Teenage Pregnancy

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USING MEDIA TO ADVOCATE AND INFLUENCE

The Session Long Project entails you going through the process of influencing policymakers. Review the Oklahoma Rehabilitation Council Advocacy Toolbox. Read the “Writing to government officials or lobbyists” and the “Opposing a Proposal” and the “Supporting a Proposal” sample letters. Additionally, read “Changing public opinion” for this assignment.

  1. Using the same topic from SLP 1( Teenage Pregnancy), identify the level you wish to write to (local, state, or national).
  2. For this SLP assignment, choose whether you will be writing on “opposing a proposal” or “supporting a proposal.”
  3. Choose three key elements from “Changing public opinion” page and discuss how these elements relate to influencing policymakers (one paragraph).
  4. Discuss the role of collaboration in health communication and advocacy.
  5. Write a one-page letter, that encompasses the information from the above 3 bullets (on “opposing a proposal” or “supporting a proposal”).

Note: The first two pages must address above items 1-4. The third page is a one-page letter on “opposing a proposal” or “supporting a proposal” and encompasses the information from your required readings.

Length: 3 pages. 3 sources

NOTE! You wrote a paper on Teenage Pregnancy 2 weeks ago. Please youse the same topic

REQUIRED READING

Contra Costa Health Services. (2016). Preventing chronic disease: Launching a media campaign. The Community Wellness & Prevention Program. Retrieved on August 1, 2016 from http://cchealth.org/groups/chronic_disease/guide/media.php

Fisher, C. (2015). Ways to reach a target audience. Retrieved on August 1, 2016 from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/ways-reach-target-audience-65087.html

National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC), Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE), American Association for Health Education (AAHE). (2010a). A competency-based framework for health education specialists 2010. Whitehall, PA: Author. Retrieved from http://www.nchec.org/assets/2251/areas_of_responsibilities_and_competencies.pdf

Oklahoma Rehabilitation Council. (2016). Advocacy toolbox. Retrieved from https://orc.okstate.edu/content/advocacy-toolbox

Oklahoma Rehabilitation Council. (2016). Writing to government officials or lobbyists. Retrieved from https://orc.okstate.edu/content/writing-government-officials-or-lobbyists

Optify. (2014). How to build a social media campaign. Retrieved on Retrieved on August 1, 2016 from http://www.slideshare.net/ArtilleryMarketing/how-to-build-a-social-media-campaign-15591263

Schwartz, N. E. (2014). How to design an effective marketing and communications budget [Case Study]. Retrieved on August 1, 2016 from http://gettingattention.org/articles/195/planning-budgets/nonprofit-marketing-budget.html

Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE). (2010). Responsibilities and competencies. Retrieved on August 1, 2016 from http://www.sophe.org/Responsibilities_Competencies.cfm

Unite For Sight. (2015). Health communication strategies. Retrieved on August 1, 2016 from http://www.uniteforsight.org/health-communication-course/module1

Yerian, N. (2013). 5 ways to reach your target market online. Retrieved on August 1, 2016 from http://www.adherecreative.com/blog/bid/145373/5- Ways-to-Reach-Your-Target-Market-Online

How Not To Die

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Write a 150-200 word reply to this post

As mentioned in “How Not To Die” and actually in many of the videos we have been watching, it informs us that many diseases and health issues don’t have to be cured by doctors on a surgery table or by prescription medicine given to us. In fact, many health issues that humans develop can be reversed by eating a plant based diet. Meat has a lot of heme iron and other harmful qualities which can cause an increase in cancer risks. The body can only handle a certain amount of protein before it can no longer break it down in your colon. This can turn into colon cancer down the road. Meat and dairy products can also build plaque in your arteries which can eventually give you a heart attack, stroke, or high blood pressure. Meat and diary consumption come with big risks to our health. However, the nutrition guidelines that should be informing the public about all this, don’t want to because they don’t want to “upset” the public. The health guidelines were going to let it be known that meat consumption should go down by a lot, but these meat companies made it a point to get that line excluded and even to have the group who thought of this disbanded (Gregor, pg 27). Michael Gregor has also mentioned in chapter 1 that many companies such as McDonald’s and other food companies paid a lot of money to be included in the health guidelines (Gregor, pg 27). Therefore, money and making a profit was and continues to be more important in this capitalistic society, than the health of its public. Therefore, this one of the many barriers that helps prevent many citizens from adopting a plant based diet. Many people aren’t informed of a better way, and even if they were they are already so knee deep in these unhealthy eating habits, that they probably wouldn’t want to anyway.

conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis to determine the feasibility of interventions

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By now I hope you realize that week by week we are addressing all of the PEEEL disciplines. Please keep the discipline for a specific in mind when you complete the discussion and assignments.

