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HCA 340 Week 4 S.W.O.T. (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)

S.W.O.T. (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats). For this assignment, you will apply the S.W.O.T. Situational Planning Strategy introduced in Chapter 5 of your course text, based upon the following:

HCA 340 Week 4 Assignment 2 Human Resources Debbie's Dilemma

Human Resources: Debbie's Dilemma. For this assignment, review the Debbie’s Dilemma case study and complete the interactive module in Section 12.4 of your course text. Then, thoroughly address the following points in your paper:
• Use Herzberg’s two factor theory to explain Debbie’s level of motivation.
• Use Adams’ equity theory to explain Debbie’s decision to look for work elsewhere.
• Use Vroom’s expectancy theory to explain this situation.
• If you were advising the three physicians in the organization, what would you tell them they should have done when confronted by the two LPNs? Defend your advice.

Your assignment must be one to two pages in length (excluding title and reference pages). Utilize your course textbook and at least one additional scholarly source to support your conclusions and responses to the questions. Your paper and all sources must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center

HCA 340 Week 3 Final Project OutlineAnnotated Bibliography

Final Project Outline/Annotated Bibliography. Submit the following to your instructor for review:

1. Identify the topic of your Final Project

a. Describe the issue, why it was selected, the perspective of approach, and the scope of the paper.

2. Provide an outline of your project

a. The outline should include a heading for each section of the Research Paper/PowerPoint Presentation (including one for the thesis and the conclusion) as well as heading descriptions. Subheadings should also be used with a description of each subheading. These should demonstrate that you have done significant research, evaluation, and critical thinking on the

issues involved and should illustrate the strategies you would incorporate and implement for the scenario you are creating.

3. Create an annotated bibliography

a. The annotated bibliography should contain at least five scholarly sources that you intend to use in your project. Each listing must include a paraphrased narrative of the actual research study presented in the article and the studies used should represent the most current research related to the topic area.

Your outline and annotated bibliography must adhere to proper APA style guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. You can also find samples of each in the Ashford Writing Center, which is located under Learning Resources in the left-hand navigation panel of your classroom.

HCA 340 Week 3 DQ 2 Managing Financial Budgets

Managing Financial Budgets. Health care financial management is complex and an effective health care administrator must understand what makes up the foundation to financial operations. This includes: health insurance (private and social) and reimbursements, private vs. not-for profit entities, costs and expenditures, capital, materials management, and budgeting.

1. Outline and discuss the major categories of reimbursements and costs in a health care organization. How do they influence each other?

2. In addition, how do expenses and revenues affect the specific types of budgets outlined?

HCA 340 Week 3 DQ 1 Health Insurance Benefits

Health Insurance Benefits. Managers need to understand the impact on the financial viability of a health service organization for providing care to the uninsured or underinsured. Review the following case scenario and answer the discussion questions.

Joe Smith is a 27- year-old Caucasian male who works two part-time jobs for two different construction companies. Joe has been having dizzy spells off and on for the past two months. While driving to work one day, he loses consciousness and is involved in a motor vehicle accident. Joe is admitted to your not-for-profit hospital with a broken leg and multiple lacerations.

HCA 340 Week 2 DQ 2 Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning. Strategic planning is essential in the sustainability of all healthcare organizations. Outline the processes, or steps, involved in the strategic planning process and continual monitoring of the internal and external environment. Discuss how strategic planning is a dynamic, verses linear, process.

Why is this important? What roles, if any, do quality and information technology play in an organization's strategic direction? Use one scholarly reference, cited according to APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center, in addition to the textbook

HCA 340 Week 2 DQ 1 Organizational Behavior and Management

Organizational Behavior and Management. Review the following case study in your textbook, Prelude to a Medical Error (pp. 416-417). Examine the application and answer Discussion Question 1: "Identify and discuss examples of preconceptions, assumptions, and mental models evident in this scenario. What are the consequences of the ways these health providers are thinking about the situation?" How might you, as the healthcare administrator of this organization, handle this situation and deal with each of the participants?

