Healthier Students, Better Learners

Description

You will read and reflect on an article and parts of a report about the health-related factors that influence students’ motivation and ability to learn. In the subsequent assignment, you’ll read about a coordinated approach to address those factors.

Purpose

To develop the following National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC) 2020 areas of responsibility and competency:

• Area I: Assessment of Needs and Capacity

To develop the following SOPHE 2019 Health Education Teacher Preparation Standards:

• Standard 2: Assessing Needs

Procedures

Resources

In the D2L content folder labeled Resources, locate the following two items:

• Article: Basch, C. (2011a). Healthier students are better learners: A missing link in school reforms to close the achievement gap. Journal of School Health, 81, 593-598.
• Report: Basch C.E. (2010). Healthier Students Are Better Learners: A Missing Link in School Reforms to Close the Achievement Gap. Columbia University.

While these articles are old, they are still the most frequently cited sources about the connection between health and academics. This makes them seminal literature.

Prompts

Respond in complete sentences to the reflection prompts below:

1. According to the Basch (2011a) article, what seven educationally relevant health disparities were selected as priority areas?

2. Three criteria were used to identify these priority areas.

a. What were those criteria?

b. In your own words, explain how each criterion was applied.

3. The author lists five causal pathways by which health-related factors influence motivation and ability to learn.

a. What are these five causal pathways?

b. Select one of the seven priority areas (from question 1). In the Basch (2010) report, read about this one area. (Save time! Look in the table of contents to find your area). For this one area, which of the five causal pathways are cited?

c. Based on the causal pathways you just identified, how does your selected priority area affect educational outcomes? Summarize and cite evidence from at least one research study in the report.

d. In the report, Basch lists strategies to address each priority (see the end of each priority area’s description). Imagine you are the chair of a new school health council. Select 1-2 strategies you would first implement in your school to address these areas based on what you have learned. Justify your strategies using evidence from the article and/or report.

Assignment Submission Directions

1. Remove my directions. Your work should look professional.
2. Include your name at the top.
3. Use Arial, Time New Roman, or a similar font style; use 10, 11, or 12-point font
4. Double or single-spaced is fine.
5. Cite all sources using APA format. Not sure how to do that?
   1. OWL: In-Text Citation Guide
   2. OWL: Reference List Rules
6. Save your file as a .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .pdf. Other formats cannot be opened in D2L.
7. Submit to the appropriate D2L Assignments folder. Emailed assignments are not accepted.

Grading Criteria

• See D2L Rubric

The ACA or the AHCA: Imperfect Solutions to Increasing Access to Health Care?

This week’s discussion focuses on the federal government’s role in protecting the public’s health using the ACA and current efforts to “repeal and replace” the ACA. Please note that the government’s role in protecting the public’s health did not begin with the ACA. In the late 1800s, Lilian Wald brought health care to the community. And in 1965, Congress passed bills authorizing Medicare and Medicaid. Since 1965, Congress has expanded government-sponsored health care to pregnant women and children.

Topic 1

• Compare the current provisions in the ACA with those in the failed first version of the AHCA. S
• Share your opinions about why the AHCA failed in the first attempt at passage.

Challenges During Covid 19

Write a one page essay describing the biggest challenge you have faced due to Covid-19. It can have to do with school, work, family, friends, etc.

Include:

What is the challenge? (anxious about facing all remote college classes, part-time job suspended, also worrying about future after graduation)
How are you handling it?
How have others helped (if they have)?
How have others made things worse (if they have)?
How have you helped someone else (if you have) during this pandemic?

Data Stewardship Standards & Guidelines Overarching Goal

Using the information provided in conjunction with your own research, create a plan to enforce data stewardship standards across the clinical and public health sectors as a result of this AHIMA/PHDSC merger.

In a 1,000-1,250-word plan, elaborate on the following points:

1. Overarching goal for the alignment of both clinical and public data standards.
2. Differences between clinical and public health data use and how this partnership will minimize those disparities.
3. Similarities between clinical and public health data use and how this partnership will capitalize on those parallels.
4. Your proposal for new data stewardship standards and guidelines.
5. Action plan: What will be the first steps in standardizing these data stewardship guidelines and how do you plan to go about managing this process? How do you intend to ensure and maintain consistency in data stewardship standards across the clinical and public health sectors? Who will have access to what data? How will data be collected and stored? How will confidentiality be maintained throughout this process?
6. How will this collaboration affect patients, health care practitioners, and both public and private health care organizations?
7. How will this partnership strengthen the infrastructure of health information systems and technology?

You are required to use at least two scholarly references in addition to your textbook for this assignment.

Assume you have the responsibility for setting the fee to be charged to clients for a new service being offered. After computing a fee that will cover the costs of the program, you realize most people who will seek the service will not be able to afford the fee. What do you do?