Category: Social Science

 

Resource: This week’s

Imagine you are tasked with developing a psychometrically based self-report instrument for a juvenile inmate or offender.

Research the evidence-based approach for assessment risk, need, and responsivity (RNR) model.

Create a 12 to 15-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes in each slide that includes the following:

       A case study for this juvenile inmate or offender who has a mental illness that contains the following:

• Provide a profile of the juvenile, including his or her mental illness and offense committed.
• Specify the risk principle, need principle, and responsivity principle for this juvenile related to his or her mental illness.
• Summarize the guidelines that must be followed when using a psychometrically based self-report instrument.
• Using these guidelines, select an appropriate assessment instrument for the juvenile in your case study.
• Explain why your selected assessment instrument is appropriate.

 

Assessment, Methods, Procedures, and Program Delivery

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Based on this weeks material, write a 200-250-word count for the below TWO (2) essays. (You must answer both essays separately, each adhering to the above word count).

Essay #1: Describe the existence and practice of indigenous religions today.

Essay #2: Describe the religious practices in a hunter-gatherer social construct. 

(Note: It is imperative that you incorporate the terminology and principles introduced this week to demonstrate your comprehension of the material.) 

Must write both essays, plagerism free w

Define upstream factors. Include a discussion explaining how upstream factors impact health and illness outcomes in general. Then, explain how each of the categories influence a specific proximate risk factor like unprotected sexual behavior or a health behavior like using condoms and birth control methods. Clearly explain how the behavior you choose is influenced by the four different categories of upstream factors.

 

This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment.

The purpose of this assignment is to create a quality improvement plan for a public health organization.

Identify one public health organization around which your group will build a quality improvement plan. Ensure that enough accessible information exists on the services the organization provides, its patient base, its invested stakeholders, and how it impacts the community.

Create a 15-20-slide PowerPoint presentation with detailed speaker notes that addresses the following components:

1. Describe the purpose of the organization, what value it offers to the community, why it is focused on quality, and how this plan will help it to better meet patient or customer needs.
2. Describe the leadership structure of the organization, including the roles and responsibilities of involved stakeholders. Explain how these members of the organization will help to manage and monitor the quality improvement program.
3. How is the organization financed? Why is understanding this important when building a quality improvement plan?
4. What types of training or support resources does the organization possess for quality improvement initiatives?
5. What types of innovative partnerships does the organization possess that allow it to provide quality public health care? What partnerships could the organization forge to improve the outcomes they can provide?
6. How will the organization use the Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) tool to assist in improving and monitoring quality?
7. What are the goals and objectives the organization is setting out to achieve with the implementation of this quality improvement plan?
8. How will the organization monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of its quality improvement strategies?
9. What do continuous quality improvement initiatives like this quality improvement plan offer to the overall field of public health?

Cite at least four references, including the textbook.

Discussion post: Diaspora and communication

Read or view all the articles/videos linked below for use in the discussion assignment. Select the item(s) you find most interesting and respond to the question(s).

You must use this template for your posts: (please check on the bottom)

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ESSENTIAL READINGS

Govil, N.

Bollywood and the Frictions of Global Mobility

Rego, C. and A. La Pastina

Brazil and the Globalization of Telenovelas

Georgiou, M. and R. Silverstone

Diasporas and Contra-Flows Beyond Nation-Centrism

Karim H. Karim

Reviewing the National and International Communication: Through the Lens of the Diaspora

ADDITIONAL READINGS

Diasporic Communication: Transnational Cultural Practices and Communicative Spaces. Diasporic Communication, Vol. 9 – 2002, No. 1. (file uploaded)

Must follow outline attached and answer the following questions:

1. According to Socrates, must one heed popular opinion about moral matters?

2. Does Socrates accept the fairness of the laws under which he was tried and convicted?

3. Would Socrates have been wrong to escape?

The first two questions are to be researched and summarized. The last is your evaluation of if you think Socrates did the right thing and why or why not. 

Need to be completed by 2/24/2020 1:00 PM EST.

Unit7ProgDev DUE 02.26.2020

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Program Development for a Government Agency

As a human services leader, you are aware, through direct or indirect work, of a government agency’s unique context of practice. Developing a program within a government agency presents its unique challenges and resources.

This paper will give you the opportunity to practice how to develop a program within a government agency. This program should address the social problem and unmet community need you previously identified in the Unit 5 assignment (u05a1), regarding your local community. Utilizing your needs assessment information, you will provide a rationale for the need for this program and describe how it will meet this need.

Since good program design comes with strong program evaluation, you will also determine an appropriate program evaluation strategy for your program. The government program that you, as a civil servant, design must address issues of diversity and inclusion and maintain ethical standards. To further validate and support your proposal, you will use reputable sources.

Instructions

Write a 35 page proposal to develop a program for a government agency. Recognizing the unique resources and context of a government agency, develop a program to address the need you presented in your community needs assessment (in Unit 5). Highlight key components of the community needs assessment that support the need for the new program, and address how the new program addresses this need. In the proposal, include an appropriate strategy for program evaluation. Integrate ethics, as well as issues of diversity and inclusion. Support your proposal with the required course readings and other reputable sources.