HCA 340 Week 1 DQ 2 Management and Motivation

Management and Motivation. Discuss the overall importance of motivation as it relates to management. What are the benefits of having a fully motivated staff, and what are the potential consequences of not having motivated staff? What do contemporary theories tell us about the significance of motivation as a function of employee needs, extrinsic and intrinsic factors? How do we motivate across generations? In your response, please be sure to identify and address at least two theories.

HCA 340 Week 1 DQ 1 Leadership and Management in Healthcare

Leadership and Management in Health Care. Compare and contrast leadership roles and management responsibilities in a non-health care setting with that of a health care organization. In addition, present an overview of key leadership traits fundamental for health care organizational effectiveness, and discuss the essential functions of health care managers. What does it take to be a “good” leader or manager? What are the primary barriers and challenges associated with health care leadership?

HCA 340 Entire Course

1. Outline and discuss the major categories of reimbursements and costs in a health care organization. How do they influence each other?

2. In addition, how do expenses and revenues affect the specific types of budgets outlined?

Final Project Outline/Annotated Bibliography. Submit the following to your instructor for review:

1. Identify the topic of your Final Project

a. Describe the issue, why it was selected, the perspective of approach, and the scope of the paper.

2. Provide an outline of your project

issues involved and should illustrate the strategies you would incorporate and implement for the scenario you are creating.

3. Create an annotated bibliography

Managing Multidisciplinary Professionals. Dr. White ordered an unusual dose of a medication for a patient. May Patterson, RN, sees the order and believes it to be the wrong dose. She is afraid to call Dr. White because he can be abrasive at times. Nurse Patterson asks the charge nurse who is not as familiar with the patient to call the doctor. The charge nurse calls Dr. White. He insists that he knows what is best for the patient and insists that the medication will be given as written. The charge nurse calls you, the administrator on call for the weekend, to resolve the issue.

1. What principles of effective teamwork have broken down?

2. How will you work to resolve the issue?

3. List and describe five potential strategies for conflict resolution within this team.

a. What types of information will you need to collect to have an intelligent conversation with this physician?

b. Who should be involved in this situation, and the discussion with Dr. White, and why?

4. Which conflict resolution strategy is likely to be most successful?

Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

Human Resources. Human resources are an integral part of health care operations to recruit and retain high quality, and often highly specialized employees.

1. Describe why human resources management is comprised of strategic and administrative actions, providing examples of each.

2. Outline specific activities that encompass the strategic and administrative responsibilities of the human resources department.

3. If you were employed as an administrator in a small physician group without a human resources department, how would you carry out the strategic and administrative responsibilities required?

Situation: You are the C.E.O. of Community South Medical Center, a large, urban for-profit healthcare facility. This institution has comprehensive health services including acute care, residential care, independent living, in-home nursing, hospice, neonatal, and pediatric services, advanced cardiac services, a major trauma center, a center of excellence for pulmonary services, and a neurosurgery center.

Community South Medical Center has a positive bottom line and is striving to enhance health services for the population it serves. The patient care mix has shifted in the last three years and its reimbursement source is currently: 25% Medicaid (up 20%); 35% Medicare (down 12 %); 25% employer sponsored health insurance (unchanged), 8% managed care (down 20 percent), 4% private pay (unchanged) and 4% no-pay (up 25%).

The Medical Center is in an older urban area. Businesses with well paying jobs have gradually been replaced by smaller shops and other small businesses. Overall, the community is trending towards a predominantly elderly population.

The Medical Center has an excellent reputation and has been recognized in the past by receiving a Baldrige Center of Excellence evaluation and a The Joint Commission (T.J.C.) approval for their quality of services; however, recent self-inspections indicated a slight decline in compliance with T.J.C. standards. Patient satisfaction survey results have an overall mean of 95 percent. The medical staff strongly supports new program development and there is an abundant supply of physicians.

