Critically analyze the current literature related to interventions that address the problem related to communities from nursing, the sciences, and humanities.

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Course Project: Health Promotion Proposal
Overview/Description:
The purpose of this assignment is to provide the student an opportunity to design a health promotion proposal specific to your role specialization.
There are multiple sections to the project. These include:
1. Identification of a specific health promotion topic, along with a well-defined target population. This will be due in Week 1.
2. Critically analyze the current literature related to this topic
3. Create an intervention plan for the identified problem
4. Create an evaluation plan for the intervention, along with all other project sections.
The final project is due in Week 5 and will be composed of the above sections which you will adjust weekly based upon the feedback from your facilitator. All sections will be submitted in one document. Additional explanation for each section is provided in the relevant week’s directions.
Project-Specific Criteria:
• Clearly describe the health promotion/disease prevention problem specific to the target population.
• Explain how the selected problem applies to advanced practice in the student’s role option.
• Critically analyze the current literature related to interventions that address the problem related to communities from nursing, the sciences, and humanities.
• Select an appropriate health promotion/disease prevention theoretical framework that applies to the problem.
• Design an intervention to address the problem in the selected population/setting using appropriate epidemiological, social, and environmental assessments.
• Design an evaluation plan to measure efficacy of the proposed intervention.
Choosing Your Topic
The first step in the project is to identify a topic appropriate for a health promotion project. There are multiple areas to look for acceptable projects, such as the Health People 2020 site, The Institute of Medicine, Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ). You may also want to look at the websites for professional nursing organizations which may also have listings of health promotion priorities.
Once you are clear on the area of interest, narrow the topic to something that is specific and measureable. For example, if you are interested in the care of the elderly, you may want to focus on a project to lessen the fall rate for the elderly.
Current and initial section-Project Task:
Prepare a proposal in the form of a two-pages paper which describes a detailed plan for the project. The facilitator will give you feedback that may require you to revise and refine your plan.
Assignment Grading Criteria Maximum Points
Identified an appropriate goal for health promotion. 10
Developed or proposed a specific, narrow, and focused intervention to address the goal. 10
Provided an explanation of the importance of the project relative to the students’ future advanced practice role. 10
Developed a plan to identify the needed data and information for creation of the project. 10
Followed APA Guidelines 10
Total: 50

Any discounting to be applied Analysis Reporting of base case results How will the cost-effectiveness be presented, what would be done in the case of dominance?

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Instructions: This course work is in two sections:

Section A)

A critical of a paper: Maximum word count is 1,250 words

Section B) Development of a Modelling plan + outline model structure: Maximum word count is 1,250 words + copy of an outline model structure.

BOTH sections must be completed. The total maximum word count for this course work is 2,500 words + copy of an outline model structure.

You have been provided with a suggested template which you can use to complete Section A and B.

A short scenario has been given to enable you to complete the course work (i will uploed it)

Section A:

Produce a maximum 1,250 word report detailing a critical health economics appraisal of the Nguyen and Bernstein paper (i will be uploaded) using an appropriate critical appraisal tool/framework.

This should include:

  • A succinct critical appraisal of the paper including strengths and limitations.
  • The gaps in this analysis which could be addressed by adapting or undertaking a new health economic analysis using a decision analytical model.

Section B:

Produce a maximum 1,250 word modelling plan for your proposed health economic analysis to fill the gaps in the analysis and address the decision problem. Provide a fully labelled outline of your proposed model structure Consider the following, along with other relevant features, in your modelling plan The aim of the analysis

