Prepare a 4–5-page review of recent research that examines statistics on the primary health concern of a population

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Overview

Prepare a 4–5-page review of recent research that examines statistics on the primary health concern of a population, describes the methods and tools used in the research studies, explains the factors that affect health promotion and disease prevention for a population, and recommends a health care initiative.

Note: The assessments in this course build upon each other, so you are strongly encouraged to complete them in sequence.

SHOW LESS

The ability to locate, evaluate, and apply research is an important skill for nurses to develop in order to provide evidence-based care for individuals, families, communities, and health care systems.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

  • Competency 1: Explain the principles and concepts of disease prevention and health promotion for diverse and vulnerable populations.
    • Compare the statistics for a health concern of a vulnerable or diverse population to the statistics for the general population.
    • Explain the factors that affect health promotion and disease prevention for a vulnerable or diverse population.
    • Recommend an evidence-based health care initiative for a specific health care concern of a vulnerable or diverse population.
  • Competency 3: Apply basic epidemiological concepts, data analysis methods, tools, and databases to determine the effectiveness of health promotion and disease prevention initiatives for diverse and vulnerable populations.
    • Describe the epidemiological concepts, data analysis methods, tools, and databases used in research studies related to health concerns for a vulnerable or diverse population.
    • Describe health care initiatives used by organizations to address the health care concerns of vulnerable or diverse populations.
  • Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the health care professions.
    • Write content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
    • Correctly format paper, citations, and references using APA style.

    Context

    It is crucial for health educators to exemplify how health practitioners in general should communicate with different clients, demonstrating how to interact with racially and ethnically diverse populations in order to provide adequate health information that encourages clients to make decisions concerning their health and health care. As a provider, you must continually advocate for effective cross-cultural communication and remember to focus on the important elements of communication, cultural sensitivity, marketing techniques, and language barriers as you carry out your role and function in various environments (Pérez & Luquis, 2014).

    Reference

    Pérez, M. A., & Luquis, R. R. (2014). Cultural competence in health education and health promotion (2nd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Suggested Resources

Internet Resources

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Assessment Instructions

Preparation

Your team has presented its preliminary findings to the executive leadership in your organization, but leadership has some doubts about some of the information they received. Each member of the team has been charged with doing a critical examination of recent research around each member’s area of expertise. As the team’s nursing representative, you need to look specifically at the health care concerns identified in the Windshield Survey assessment.

The first step in preparing to write a review of the research is to define your topic. For this assessment, your review will provide a comprehensive overview of the needs of the population you identified in the Windshield Survey assessment in terms of health promotion and disease prevention, the factors that contribute to health disparities for the population, and the need for the organization to improve health care delivery to the population.

In the Capella library, search for current scholarly or peer-reviewed professional research articles that:

  • Examine the health care risks and needs of your population.
  • Analyze the need to improve health care delivery to the population.
  • Evaluate, critically, the factors that affect health promotion and disease prevention for the population.
  • Examine strategies to reduce health disparities for your population.

Locate at least 5–7 resources so that you can eliminate 2–3 if necessary. You may discover, for example, as you read each article more in-depth, that they may not all have the focus you need for your review.

Requirements

For this assessment, you need to develop several points around which to apply the research from the articles you located. Specifically, you need to:

  • Compare statistics for the primary health concern of your population to the rest of the general population in the United States. This would include frequency of occurrence, age groups most at risk, frequency of fatality, and so on.
  • Describe the epidemiological concepts, data analysis methods, tools, and databases used in the research studies you located. Address any flaws or biases you believe are present.
  • Explain the factors that affect health promotion and disease prevention for the population. (Hint: These may be things such as language barriers, cultural values, generational differences, social fear, and access to services.)
  • Describe the types of health care initiatives that have been tried by other organizations specifically for the primary health care concern or the population.
  • Recommend one health care initiative for your population, based on your research,

These should be the ideas, or points, that your review is based on. For each point, present all of the evidence you located. For this assessment, that should be at least four current research articles, although not all of the articles will typically offer evidence on all of your points.

Be sure your assessment includes:

  • An introduction that presents the points you will cover.
  • The body that presents the research on the points.
  • A conclusion that restates the points in your introduction.