Currently, the major issues confronting the Community South Medical Center are: an identified shortage of clinical staff including registered nurses, respiratory therapists, and medical technologists; non-interfacing information technology systems; antiquated facilities and infrastructure; decline in T.J.C. compliance on internal audits; and a shift to its financial mix.

Action: As the C.E.O., it is time to embark on the annual updating of the organization's strategic plan. The last major revision to the strategic direction was completed three years ago.

In a four to six page (excluding title and reference pages), double-spaced paper, respond to the following questions:

1. Select one of the needs of Community South Medical Center and identify at least one strength, one weakness, one opportunity, and one threat (S.W.O.T.) for that need. How do each of these correlate to the overarching issues confronting Community South Medical Center?

2. Is it time to revise the strategic mission and plan of the organization from three years ago or continue as originally planned with a yearly assessment? Should the C.E.O. address the issues confronting Community South Medical Center or wait another year? If so, what should the strategic plan be? If not, why?

3. What leadership positions would be in your strategic management team? Why? What would their responsibilities be?

4. What are some of the market trends you can identify in this area? How might they affect Community South Medical Center? How would you prepare for them?

You must use a minimum of four scholarly sources, excluding the text, cited according to APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Cultural Diversity in Healthcare. Read over the information in The Provider’s Guide to Quality & Culture website and examine the case study from your textbook titled, Heritage Valley Medical Center: Are Your Managers Culturally Competent?. Then answer the following questions:

1. How have the changing definitions of diversity affected healthcare management and the delivery of healthcare services in this organization?

2. What does this situation say about Heritage Valley Medical Center's organizational culture and organizational competency, if anything?

3. If you were Ms. Harper, how would you handle this and what information would you present to the executive team, including measures and steps to change the attitudes and opinions presented?

Healthcare Ethics and Law. A woman arrives at a suburban emergency room in active labor. Both she and her husband speak little English. The staff determines that the mother (and baby) is uninsured and unable to pay for healthcare services out-of-pocket. The baby is showing signs of distress and needs to be delivered. The on-call OB-GYN physician refuses to come to the hospital. He recommends that the patient be transferred to another facility.

1. What ethical principles relate to this case scenario?

2. What legal principles relate to this scenario?

3. What might the legal consequences be to the health care organization if there is a delay in treatment?

Focus of the Final Project

Managing Health Care Organizations

The Final Project should demonstrate understanding of the reading assignments, class discussions, your own research and the application of new knowledge. It should utilize previous skills developed in foundational health care courses and apply them within the context and viewpoint of health care administrator and his/her role managing health and human services.

For the Final Project, the student will select one of the following topics and conduct scholarly and professional research while integrating course learning outcomes to address a selected topic:

1. Research specific leadership and management traits and theories necessary for managing a multidisciplinary and multicultural health care organization to promote organizational effectiveness.

2. Present how strategic planning, performance improvement, and information systems are interrelated and fundamental to the delivery of quality health care.

3. Examine the financial characteristics of health care delivery along with managing costs, revenues, and human resources.

4. Analyze ethical and legal concepts, including specific federal regulations, required of health care organizations to ensure the delivery of high quality health care that protects patient safety.

Research Requirements

Academic research and papers must meet certain standards of quality that are recognized by the academic community. What constitutes quality academic research?

1. The use of primary (original), credible sources written by experts in the field of study.

2. Ensuring secondary sources are supported by research in primary sources.

3. Making sure all research is relevant and that material used is pertinent to the area of study.

4. In graduate work, the use of peer-reviewed journal articles (journal articles reviewed by recognized experts in the relevant field of study) is required.

5. Keep in mind that educational websites may be appropriate, in some cases, but should be evaluated carefully.

The Ashford University Library offers many excellent databases and other resources to assist you in conducting scholarly research.

What sources are not acceptable for academic research and referencing?

1. Encyclopedias

2. Dictionaries

3. Wikipedia, other wikis, or blogs

4. Websites and other sources that do not provide quality researched materials (do not use credible sources to support the information in the document).

