Analyze and list the necessary steps and procedures that would be appropriate to apply as you conduct a community assessment of your public health problem

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lan of Action—Using the Evidence-based Approach to Design a Plan of Action to Address a Specific Public Health Problem
This week’s readings have demonstrated the desirability of EBPH, definitions of EBPH, the scientific factors to consider when determining whether some type of public health action is warranted, tools for measuring impact of EBPH practice and conducting a community assessment to identify issues within a community, prioritizing these issues, developing interventions to address these issues based on a review of what has worked effectively in other places, and evaluating the process, impact, and outcome of intervention efforts.
Now, utilize assigned and suggested weekly readings, the South University online library, the Internet readings, and references to search, evaluate, and retrieve relevant evidence-based public health literature.
Then, use the evidence-based techniques learned so far and design a model, plan, or approach to tackle the public health problem, issue, situation, or concern you identified in Week 1 Project.
While developing the plan, do the following:

Use scientific evidence to assess or review the public health problem selected. Which information from research studies will be utilized in your assessment? Will you use:

Etiologic studies
Studies used to develop methods for measuring or modifying behavior
Studies used to identify the factors that influence the behavior
Studies used to determine whether public health interventions are successful in meeting their stated objectives for risk reduction

Evaluate and identify which analytical tool(s) is most appropriate to apply or assess your public health problem. Of the different types of analytical tools, which will you use to assess your public health problem:

Analytic tools for measuring intervention impact and effectiveness. For example, systematic reviews, meta-analysis, etc.
Economic evaluation, a set of methods for comparing benefits and costs by using the cost-benefit analysis, cost-effective analysis, cost-utility analysis.

Analyze and list the necessary steps and procedures that would be appropriate to apply as you conduct a community assessment of your public health problem.

Justify why a community assessment is necessary.
Discuss the range of partnership or stakeholders that might be useful in conducting community assessments.
Outline who in the community will be assessed, what to assess, and how to conduct assessments.
Describe how to disseminate the community assessment findings.

Submission

Improving Document Design of All-Weather’s Safety and Health Policy

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All-Weather Case: Improving Document Design of All-Weather’s Safety and Health Policy
After the accident in a production line at Cedar Rapids,
Doug wants to review All-Weather’s Safety and Health
Policy, which was designed about 10 years ago in consultation
with Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) officials. Caleb finds the yellowed
document in an old employee manual; surprisingly,
the policy has not been posted on HR’s Web site on the
intranet.
As Caleb realizes quickly after looking at the document
for a few seconds, the policy document (given
below) is a nightmare in terms of document design,
making it difficult to follow and use.
Employee safety and health has always been All-Weather’s paramount concern.
EVERY PLANT, DEPARTMENT, & OFFICE should take an inventory of safety and
health hazards it faces including those arising from natural disasters such as hurricanes,
storms, flood, earthquake; accidents such as fire, explosion, electric shock,
malfunction or mishap involving machinery or equipment, sabotage, employee error
or negligence, poor working conditions (slippery surfaces, dimly lit workplace, loose
wiring, etc.); health risks such as communicable diseases, lack of sanitation, contamination,
defective or not functioning smoke or gas alarms and other safety tools
(such as scaffolds, safety belts, barricades, etc.), lack of personal protective clothing
and equipment, mishandling or unsafe storage of raw material; and injuries due to
workplace stress or violence. EVERY PLANT, DEPARTMENT, & OFFICE should
have an emergency plan to respond to the above mentioned safety and health
risks. It should also prepare a communication plan that specifies procedures
for reporting safety violations and health risks, outlines steps to investigate
accidents and health hazards, and lays out in detail the mechanism for warning
employees of any hazardous conditions in their workplace. EVERY PLANT,
DEPARTMENT, & OFFICE should also have safety and health related meetings
and workshops, which will be conducted jointly by HR and the department concerned.
The plant, department, and office can also contact OSHA’s COMPLIANCE
ASSISTANCE SPECIALISTS (CAS’s) at its local office. EVERY PLANT,
DEPARTMENT, & OFFICE should ensure regular inspection of all its facilities
as well as safety tools. EVERY PLANT, DEPARTMENT, & OFFICE should reward
employees for exceptional safety and healthful behavior. EVERY PLANT,
DEPARTMENT, & OFFICE should review every change it makes in its work practices
from the point of view of employee safety and health. EVERY PLANT, DEPARTMENT,
& OFFICE should designate an individual who will be responsible to oversee its efforts
in relation to employee safety and health. EVERY PLANT, DEPARTMENT, & OFFICE
should maintain records of all employee injuries and sicknesses sustained in the
workplace. EVERY PLANT, DEPARTMENT, & OFFICE should review all safety and
health violations and each accident fully to make it clear to employees All-Weather’s
unswerving commitment to employee health and safety. Finally, safety and health in
All-Weather concerns everyone at All-Weather. Hence, don’t wait to raise any concern
that you might have regarding employee safety and health in our company. For
more information, contact HR.
Based on your reading of Chapter 8, help Caleb improve the document design of All-Weather’s Safety and Health
Policy. When you are finished with the revision, write a memo to Doug that explains how you changed the document
design and why you made your changes.
Sources: Parts of the document are adapted from U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration,
“OSHA FactSheet: Effective Workplace Safety and Health Management Systems,” in OSHA Publications, http://www.osha.gov/
Publications/safety-health-management-systems.pdf (accessed March 7, 2009); and Jonathan F. Hutchings, OSHA Quick Guide for
Residential Builders and Contractors (New York: Mc-Graw Hill, 1998).

