What is a Primary Prevention?

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Approved Topic List: Choosing Your Field Project Topic with a Primary Prevention Focus

 

Note: You may not log any work on your field project until you are enrolled in Community

Health and Population-Focused Nursing Field Experience/Community Health and Population-

Focused Nursing Clinical and have selected your topic.

 

What is a Primary Prevention?

The Community Health Nursing practicum requires a field project. The project focuses on

primary prevention. Primary prevention is the prevention of disease, injury, disability or

premature death before they occur.

 

First Steps in Choosing a Field Project Topic

First, consider what might be an issue of public health concern in your own community. The

pertinent questions to consider are:

 What is the biggest contributor to disease (morbidity) and premature death

(mortality) in your community?

 What are the controversial community health concerns discussed in your local

newspaper?

 What do you believe people in your community are most concerned about related to

health?

 What is generating the most visits to the emergency room or hospital admission in

your community?

 What do you believe is reducing the quality of life in your community?

 

Possible Topic Areas to Choose for Field Project

Access to Healthcare

 access to mental health services

 access to dental health services

 access to health services

 promotion of health literacy

Alcohol and Drug Use

 responsible alcohol consumption

 prevention of drug abuse, including

– IV drug use

– prescription drug use

Child Health

 prevention of neonatal mortality

 prevention of unintentional childhood injuries, including:

– sudden unexpected infant death (SUID)

– poisoning

– drowning

– motor vehicle related (child safety seat and seat belt use)

– sports related

– pedestrian related

 prevention of child abuse

 promotion of vaccination

Disabled

 promotion of health and well-being, including

– access to disability related services and devices,

 

 

– limit barriers to participating in home, work, school, or community activities

Disaster Preparedness

 prevention of adverse health consequences caused by natural and human caused

disasters

HIV/AIDS

 prevention of HIV/AIDS, including

– sexual transmission

– prenatal transmission

– IV drug use transmission

Oral Health

 prevention of dental caries

Obesity/Nutrition

 prevention of overweight and obesity through healthy nutrition and physical activity

 prevention of food deserts

Physical Environment

 promotion of healthy physical environment, including

– air quality

– land quality

– water quality

Seniors

 prevention of falls

 prevention of social isolation

 promotion of vaccination

Sexual Health

 Prevention of sexually transmitted infections.

Social Environment

 safe, affordable, quality housing (prevention of homelessness)

Tobacco

 prevention of tobacco use

 prevention of smoking

Unintentional Injuries

 prevention of workplace injuries

 prevention of motor vehicle related death/injuries

– prevention of pedestrian injury and death (includes bicyclists)

Violence

 prevention of domestic violence/intimate partner violence

 prevention of dating violence

 prevention of gang violence

 prevention of community violence

 prevention of bullying/cyber-bullying

 prevention of suicide/depression

 Prevention of human/sex trafficking

Women’s and Maternal Health

 prevention of unintended pregnancies

 lack of breastfeeding/promotion of breastfeeding

 promotion of vaccination

 

Resources to Start Your Topic Choice Process

 Healthy People 2020

 

 

http://healthypeople.gov/2020/default.aspx

Global Business Cultural Analysis: Italy

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The purpose of this research project is for you to write a professional, graduate-level research paper in current APA format.

 

You will research and write a paper analyzing the cultural perspectives of doing business in another nation. (Italy)

 

After reading your paper, the reader should be able to comprehensively answer the following research questions. Thus, the research questions form the major aspects (APA Level 1 headings) of your outline.

-What are the major elements and dimensions of culture in this region? (See Chapter 2 of the textbook for a list of the required dimensions.)

-How are these elements and dimensions integrated by locals conducting business in the nation?

-How do both of the above items compare with US culture and business?

-What are the implications for US businesses that wish to conduct business in that region?

 

Important Points to Consider

This paper must be written in strict conformance to current APA format, and contain a minimum of 24 pages of content (first nine pages have been provided) (excluding the title page, abstract, and references) utilizing at least 24 references from reputable professional and/or scholarly journals and/or informational venues that deal with the content of the course (i.e., not blogs, Wikipedia, newspapers, etc.).

-Use the following as the exact title of your paper, Global Business Cultural Analysis: (insert nation selected)

-The paper must consist of only 4 sections, as indicated above. Do not add sections, or revise the research questions.

-Three levels of current APA headings must be used throughout the paper, as this is a graduate-level research paper.

Additional Instructions and first nine pages have been attached

Global Business Cultural Analysis Instructions

 

The purpose of this research project is for you to write a professional, graduate-level research paper in current APA format. Competency in current APA format is required of all business graduates of Liberty University, as set forth by policy of both the graduate faculty and the administration.

 

You will research and write a paper analyzing the cultural perspectives of doing business in another nation. You will select a nation to study, and have approximately 8 modules/weeks to research and write the paper. Your professor will provide a list of approved nations by the second day of the course. Select a nation, then begin working on the project.