To complete this assignment successfully, be sure to address the following:

• Design a program within a government agency to address your previously identified (u05a1) community need.
• Determine an appropriate program evaluation type for this program.
• Present how the program integrates accessible and culturally sensitive approaches to address issues of diversity and inclusion.
• Examine ethical considerations in developing and implementing this government program.

Support your paper with the required readings and other reputable sources.

Submission Requirements

To complete this assignment successfully, your paper will need to meet the following specifications:

• Page length: Write a 35 page paper.
• Communication: Use professional academic writing and apply current APA format and style for citations and references.
• Resources: Support your work with a minimum of 10 reputable sources, including required readings and other scholarly or professional sources such as peer-reviewed journals.
• Font and size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Refer to the Program Development for a Government Agency Scoring Guide to ensure that you meet the grading criteria for this assignment. ***SEE ATTACHMENTS***

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Initiating a New Program in a Government Agency

Discuss what local government agency or department would be the primary stakeholder for hosting the new program that you are designing for this week’s assignment. Support your choice with rationale and literature from the field.  

The members of the United Nations found great value in the analysis you provided on the effects of global warming that result from population growth. They are now asking you write an additional analysis to include further issues related to population growth. Here is the issue they have asked you to consider:

The member states of the United Nations seek to build food systems that can provide global food security which will feed everyone, everywhere, every day by improving food quality though the promotion of effective and nutritional agricultural practices. The crucial issue is not the lack of food in the world but the access to that food. In many developing countries, food shortages are due to governmental control over food distribution. These governments maintain control of the population and their power by limiting access to nutritious food to certain groups. In this practice, they thereby “weaponize” food. 

Your second project as a consultant for the United Nations is to develop an analysis that addresses three issues related to global food insecurity caused by global population growth and poverty, and to explore these issues in a developing country of your choosing. 

The UN has given you the following guidelines.

Content

The UN has asked that your paper contain three sections. Each section should be one page (or approximately 300 words) in length and answer specific questions, identified in the outline below. It also asks that you use examples from your developing country when answering the questions. 

Introduction

Provide an introduction of half a page minimum that addresses points a-e below.

1. Explains the problem the UN has asked you to address in your own words;
2. Identifies the three sections your paper will cover;
3. Identifies the developing country you will consider;
4. Tells the UN the causes of food insecurity; and
5. Provides a one-sentence statement of your solutions at the end of your introduction paragraph.

Section I. Background

1. What is food insecurity?
2. What role does population growth play in food security?

Section II. Technologies That Can Reduce Hunger and Improve Food Security

1. What forms of technology can be used to reduce hunger and improve food security?
2. How would these technological solutions work?
3. What causes of food insecurity do these technologies address?

Section III. Specific Factors in Chosen Developing Country

1. Considering the causes of food insecurity, what factors interrupt the flow of food from the source to the people in the developing country you selected? 

           Conclusion

• Provide a conclusion of half a page minimum that includes a summary of your findings that the United Nations can use to inform future policy decisions.

Success Tips

• In answering each question, use examples from your developing country to illustrate your points. 
• The UN needs facts and objective analysis on which to base future policy decisions; avoid personal opinion and make sure your answers are based on information you find through research. 

Formatting Requirements

• Make sure your paper consists of four to six pages of content (or 1,200 words minimum, not including the cover or reference pages).
• Create headings for each section of your paper as follows:  
  • Section I. Background
  • Section II. Technologies That Can Reduce Hunger and Improve Food Security
  • Section III. Specific Factors in Chosen Developing Country
• Use and cite at least five credible sources in your research. A list of potential resources is available below.
• Make sure your paper contains both in-text citations and a source list, per SWS guidelines: Refer to the document for reference. 
• Include a cover page with your name, the country you selected, the date you submitted the paper, and your instructors name.

Potential Sources

1. Peter Timmer. May/June 2015. Food Security and Scarcity: Why Ending Hunger Is So Hard. Foreign Affairs.
2. The United Nations Population Division. 2017. World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision.
3. Will Martin. November 5, 2010. Food Security and Poverty: A Precarious Balance. Let’s Talk Development blog by The World Bank.

 The Seven Principles of the Incident Command System

1a. Select one of the seven principles of Incident Command Structure (ICS) and describe a personal/professional incident.  

b. How was the principle was applied to your experience?  What were the results?

This essay must be at least 400 words long and will be graded for logic, grammar, and spelling.  

  Please use academic discussion, take the time to form your thoughts and to research your statements. You must use APA format and provide proper in text citations and associated references. 

 Social Inequality

Answer the following questions: 

1a.  Compare and contrast the functionalist view of social stratification and the conflict theory’s view of social stratification. 

b. How does social stratification influence the daily interactions of individuals? 

c. How do systems of class, based on factors such as prestige, power, income, and wealth, influence your own daily routines, as well as your beliefs and attitudes? 

d. Illustrate your ideas with examples from everyday life as well as include a recent news piece on stratification or inequality.  

e. Include a brief description and link for your news story (a full citation is not required).

This essay meets the following course objectives:

• Apply a sociological perspective to the social world
• Analyze contemporary social issues using the sociological imagination and use sociological theories and concepts to analyze everyday life.
• Describe global stratification.
• Explain social class in the United States.
• 350-400 words excluding references and a minimum of 3 references