How do 20-something males (P) with a diagnosis of below the waist paralysis (I) perceive their interactions with their romantic significant others (O) during the first year after their diagnosis (T)?

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Picot Questions

Sample Questions:

Intervention: In African–American female adolescents with hepatitis B (P), how does acetaminophen (I) compared to ibuprofen (C) affect liver function (O)?

Etiology: The question could read: Are 30– to 50–year–old women (P) who have high blood pressure (I) compared with those without high blood pressure (C) at increased risk for an acute myocardial infarction (O) during the first year after hysterectomy (T)?

Diagnosis: In middle–aged males with suspected myocardial infarction (P), are serial 12–lead ECGs (I) compared to one initial 12–lead ECG (C) more accurate in diagnosing an acute myocardial infarction (O)?

Prognosis/Prediction: 1) For patients 65 years and older (P), how does the use of an influenza vaccine (I) compared to not received the vaccine (C) influence the risk of developing pneumonia (O) during flu season (T)?

2) In patients who have experienced an acute myocardial infarction (P), how does being a smoker (I) compared to a non–smoker (C) influence death and infarction rates (O) during the first 5 years after the myocardial infarction (T)?

Meaning: How do 20–something males (P) with a diagnosis of below the waist paralysis (I) perceive their interactions with their romantic significant others (O) during the first year after their diagnosis (T)?

Begin the process of gathering your sources by first searching for your topic in Google Scholar or using databases available through the UTA Libraries such as PubMed. Locate three to five peer-reviewed articles that may contain useful information and ideas on your topic. Briefly examine and review the actual articles, selecting your final three sources.

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Annotated Bibliography Assignment

An annotated bibliography requires you to find a source of evidence-based information (journal article, book or public health document) and write a brief descriptive and evaluative paragraph (annotation). Upon identification of your team health issue or topic, each team member will be responsible for development of three annotations. This assignment works much like a puzzle in that your team gathers the puzzle pieces and then, through group communication, you discuss how those pieces fit together to reveal the whole picture, or in this case, how an evaluation of the information and your own opinions frame an evidence-based recommended course of action related to your health topic. As you develop your proposed course of action (solutions) you will need to include how social determinants of health affect this issue and include your proposals for solution.

In public health, the questions asked often include the following aspects:
WHAT is the health issue or topic? (i.e., condition or disease or issue)
WHY is it important?
WHO does the health issue affect? People/population/problem (What are the characteristics of the population?
Comparisons (What is the alternative to the intervention? How is this health issue addressed? What measures are in place to PREVENT worsening of the health issue?)
Outcomes (What are the relevant outcomes of this health issue? i.e., morbidity, death, complications)

Assignment Instructions:
1. Select a Topic: As a team, choose a public health issue or topic, see the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) List of Diseases and Conditions for a list of topics to get you started: https://www.cdc.gov/DiseasesConditions/Links to an external site.

2. Assess Sources: Begin the process of gathering your sources by first searching for your topic in Google Scholar or using databases available through the UTA Libraries such as PubMed. Locate three to five peer-reviewed articles that may contain useful information and ideas on your topic. Briefly examine and review the actual articles, selecting your final three sources.

3. Read the Peer-reviewed Articles: Read each article and summarize the author’s main points. Be sure you pay special attention to how this particular source fits into the larger, ongoing public health conversation about the topic. A good approach to this is to list main points and then tie those together in a written paragraph.

4. Research the Author/Publication: Conduct a brief search on the author to determine his/her expertise, reputation, and credibility. Look at citations, articles, and books by this author to find information about who the author is, what his/her credentials are, and what occupation or position he/she holds. Similar to your author search, examine the publication or source to determine the publication’s reputation, credibility and target reader/researcher. Is the text specialized or general? Is the target audience clinicians (i.e., physicians, research scientists) or another audience such as public health professionals, university students or persons in the community? (Core Objectives: Critical Thinking, Communication, Empirical and Quantitative, and Teamwork Skills.)

5. Develop Three Written Annotations: Now that you have reviewed your three articles, you will individually write three annotations that are between 150-200 words, summarizing the central theme and scope of the article. The annotation must be written in APA style. NOTE: Use Times New Roman size 12 font for this assignment.

