What does it mean to think critically? What are the various dimensions of critical thinking? That is, what do critical thinkers do or how do we assess the quality of critical thinking? Analyze one of the critical dimensions. How does critical thinking apply to leaders? Managers? Organizations?

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Discussion 1

In both the academic (student) and professional (career) domains, critical thinking is a valued skill.. Your professors assess the depth of critical thinking and might urge you to consider col predefined Similarly managers might ask about your critical thinking skill and ask you to provide examples of how you have demonstrated such skill.

Select any one of the following starter bullet point sections. Review the important themes within) questions of each bullet point. The sub questions are designed to get you thinking about some of the important issues. Your response should provide a succinct synthesis of the key themes in a way that articulates a clear promising position, or conclusion supported by research. Select a different bullet point section than what your classrngt7Liii have already posted so that we can engage several discussions on relevant topics. If all of the bullet points have’ been addressed, then you may begin to re-use the bullet points with the expectation that varied responses continue.

• What does it mean to think critically? What are the various dimensions of critical thinking? That is, what do critical thinkers do or how do we assess the quality of critical thinking? Analyze one of the critical dimensions. How does critical thinking apply to leaders? Managers? Organizations?

• Review the material you’ve read in course lectures and the assigned textbook :selections. and challenging critical question you would like to raise about this material? (Your question may be a ca: something controversial, about which you have your doubts. It may suggest that a theory or a model -weaknesses, challenge the truth of proposed relationships between variables, or assess the value of a  suggested practice.) Defend your perspective.

• South University has four specific objectives called Student Learning Outcome, (SLOs), SLOB Specialization expertise (content and competency) critical thinking communication. Briefly define each of those objectives and assess how they might interact with or influence one other. Summarize a development plan you might see for yourself to enhance your skill for each objective. How might mastery of the objectives enhance your career path?’

After reading the textbooks and reviewing research on the Internet, do you confer with the hypothesis? Why or why not? Explain your rationale at arriving at your answer.

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Lung Cancer

You are planning a case-control study of lung cancer to test the hypothesis that vegetable consumption is protective against lung cancer. After reading the textbooks and reviewing research on the Internet, do you confer with the hypothesis? Why or why not?

Explain your rationale at arriving at your answer. (text books) 1. Managerial Epidemiology Principals and Applications/Amir A. Khaliq 2. chptrs 14&15. 2. Epidemiology for Public Health Practice/Robert H. Frilis/Thomas A. Sellers 9&10

According to this week’s readings, what do you know about some of the family characteristics of this couple? What are some critical aspects of retirement that are applicable? What do you project their longevity to be? If they were a couple in your community, what living options would you recommend for them?

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Adult Life Transitions

Read the following vignette.

Mr. and Mrs. DeGuzman have been married for 54 years. He was recently in a car accident where he hit a parked vehicle. His health was already compromised, and with this recent event, he is now admitted to a hospital and needs a breathing machine. His wife and two grown sons are considering hospice. They live in a single-story home. Mrs. DeGuzman has been a homemaker all her life. She was never involved in many activities and would identify her recently deceased twin sister as her “best and only friend.” They live off Social Security and a small pension from the Train Operators fund.

Write a 350- to 700-word response to the following questions based on the vignette selected:

According to this week’s readings, what do you know about some of the family characteristics of this couple?
What are some critical aspects of retirement that are applicable?
What do you project their longevity to be?
If they were a couple in your community, what living options would you recommend for them?

Based on data from the OECD, the average age for women to leave the labor-market in OECD countries is 62.3, which is about one to two years earlier than men. What are your thoughts on this?

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Week 3 Discussion

Reply to the following using at least 175 words per reply. Be professional and constructive in your discussion. Be sure to use FULL APA references and in-text citations.

1. Caring for older adults has become more intensive, complex, and long lasting than in the past. There are many barriers to caregivers receiving adequate preparation for their role. Evidence suggests that many caregivers experience negative psychological effects. Some caregivers are at higher risk than others, especially those who spend long hours caring for older adults with advanced dementia. Caregivers should have access to high-quality, evidence-based interventions designed to mitigate or prevent adverse health effects (Schulz, 2016). How does the caregiver role affect family dynamics? What support services are available to support this role?

Reference

Schulz R, Eden J, (2016). Families Caring for an Aging America. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US).

2. Women have shorter working lives because they tend to leave the workforce earlier than men. Based on data from the OECD, the average age for women to leave the labor-market in OECD countries is 62.3, which is about one to two years earlier than men. What are your thoughts on this?

