Brief memo for your organization’s leadership

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For this discussion, suppose you work for a healthcare organization and your local government is considering establishing something called a health effectiveness analysis program (HEAP). The purpose of this program would be to look for areas of intervention that would promote health and save money for the state and its people.
You have been asked to write a brief memo for your organization’s leadership. Using the example of childhood immunizations, identify and briefly discuss three or more issues or questions that are likely to arise in making economic evaluations (e.g., cost–benefit or cost-effectiveness analyses) of health interventions. What impact would this intervention have on demand and consumer behavior in the long run?

 

 

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Models of validity—trinitarian and unitary

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In your unit readings, you read about two approaches or models of validity—trinitarian and unitary. In some ways, these two models are competing views of gathering evidence for a test’s validity. In other ways, the two approaches have an overlap of elements.

In your post:

Compare and contrast these two models in terms of how they conceptualize validity.
Identify at least one advantage and disadvantage of each model.
Decide which model appears to be the most valid for determining validity of a test.
Explain your decision in terms of the implications for decision making about a test’s validity.
Be sure to include citations from Guion’s 1980 article, “On Trinitarian Doctrines of Validity,” and Messick’s 1995 article, “Validity of Psychological Assessment: Validation of Inferences From Persons’ Responses and Performances As Scientific Inquiry Into Score Meaning.”

 

 

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How gender inequality affect earning power

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In your opinion, how does gender inequality affect earning power? What other pervasive institutional considerations may influence pay inequality?
How were poor people, especially poor people of color, affected by a recent natural disaster in the U.S.? How did their lack of privilege drastically affect their lives during and after the disaster? What things could have been done differently to achieve social equality in the care?

 

 

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Mentalism and Radical Behaviorism

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As a future ABA professional, understanding how the field of behavior analysis differs from other psychology fields is important. Behavior analysts use objective and behavioristic statements to describe phenomena they observe. At this point in your studies, it is important to start eliminating mentalistic statements from your vocabulary to help you to begin thinking like a behavior analyst.

Use the Mentalism and Radical Behaviorism Template provided in the Resources area of this assignment to complete the following:

For the 10 phrases or sentences provided in the template, identify whether the statement provides a mentalistic or a behavioristic explanation for a behavior.
Write a summary, explaining the reasoning behind your choices. You are not required to provide an individual explanation for each statement.
For each of the mentalistic explanations you identify, provide a behavioristic explanation as an alternative.
Analyze how the behavioristic approach is different from most other psychology fields.
How would a mentalistic approach inform one’s practice?
How would a behavior analytic approach inform one’s practice?

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