All research must reflect professional academic protocol and must be documented according to APA standards as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

HCA 333 Week 5 DQ Future Changes in Long-Term Care

Future Changes in Long-Term Care. Watch the Your Health: Aging Adult Services video clip. After viewing the video clip, respond to the following questions in a 250-300 word post:

a. What demographic trends will necessitate changes in future long-term care service delivery? Why?

b. What are the most likely ethical challenges to be faced in long-term care?

Justify your response with at least one APA citation from a scholarly reference. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts

HCA 333 Week 4 Governance and Leadership in Long-Term Care

Governance and Leadership in Long-Term Care. Research and select at least two scholarly, full-text articles from the Ashford University Library that discuss the impact of governance and/or leadership in long-term care quality. In a two- to three- page paper (excluding the title and reference pages) address the following:

1. Summarize and discuss three key points from each article.

2. Identify the key stakeholder groups with regards to governance and leadership within long-term care and discuss the role of organizational culture as it pertains to long-term care stakeholder satisfaction.

All references must be cited according to APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

HCA 333 Week 4 DQ 2 Governance

Governance. In a 250-300 word post, discuss legal liability in terms of governance in long-term care settings. What agencies have oversight authority? Provide one real life example of a long-term care liability issue that could conflict with a governance function. Cite one APA source from a scholarly reference to support your discussion. Respond to two of your classmates’ posts.

HCA 333 Week 4 DQ 1 Leadership and Cultural Change

Leadership and Cultural Change. In a 250-300 word post, respond to this question: Why is culture change important in long-term care? Select one type of long-term care and present 3 barriers to successful cultural change in your selected type of long-term care. Respond to two of your classmates’ posts

HCA 333 Week 3 DQ 2 Long-Term Care Quality

Long-Term Care Quality. In a 250-300 word post, identify and discuss the differences and similarities between QA and CQI. Provide an example of QA and CQI from real life long-term care. Support your response with at least one APA citation from a scholarly reference. Respond to two of your classmates’ posts.

HCA 333 Week 3 DQ 1 External Controls

External Controls. In a 250-300 word post, discuss a minimum of 3 problems as identified by providers, with government regulation of long-term care. Include a minimum of one APA citation from a scholarly reference to support your assertions. Respond to two of your classmates’ posts.

HCA 333 Week 2 DQ 2 Community-based Long-Term Care

Competition in Long-Term Care. In a two- to three-page paper (excluding the title and reference pages), discuss the following:

1. What factors drive competition within the long-term care market? Discuss a minimum of three factors.

2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of competition within the long-term care market from multiple stakeholder perspectives (e.g. consumers, managed care organizations, etc.). Address a minimum of three different stakeholder perspectives.

Include at least three scholarly resources, cited according to APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center, to support your discussion.

HCA 333 Week 2 DQ 1 Senior Housing

Senior Housing. Read through the senior housing case found in the course text, chapter 6, beginning at the bottom of page 164-166. In a 250-300 word post, answer these questions:

§ What different needs do Rose and Don have that are being met by the CCRC?

§ If the multiple levels of service were not available, what would Rose and Don’s situation likely be at this time?

§ What about in the near future?

HCA 333 Week 2 Competition in Long-Term Care

Competition in Long-Term Care. In a two- to three-page paper (excluding the title and reference pages), discuss the following:

1. What factors drive competition within the long-term care market? Discuss a minimum of three factors.

Include at least three scholarly resources, cited according to APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center, to support your discussion

HCA 333 Week 1 Person-centered Care

Person-Centered Care. Locate the full-text article on person-centered care by Koren in ProQuest, through the Ashford University Online Library. Read the article and in a two- to three-page paper (excluding the title and reference page) using APA format, discuss the following:

1. Summarize the three key points made by the author about patient-centered care. Why is this form of care important? How does it affect outcomes? How can we overcome obstacles to the adoption of these culture-change practices?

2. Discuss a minimum of three barriers/challenges to implementing person-centered care in nursing homes.

3. In addition to person-centered care practices mentioned in the article, identify two other examples of person-centered care practices. For example, allowing patients to choose their own meal times based upon personal preference.

