Policy Letter: Medicaid Expansion Should Cover Substance Abuse Treatment

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  • AMA citation required
  • Appropriate resources, research data, and references to support your position.
  • Opinions of at least two stakeholders that are involved in the issue or problem. To obtain opinions, identify at least two healthcare or community organizations and interview staff and/or clients of those organizations who support your position.
  • A compelling policy position based on your research and stakeholder input.

The format of the policy memo or letter should be as follows:

  • State the policy issue and your “ask” or recommendation in the first paragraph.
  • Describe the issue or problem including its significance and scope.
  • Clearly address target audience
  • Discuss factors contributing to the issue or problem per research/data.
  • Discuss information obtained from stakeholders.
  • Make recommendations about the issue.
  • Acknowledge one or more counter-arguments against your position.
  • State your rebuttal to those arguments.
  • Summarize your recommendation or “ask” in the last paragraph.

Research at least two incidents of exposure of the chemical.

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In this assignment, you will choose options from each category to design your own case study. Once you have selected one option from each category, you will use that profile to write a case study report. Be creative in developing your character by giving a name, occupation (if applicable), identity, and description of the individual and the situation and circumstances of the case study. The details of the effects of the chemical exposure should be supported by your references.

Choose a specific chemical from one of the followingcategories:

  1. fungicide,
  2. rodenticide,
  3. herbicide
  4. insecticide.

Choose a profile, adult or child, of the individual affected:

Research at least two incidents of exposure of the chemical.

Develop a case study of exposure of your chemical to the individual. Discuss the following in your case study:

  1. Identify how the individual was exposed to the chemical.
  2. Identify the exposure pathway of your chosen chemical.
  3. What organ systems were affected by the chemical?
  4. What acute and chronic effects of exposure to the chemical were observed? Would the effects have been different if the individual was younger or older?
  5. How could exposure to the chemical be avoided?

The case study should include the following components:

  1. Include all of the aspects in Step 4.
  2. Utilize at least three credible references, one of which may be the textbook.
  3. Include a minimum of at least two pages, not including title and reference pages.
  4. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. All references and citations used must be in APA

Clouds and Climate

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Clouds and Climate

Each week, you will be asked to respond to the prompt or prompts in the discussion forum. Your initial post should be 75-150 words in length, and is due on Sunday. By Tuesday, you should respond to two additional posts from your peers. If you have not done so lately, please review the Rules of Discussion.

Please respond to BOTH of the following discussion topics.

Question A

Why is there so much discussion about climate change and global warming? Do you feel that humans are to blame?  Is this a natural phenomenon?  Explain your views.

Question B

Who says we can’t change the weather? Cloud seeding is a method used to enhance the cloud’s ability to produce precipitation. Does this really work?  What are the pros and cons of this activity?

What is the modern synthesis of evolutionary theory?

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For this essay, you will explore the theory of evolution further by finding examples of evolution in your surroundings.

Instructions:

  1. Find a NEWS article that addresses an example of evolution. (A news article is an article from a media source like a newspaper or magazine tsuch as the New York Times, FOX, The Washington Post, VICE, etc. that addresses a current event. It does not include sources like Wikipedia, eHow, dictionaries, academic journals, or other information websites.)
  2. Write a 300 word essay that answers the following questions:
    1. What is the modern synthesis of evolutionary theory?
    2. What evidence is there to support the theory?
    3. How does the article you chose exemplify the theory of evolution at work in the world today?
  3. Your essay should:
    • be a total of 300 words or more.
      • The 300 word limit DOES NOT include the questions, names, titles, and references.
      • It also does not include meaningless filler statements
    • have factual information from the textbook and/or appropriate articles and websites.
    • be original work and will be checked for plagiarism.
      • You will receive a zero if substantial portions of your work are taken from other sources without proper citation
    • Cite your sources – type references according to the APA Style Guide.