Provide a summary of the information you found from your SWOT analysis of the local health program described in your health professional interview.

Will be attaching the assignment template. It is a multipart assignment.

Part 1

Contact a health professional in your community or in a neighboring community. Your local, county, or state health department can serve as a starting point to either make a contact or refer you to another health professional, and your Instructor can also be a resource to help you find a health professional to interview. You may also search the Community Guide for contacts.
Interview the health professional about local health programs that are available that address a health disparity in your community and the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to the programs.

Briefly describe at least two of the local health programs that are being used or that have been used in the past. Choose one program to focus on and determine the population that was primarily served by the program.

Explain why you chose this program.
Ask about strengths and weaknesses of the programs to help guide your SWOT analysis.

Summarize the interview using the template provided.
You will be asked to include the health professional’s contact information on the assessment template.

Part 2

Use the Community Guide to locate an additional evidence-based program that is either similar to the one that you are focusing on or that addresses the same health disparity. Use the Resource Inventory as a guide.

Describe at least two similarities between the local health program and the evidence-based program from the literature.

Describe at least two differences between the local health program and the evidence-based program from the literature.

Part 3

A SWOT analysis is a tool used in gathering and identifying resources of a community, along with strengths and weaknesses of the environment. Such an analysis provides an organized and systematic way of gathering the information collected from a community. This, in turn, helps determine the areas of possible changes and explore new and alternative possibilities to solutions of issues within a community.

Review the resources that address SWOT analyses and perform a SWOT analysis on your local health program and vulnerable population. The Assessment Template contains general questions that can help you.

Part 4

Answer each of the reflection questions found in the Assessment Template. Each response should be 1–2 paragraphs in length and should follow APA guidelines.

Provide a summary of the information you found from your SWOT analysis of the local health program described in your health professional interview.

Explain the most evident strengths and weaknesses you discovered about this program and its ability to address the issue.

Explain how you can use the information from the SWOT analysis as a health professional in your community to mitigate health disparities.

List two online resources you might turn to and explain why you think they would be helpful.

Describe the different dimensions of wellness and what each means to you.Where can you find health promotion information related to the goal you have identified in this blog?

List two online resources you might turn to and explain why you think they would be helpful.Reflect on your experience of tracking your progress and writing a health blog. Was it an enjoyable experience? What parts did you find easy, and what parts did you find challenging? Will you continue writing your blog and/or tracking your progress toward your health goal? Why, or why not?

How can you apply lessons from this Assessment to your future career as a health professional?

Describe (in words) the meaning of the OR for the age group >55 yeas.

Epidemiology Methods

Homework: Case-Control Studies

Age (years) Cases Controls
Number HCV Positive Number HCV Positive
<= 55 163 18 231 6 > 55 237 52 165 16

1) What type of case-control study have the authors conducted?

2)Calculate the exposure odds ratio reflecting the HCV/B-NHL association for each group.

3) Describe (in words) the meaning of the OR for the age group >55 yeas.

4) What is an important short coming of the study?

5) You are to conduct a case-control study of people exposed to S. aureus enterotoxin after a food borne outbreak following a large program function that was catered. Answer each of the questions briefly (2-3 sentences)

Design the study

What is the control group?

What are the strengths and limitations of your deign?

How could you improve the design?

What are barriers to conducting the study?

When considering dissemination, what are some factors to be thoughtful about especially with regard to the study design?

When do you present to the public, if you do?

What agencies do you think you should partner with in discussing this?
Will you match? Why or Why not?

Discuss the types of health problems that the two example policies address (i.e., use epidemiological terms to describe the health problems)

 

Using the information from the document (Using Law and Policy to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake in the United States) regarding public health policy on fruit and vegetable intake, write a narrative essay in response to these three prompts:

1) Provide and explain two examples of policies that have originated from the Healthy People 2030 initiatives.

2) Discuss the types of health problems that the two example policies address (i.e., use epidemiological terms to describe the health problems)

3) Propose laws or policies that are recommended to increase fruit and vegetable intake in the US.

Describe how the future state workflow optimizes electronic documentation and reduces the number of steps.

Include Introduction and Conclusion

The purpose of this assignment is to analyze a clinical workflow and apply process modeling techniques to solve an EMR problem.

Read the “Integrated Case Study” resource and review the “Oncology North: Navigator Intake Paper Form” and “Oncology South: Oncology Navigator Intake Form” prior to beginning the assignment.

Part 1: Analyze a Current State

Analyze the “Oncology North: Navigator Intake Paper Form” and “Oncology South: Oncology Navigator Intake Form” to identify opportunities for process improvement as they relate to informatics. Consider ways to optimize electronic documentation and reduce the number of steps.

Part 2: Create a Future State Workflow

Using an Excel spreadsheet or Word document, create a future state workflow that solves the identified improvement opportunities from your analysis with a minimum of six steps and a clearly defined start and stop. The workflow must display the accurate symbols used to indicate certain actions.

Part 3: Rationale

Identify the users of the workflow.

Describe the identified opportunities for process improvement and how the future state workflow addresses these opportunities.

Describe how the future state workflow optimizes electronic documentation and reduces the number of steps.

Explain the effects of the future state workflow on patient care.

Explain how the future state workflow will change based on user needs.

Discuss how to develop an improvement plan to enhance the future state workflow.

Describe the factors that contribute to the disparity: social, racial, cultural, environmental, religious, etc.

Your Signature Assignment is your opportunity to combine what you have learned throughout this class and to show how you meet the learning outcomes of your program.

For this assignment:

Select a population with a health disparity in your community.

Describe the factors that contribute to the disparity: social, racial, cultural, environmental, religious, etc.
What systems are in place to remedy this situation?

Design a health promotion program that addresses solutions to the disparity in a culturally competent way.

What barriers will be faced by the population? What barriers will be faced by the public health professionals?

What systems will need to be in place to ensure appropriate utilization of the program resources in order to achieve improvement in health equity within the community?

Your paper should be five to seven pages in length (excluding cover page and reference page).

Use current APA Style to style your paper and to cite your sources. Integrate your sources into the paragraphs and use internal citations pointing to evidence in the literature and supporting your ideas. You will need to include a reference page listing those sources.

Identify and describe an ethical dilemma in a healthcare setting that you feel strongly about. Remember that you will need to attach a newspaper link, clipping, or another source which illustrates this ethical dilemma.

The paper should be a total of 5-7 pages APA formatted. In your paper, you must provide a brief answer for each of the questions below.

Identify and describe an ethical dilemma in a healthcare setting that you feel strongly about. Remember that you will need to attach a newspaper link, clipping, or another source which illustrates this ethical dilemma.

What would your desired outcome be for the ethical dilemma you’ve selected?

Identify and describe how two (2) ethical principles apply to the ethical dilemma.

Identify and describe how one (1) ethical theory applies to the ethical dilemma.

Define and apply either the PYTHON principle or Doherty & Purtilo’s 6 step process for ethical decision-making to the ethical dilemma.

Identify and apply at least one policy, either federal, state, or municipal, to the ethical dilemma.

After applying the ethical decision-making framework, would you still recommend the original outcome? Why or why not?