Using the article, “Health need and the use of alternative medicine among adults who do not use conventional medicine.”

 

This article attempts to understand the reasons that led some individuals to turn to CAM therapies rather than traditional allopathic methods of healing. The authors specifically wish to create a profile of the most likely candidates to use CAM therapies. Findings indicate that a wide variety of factors and attributes contribute to this decision.

 

On the basis of your research and understanding on the topic, answer the following questions:

 

What are the three main reasons some individuals select CAM therapies rather than traditional allopathic methods of healing? What would be the profile of the most likely candidates to use CAM therapies?

 

What demographic is more prone to using CAM therapies? What possible reasons contribute to this disparity?

 

How does this article contribute to the study of CAM practices?

 

Do you see any outstanding benefits or detractions from the modality discussed in the article in contemporary wellness environments?

 

Combine your responses in a Microsoft Word document. Your responses should be 4-pages long.

 

Support your responses with reasoning and examples.

 

Cite any sources in APA format.

Course Revisions and Evaluation Report

 This week you will finalize your two-module online course based on the feedback you received last week in the peer review activity. In addition, you will write a Course Self-Evaluation Report.

Complete Course Revisions

Based on the feedback you received from your peer using the QOLT Online Course Evaluation Rubric, make any revisions you feel necessary to improve your course….Will provide once received

Compete an Online Course Self-Evaluation 

As you evaluate your own course, step back and think about best practices you have learned throughout the specialization when developing an online course. 

Next you will thoroughly evaluate the online course you have developed throughout this specialization. The Week Six Online Course Self-Evaluation will consist of a 10- page (not including title page and appendix) review that includes the following components:

Part 1: General Discussion of Online Course Design and Development
Discuss the basic design and development process you used to put the course online. Describe your thought process as you built your course.

 Describe the strategies you used to help ensure student success in your online class, including ways to support learners new to the online environment.

 Describe the materials and activities you used that contribute to an engaging online learning experience that supports critical thinking.

 Describe the strategies you used to support community and relationship building.

Part 2: Summary of the Peer- and Self-Review Process
Discuss your experience in evaluating someone else’s course. What did you learn from your colleague’s course? What ideas did you want to add to your own design repertoire? What about the course did you feel could have been improved?

 Summarize the QOLT evaluation findings of your course provided by your peer and describe the changes you made to your own course based on that review. 

 Include QOLT rubric you completed of your peer’s course in an Appendix.

Part 3: Revisions to and Summary of Your Final Course 
Based on the feedback you received last week and the self-evaluation you’ve just completed, apply any necessary revisions to your course to improve the overall quality.Your course should:  Be organized and easy to navigate Contain two complete learning modules Evoke a warm and welcoming learning environment Contain engaging activities that support critical thinking

 Provide a summary of the revisions you have made

 Provide a summary of your final course and why it will provide a quality learning experience for your students

 Provide a link to your revised final course

  

Topic 2: Planning Health Promotion

Review the article Story, L., Mayfield-Johnson, S., Downey, L. H., Anderson-Lewis, C., & Day, R. (2010). Getting on Target with Community Health Advisors (GOTCHA): an innovative stroke prevention project. Story et al. GOTCHA. Nursing Inquiry, 17(4), 373-384. This research describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of a community health initiative to reduce the number of strokes in a high risk area of the Mississippi Delta.

Answer the following questions. How was the assessment conducted to determine the      target population, including primary and secondary data?  What model supported the community health initiative? Who were identified as the key stakeholders and how      were they involved in the implementation plan? What was included in the evaluation plan? What have you learned from this research which could      apply to your health promotion proposal?

Answer the following questions 

 

 

 

   What is the sociological imagination? Discuss how your life might have turned out differently had you been born in a different time period (era) or location (country or culture).

 

 

2.     You had to conduct a study about how well Americans were invested in the political process which method would you use and why? Why do you think that ethics are so important to research?

 

3.    How would you describe what socialization is and why it is important? What would society be like if we did not learn the norms of our society?

 

4.    Research  a symbol on the Internet that is meaningful to you, your culture, or society at large. This could be a religious symbol or even a logo. Consider the following:

What does the symbol mean to you? What does the symbol mean to society? Has the meaning of the symbol changed over time?

 

 

Tammy Milligan owns a chain of small boutique stores in OH, MI, IL, and IN. She is a big believer in the benefits of business intelligence for measuring progress and making strategic decisions. She has provided you with some sample sales data and would like for you to create a dashboard that will give her an overview of how her business is doing. In this exercise, you will build a data model based on the data provided and create a dashboard, complete with KPIs and a map showing which states are generating the most orders.