Source Credibility

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Source Credibility

W8 DQ2

QUESTIONS TO ANSWER:

What is source credibility and why does it matter so much in public health? Identify at least three credible sources of health and scientific information. What are some ways in which public health professionals can combat misinformation or misleading information about health? How will you apply the lessons from this course into serving as a trusted source of accurate, relevant public health information?

PLEASE:

– minimum of 250 words or more

– strong academic writing / APA style 7TH ED (please use in-text citing and References at end )

– must be scholarly articles only no older than 5 years or website that is gov/ org. no blogs

– please be original writing ( will check for plagiarism ) and must answer all parts of question for full credit.

RESURCES PROVIDED BY PROFESSOR THAT CAN BE USED

Read “Source Credibility in Tobacco Control Messaging,” by Schmidt, Ranney, Pepper, and Goldstein, from Tobacco Regulatory Science (2016).

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=111950463&site=eds-live&scope=site

Read “Reexamining Health Messages in the Digital Age: A Fresh Look at Source Credibility Effects,” by Kareklas, Muehling, and Weber, from Journal of Advertising (2015).

https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=102578544&site=eds-live&scope=site

Read “Science Communication to the General Public: Why We Need to Teach Undergraduate and Graduate Students this Skill as Part of Their Formal Scientific Training,” by Brownell, Price, and Steinman, from Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education (2013).

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3852879/

Read “The Effects of Source Credibility in the Presence or Absence of Prior Attitudes: Implications for the Design of Persuasive Communication Campaigns,” by Kumkale, Albarracin, and Seignourel, from Journal of Applied Social Psychology (2010).

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3101500/

Read “The Role of the Public Health Official in Communicating Public Health Information,” by Regidor, de la Fuente, Gutiérrez-Fisac, de Mateo, Pascual, Sánchez-Payá, and Ronda, from American Journal of Public Health (2007)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1854984/

Read “A Checklist for Communicating Science and Health Research to the Public,” located on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) website.

https://www.nih.gov/institutes-nih/nih-office-director/office-communications-public-liaison/clear-communication/science-health-public-trust/checklist-communicating-science-health-research-public

Controversies and Challenges of Vaccination

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Controversies and Challenges of Vaccination

Vaccine controversies have occurred since almost 80 years before the terms vaccine and vaccination were introduced, and continue to this day. Despite scientific consensus that recommended vaccines are safe and effective, unsubstantiated scares regarding their safety still occur, resulting in outbreaks and deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases. Please provide your input regarding this subject.

-must be 250 words

-2 references

System Data Gathering and Analysis Process

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 System Data Gathering and Analysis Process

For this assignment you will finalize your analysis process and data gathering tools as you prepare to analyze your chosen athlete during each of your 2 skills.

In the assignment text box

  1. Present your specific photos, videos, and analysis tools for my review.
  2. Present your intended analysis process. Explain your chosen analysis tools, apps, visuals, etc in a way that showcases your process of data collection.
  3. Provide a brief description of how you will develop your Analysis sheet for each of your skills. This description will include what phases you will analyze and how you will organize your feedback.

Use the following recommended resource for assistance:

Bartlett, Roger – Sports biomechanics: Reducing injury and improving performance, 1999. Chapter 5, pp. 147-177 & Chapter 8, pp. 244-265.

Psychological Reactions to Illness

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Psychological Reactions to Illness

It is often said that the only thing in life that is certain is death. In your own lives, the lives of our loved ones and friends, and in the lives of our patients, being diagnosed with a serious illness brings with it the inevitable fear of that certainty becoming reality.

Share in this forum something that you think is a psychological reaction to illness, and if you think this reaction is detrimental, how is it detrimental? If you think the reaction you are describing might have a positive effect for the individual, describe how.

Small paraph, not a full essay

Analysis of Diet Tracking Apps

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 Analysis of Diet Tracking Apps

Computers and cell phone apps have become commonplace, making dietary analysis more accessible to millions of people. As a result, many diet tracking apps and web-based programs have emerged and are now readily available. For this assignment, you will analyze two pre-selected diet tracking apps or web-based programs. You must pick from the list which you will find in the file titled, “Directions for App Analysis.”