Your assessment should be 4–5 pages in length, not including the title page and reference page. Be sure you follow APA guidelines for style and format.

Additional Requirements

  • Include a title page and reference page. The completed assessment should be 4–5 pages in length, not including the title page and reference page.
  • Reference at least four current scholarly or professional resources.
  • Use current APA format.
  • Use Times New Roman font, 12 point.
  • Double-space.

Evidence-Based Practice Scoring Guide

CRITERIA NON-PERFORMANCE BASIC PROFICIENT DISTINGUISHED
Compare the statistics for a health concern of a vulnerable or diverse population to the statistics for the general population. Does not compare the statistics for a health concern of a vulnerable or diverse population to the statistics for the general population. Lists the statistics for a health concern of a vulnerable or diverse population and for the general population. Compares the statistics for a health concern of a vulnerable or diverse population to the statistics for the general population. Compares the statistics for a health concern of a vulnerable or diverse population to the statistics for the general population, and applies the information to the need for a health care initiative.
Describe the epidemiological concepts, data analysis methods, tools, and databases used in research studies related to health concerns for a vulnerable or diverse population. Does not describe the epidemiological concepts, data analysis methods, tools, and databases used in research studies related to health concerns for a vulnerable or diverse population. Identifies the epidemiological concepts, data analysis methods, tools, and databases used in research studies related to health concerns for a vulnerable or diverse population. Describes the epidemiological concepts, data analysis methods, tools, and databases used in research studies related to health concerns for a vulnerable or diverse population. Validates the epidemiological concepts, data analysis methods, tools, and databases used in research studies related to health concerns for a vulnerable or diverse population.
Explain the factors that affect health promotion and disease prevention for a vulnerable or diverse population. Does not explain the factors that affect health promotion and disease prevention for a vulnerable or diverse population. Lists the factors that affect health promotion and disease prevention for a vulnerable or diverse population. Explains the factors that affect health promotion and disease prevention for a vulnerable or diverse population. Explains the factors that affect health promotion and disease prevention for a vulnerable or diverse population, including the ethical, legal, economic, and cultural factors.
Describe health care initiatives used by organizations to address the health care concerns of vulnerable or diverse populations. Does not describe health care initiatives used by organizations to address the health care concerns of vulnerable or diverse populations. Describes health care initiatives used by organizations, but does not show how the initiatives relate to the health care concerns of a vulnerable or diverse population. Describes health care initiatives used by organizations to address the health care concerns of vulnerable or diverse populations. Evaluates the effectiveness of health care initiatives used by organizations to address the health care concerns of vulnerable or diverse populations.
Recommend an evidence-based health care initiative for a specific health care concern of a vulnerable or diverse population. Does not recommend an evidence-based health care initiative for a specific health care concern of a vulnerable or diverse population. Recommends a health care initiative for a specific health care concern of a vulnerable or diverse population, but does not provide supporting evidence for the initiative. Recommends an evidence-based health care initiative for a specific health care concern of a vulnerable or diverse population. Recommends an evidence-based health care initiative for a specific health care concern of a vulnerable or diverse population, and explains how the initiative can result in positive outcomes.
Write content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. Does not write content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. Writes content clearly and logically, but grammar, punctuation, and mechanics have frequent errors. Writes content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. Writes clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics; and uses relevant evidence to support a central idea.
Correctly format paper, citations, and references using APA style. Does not correctly format paper, citations, and references using APA style. Correctly formats paper but inconsistently formats citations and references using APA style. Correctly formats paper, citations, and references using APA style. Citations contain few errors. Correctly formats paper, citations, and references using APA style. Citations are free from all errors.

Rough Draft Review Process Evaluation

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Purpose: The primary goal of this
weekly assignment is to enable you to understand the revision process
and revise your paper with the help of a writing specialist.