  • Patient population and any sub-groups to be considered in the analysis.
  • Intervention(s) and comparator
  • Outcomes Model structure
  • The structure of the proposed model (include an outline model structure in your report) with a short description of the treatment pathways to be modelled and health states.
  • Report the computer package you will use to undertake your analysis.
  • State the proposed setting ( country and health service sector) time horizon and perspective for your model with justification Model assumption Briefly describe the main assumptions you will make in your model. Collection of data inputs
  • Resource use and costs—the data and methods you will use to cost up each of your treatment and pathways describing how you will assign values e.g. unit costs and potential sources of information.
  • Clinical data required and which sources of data you would consider and why (including any ranking) e.g. meta-analysis, single RCT, observational, registry data etc. The types of data needed to populate the model e.g. transition probabilities, morbidity, mortality should be outlined
  • Health utilities- the data and methods you will use to populate your model e.g. baseline utility scores, utility decrements as a result of VTE. Describe the preferred method of capturing utilities to be used.
  • Any discounting to be applied Analysis Reporting of base case results How will the cost-effectiveness be presented, what would be done in the case of dominance? Sensitivity analysis Outline the sensitivity analyses to be undertaken to address uncertainty in your model. Feasibility Outline what could be the potential challenges e.g. obtaining high quality clinical evidence

While there have been some improvements in the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in recent year, Indigenous Australians are still disadvantaged compared with non-Indigenous Australians (AIHW 2014)

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While there have been some improvements in the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in recent year, Indigenous Australians are still disadvantaged compared with non-Indigenous Australians (AIHW 2014). This disadvantage is often the result of a complex range of interrelated economic, cultural, geographical, environmental and social factors that impact up on the health and wellbeing of people of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background.
For this assignment you must identify and discuss four factors that impact on the health and wellbeing of a person of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background. You must provide a discussion of approximately 450 words for each of these four factors. Your response is to be presented as a formal scholarly essay, supported with reliable sources of evidence which have been referenced correctly using the Harvard Referencing System.
DIRECTIONS
The paper must be presented as a formal scholarly essay with the following sections:
Section A – Introduction (100 words)
The introduction should catch the reader’s attention in an interesting way and introduce what will be discussed in the assignment.
Section B – Body of Essay (1800 words)
This section should discuss the four factors that impact on the health of a person of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background (approximately 450 words per factor).
Section C – Conclusion (100 words)
The conclusion presents a brief paragraph that ties together the main points of the assignment, but does not introduce new ideas and generally does not include new literature or direct quotes.
Reference List
A minimum of 8 references (two for each factor discussed) from reliable sources of evidence such as journal articles, textbooks and reports from research centres should support the assignment. They should be referenced correctly using the Harvard Referencing System.

The Genetics of Human Pigmentation and its Relevance to Human Health

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The Genetics of Human Pigmentation and its Relevance to Human Health
Formatting (see also the marking rubric)
The 1500-word report will present information on the genes studied, why they are relevant to human health, the genetic variants that were tested, and a conclusion as to what effect the identified variants might have on health. As the practicals will analyse DNA from a population of anonymous donors, your analysis will involve the combined data of all practical groups. Submission is via Turnitin- a single assignment cover page and submission per pair, listing both members signing the assignment cover page.
Note: you are not required to write an abstract.
The basic format of the research report will be as follows:

1. Title page:
• The title of the study
• A list of Authors (alphabetically for this report), followed by the practical class you are enrolled in.

2. Introduction
The introduction provides background and context for the experiments. It introduces the reader to the genes that are being studied and their importance to human health and disease. Aims must be clearly described.

3. Results
• Figures have figure legends that are placed under each figure. The figure legend does not interpret the figure, but provides information that allows the reader to understand the content of the figure.
• A figure legend should have a brief descriptive title
• Tables do not have legends; tables are identified by a number and a title that is placed above the table
• The text complements the tables and figures; it directs the reader to important findings, but there is no interpretation or discussion of results. It is acceptable to summarise findings: eg. Therefore, this experiment showed that…

4. Discussion
The conclusion will discuss the results in the context of human pigmentation and its significance for human health and disease.
Based on material presented in the lectures, discussions in the practical classes, and your own reading, you are expected to discuss your results in the context of the genetics of the variability of human pigmentation.

The overall word limit is 1500 words: figures and figure legends, tables and references are not included in the word count.

There is not a fixed word count for each section.