Include at least two additional scholarly resources (in addition to the Koren article) cited according to APA guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center, to support your discussion.

HCA 333 Week 1 DQ 2 Factors in Long-Term Care

Factors in Long-Term Care. What are the most significant factors that have led to the development of the long-term care system as it currently exists? Which of these three factors is the most significant? Support your response with one APA cited reference source. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

HCA 333 Week 1 DQ 1 Subacute Care

Subacute Care. Review the Subacute Care Case Pratt(2010) pp. 122-124 and develop a response to Question 8 a, b & c (located on the top of page 125 of the text) and post your response. In your response formulate a complete response to each component of Question 8. The response will provide evidence of critical thinking and problem solving applications. Include one reference in addition to the course text to support your response to question 8 component B. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

HCA 333 Entire Course

HCA 333 Week 1 DQ 1 Subacute Care

HCA 333 Week 1 DQ 2 Factors in Long-Term Care

HCA 333 Week 1 Person-centered Care

HCA 333 Week 2 Competition in Long-Term Care

HCA 333 Week 2 DQ 1 Senior Housing

HCA 333 Week 2 DQ 2 Community-based Long-Term Care

HCA 333 Week 3 DQ 1 External Controls

HCA 333 Week 3 DQ 2 Long-Term Care Quality

HCA 333 Week 4 DQ 1 Leadership and Cultural Change

HCA 333 Week 4 DQ 2 Governance

HCA 333 Week 4 Governance and Leadership in Long-Term Care

HCA 333 Week 5 DQ Future Changes in Long-Term Care

HCA 333 Week 5 Final Paper

HCA 331 Week 5 Final Paper

Focus of the Final Project

By the end of this course you should have a greater understanding of the health education profession. For the Final Project you will submit a paper that includes the following three parts: an examination of the health education field and profession, an analysis of an HIV prevention program, and the creation of a health education website focusing on heart disease. The first two parts will make up the majority of the paper that you will submit, but you will also need to supply a description of the website you create, the information it contains, and the website’s URL in your paper. It is advised that you create the description of your website before you actually build it to ensure that it contains all the required components.

Part I: Introduction to Health Education and the Health Education Profession

Discuss the historical and future trends that have impacted the need for health education.

What are at least three major historical events that shaped health education?

What is the focus of today’s health education? How does it differ from previous foci of health

education?

Examine the roles, responsibilities, and professional resources of health education specialists.

What are the seven areas of responsibility of the profession?

How would you describe the overall role of a health education specialist?

Who receives health education? Who do health educators work with?

What are two professional resources for health educators? How can they utilize these resources?

What is a Certified Health Education Specialist (C.H.E.S)? How is certification obtained?

Describe three professional settings where you might find a health education specialist at work.

What do these settings have in common? How are they different?

Are there any additional skill sets that a health education specialist might need to work in one of

these settings versus another?

Part II: HIV Prevention Program

1. Evaluate the HIV Prevention Program implemented by the Idaho State Department of Education by

answering the following questions:
• What is the main purpose of this program? How was it designed to facilitate this purpose?

Who is the target audience for this website? Who are the collaborators and stakeholders involved in this program?

What are the main components of the information provided on this website?

2. Evaluate the information provided on the, “HIV, Other STD, and Teen Pregnancy Prevention and Idaho Students” PDF.

Is the information given reliable? How can you tell?

Is it presented in a way that the target audience will understand?

Part III: Delivering Messages Using Technology and Social Media
For this part of the Final Project, you will apply technological strategies to create a website that provides health education for women at risk for heart disease. You must include a description of the website and the main topics that you will address through the website in the paper that you submit for grading. A link to the website URL must also be included so that your instructor can view and grade your website.

Your website must meet the following inclusion criteria:

A minimum of three pages total. Including at least two web pages, in addition to the homepage.

A brief introduction to heart disease and its effect on your chosen population which includes data

that supports the need for and purpose of this education.