Prepare: After you have completed a
rough draft of your paper (at least five pages), submit that draft to
the Ashford Writing Center. To do this, click on the Writing Center
& Library link located in the left course navigation and from there,
you will click on the tab marked Paper Review. To submit your paper,
follow the instructions provided. Your paper will be returned within 24
hours, so give yourself enough time to complete and submit it prior to
the due date. See image below that illustrates how you can access Paper
Review through the Ashford Writing Center.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR GRADED WRITING ASSIGNMENT 3: SHORT REPORT

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Assignment Instructions: Short Report

Instructions for Graded Writing Assignment 3: Short Report

Reading(s):

  • Lesikar’s Chapter 12, pages 375 – 407
  • Sample Short Report, pages 386 – 394

Instructions:

For this final Graded Writing Assignment you will compose a Short Report based on one of the scenario’s outlined below. You must choose one of the scenarios listed below; papers submitted reflecting a scenario other than those listed below (even those listed in your text) will not be given credit or graded.

Assignment Requirements:

Write your findings as a well-organized Short Report containing the following key elements:

  • A title page
  • Document headings to separate parts of the report
  • At least two sources with brief in-text citations as shown in the sample Short Report (pages 386-394)1
  • Interpretation of your findings in terms of their likely significance to your and your readers.

Assignment Notes:

  • Create all pieces of the Short Report as one (1) document.
  • The Short Report should be 1,200-1,500 words in length. Remember to focus on the content, not just writing to fill a word requirement.
  • You will upload your finished document to the appropriate assignment in Business Communications. Instructions on how to upload are available in Topic 12.

Scenarios:

Option 1) The graphic design shop where you work as the account manager is doing well. Just last year the owner hired three new designers and a receptionist, bringing the total number of employees to 14. But with growth comes certain headaches, and one of them is figuring out how to regulate employees’ Internet use. Currently, employees can download anything they want from the Internet and view any website they wish.
The owner’s IT person has alerted him to several problems. One is that the designers are downloading any and all software that they think sounds “cool” – even software in beta versions that sill have a lot of kinks. As a result, their computers lock up or malfunction and the IT person has to spend hours troubleshooting the problem to get it resolved.
Two, there is concern over what Internet sites employees are viewing, specifically those that are inappropriate for the workplace. Overall, the IT person is worried about security breaches resulting from these downloads, inappropriate website visits, and other Internet activities.
It’s time for a policy to be developed governing Internet-use and your boss things you’re just the person to help write it. Your assignment is to study the current wisdom on the workplace Internet policies and send your findings to your boss and the IT person as a short report, including a proposed Internet-use policy that might be implemented.
Option 2) As a Senior Buyer as Darcy’s, a national department store, Sasha Warner manages the buyers in the eastern U.S. region. You’re currently working under her as a sale co-op student. She drops by your office to chat one day and brings up a subject she’s been wondering about. “Do you know anything about Skype?” she asks. You nod, having used this online international phone service yourself. “I heard it’s totally free and really easy to use, she continues, “so I’m thinking about recommending that all my buyers subscribe to it. Then maybe they could talk to each other and to international designers and merchandisers more easily. Is there any downside? Maybe security issues?” You’re not sure–but you offer to look into the matter for her.
Do the necessary research and, if you haven’t done so, try this service yourself. Then, write Sasha a report that gives her the information she needs to decide whether or not to pursue this idea further. She may want to share your report with other managers in the company so be sure you give it your best effort.
Option 3) You work for the owner of three local coffee and tea shops, one of which opened a few months ago. The newest one has already developed quite a nice, regular clientele, mostly those in or near the neighborhood who want an alternative to the big-coffee-chain experience, but your boss things its sales need a bump. She is considering holding an in-store promotion at the coffee shop – her first ever. Since she knows you’re an Internet whiz, she turns to you for help. “How do you run one of these events?” she wants to know. “How much do they cost? Are they worth the effort and expense? What are the options? Do such promotions have lasting effects? How can I maximize the results?”
You turn to the internet and find a lot of great stuff about in-store promotions, so much, in fact, that you decide to present your findings to your boss in writing. Tell her what she needs and wants to know in a clear, well organized report. Having the information in writing will also be helpful if she wants to share it with other employees. Be sure she can go to your sources and read more if she wants to.
Option 4) Many managers today are realizing that there really is something distinctive about “Gen Y,” or “Millennial,” employees (the children of “baby boomers” – who were themselves children of the World War II generation). Find a real client or invent a realistic company to use as your client. Then review the literature on Gen Y employees and write your client a report in which you describe the distinctive traits of this segment of the workforce and recommend ways to recruit, manage, and retain them.
Option 5) Your company does not offer flexible spending accounts (FSAs) for its employees. Your boss wonders if your company (you pick the name) should. Are FSAs a good idea for businesses and employees? Prepare a report for your boss in which you analyze the advantages and disadvantages of FSAs so that she can decide whether to offer FSAs to your employees.