Plagiarism-USE ONLY YOUR SUMMARY! DO NOT COPY AND PASTE FROM THE INTERNET OR USE WORK SUBMITTED FOR ANOTHER COURSE! The Unicheck index should be no more than 20% for this assignment, due to the short length.
Writing Errors- NO QUOTES, NO SECONDARY CITATIONS AND WRITE ONLY IN THIRD-PERSON TENSE. CHECK FOR SPELLING, PUNCTUATION, GRAMMAR AND DICTION BEFORE YOU SUBMIT.

Create a PowerPoint presentation with at least eight (8) slides of content that you can use to inform your organization about the challenges faced by underserved populations in the community.

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Assess the value of multiculturalism and diversity in a global environment.

Minority, marginalized and vulnerable populations have been known to face more challenges accessing quality healthcare. In this Assignment, you will explore how a systems approach to coordinating care can help meet the needs of these populations.

Create a PowerPoint presentation with at least eight (8) slides of content that you can use to inform your organization about the challenges faced by underserved populations in the community.

Choose a minority, marginalized, or vulnerable population.
Describe at least two challenges they face with accessing and moving through the healthcare system (uninsured, underinsured, low literacy, language barrier, etc.).
Discuss how a systems approach to proper care coordination would positively impact the challenges you identified.
Describe how this approach will meet the patients’ needs, priorities, and expectations.
How can raising the standard of care for underserved populations affect the health care system as a whole?

What are the major questions raised by the author(s) of the article? What are the underlying assumptions or theoretical unpinning of this article?

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Public Health Question

Answer the following questions using the format below as headings. You must answer all questions for each article. The length of each article reflection reviewed must be 2‐3 pages (Times New Roman 12 font, double ‐spaced, APA style). Before answering the questions, please reference the article in APA format at the top of page one.

Questions to be answered:

1. What are the major questions raised by the author(s) of the article?

2. What are the underlying assumptions or theoretical unpinning of this article?

3. What methodology was used? (Design, data source(s), analytic approach)

4. What are the main conclusions reached by the author(s)?

5. What theoretical or methodological contribution does the author’s work make to the field of health disparities or health equity?

6. In what specific ways is the author’s argument intellectually unsatisfying, inconsistent, or incomplete?

7. Are the proposed solutions offered in this article, if any, feasible or practical in real-world terms? Explain why or why not?

8. What additional questions does this work raise and how might you go about investigating those?

Critically Analyse four (4) occupational diseases that a worker may be exposed to in any Omani workplace.

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CRITICALLY ANALYSE FOUR (4) OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES

Critically Analyse four (4) occupational diseases that a worker may be exposed to in any Omani workplace. Your analysis should give details of the agent responsible for the disease mentioned, route(s) of exposure, symptoms, target organ(s), and prevention measures.

Critically appraise two articles of your choice which were selected in HSC 852 to address your PICO(T) question: In African American women who are pregnant, how does the utilization of evidence-based practice models, such as the Gabby Preconception Model, help to reduce the maternal mortality rate.

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Evidence-based interventions to reduce maternal mortality, an African-American women

Critically appraise two articles of your choice which were selected in HSC 852 to address your PICO(T) question: In African American women who are pregnant, how does the utilization of evidence-based practice models, such as the Gabby Preconception Model, help to reduce the maternal mortality rate.

What changes do you notice between the third dialogue and the first pair of dialogues? What practices caused those changes?

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Discussion

Background

Free floating denial: In your text, it is noted that clients with co-occurring disorders often demonstrate different forms of denial, depending in part on the skills and training of the professional interviewing them. Contrast the following two hypothetical interviews. The client is a man who is assumed to be 25-year old and is recovering from the aftereffects of a head injury he suffered while intoxicated:

Counselor: So, we are meeting here to discuss your substance use, to try and determine whether you have a substance problem.

Client: Can you speak up a bit? The accident left me with a hearing problem.

Counselor (speaking more loudly): In the year before your accident, how often would you say you would drink alcohol in the typical week?

Client: I can’t remember much of the year before the accident. I was told by the doctors that I probably won’t be able to regain any of those memories back.

Counselor: All right, how far back does your memory allow you to recall things clearly?

Client: Two or three years back.

Counselor: Then describe what your alcohol use pattern was like 2–3 years ago.

Client: Oh, it was not a problem back then. I hardly ever used alcohol. But I can’t remember clearly, because of my head injury. Sorry.

Now contrast this with the following hypothetical interview between a physician and the same client the next day:

Physician: Well, you seem to be recovering quite well. But your alcohol and drug misuse bothers me.

