Unit outcomes addressed in this Assignment:

• Describe the transtheoretical model and stages involved in healthy behavior change.
• Discuss the role of motivation in exercise adoption and adherence.
• Identify behavioral strategies for enhancing motivation and describe a variety of motivational strategies.
• Determine which motivational strategies are appropriate based on a client’s stage of change.

Course Outcome addressed in this Assignment:

EF310-3: Define motivational strategies and techniques for each age group cohort.

Assignment Background

When working with clients, it is important to determine their readiness for change and identify appropriate motivational strategies they can use to increase or maintain their physical activity. For this Assignment, you will complete a self-assessment as well as an assessment of your client, Sally.

Instructions

Part 1: Self-Assessment

Identify your current stage of change (pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance) in regards to exercise based upon the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. When it comes to exercise, do you consider yourself motivated? If not currently exercising, are you motivated to increase your activity level?

If you are not meeting the Guidelines, what are your current barriers to exercise/physical activity (include real and perceived barriers). If you are meeting the Guidelines, what are barriers you may face in the future or have faced in the past? Based on your current stage of change, what are three motivational strategies you can use to either increase your physical activity or maintain your current active lifestyle?

Part 2: Client Assessment, Sally

To begin, review the biography of your client, Sally from Course Documents. Once you have read her biography, listen to her audio clip for additional information about her readiness for change.

Audio Clip:https://kapextmediassl-a.akamaihd.net/healthSci/EF310/EF310_1504A/sally.wav

Sally

Identify Sally’s current stage of change (pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance). Be sure to discuss how you reached this conclusion. Does the client have high or low motivation to make a change in her physical activity/lifestyle? Explain how you reached this conclusion; provide specific examples from the client’s biography and audio clip.

What are Sally’s current barriers to exercise/physical activity (include real and perceived barriers). Based on Sally’s current stage of change, what are three motivational strategies she can use to increase her physical activity and/or move to a more active stage?

Project must be in APA format and utilize references. Expected length is approximately 2–3 pages.

 MOVIE TITLE IS LIAR LIAR starring JIM CARREY

1. Provide the name of the movie, television series, or streaming series you chose, including a summary of the content, and explain why you selected it.
2. What are your impressions of the environments (include graphic elements)?
3. Pay attention to the relationships and communication occurring in the movie. How are people greeting each other? How are people interacting? Do you think you can tell the relationships of the people based on their verbal and nonverbal behaviors? Why or why not?
4. What are the cultural verbal cues that you notice in the movie?
5. What are the cultural nonverbal cues that you notice in the movie?
6. Describe two of the characters’ use of language including word arrangement, word choice, and intended meaning.
7. Summarize how your content choice provided sufficient detail allowing you to describe the roles of verbal and nonverbal elements in communication and how the two forms of communication work in conjunction.

Review the CDC article – CDC COVID-19 Update – June 2020 – United States

The pandemic provides for medical terminology not commonly used in traditional healthcare settings.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• As a future leader in health care, why is it important to understand major disease outbreaks from reliable resources such as the CDC? You may also want to describe how conditions are currently in your state and its strategy to make progress back to a sense of normalcy.

Remember, even when we read the same material our perspective or experience will provide a valuable and unique insight for everyone in class.

• Evaluate current or future applications of biotechnology in the fields of medicine or agriculture.
• Provide at least three real-world examples of current or future applications of biotechnology in either of these fields. Present a minimum of three reliable references.

Write a 2–3-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use outside sources. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

Public Health Care Problems

The leading public health care problems in the U.S. are:

• Mental disorders
• Consumption of alcohol, nicotine, OTC drugs, and prescription drugs

The count for people suffering from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year is on the rise. This figure translates to approximately 57.7 million people currently (National Institute of Mental Disorder, 2008).

In relation to problems regarding drugs, consumption of alcohol is considered as the leading problem. In addition, the consumption of Nicotine, OTC drugs, and prescription drugs are other prominent issues (McKenzie, Pinger, & Kotecki, 2008).

Based on these statements, create a report in a Microsoft Word document, discussing the following:

• Is the diagnosis of mental illnesses still viewed with a negative attitude as was done several years ago? Why or why not?
• Are the local and national health care providers adequately responding to the needs of people suffering from mental disorders?
• Should the local health care communities be held responsible for mandating specific care and treatment for the affected population? Why or why not?
• What are the two major types of abused drugs and the age groups most likely to use them? Why is drug usage prevalent among these populations?
• What roles should the state governments’ or private health agencies or organizations play in order to prevent and control drug abuse?