A minimum of five basic tips or facts regarding heart disease and women from credible and reliable

sources. All sources must be referenced and cited according to APA guidelines as outlined in the

Ashford Writing Center.

At least three to five links to and information on various organizations that support your message

and provide assistance or education to your population.

Images, videos, website links, articles, and multimedia must be incorporated (including health

information and health care resources) where appropriate, to engage your viewers and educate them regarding heart disease.

Follow these quick start-up instructions and go to the Wix.com website to register for and begin creating your website. Tutorials are provided when you register to help you get acquainted with this website-building platform. If you experience any technical difficulties, please contact the Wix.com technical support directly, as the technical support offered within your Student Portal will not be able to assist with this outside website.

If you are unable to utilize this platform to complete this portion of your assignment and have tried contacting Wix.com technical support, please contact your instructor. Clearly label the website as a course assignment. It will not be searchable to the general public, but it will be public and anyone who is given your specific site link will be able to view it. Provide the required information as well as the URL to your website in your paper. Once you have received your final grade for this course, you have the option of deleting this website through your account with Wix.com.

HCA 331 Week 5 DQ 2 Use of Social Media in Health Education

Use of Social Media in Health Education. Social media provides vital platforms to communicate health education to specific populations. Many health education programs and campaigns use social media for needs assessment, program implementation, and program evaluation. Read the C.D.C.’s Health Communicator’s Social Media Toolkit and discuss the importance of using social media tools in health education. List the 12 tips provided by the C.D.C. regarding the use of social media and select the three that you think are the most important. Explain your selection. Next, define each of the social media tools that are identified in the toolkit. State which of these tools you are familiar with and describe how you are familiar with them. Of the tools that you are unfamiliar with, which would you like to learn more about? Provide your reasoning. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

HCA 331 Week 5 DQ 1 Professional Ethics

Professional Ethics. All professionals are required to behave ethically. For this discussion, we will examine exactly what that means with regard to health education. Identify and describe the five ethical principles that are mentioned in your course text. For each principle, describe how it applies to health and health education. Present the 10 steps of ethical decision making and create a scenario that illustrates the use of these steps. What are some ethical issues that may occur when providing health education? Are there any ways to ensure that professionals behave ethically? Explain your answers. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

HCA 331 Week 4 DQ 2 The Future of Health Education

HCA 331 Week 4 DQ 1 The History of Health Education

The History of Health Education. Due to the exponential increase of health knowledge throughout history, the need for health education has subsequently grown. Briefly describe health and health education in each period of history (early humans, early efforts at public health, early cultures, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Age of Enlightenment, and the 1800s). Compare public health in the United States from the 1700s to the present. Discuss at least three events that validated health education as being a necessity. Respond to at least two of your classmate’s posts.

HCA 331 Week 3 DQ 2 Information Sources

Information Sources. Describe the different types of information sources (primary, secondary, tertiary, and popular press publications). Give multiple examples of publications from each type and describe the rigor in which the information is reviewed for each of these publication types. Next, find one article from each type of information source on the health risks associated with smoking cigarettes. For each of the four articles, interpret the conclusions regarding the effects of cigarette smoking. Describe how the conclusions were determined. Determine whether the information provided in the article supported the conclusion.

What was the difference in the quality of information from each of these sources? Discuss any consistencies or inconsistencies in the information from all four sources. Reference each source in APA format and provide the website URL link, if available. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

HCA 331 Week 3 DQ 1 Health Education Related Agencies

Health Education Related Agencies. Numerous agencies are related to the health profession. They are categorized into three classifications: governmental, quasi-governmental, and non- governmental health agencies. Provide a description of each of these classifications and include several examples with your descriptions. Discuss the difference between governmental and quasi-governmental agencies. Select one example agency from each classification and visit the separate websites. From these websites, determine and explain the purpose and mission of each agency. Identify and describe a health education program or campaign featured on each website. Which agency appeals to you most? Why? You must include the website URL links for the examples of these sources in your post. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

HCA 331 Week 3 Assignment Health Education Literature

Health Education Literature. Part of the role of being a health care professional is not only being a resource of health information, but communicating that information to those in need. Health care professionals need to be able to find health information from credible sources.

