law that may have been broken by an employee of St. Martha’s General Hospital.

Identify any scenario where the law has been broken. Discuss the major points of the law.

Analyze the facts of the hypothetical situation against that law to explain how the employee broke the law. Support your ideas with evidence from your readings.

Explain which social determinants of health are identified as well as the programs that are identified that address these social determinants.

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In your own words:
• Define leading health indicators

• Define social determinants of health

• Describe the difference between the two

Summarize the article.

Explain which social determinants of health are identified as well as the programs that are identified that address these social determinants.

Explain how the social determinants of health that are identified impact individual and community health.

Select and describe one social determinant of health.

In what ways can this social determinant of health influence one of the leading health indicators? For example, for the leading health indicator of oral health care, you might discuss the different social factors that impact oral health like socioeconomic status.

Explain and describe cultural and/or ethical, legal or regulatory issues related to your topic. 

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Improving health care for transgendered people

This week, you will find three scholarly, peer-reviewed research articles on your topic. Remember that next week you will submit a paper on Cultural and/or Ethical perspectives of inquiry, so use this week’s assignment to prepare materials and collect information for that purpose.

Explain and describe cultural and/or ethical, legal or regulatory issues related to your topic.

 

How does the author use rhetorical strategies to sell this product to its audience?

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Describe, deconstruct, and analyze the advertisement by answering the following items:

Where did you find the advertisement ?

Briefly describe the scenario depicted in the advertisement.

What product is advertised?

Who is the audience for this advertisement? How do you know this?

Identify the main claim in the advertisement.

Is the claim credible? Why or why not? Use class terminology to explain.

What might make the claim more credible? What might make it less credible?

How does the author use rhetorical strategies to sell this product to its audience?

Does the advertisement reveal any cognitive biases? Which ones and how?

 

list and discuss possible data sources for this information, and explain why you think there has been a lack of progress.

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Leading Health Indicator (LHI)

Since 1990, the U.S. government has published 10-year national objectives for improving the health of Americans.

A select group of 26 objectives is monitored periodically and published on the Healthy People website. The most recent science-based goals, Healthy People 2020, were published in 2010 and expanded the goals to four major areas:

General health status

Health-related quality of life and well-being

Determinants of health

Disparities

Choose one of the Leading Health Indicator (LHI) topics for which there was little or no detectable change or one that has been getting worse. Summarize the LHI you chose, list and discuss possible data sources for this information, and explain why you think there has been a lack of progress.

 

Discuss why you think the incidence was low. Include the human and environmental factors that could have contributed.

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H1N1 Outbreak 

The outbreak of the novel H1N1 flu virus in 2009 caused widespread anxiety throughout the world.

However, the incidence of this flu was lower than anticipated.

Briefly describe the time line of this outbreak and the ways in which it was investigated.

Discuss why you think the incidence was low. Include the human and environmental factors that could have contributed.

Be sure to support your opinions with scholarly evidence from your readings.