Each app and/or program you evaluate is worth ten points if you complete the assignment correctly. You can only evaluate an app/web-based program once.

ONLY USE THE FREE VERSION OF THE APPS/WEB-BASED PROGRAMS. DO NOT PAY. You may have to use the free week for some apps. For most, you will have to set up an account. If you need to enter height, weight, and sex, use the values in the instruction pdf. Do not enter personal data.

Three files are attached to this assignment. The pdf file explains how to complete each analysis. Be sure to read this file before you start. The Excel file contains the preset food list and two spreadsheets where you will enter the data. The Word file contains the consent form. You may agree or disagree with allowing Dr. Byerley to use your data. You must fill out the consent form.

Briefly, you will select an app/web-based program from the list in the instructions. You will download the app to your cell phone and enter the required data. The data is a preset list of food (you will find in it the Excel file) selected from the most common foods Americans eat. These may not be foods you eat, but they are the foods you need to enter into the app/web-based program. Once you find the food, you need to enter the phrase the app/web-based program used to describe the food into the attached Excel file on the spreadsheet titled, “Foods for App Analysis.” When you have completed entering all the foods, take a screenshot of the analysis, and enter that into the Excel file on the page titled, “Nutrient Analysis.”

Upload the consent form and Excel file in the assignment area and submit for grading.

If you analyze more than one app, use a new Excel file for each.

Assessment of Pregnant Client Case of Mrs Jones

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Assessment of Pregnant Client Case of Mrs Jones

Purpose of Assignment

  • Utilize the appropriate technology and/or references/resources, demonstrating accurate use, in order to access reliable data and information that support evidence-based practice in the care of diverse clients during pregnancy.
  • Differentiate the various components of basic physiological needs as it relates to pregnancy and health practices, including but not limited to associated concepts of.
  • Evaluate data and information gathered during client care, simulated scenarios, and/or case studies related to promoting nutritional health during pregnancy, nursing care strategies to address the common discomforts of pregnancy, essential components and standards of prenatal care, fetal growth and development stages in order to determine knowledge and wisdom gained through critical thought processes to optimize client outcomes and quality improvement.
  • Demonstrate a basic understanding of communication practices necessary for client-centered care and interdisciplinary collaboration in terms of knowledge, skills, and attitudes.

Competency

Apply appropriate nursing care interventions for clients during pregnancy, labor, and birth.

Scenario

You are a registered nurse (RN) working in a Women’s OB/GYN Clinic. Elizabeth Jones, 37 years old, presents to the prenatal clinic after missing her last 2 menstrual cycles. Her home pregnancy test was positive. An ultrasound at the clinic confirms pregnancy. Gestational age is calculated to be 10 weeks. An initial assessment of Ms. Jones’s medical and obstetrical history is as follows.

Obstetric/Gynecologic (OB/GYN) history: Uncomplicated spontaneous vaginal delivery at 39.2 weeks (3 years ago); Cesarean section x 1 at 37.5 weeks for non-reassuring fetal heart tones (1.5 years ago); abnormal Papanicolau (PAP) smear x2, + human papilloma virus (HPV), colposcopy within normal limits

Medical history: Chronic hypertension (HTN) x 5 years;

Allergies: Penicillin

Social history:

  • (+) tobacco, “occasional” per client (pt), <5 per/day currently, has smoked “off and on” for 15 years
  • (+) cocaine use, states she has not used any cocaine/drugs for > 1 year; (-) alcohol use
  • Abusive partner with first pregnancy, states she has a new partner x 4 years
  • Depression, currently not taking meds for treatment (tx)

Medications: Prenatal vitamins; Labetalol 200mg BID;

Family history: Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (mother); HTN and heart disease (father); breast cancer (maternal grandmother, deceased)

Instructions

Write a two to three-page analysis of this scenario that answers the following questions:

  1. What should the nurse consider related to caring for a client with a history of domestic abuse, drug use, sexually transmitted diseases and depression?
  2. Document the considerations of yourself as the professional nurse in regards to self-awareness; be aware of attitudes, values and beliefs that you hold related to clients from different social backgrounds so that care is not affected negatively.
  3. What conditions are in Mrs. Jones history that would cause concern during pregnancy, labor, and birth?
  4. What concerns should be discussed with Ms. Jones before she leaves her appointment?