 

After reading your paper, the reader should be able to comprehensively answer the following research questions. Thus, the research questions form the major aspects (APA Level 1 headings) of your outline.

 

· What are the major elements and dimensions of culture in this region? (See Chapter 2 of the textbook for a list of the required dimensions.)

· How are these elements and dimensions integrated by locals conducting business in the nation?

· How do both of the above items compare with US culture and business?

· What are the implications for US businesses that wish to conduct business in that region?

 

Important Points to Consider

This paper must be written in strict conformance to current APA format, and contain a minimum of 24 pages of content (excluding the title page, abstract, and references) utilizing at least 24 references from reputable professional and/or scholarly journals and/or informational venues that deal with the content of the course (i.e., not blogs, Wikipedia, newspapers, etc.).

 

1. Use the following as the exact title of your paper, Global Business Cultural Analysis: (insert nation selected)

2. The paper must consist of only 4 sections, as indicated above . Do not add sections, or revise the research questions.

3. The paper must be submitted as a Microsoft Word file through the SafeAssign link in Module/Week 8.

4. Three SafeAssign draft links will be provided in the Assignments folder of Module/Week 5 for you to use to improve your originality score prior to your final submission.

5. Three levels of current APA headings must be used throughout the paper, as this is a graduate-level research paper.

 

Some students do not fully understand the difference between plagiarism and paraphrasing. Paraphrasing is when you take a source or someone else’s idea and say it in your own words. When you paraphrase, you must still give the author’s name, date, title of the source, the scholarly journal from where it came, and the exact website address or book from where it came. However, when you directly quote a source, it must have quotation marks around the quote, or (if 40 words or more) it must be set in block quotation format. Give detailed information of where you acquired the quote.

 

For the purpose of this academic paper, adhere to the following rules when quoting or using a source:

 

· Do not directly quote more than 120 words from any 1 source.

· If the source is 2,000 words or less, do not directly quote more than 50 words from it.

· Do not use the same source more than a total of 3 times within the whole document for quoting or paraphrasing.

· Quotes must contain the section (if provided) and paragraph or page numbers of the quote and this information must be placed in the reference.

· In all instances, use current APA guidelines for citations and references.

 

Email your professor with any questions regarding the Global Business Cultural Analysis.

 

Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Wednesday of Module/Week 8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-GBCA SafeAssign draft submissions. These are non-graded opportunities to check your GBCA before final submission.

Please remember that as you prepare for the GBCA there are a few items that I see tend to cause students significant point deductions.

– Be sure the abstract is present and meets APA standards.

– Make sure that the Hofstede, SWOT, and FDI analyses are all present.

– Make sure that RQ1, RQ2, and RQ3, discuss each of the dimensions of culture.

As always, if you have any questions, please let me know.

 

Greetings,

As you look toward the completion of the GBCA, I wanted to provide you with some helpful guidance to maximize your chance for success in this assignment.

*Don’t forget to include the Abstract!*

Question 1 requires you to discuss the general elements of culture (described in Chapter 2 of your textbook) as they apply to your chosen nation. Be sure to analyze ALL 6 of the elements.

Question 2 is a natural extension of Question 1 in that you will demonstrate how these elements of culture are used in business dealings by the people of your nation.  Be sure to analyze ALL 6 of the elements.

Question 3 is a natural extension of Question 2 in that you will compare and contrast the 6 elements with those found in the USA. You will also use the Hofstede model for understanding cultures and compare and contrast those elements between the cultures as well.

Question 4 is where you briefly summarize your research findings and is the place where you draw substantive conclusions and report the implications of your research for doing business in that nation.  Questions 1 through 3 “set the stage” for Question 4.

Question 4. A substantive and comprehensive coverage demonstrates to the reader why the information is important and how it can be used in business dealings for US managers. This question also provides a SWOT and FDI analysis.

I hope that you will find this information helpful as you work towards completion of the paper.

Dr. Rawls

The playboy of Seville

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A 2000 word paper based on a play, “The playboy of Seville” and answer 9 questions based on the play- include references and cited properly.

1. What kind of person enjoys depriving a woman of her honor (virginity)?

2. Why is stealing her self image somehow sweeter when the woman involved is about to be married?

3. Why is the ploy sweeter still if he promises to be her husband afterward?

4. Is there then a certain irony associated with the fact that Don Juan is supposed to be married near the end of the play?

5. Do some men chase after women to prove to themselves that they are actually men after all?

6. Do you have friends who fit into this pattern?

(Be sure to cite examples from your reading of the play.)

7. Which character did you find repulsive, repugnant or both?

8. Which character did you admire or at the very least feel empathy toward by the end of the play?

9. Does this play have something to contribute to the current debate over sexual harassment in America?

ENG225 Intro To Film

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Week 5 – Final Film Critique

Final Film Critique

You can choose from When Harry met Sally, The Wizard of Oz, or The Godfather.

