Develop an alternative solution based on your own research using three to five academic sources from journals, professional organizations, and websites.

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Write an eight- to ten-page case analysis of the following article (which can be found in the Ashford Online ProQuest database):
• Souza, M. & McCarty, B. (2007). From bottom to top: How one provider retooled its collections [Electronic version]. Healthcare Financial Management, 61(9), 67-73.
Include the following:
• Complete a summary of the case study that identifies the key problems and issues, provides background information, relevant facts, the solution employed, and the results achieved.
• Identify and explain the accounting practices California Sutter Health used in defining and solving its collection problems.
• Develop an alternative solution based on your own research using three to five academic sources from journals, professional organizations, and websites.
• State your informed opinion of the approach used by California Sutter Health, and provide support using concepts from your research and personal experience.

Explain one model to addiction treatment and explain why it may be effective in treating addiction.

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As a helping professional, identifying and applying appropriate assessment approaches to client treatment is essential to the treatments of addiction. After assessing clients with addiction problems, helping professionals must use and apply a treatment model to address the addiction. Identifying the right treatment model will be critical. The goal of any treatment program or approach is to stop abnormal, destructive addictive processes and replace them with healthy, constructive processes. There are many approaches available, but during the last 50 years, the Minnesota Model has dominated the field. It was the first formal approach to the treatment of any addiction and is now used to treat an array of chemical or behavioral addictions.

Although the Minnesota Model approach to treatment is still one of the most well-known and common treatment approaches, there are many other approaches found in the field. As a helping professional, you need to be acquainted with many treatment approaches as well as being familiar with trends in the assessment of addiction.

• Post two assessment approaches for assessing an individual’s addiction and explain why they are effective.

• Next, explain one model to addiction treatment and explain why it may be effective in treating addiction.

How is this theory relevant as it relates to individuals, families, groups, organizations, communities and societies?

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In this assignment, pick a health behavior or mental-health related issue of your choice and explore the literature related to theories that have been used to guide interventions directed to the issue. In this research paper, you must examine at least8 scholarly sources (peer-reviewed journals and/or books) to address the following:
1. A brief overview of the chosen behavior/issue.
1. Discuss also why you chose this particular behavior
2. How did theory help you conceptualize this behavior?
2. An overview of the literature you searched related to theory-grounded interventions related to the behavior.
1. What did the authors conclude? Where did they agree (find similar findings) or disagree (find different results)?
3. Most of your paper should be devoted to social work practice recommendations, including:
1. Is this theory/intervention a good fit for social work interventions?
2. What are the limitations of this theory for social work interventions? What are the strengths of this approach for social work interventions?

i. Think about the social work ethical implications (refer specifically to the NASW Code of Ethics) related to this theory and your literature review on the related interventions- what did you learn that could apply to social work ethics and interventions?

ii. How is this theory relevant as it relates to individuals, families, groups, organizations, communities and societies?

In this assignment, pick a health behavior or mental-health related issue of your choice and explore the literature related to theories that have been used to guide interventions directed to the issue. In this research paper, you must examine at least8 scholarly sources (peer-reviewed journals and/or books) to address the following:
1. A brief overview of the chosen behavior/issue.
1. Discuss also why you chose this particular behavior
2. How did theory help you conceptualize this behavior?
2. An overview of the literature you searched related to theory-grounded interventions related to the behavior.
1. What did the authors conclude? Where did they agree (find similar findings) or disagree (find different results)?
3. Most of your paper should be devoted to social work practice recommendations, including:
1. Is this theory/intervention a good fit for social work interventions?
2. What are the limitations of this theory for social work interventions? What are the strengths of this approach for social work interventions?

i. Think about the social work ethical implications (refer specifically to the NASW Code of Ethics) related to this theory and your literature review on the related interventions- what did you learn that could apply to social work ethics and interventions?

ii. How is this theory relevant as it relates to individuals, families, groups, organizations, communities and societies?

1. Think about issues of diversity and privilege when you answer this, particularly related to: differences in ability, age, class, color, culture, ethnicity, family structure, gender (including gender identity and gender expression) marital status, national origin, race, religion or spirituality, sex, and sexual orientation

1. Think about issues of diversity and privilege when you answer this, particularly related to: differences in ability, age, class, color, culture, ethnicity, family structure, gender (including gender identity and gender expression) marital status, national origin, race, religion or spirituality, sex, and sexual orientation

What percent of children in the U.S. are considered to be living in poverty? Near-poor households? Low-income households?

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This week we focused on topics such as minimum wage and living wages, health impacts of social inequality, and the increase of poverty in the United States. This assignment asks you to focus more on poverty among one particular group, children.

1. What the documentary Poor Kids: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/poor-kids/
2. Explore the “By the Numbers” section on the website above.
3. Also explore the data available from the Center for Children in Poverty: http://www.nccp.org/publications/pub_1170.html

Then, write a reflection based on this material, as well as the other material from class this week. Consider the following questions:
1. What percent of children in the U.S. are considered to be living in poverty? Near-poor households? Low-income households?
a. How does this vary by different demographic factors? Choose three factors (such as age, race, region, etc.) and explain those factors in detail.
b. Place the rate of childhood poverty in the U.S. into a global context. How does the rate of childhood poverty in the U.S. compare to that of other countries?
2. How does material from $2.00 A Day fit with the experiences of childhood poverty?Unnatural Causes?
3. In some ways, the kids in the film give faces to the numbers. What was life like for them?
4. What is your reaction to all of this?