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1 Please note that the sample shown in your book is a Mid-length Report and therefore contains some sections that you will not need for the Short Report. For instance, you will not need the letter of transmittal or the executive summary.

week 9 discussion: reform Compare Erasmus and Luther in their attempts to bring about religious reform

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Compare Erasmus and Luther in their attempts to bring about religious reform. Consider the role of the printing press and the actions of German princes in helping Luther to succeed. Next, identify one (1) example of the Protestant Reformation’s impact on visual arts. Pretend you are in a company or some other group in which you feel there is corruption. (Use a real incident if you wish). You have the option of remaining and working for reform from within, or of leaving and hoping to start or land something new. Describe your decision and the “dangers” of that decision, and describe the factors that you had to consider.

Looking for help in mythology class

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Q1: Define and discuss the significance of Hesiod. Your response needs to be at least one-two complete paragraphs.

Q2: Define and discuss the significance of Prometheus. Your response needs to be at least 1-2 complete paragraphs.

Q3: Define and discuss the significance of the Eleusinian Mysteries. Your response should be one-two complete paragraphs.

Q4: Define and discuss the significance of Aphrodite and The Adonia. Your response should be at least one-two complete paragraphs.

Q5: Define and discuss the significance of Haphaestus.. Your response needs to be at least one – two complete paragraphs.

Q6: Define and discuss the significance of Dionysius. Your response needs to be at least one – two complete paragraphs.

Q7: Discuss the elements of Hades’ interactions with the dead in the underworld. Consider the geography of the underworld and the true role of Hades. How are concepts of Tartarus (for the ancient Greeks) equivalent to contemporary notions of hell in YOUR opinion? Your response must contain at least 3-4 well-developed paragraphs. All work must be in complete sentences and properly cited.

Q8: Examine how Hermes attained the many attributes he was given over a long period of time. In your response consider how he became associated with messengers, travel, protector, medicine and TRICKSTER. What role does Apollo play in Hermes story line? Your response must be at least 3-4 well developed paragraphs. All work must contain full sentences and proper citations.


*DO NOT use outside sources

Evaluations and Budget Paper

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Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you answer the following questions:

    • Several benefits of an evaluation plan. (Give more than just one or two aspects. Pretend as if you’re a grant writer and I’m an inexperienced CEO. Elaborate and sell me on the many benefits of an evaluation plan, why is it important, when and how many times should it be done. Try to include some examples. What is the downside to evaluation?)
    • Differences between a process evaluation and an outcome evaluation. (Give more than just the definitions. Elaborate and explain it like you are teaching the concepts to someone who doesn’t understand – explain the what, how, when, why. Try to include some examples of who builds the evaluations, what should they involve, when and how they can be used with grants.)
    • Various types of budgets that are used in grant funding and why those types of budgets are used. (Give more than just the definitions. Include some details about what is included on a budget. Elaborate and explain it like you are teaching the concepts of budget to someone who doesn’t understand. Try to include some examples of when and how each can be used.)
  • Include course concepts relevant to grant evaluations and budgets from our texts. (Demonstrate you read the texts and understand the course concepts)
  • Research and include at least one unique reference relevant to grant evaluations and budgets. (Bring some new knowledge into your discussion)
  • Be sure the paper is readable, so I can easily understand your ideas.
  • Format to APA requirements.

what regulations do financial institutions face?

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Part
One- 400-600 Words, NO PLAGIARISMS, must have references

Should
financial institutions face more regulation, face less regulation, or do they
already face sufficient regulation? Please focus your discussion on the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection
Act.