 

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Please click  here  to view the Week Five Assignment Video transcript.

Throughout this course, you have been writing essays and participating in discussion forums that analyze various elements of film such as theme, cinematic techniques, and genre. It is now time to combine those elements into a comprehensive analysis of one movie.

You will be completing this assignment in two stages. For the first stage (1500 to 1800 words), you will analyze an entire movie. In the second stage (300 to 600 words), you will reflect on how you analyzed the movie as well as how your ability to analyze film in general has evolved.

You are encouraged to incorporate writing from your Week Two and Week Three assignments if (a) you have reflected on the instructor’s feedback, (b) you have revised the relevant parts of the essays accordingly, and (c) the essays discuss the same film that you discuss here.

Stage 1: Analysis

For this stage, you will be analyzing a movie selected from the  AFI’s 10 Top 10 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.  list. The film you choose can be one that you have previously analyzed in this course. While you are allowed to choose a film that does not come from the AFI lists, you are strongly encouraged to email your professor to receive approval before doing so.

The analysis portion of your paper should be 1500 to 1800 words in length. You should analyze the film through the lens of one of the broad theories you have learned about in class (auteur theory, genre theory, formalist theory). Your analysis must address four main areas (contextual information, story/plot, aesthetic choices, and social/personal impact) and how these areas work together to develop the theme of the movie. As you construct your analysis, assume that your reader is not familiar with this film. Use your analysis to explain to your reader why they should watch this film.

In addition to the film you are analyzing, you must use three scholarly sources to support your arguments. Refer to the  ENG225 Research Guide  in the Ashford University Library for guidance and to locate your sources. Cite your sources (including the feature-length film) within the text of your paper and on the reference page. Cite your sources according to APA style as outlined in the  Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. .

Your analysis must address the following components (noted in bold below):

· Contextual Information – In this area, you will provide some of the basic identifying information of the film. This includes:

· Title

· Director, cinematographer, major actors/actresses. Be sure to describe their roles in the overall design process.

· Year of release

· Type of film (blockbuster, indie, documentary, etc.)

· Genre

· Story/Plot – In this area, you should offer a brief summary of the film, and then show how it was deployed in the narrative structure of the film. Explain the difference between the film’s story and its plot. This area can be addressed as a separate paragraph, or can be threaded throughout your analysis of the film.

· Aesthetic Choices – In this area, you will assess the efficacy of specific techniques and design elements employed in the film as they apply to the overarching narrative and theme of the film. These elements include:

· Mise en scène (e.g., lighting, sound, composition of frame, costuming, etc.)

· Editing (e.g., cuts and transitions, shots used, angles, etc.)

· Technology (i.e., analyze the impact of any notable technological effects: film stock, targeted release venue, special effects, etc.)

· Social/Personal Impact – In this area, you will critically address the following questions:

· What impact did this film have on society (i.e., politically or culturally, positive or negative)? The impact can be as major as inspiring political or social changes or as minor as inspiring the production of toys or lunchboxes.

· How did society affect this film (i.e., what currents in society led to the creation of the film)?

· If you are unable to find any information about the social impact of the film, explain the personal impact it has had on you.

Note: Not every bullet point under the four listed components will necessarily apply to your movie. However, you will still need to discuss each of the four main components thoroughly, which means that you may need to explain a concept even if it can’t be directly applied to your movie.

Your paper should be organized around a thesis statement that clarifies what you will attempt to accomplish in your paper, and how you will proceed. Additionally, you must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph. Review the  Final Film Critique sample , which provides an example of a well-developed analysis as well as insight on composition.

Stage 2: Reflection

After completing your movie analysis, you will reflect on the analysis process and how you have learned to more thoroughly analyze film as well as how rigorous study of film enhances your development as a student and thinker. In this 300- to 600-word reflection, review your initial post from the “Post Your Introduction” discussion in Week One, and consider how your ability to analyze movies has changed or grown. Append your reflection to the analysis portion of your paper and submit as one document. Your reflection should be personal and exploratory in nature.

Address the following questions in your reflection:

· What can be gained through analyzing film?

· How has this changed the way you view movies?

· How are you able to use film theory and criticism to find and interpret meaning in movies?

· In what ways has this course changed your understanding of how movies are related to society?

· What skills have you developed during this course, and how might those skills be applied to your major, profession, and/or life?

The Final Film Critique

· Must be one document that is 1800 to 2400 words in length, comprised of a 1500- to 1800-word film analysis and a 300- to 600-word reflection.

· Must include a separate title and reference page, and be formatted according to APA style as outlined in  Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. .

· Must include a title page with the following:

· Title of paper

· Student’s name

· Course name and number

· Instructor’s name

· Date submitted

· Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.

· Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.

· Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.

· Must use at least three scholarly sources (reviews, articles, or book chapters) other than the textbook to support your points. Refer to the  ENG225 Research Guide (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.  for guidance.

· Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

· Must include a separate reference page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.