Healthcare Strategy Seminar.

The purpose of this assignment is to identify and share with your fellow students a peer-reviewed article or book chapter about an aspect of healthcare strategy of your choice (e.g., strategic planning, strategic thinking, scenario planning, conducting a SWOT analysis, and so forth). Your article must pertain to healthcare, such as service delivery, health promotion, disease prevention, the health workforce, or research. Each student will post an electronic PDF copy of the article, a 1-page summary (about 2-3 paragraphs) of the article written by you, and three discussion questions to stimulate a dialogue with your classmates.

Read:

• Evaluating the reliability of emergency response systems for large-scale incident operations – http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2010/RAND_MG994.pdf – Brian A. Jackson, Kay Sullivan Faith, Henry H. Willis; Jackson, Brian A., 1972- ; Santa Monica, CA : RAND; 2010; and

• The Problem of Measuring Emergency Preparedness: The Need for Assessing “Response Reliability” as Part of Homeland Security Planning – http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/occasional_papers/2008/RAND_OP234.pdf – Brian A. Jackson. RAND Corporation, November 2008.

The authors offer that the US has undertaken great efforts to be prepared for the next large-scale threat should and when it arises. They also offer that for such systems to be of value they need to be examined and assessed for response sufficiency. Therein can often be the problem. As the week’s writings go on to argue – it can be challenging if not impossible to accurately measure emergency preparedness.

Extending from your readings:

• Do you agree with the author’s positions that assessing preparedness is challenging and less that accurate? State and support your position.
• On the basis of your readings, what potential threat to the Homeland do you believe we are least prepared for?
• Are there ways we could enhance our readiness and in terms of our resultant preparedness, how could we measure such readiness?

Must be a minimum of 250 words

In 1,000-1,250 words identify and explain:

1. Each of the six models of abnormality
2. Provide specific and current examples to demonstrate the application and treatment of each.

Include two to four scholarly sources from the GCU library to support your claims.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines

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This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies: PSY 1.1: Describe and differentiate schools of thought in psychology, both present and historical and BHS 2.1: Discuss the current DSM manual and ICD codes for behavioral health.

Are anorexia and bulimia caused by our society? What are the motivations or social pressures to be thin? What are the major sources of these pressures? Are there other cultures where this pressure does not exist?