Client: Oh. The counselor told me that I don’t have a problem. We discussed this yesterday and he said that I did not even seem to misuse alcohol. I never use drugs, so that is not a problem. But my shoulder still hurts me a lot.

Physician: Does it hurt when you move your shoulder in a specific way, or does it hurt all the time?

Client: All the time. Can you give me something for the pain?

In this hypothetical set of conversations, you can see how the client shifted the focus away from his substance use to his medical condition when meeting with the counselor, and then away from his substance use to a physical problem when meeting with the physician (with a ploy to obtain painkillers tossed in for good measure). Thus, clear and continuous communications between the professionals who are involved in the patient’s treatment is always necessary. For example:

Counselor: So, we are meeting here to discuss your substance use, to try and determine whether you have a substance problem.

Client: Can you speak up a bit? The accident left me with a hearing problem.

Counselor (speaking more loudly): Really? Dr. Smith did not mention that in his notes. I will have to mention it to Dr. Smith when we meet later this afternoon and Dr. Smith will want to discuss that problem with you. But let us move on. In the year before your accident, in a typical week how often would you consume alcohol?

Client: I can’t remember much of the year before the accident. I was told by the doctors that I probably won’t be able to regain any of those memories back.

Counselor: Hmmm. The neuropsychological test results did not suggest either short-term or long-term memory problems. It is strange that you cannot remember that information now.

Client: Can I see the report?

Counselor: You can discuss the report and the conclusions with the neuropsychologist after we are finished. Right now, we are discussing your alcohol use in the year prior to your accident. . .

Discussion Questions

  • What changes do you notice between the third dialogue and the first pair of dialogues?
    What practices caused those changes?

Additional information

Select learning opportunities to meet development objectives and reflect personal learning style. Produce a plan for own professional development, using an appropriate source of support.

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Prepare a professional development plan

What you have written is great so far

This was my tutors feedback

3.1 – 3.3 This is a great improvement to this piece of work. Add more detail to your professional development plan, such as the specific qualifications you aim to obtain and the specific in house training you wish to do. Please also add the dates in which you wish to achieve these targets – you can then measure yourself against these targets which you have set as part of your process to evaluate the effectiveness of your plan.

3.1 Select learning opportunities to meet development objectives and reflect personal learning style.

3.2 Produce a plan for own professional development, using an appropriate source of support.

3.3 Establish a process to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan.

What is the broad question or problem being investigated? Why is it important? What are any narrower questions addressed in this study? What is the gap in the previous literature that this study is seeking to elucidate?

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CLOSE READING

Find one empirical research article, or a literature review on a subject of interest. The article should have been published within 5-10 years ago. Read it in depth. Print it out and annotate it in the margins. Your annotations should include:

  • 1) the main ideas in your own words;
  • 2) A statement about why the research is significant.
  • 3) Highlighting of the most important supporting information that you think should be included in a summary.
  • 4) Any questions you have or ideas that are not clear to you.
  • 5) Any evaluation you may have about the work or its authors.
  1. WRITE A SUMMARY

Then using your notes, summarize the study in one or two paragraphs. Do not state your opinion and avoid judgements of any kind. Simply summarize the research as concisely as possible in your own words. Do not use direct quotation. Do not include your own opinion or analysis. Use a scientific style. (seeThe Art of Writing Science). Be clear and concise. Avoid wordiness (examples). Use as few words as you need to communicate effectively. As you work, be sure to consider the following.

THE RESEARCH QUESTION

  • What is the broad question or problem being investigated? Why is it important?
  • What are any narrower questions addressed in this study?
  • What is the gap in the previous literature that this study is seeking to elucidate?
  • What is the author’s hypothesis if one is clearly stated?

METHODS

  • What research methods were used?
  • What population was studied?
  • How was the data analyzed?

RESULTS and DISCUSSION

  • What were the findings?
  • What were the author’s conclusions?
  • What evidence did the author use to support the conclusions?

FUTURE RESEARCH

  • Identify any weaknesses or limitations of the study.
  • What might be some directions for future research?

 

What is your definition of a healthcare administrator? What do you see as critical characteristics needed by individuals working in this field?

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Definition of Healthcare Administration

Healthcare administrators have many duties and titles. Effective administrators share many of the same critical characteristics.

Use the following questions to develop an original response to the discussion prompt.

What is your definition of a healthcare administrator?
What do you see as critical characteristics needed by individuals working in this field?