Reference

OECD 2016. Aging and employment policies Statistics on average effective age of retirement.

Create a culturally competent newsletter directed toward a target audience that addresses several common health conditions in your community.

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Culturally competent newsletter

Imagine you have been asked to create a culturally competent newsletter directed toward a target audience that addresses several common health conditions in your community.

First, choose a specific population within your community that you would like to target with your newsletter. This could be a minority group, age group (seniors, parents with children, teenagers, etc.), or other defined population.

Next, research and identify at least three health conditions that impact the population you identified. For each health condition you chose, include:

A simple description of the condition that the general population would be able to understand. Be sure to define complicated words and phrases as appropriate.
Statistics about the condition in your chosen population that help your target population recognize the health condition’s impact on them.
Activities that the population could easily participate in that would prevent or improve the condition.
Be sure to include culturally competent pictures of people who have similar characteristics to the population you chose. As you create your newsletter, keep in mind what you have learned about culturally competent health communication, adult health education, and health literacy.

Provide examples that show how the WHO is involved with global health care assistance. Explain the role that the WHO plays in the prevention of communicable diseases. Select 7 foreign countries, and briefly describe the communicable disease situation in the selected countries. Include your statistics in a table format. What are the possible sources of financing for programs like the one in which you are involved?

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Global health care assistance

As a health care professional for an international health care network, you plan to visit 7 foreign countries this year as part of a communicable disease prevention program. Before you travel, you need to provide information to your assistants about the health care services in the countries you will be visiting, as well as on the World Health Organization (WHO), the agency that is concerned with international public health.

Research using the Library and other resources to address the following:

Provide examples that show how the WHO is involved with global health care assistance.
Explain the role that the WHO plays in the prevention of communicable diseases.
Select 7 foreign countries, and briefly describe the communicable disease situation in the selected countries. Include your statistics in a table format.
What are the possible sources of financing for programs like the one in which you are involved?
Be sure to support your information by citing at least 2 scholarly references using APA format.

List and explain reasons why the health status of a country plays an important role in its economic status. Create a table that shows how the access, quality, and cost of health care are influenced by the low-income, middle-income, and high-income status of an economy.

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International health care

You are currently working as an administrative assistant for a large metropolitan hospital. You have been asked to prepare an article for the hospital newsletter about international health care. The following are the items you have been asked to include:

List and explain reasons why the health status of a country plays an important role in its economic status.
Create a table that shows how the access, quality, and cost of health care are influenced by the low-income, middle-income, and high-income status of an economy.

Assignment Objectives
Examine the influence of social and cultural constructs to sickness and healing while differentiating between preventive and curative services and the need for balancing these services from a financial perspective.

Reflect on your experience with the outreach project, how did you feel it challenged you? Did anything surprise you about yourself or your learning style when working on the IE component? How do you feel about the project now compared to before you started it? Where you more engaged or less so?

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Reflection Paper: Little Pantry Research Project

Be thoughtful and reflective on this. This is a reflection discussion for just the Research project of the Little Pantry component of the course. Express thoughts while carrying out a project like this, and what you felt were areas where you do well or do not do well? The questions below are the guideline to write the reflection.

a. Reflect on your experience with the outreach project, how did you feel it challenged you?
b. Did anything surprise you about yourself or your learning style when working on the IE component?
c. How do you feel about the project now compared to before you started it? Where you more engaged or less so?

Note: With this project, to me it is a humbling experience knowing there are many people out there looking out for their community, trying to help out those in need. I contacted many stewards early on the course and luckily received one response.

Reflect on your past to understand yourself and your leadership skills and style. Use your own 1 leadership story/observation to analyze your transformational leadership on followership

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CH 8 Review

Reflect on your past to understand yourself and your leadership skills and style. Use your own 1 leadership story/observation to analyze your transformational leadership on followership (Chapter 8). Use your own leadership story/observation and theory-derived analysis of your leadership story.

Create a healthcare organization from mission statement, to branding, to technology and infrastructure, quality, safety, and experience to build your excellent HCO.

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Essentials of Strategic Planning in Healthcare

Create a healthcare organization from mission statement, to branding, to technology and infrastructure, quality, safety, and experience to build your excellent HCO. Have fun with it (i.e. Mend Heal & Help hospital etc.) – you have an unlimited budget so go for it all.

Harrison, Jeffrey P. (2021). Essentials of Strategic Planning in Healthcare 3rd edition. Health Administration Press. ISBN: 9781640552012