breast cancer deaths are rising among African American women due to fewer screenings, poorer health at the time of diagnosis, and more advanced disease by the time the cancer is found

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TERM PAPER INSTRUCTIONS
THESIS: The thesis of my paper is “breast cancer deaths are rising among African American women due to fewer screenings, poorer health at the time of diagnosis, and more advanced disease by the time the cancer is found.”
Annotated Bibliography
The goal of the annotated bibliography is to help you gather and organize the supporting evidence that you’ll use to argue your thesis statement/hypothesis/research question. The body of your final paper must have at least three separate main points that each support the overall argument of the paper. Each main point must have at least one quality primary source of evidence, and may also include examples such as quotes, popular media, etc.
In this assignment, you need to turn in a list of your three sources of evidence from the scientific literature. List the authors, title, date, and where it was published (what journal, website, or book you found it in). If you found the information online, list the URL. Below each source, describe why the evidence supports your thesis/hypotheses or answers your research question.
Sources
For this assignment, I am giving you strict rules about what you may/may not cite to encourage you to think critically about the information you find, especially on the internet.
Sources: Each of your three points of supporting evidence must have at least one quality information source. You MAY use anything you found in a professionally published book, newspaper, a peer-reviewed academic journal, or on a government-operated website (e.g., cdc.gov, publichealth.lacounty.gov, healthypeople.gov). You are only allowed to use websites ending in “.gov” unless you get specific approval from me. If you find an online source that you want to use that is not a government-operated website, ask yourself: who wrote this? What are their qualifications? Is the information biased or trying to convince me of one side of a debate? Is the information cited? What is the evidence backing this…

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Describe the dimensions along which moral hazard can exist

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These questions are based of Jonathan Gruber’s Public Finance and Public Policy, 3rdedition (2010).

The assignment has 6 points.

1.The demand relationship for the good is P = 50 – 2Q. The supply relationship for the good is P = 5 + Q. Who bears the economic incidence of this tax if there is a $2 per unit tax on the buyer of this good? Who bears the statutory incidence? Who bears the statutory and economic incidence if there is a $2 per unit tax on the seller of this good? Calculate the deadweight loss from this $2 per unit tax and how much tax revenue the government will receive from the tax.(2 points)

2.The City of Los Angeles is considering a railroad track improvement project that is expected to provide benefits in the form of time savings associated with more speedy transport of people through the region.In addition, the project is expected to include many railroad grade crossing improvements that are expected to save lives.The cost of materials for the project is expected to be $150 million.The average cost of labor for construction of the road is $20 per hour for 1,000,000 hours of total labor.The city will need to maintain the railroad which will cost it $2 million per year.The railroad track project is expected to save 16 lives per year.On average, people are expected to accumulate $2 million in earnings over their life span.By improving the railroad track system, it is expected to save 15 minutes on average per trip.It is expected that there will be 1,000,000 trips on the roads affected by the project per year with an average hourly wage rate per driver of $25.Assuming a discount rate of 5{0e601fc7fe3603dc36f9ca2f49ef4cd268b5950ef1bbcf1f795cc00e94cdd119}, perform a cost benefit analysis on this proposed project over a 5 year period providing a recommendation and numerical justification for your recommendation. (3 points)

Gruber problems (note – these are problems from the Third Edition of the text)

3.Chapter 12, Problem 4(.5 point)

Small companies typically find it more expensive, on a per employee basis, to buy health insurance for their workers, as compared withlarger companies. Similarly, it is usually less expensive to health insurance through an employer–providedplan than purchasing it directly from an insurance company even if your employer requires you topay the entire premium. Use the ideas from this chapter to explain these observations.

4.Chapter 12, Problem 10 (.5 point)

Describe the dimensions along which moral hazard can exist. Can you think ofways in which thegovernment can reduce the prevalence of moral hazard along each dimension?