Part I: Research Articles
All research articles follow a very similar pattern when it comes to content. Review the Holman and White article from this week’s required resources. To locate the article, click on the “Find Articles & More” link in the top navigation bar of the Ashford University Library. Then, select the “Databases A-Z” link, followed by the letter “P” option. Scroll down to the “PubMed Central” database, and enter the article title in the search bar. You will want to review the full-text, PDF version of this article.

Step 1: Explain all of the sections of this article by describing the content and purpose of each section.

Step 2: Comprehensively analyze the content by addressing the following guiding questions which have been adapted from your text:

Were the objectives of the study clearly defined?

Was the research question stated?

Did the introduction provide reasoning for asking the research question?

Are the subjects well described? Was the recruitment of the subjects clearly defined?

Was the design of the study described well?

Was the process of data collection clear? Were the data collection instruments described well?

Was validity and reliability data reported for the data collection instruments?

Did the results address the research question?

Did the conclusions align with the results?

Did the authors suggest practical applications of the findings to a population that is similar to the subject

population?

Part II: Evaluating the Accuracy of Non-Research-Based Information
When we obtain information from sources other than research articles, we still need to determine whether the information is accurate and valid. Explain the criteria used to evaluate non-research based information by addressing each of the following guiding questions:

Discuss each of the questions developed by Cottrell (1997) that are listed in your course text on page 297.

How does each of these questions enhance your search for credibility?

Are there similarities between these requirements and the writing requirements of your assignments?

What are the seven areas to consider when evaluating information from the Internet?

Evaluate the health information found on the Internet by examining the information provided on emotional health from one of the following websites: the Center for Young Women’s Health, Young Men’s Health, or EmpowHER. Provide an example for each area of evaluation with the information from your selected site. Is the information provided on the website credible? Would you use this information to educate an individual? Explain your answers.

HCA 331 Week 2 Health Education Settings

Health Education Settings. Health education is shaped by the audience it targets, and is often dictated by the setting in which health education takes place. Provide a thorough description of the four traditional settings (school, public, worksite, and health care). Include in your descriptions:

The goal(s) of health education programs in each setting.

The reasoning behind selecting each setting as an appropriate place for health education programs.

The need for trained health education specialists in each setting.

A brief summary of the “a day in the career of” section of each setting.

A description of the additional responsibilities for each setting.

The advantages and disadvantages of working in each setting.

Describe possible non-traditional settings and other opportunities that are available for the professionals in this field.

HCA 331 Week 2 DQ Roles and Responsibilities of a Health Education Specialist

Roles and Responsibilities of a Health Education Specialist. The roles of the health educator were most recently updated in 2010 using the Health Education Job Analysis model discussed in your course text. Almost forty competencies have been identified and categorized into seven areas of responsibility. Address the following in your post:

Identify and describe each of the Seven Areas of Responsibility for a health education specialist. Discuss the importance of each area of responsibility and provide examples of each.

Define the role of a health education specialist by summarizing these responsibilities. Was this the role that you initially imagined for a health educator?

Compare your previous ideas of this profession to the role described using the areas of responsibility. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

HCA 331 Week 1 DQ Using Epidemiological and Health Status Data

Using Epidemiological and Health Status Data. Health status and epidemiological data are assessed to determine major health concerns and the populations in need of assistance. Therefore, it is extremely important to understand the different types and sources of health data. Include the following in your post:

Describe the seven different types of health data presented in the text.

Identify two different sources of health data, one on the national level and one on the local level (from

your county or state).

Obtain the most recent health data regarding heart disease from these two sources.

From the same source of local data, identify the most significant health condition and explain how you

came to this conclusion.

Discuss the importance of this information in planning health education/promotion programs.

Describe how the action of obtaining and analyzing data relates to evidence-based practice.

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