Part Two- 600-800 words, NO PLAGIARISMS, must have
references

  • Locate a U.S.
    municipal bond. You can use this bond screener to search for a
    municipal bond. Provide a description of the bond, the bond’s current
    yield, the bond’s yield to maturity, and the bond’s credit rating. Is the
    bond an investment-grade bond? How can you tell? Do you think that the
    bond will experience much interest rate risk? Please justify your
    decision.
  • When federal,
    state, and local governments issue securities, what key roles do they play
    in the financial markets?
  • How do these
    decisions affect you?

Reference

Yahoo! Finance. (2011). Bond
screener. Retrieved from http://screener.finance.yahoo.com/bonds.html

Fiance Homework

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Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to allow the students to become familiar with and practice the measurement of Net Present Value (NPV), payback, and Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) using Microsoft® Excel®.

Assignment Steps

Resources: Microsoft® Excel®, Capital Budgeting Decision Models Template

Calculate the following problems using Microsoft® Excel®:

  • Calculate the NPV for each project and determine which project should be accepted.
Project A Project B Project C Project D
Inital Outlay (105,000.000) (99,000.00) (110,000.00) (85,000.00)
Inflow year 1 53,000.00 51,000.00 25,000.00 45,000.00
Inflow year 2 50,000.00 47,000.00 55,000.00 50,000.00
Inflow year 3 48,000.00 41,000.00 15,000.00 30,000.00
Inflow year 4 30,000.00 52,000.00 21,000.00 62,000.00
Inflow year 5 35,000.00 40,000.00 35,000.00 68,000.00
Rate 7% 10% 13% 18%
  • Your company is considering three independent projects. Given the following cash flow information, calculate the payback period for each. If your company requires a three-year payback before an investment can be accepted, which project(s) would be accepted?
Project D Project E Project F
Cost 205,000.00 179,000.00 110,000.00
Inflow year 1 53,000.00 51,000.00 25,000.00
Inflow year 2 50,000.00 87,000.00 55,000.00
Inflow year 3 48,000.00 41,000.00 21,000.00
Inflow year 4 30,000.00 52,000.00 9,000.00
Inflow year 5 24,000.00 40,000.00 35,000.00
  • Using market value and book value (separately), find the adjusted WACC, using 30% tax rate.
Component Balance Sheet Value Market Value Cost of Capital
Debt 5,000,000.00 6,850,000.00 8%
Preferred Stock 4,000,000.00 2,200,00.00 10%
Common Stock 2,000,000.00 5,600,000.00 13%

needed ASAP……….

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Humanities

Select one (1) composition by Tchaikovsky that you enjoy. Describe the music and subject matter of that work, and explain why you enjoy it. Explain the key reasons why you believe that compositions by Tchaikovsky continue to be popular with contemporary orchestras and audiences. Passionate nationalism, like Tchaikovsky’s for Russia, could be a feature of Romantic art and music and in the arts of the late 1800s. Give primary examples of music today (besides national anthems) that is characterized by nationalism.

Listen to one (1) composition (i.e., for a symphony) by Beethoven, a transitional figure between classical and romantic music. Identify the composition that you listened to, and determine whether you would characterize the chosen composition as either the Classical or Romantic style of music. Explain the key features that lead you to your conclusion. Identify one (1) modern musician who you believe was great at one type of music yet pioneered another.

List references with replies to the questions/summaries.

manufactured product

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Word document, 1,000 words; may include some calculations embedded from Excel

Develop a company and determine what it will produce and sell. The requirement for this company is that it be a high-end, special-order type of manufactured product. Complete the following in a Word document of 1,000 words:

  • Develop a list of inputs along with their associated costs, such as labor, materials, and overhead. You can research this information, make it up, or do a combination of both. Be specific as to costs.
  • You are to determine the selling price. Show your calculations, and discuss why you have determined this to be a good sale price.
  • How many items of your product will you need to produce to meet this sale price? How did you calculate this?
  • Determine which of the costing systems discussed in this class will work best for your company. Explain why.
    • Explain why those not chosen were not a good fit for your company.
    • You must explain “why not chosen” for a minimum of 3 costing methods.
  • Please devote at least 1 paragraph to the ethical considerations of costing methods.