Each answer to your question should include the following:

  • A correct answer with thorough development of the topic
  • Gives clinical examples
  • Include evidence from scholarly sources
  • Appropriate use of medical terminology

Format

  • Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.)
  • Logical, original and insightful
  • Professional organization, style, and mechanics in APA format
  • Submit document through Grammarly to correct errors before submission

 

Virginity & Pre Marital Sex

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Virginity & Pre Marital Sex

Discuss your views and opinions pertaining to the principle of virginity and pre-marital sex in adolescents in this modern generation

Answer in an hour.

Good grammar

Short paragraph composed of 5 setences

Put referecnes if sources are used

Experiencing Childhood Trauma and Mental Health

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Experiencing Childhood Trauma and Mental Health

Just read the article and answer four questions,

This is the article:

Mental illness refers to a wide range of disorders that affect mood, thinking, and behavior. Mental illness can affect anyone regardless of age, gender, social standing, religion or race/ethnicity. People with mental illness often experience distress and problems functioning at work, home and in social situations. Mental illness is not something the person can “overcome with willpower,” and can be caused by biological factors such as genes or brain chemistry, trauma and abuse, and family history of mental illness.

The major types of illnesses are

  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Mood disorders, including bipolar Personality disorders
  • Schizophrenia
  • Trauma disorders
  • Eating disorders

1. What are two main factors that can contribute to mental illness?

A. Weakness or deficit in personality

B Having a coexisting disability

C experiencing childhood trauma

D None of the above

Why does stigma matter? Stigma embraces both prejudicial attitudes and discriminating behavior towards individuals with mental health problems, and the social effects of this include exclusion, poor social support, poorer subjective quality of life, and low self-esteem (Livingston & Boyd, 2010). As well as it’s effect on the quality of daily living, stigma also has a detrimental effect on treatment outcomes, and so hinders efficient and effective recovery from mental health problems (Perlick, Rosenheck, Clarkin, Sirey et al., 2001). In particular, self-stigma is correlated with poorer vocational outcomes (employment success) and increased social isolation (Yanos, Roe & Lysaker, 2010). These factors alone represent significant reasons for attempting to eradicate mental health stigma and ensure that social inclusion is facilitated and recovery can be efficiently achieved.

2. What is the main reason it is important to recognize mental health stigma?

A. Movies released between 1990-2010 that depicted at least one character with schizophrenia, found that most schizophrenic characters displayed violent behavior, one-third of these violent characters engaged in homicidal behavior, and a quarter committed suicide.

B. The popular press and entertainment media play a major role in perpetuating stigma related to mental health.

C. The medical model makes it seem like mental health issues are always biological in nature.

D. Stigma leads to discrimination and exclusion, and hinders the effective treatment and/or recovery, as well as life quality.

Alzheimers Disease Treatment Policy

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Alzheimers Disease Treatment Policy

Current statistics shows that Alzheimer’s disease cost American businesses more than $33 billion annually ($26 billion due to lost productivity of caregivers and $7 billion due to costs for health and long term care)[Source of figures from the Alzheimer’s Association web site]. Moreover, 50% of nursing home patients suffer from Alzheimer’s or a related disorder.

Alz and Dementia - cost to the nation

Many millenials are being impacted by caregiving – check out this information from a USC study of millenial caregivers for dementia patients.

 

A Profile of Millenial Dementia Caregivers

I want you to design public/federal/state – whatever, government policy that will ease the pain of caring for Alzheimer’s disease patients. For example, investment incentives so you can help your parents later in life or extensions to the family leave act. Policies that would help families to take care of their demented members? Come on guys! You all just got elected to congress – do something!

 

Paul Frederick Parker Professional Development

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Paul Frederick Parker Professional Development

I’m studying for my Science class and need an explanation.

 

Professional Development

  • Select a pharmacy leader from the past
  • Retrieve and analyze information about the person you have selected
  • Create a professional biographical sketch and written reflection on them
  • Describe the attributes of this person that you would like to develop personally.
  • Describe why you feel these attributes are needed in the profession today