Health Research PPT

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View an introduction to the Assignment here. Be sure to adjust your audio settings.

Introductions

Data visualizations can be used in many different ways. They paint a picture of data to make it easier to interpret and understand. They are important for decision-makers because it gives them the opportunity to see analytical results presented visually, find relevance among variables, and predict the future.

Instructions

Imagine that the director of your department has tasked you with creating a presentation for your organization that illustrates a health issue.

Go to the Library and research a health topic (obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, etc.). Locate scholarly sources that represent the data in a visual way (infographics, charts, graphs, etc.). Data visualizations may come from the CDC, NIH, American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association, National Association of Mental Illness, American Cancer Society, etc. You must use highly credible sources.

Use the template provided in the Course Documents area to complete your Assignment.

Create a 10-12 slide PowerPoint presentation using visual representations of the data from highly credible sources. There should be detailed speakers notes for each slide. The presentation should be in the following format:

  • Title slide
  • Introduction slide
  • Data visualization (3-4 visualizations, one on each slide). In the speaker notes area, provide a detailed description of that data in the visualizations.
  • Analyze the data visualizations on the slides and within the speaker notes. (1-2 slides)
  • Discuss how these visualizations can assist with organizational decision-making for program development. (1 slide)
  • Recommend organizational action based on the combination of data from the visualizations. (1 slide)
  • Conclusion slide
  • Reference slide(s)

Grading rubrics for this Assignment are located under Course Resources.

Submitting Your Work

Upload Assignment to unit Dropbox.

Freeman Brown Case

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Refer to the “Freeman-Brown Private School Case Study” document for details pertaining to this assignment.

The board of directors at Freeman-Brown Private School (FBPS) has hired you as part of a consulting team to review the situation and present your findings and recommendations. Write a paper (1,500-1750 words) that discusses the case. Complete this assignment from the perspective of the hired consultants. Respond to the following questions:

  1. Review how organizations interact with their external environment (as open systems and complex adaptive systems). How effective was Freeman-Brown as an open system at the time of the closure? How effective was Freeman-Brown as a complex adaptive system at the time of the closure?
  2. Review your reading this week on the internal environment of organizations. What is your evaluation of the organizational culture andorganizational climate at the time the decision to close two campuses was made?
  3. What is your evaluation of the decision made by Dr. Murphy and Caudill? What is your evaluation of the process of going about the closure?
  4. Was FBPS demonstrating social responsibility? Discuss the closure impact on three specific stakeholders.
  5. Provide an explanation, using appropriate management theories, for how the administration could have handled the closure effectively with stakeholders? Include one theory from each of the following: the classical approach, the human relations approach, and the modern management approach.
  6. You have been asked to suggest two goals: one long-term and one short-term goal for the future direction of FBPS. Justify your decision.
  7. Present a concluding statement that integrates the 4 functions of management as a means to revamp management at FBPS and meets the recommended goals.

Use at least two academic resources as references for this assignment.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide

Assignment 2: Addressing The Diversity Gap In Leadership

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Assignment 2: Addressing the Diversity Gap in Leadership

Due Week 9 and worth 250 points

Healthcare organizations face many unprecedented challenges and opportunities. Diversity is one of the major challenges that continues to overwhelm management teams. Gender, ethnicity, and race are most noticeably lacking in top leadership roles in healthcare. There is a documented need for diverse leadership teams with transformational leadership skills to successfully lead organizations. Remediation of this gap is critical to the advancement of healthcare delivery and systems. Senior management must consider the deficiency and develop a strategic process to invoke change.

Suppose you are the Executive Director of the hypothetical organization Better Health Today, LLC. The board of directors has informed you that the organization has missed out on major federal funding opportunities over the past three to five (3-5) years. The grant reviewer’s feedback describes the organization’s lack of diversity and community support to promote social change. The board of directors has asked you to review the issues noted in the reviewer’s feedback and provide recommendations to improve the reputation of the company.

Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:

  1. Based on your knowledge of leadership theory, specify two (2) key competencies needed to improve community relations. Provide support for your rationale.
  2. Examine the impact that the lack of diversity has on the community meeting national public health initiatives. Analyze two (2) of the major challenges the organization faces in improving diversity.
  3. As a senior level manager, compose at least two (2) strategies designed to minimize the impact that lack of diversity may have on the organization. Recommend one (1) approach for implementing each suggested strategy. Provide support for your recommendations.
  4. Design the key resources and main communication efforts required to implement the minimizing strategies that you suggested. Justify your position.
  5. Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not meet the requirement as a quality academic resource.
  6. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
    1. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
    2. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
    3. Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Assess how management theories and applications apply to public health departments and agencies.
  • Develop a framework for efficient use of resources of public health departments and agencies that enables these organizations to maximize scarce resources.
  • Evaluate talent selection practices of public health agencies in relation to the demands of modern public health realities.
  • Evaluate the ways in which social media can be used to advance the administrative activities in the public health sector.
  • Implement a quality management methodology to improve on a process or practice within a public health agency.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in public health management.
  • Write clearly and concisely about public health management using proper writing mechanics.

Regresson Modeling

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Regression Modeling

Regression modeling is a foundational skill for  those conducting secondary data analysis, much like you will encounter  in the completion of the Doctor of Healthcare Administration (DHA)  program. Additionally, regression modeling assists in finding  connections among multiple variables and one dependent variable.  Consider, for example, a healthcare administrator who may be asked to  develop or interpret models of patient satisfaction based on other  quantitative or dichotomous variables.

For this Assignment, review the resources for  this week. Then, review your course text, and complete Case Study 11.2  on page 536 The case study is based on a real-world problem.

For Chapter 11, case study 11.1, you will need to download the file C11_01.xlsx from the textbook companion website http://www.cengage.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20b&product_isbn_issn=9781305947542.  Under “Book Resources”, click on “Student Downloads” to view the  downloadable files. Click “Case Files” and download the zipped file  1305947541_538884.zip. Open the zipped file to access the file C11_01.xlsx.

 

The Assignment: (3–5 pages)

  • Complete Case Study 11.2, “Heating Oil at Dupree Fuel Company” on page 536 of your course text using SPSS.Re