W6 Writing Assignment: Healthcare Strategies 

Based off the readings from this week and in addition to your own research, answer the questions below.

1. What strategies have health advocacy groups used in the US? Which were more and less successful? Why?
2. How might the strategies of these groups be shaped by their US context? (And how might their strategies change in a different context?) For example, certain issues are considered more important based off location and culture.
3. How might you develop a strategy of a stakeholder you support (whether healthcare related or not) based on the healthcare readings and learned successes/tools/strategies from this week?

The paper should be complete, polished, and proofread carefully. Make sure your grammar, punctuation, spelling, and language mechanics are well done. All papers should include a title and reference page, as well as additional theory from your readings or other sources to support your main points throughout. Papers must include citations and be written in APA format.

To review how to achieve full credit for written work review the Student Performance Rubric located within the syllabus.

Due: Sunday 11:59 PM

Requirements: Answer the following questions in 300-500 words each (2 page minimum),  and submit your responses to the instructor using the Dropbox. Your document should be in a Word document format (.doc or .docx). Please review the Written Assignment Rubric for further requirements.

Additional resources for assignment

Stating the null and alternative hypotheses correctly is crucial to using data to answer health questions. But is there only one correct way to define the null and alternative hypotheses to address the health question you are studying? Why or why not?

question I’m studying:

To what extent does gender influence length of hospital stay for MI patients?

Battleground Medical Center is requiring that all Departments participate in the creation of a Coronavirus Preparedness Plan.

a.       Your Role:   Release of Information (ROI) Manager

b.       Your Task:   Create a plan to address social distancing for the HIM frontline of ROI.

c.       Your Task:   Provide an update of recent changes in HIPAA regulations in response to Covid-19. Use various online and media sources such as daily Illinois Department of Public Health’s daily briefs, incorporate statistical data for the State of Illinois and reference any new code sets.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/icd/ICD-10-CM-Official-Coding-Gudance-Interim-Advice-coronavirus-feb-20-2020.pdf 

APA format please include references

1-2 pages

Discussion-Due Date: Initial post due by Tuesday midnight ET

Find a research article that reports using  a mixed method approach. Attach the article (or a link to it) in your initial post. Then, in 500 words, critique the researcher’s use of mixed methods. Was a specific mixed method approach used? Was it simply a mash-up of different designs? What was done well (in relation to mixed methods)? How might mixed methods have informed this study in a way that solely quantitative or qualitative research would not?

In two responses to classmates, please provide a proposed approach for improving the mixed method approach within that study. Within your response, be sure to refer to one of the approaches identified in the lecture. Describe how the study could be changed to use this approach, and what possible implications this change may have for what is learned from the study.

Discussion-Due Date: Initial post due by Tuesday midnight  ET 500 words

This week, we are thinking about “re-energizing the classroom”.  This comes at a time when we are faced with new challenges:  people are staying in their homes; many are not working, or are working from home; clinical practice is changing, due to social distancing; students are not on campus.

How is this affecting higher education?  Across the country, colleges and universities are sending students home and converting to distance or remote education.  For some, this may consist of one or two discussion questions per week, with a few comments from the instructor. For others, it may entail the use of videos, presentations, group projects, and other interactive assignments.  There are many possibilities.

My challenge to you is to develop a number of methods and strategies to avoid the “lecture/discussion”  or”discussion only” trap of online education.  How can you connect with each student in a more personal way? How can students connect with each other, aside from “I totally agree with everything you said in your discussion post!s  Great job!!?  What kinds of activities can you develop that get students out of simply reading a textbook and responding to questions or quizzes? 

For this discussion, please reflect on the above questions.  Then, share your ideas, ones that you actually plan to use, for enriching and re-energizing your online classroom.  Use the discussion post as a place to think creatively; you can ask your peers for assistance in problem-solving elements of a particular strategy you’d like to use; or ask for critiques of your ideas.

As you respond to peers, please avoid the “greatest post ever” response, and think critically.  Are the methods your classmate is discussing ones that you might want to use? Why, or why not?  Do you have ways to improve or expand on a method someone else is suggesting?

Nutrition Through the Life Cycle

Nutritional needs do not remain the same as you age. The daily requirements of a nutrient can increase or decrease based upon factors such as growth patterns, activity levels, or other physical changes to name a few.

The Unit 8 assignment will give you an opportunity to review how nutritional needs change throughout the life cycle, and identify ways to improve an individual’s nutritional intake during the different stages.

You will be required to conduct research and search for peer reviewed articles. A peer reviewed article is an article where other experts/peers in a given field of study, review and critique the original author’s article. This process helps to ensure that the research methodology and results are valid and meet research standards. The Purdue Global Library is an excellent resource to conduct your research.

The following are resources that may assist you in completing this assignment: 

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (2018, May 10). Healthy people 2020. Retrieved from https://www.healthypeople.gov. 

U.S. Department of Agriculture. (n.d.) Food and nutrition. Retrieved from https://www.usda.gov/topics/food-and-nutrition.

Assignment Instructions:

1. Identify one different key nutrient for each of the following age groups:
   1. Children (ages 2 to 8),
   2. Adolescents (ages 9 to 18),
   3. Adults (19-64), and
   4. Older adults (over age 65).
2. Identify at least two age-appropriate foods that would provide a high amount of the key nutrient selected for each age group.

• Suggest real foods and identify which nutrients the food contains that will improve the individual’s diet.
• Do not recommend supplements, such as multivitamins, or supplemental drinks as food recommendations.
• Make sure not to use the same nutrients for each age group.

1. Describe the importance of each respective nutrient for each of the identified age groups.
   1. Why does this age group require the nutrient?
   2. How does this nutrient promote development and wellness in the age group?
2. Locate one peer reviewed article on nutritional needs for one of the age groups (either children, adolescents, adults or older adults) from the Purdue Global library.

• Include author(s), date of publication, title of article, and source of article
• Write a summary regarding the key concepts of the article in at least 250 words.
  • What did the article state about the research?
  • What were the limitations identified regarding the research?
• How would you use this information when planning a diet for the selected age group? Your response should be at least 100-words.