When approaching issues related to monetary impact, it is important to note that economics does not work in public health the way that it does in business. This is because businesses are regulated by the nature of supply and demand. Typically, the more demand there is for a product, the higher the price. If there is less demand, either the price will likely reduce or the product will be taken off the market. In public health, this is not the case. The cost of an intervention may or may not increase due to a higher demand. Likewise, the production or implementation of interventions may not decrease due to low profit margins. For example, even though pharmaceutical companies made little to no money producing influenza vaccines, regulatory and governmental bodies can mandate that these companies continue production for the common good of the general public.

In this Discussion, you conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis to determine the feasibility of interventions, which you identified in your ”Conducting Research” assignment for your Scholar Practitioner Project. As you approach this Discussion, it is critical to remember that public health economics is not about making a profit. Rather, it is about the allocation of budgetary resources as a means to promote long-term savings and positive health outcomes. As you conduct your cost-effectiveness analysis, ask yourself the following questions:

  • How economically feasible is the intervention?
  • What are the long-term savings of the intervention?
  • How do the potential health outcomes outweigh the costs of the intervention?

To prepare for this Discussion, conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis on the one current and one alternative intervention identified in your “Conducting Research” assignment for your Scholar Practitioner Project. Based on this analysis, consider the costs associated with and health outcomes of implementing each. Refer to Chapter 3 of your course text to assist you in conducting your analysis.

Bhattacharya, D. (2013). Public health policy: Issues, theories, and advocacy. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

  • Chapter 3, “The Role of Economics: Theories, Modeling, and Evaluation” (pp. 77–98)

 

  • Haines, T. P., Hill, A.-M., Hill, K. D., Brauer, S. G., Hoffman, T., Etherton-Beer, C., & McPhail, S. M. (2013). Cost effectiveness of patient education for the prevention of falls in hospital: Economic evaluation from a randomized controlled trial. BMC Medicine, 11, 135.
    Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
  • Micklethwaite, A., Brownson, C. A., O’Toole, M. L., & Kilpatrick, K. E. (2012). The business case for a diabetes self-management intervention in a community general hospital. Population Health Management, 15(4), 230–235.
    Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
  • Pierce, D. S., Sperry, J., & Nirula, R. (2011). Cost-effective analysis of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt versus surgical portacaval shunt for variceal bleeding in early cirrhosis. The American Surgeon, 77(2), 169–173.
    Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
  • Wong, F. K. Y., Chau, J., So, C., Tam, S. K. F., & McGhee, S. (2012). Cost-effectiveness of a health-social partnership transitional program for post-discharge medical patients. BMC Health Services Research, 12(1), 479–486.
    Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
  • Wong, J. B., Coates, P. M., Russell, R. M., Dwyer, J. T., Schuttinga, J. A., Bowman, B. A., & Peterson, S. A. (2011). Economic analysis of nutrition interventions for chronic disease prevention: Methods, research, and policy. Nutrition Reviews, 69(9), 533–549.
    Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

 

By Day 4, post an explanation that compares the costs associated with and health outcomes of each intervention. Then, explain the intervention that you recommend, justifying your ideas with references to your cost-effective analysis. Support your response with the Learning Resources and peer-reviewed sources

BHE SLP Heightening Awareness

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BHE SLP Heightening Awareness

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Task

Read the module homepage and required readings. Read through this assignment and the Assignment Expectations.

For the controversial Public Health topic that you identified in Module 1(polio) (BHE200_public_health_history_SLP_L.Lott.docx), write a 2- to 3-page essay in which you identify one specific social or behavioral determinant of that health issue. Then, relying on what you’ve learned from the background readings and other credible sources, identify and briefly describe one way that the issue can be addressed from a standpoint of health promotion (e.g. creating an environment conducive to health) and/or health education.

Instructions

You can submit your paper in a Question and Answer format. In other words, list the questions and provide a short answer to each.

  1. Briefly restate the controversial Public Health Topic (please write one paragraph maximum here)
  2. What is one specific social or behavioral determinant of that health issue?
  3. What is one way that the issue can be addressed from a standpoint of health promotion (e.g. behavior modification), and/or health education?
  4. Describe how the issue can be addressed from a standpoint of health promotion (e.g. behavior modification), and/or health education. Please write 2–3 paragraphs about this, and be sure to cite sources rather than simply stating your opinion.

Hint: you will need to conduct your own scholarly research for information on the topic. For example, you will want to enter The Online Library and enter search terms, such as “Public Health Promotion and Behavior Modification” or “Public Health Education Interventions.” Be sure to check the box to limit your search to full-text access.