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Essay Instructions: Health and Communities

“The biggest challenge to nursing today in health promotion and prevention,” says Dr. Nola Pender, “is to bring science, practice, and policy together to promote health and healthy environments.” In your Discussion, explore what Dr. Pender means by this statement. Apply the observation to a particular global health issue, such as emerging agents of bioterrorism, communicable pandemic disease, or HIV, drawing on your learning resources to support your arguments.

With these thoughts in mind:



Post your thoughts on the challenges of addressing a global health problem. Include the following:



Select one global health issue and explain in what ways it is truly “global”??"that is, describe how its effects spread across regional boundaries.


Discuss the ways in which science, practice, and policy would need to be employed??"and coordinated??"to make a positive impact on this issue.


Suggest how you might utilize epidemiological resources to help gain knowledge about or address this global health issue.


Your written assignments must follow APA guidelines. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and any additional sources. Refer to the Pocket Guide to APA Style to ensure your citations in the text and reference list are correct.

Essay Instructions: Global Health Care Organization

Subject ?Operation Smile group?

What is the Overview of the Programs and their offer?

Essay Instructions: This scholarly paper will summarize the U.S. healthcare system. Included in this paper should be: an overview of our system, a comparison of our system to another industrialized nation (Spain), a critique of our healthcare system, and your assessment of changes needed. The paper should be no more than 15-20 pages in length. Will need to use the sources provided by literature matrix. Teacher states to cite what is not our idea and/or if we have a paragraph that is not our idea to make sure to cite at least every 3 sentances or so. Here are 15 articles of which most have a weblink.

AUTHOR WEB LINK
TITLE

No Author OECD HEALTH DATA 2011 How Does the United States Compare http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/46/2/38980580.pdf
No Author OECD HEALTH DATA 2011 How Does Spain Compare. http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/46/7/38980294.pdf
OECD HEALTH at a Glance 2009 http://www.oecd.org/document/14/0,3746,en_21571361_44315115_44216846_1_1_1_1,00.html
No author Medicare.gov The Official U.S. Government Site for Medicare http://www.medicare.gov/
No Author US Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services https://www.cms.gov
No Author InsureKidsNow.gov Connecting Kids to Coverage http://insurekidsnow.gov/chip/index.html
No Author THE WHITEHOUSE WASHINGTON http://whitehouse.gov/
Duran, A., Lara, J.L., and Waveren, M.V. Health Systems in Transition-Spain Health System Review World Health Organization http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/96386/E89491.pdf
No Author Ispor Global Health Care Systems Road Map http://www.ispor.org/htaroadmaps/spain.asp
No Author US Census Bureau Health Insurance in the United States www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p60-239.pdf
No Author Expatica Waiting to be seen: How the health service varies across Spain http://expatica.com/nl/health_fitness/healthcare/waiting-to-be-seen-how-the-health-service-varies-across-spain-12569.html
CHAPLIN WHITE TRENDS Health Care Spending Growth: How Different Is The United States From The Rest Of The OECD? http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/26/1/154.full
GERARD F. ANDERSON ND BLANCA K. FROGNER Health Spending In OECD Countries: Obtaining Value Per Dollar No Link
Tanner, M. Policy Analysis The Grass Is Not Always Greener A Look at National Health Care Systems Around the World www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9272
No Author kaiserEDU.org Health Policy Explained http://www.kaiseredu.org/Issue-Modules/International-Health-Systems/Spain.aspx?p=1
World Health Organization http://www.photius.com/rankings/world_health_systems.html

Need to use these articles provided above and may use others not listed. Here is a rubric

Scholarly Paper Rubric

Objectives Needs Improvement Average Performance Good Performance Exemplary Performance

Quality of Articles Included 1 point

Paper does not contain empirical evidence and/or scholarly opinions. Sources used are not credible. 15 points

Paper contains some empirical evidence and/or scholarly opinions. Many sources are not credible. 21 points

Paper contains mostly empirical evidence and/or scholarly opinions. Most sources are credible. 30 points

Paper always contains empirical evidence and/or scholarly opinion. All sources are credible.

Thoroughness of Information Included 1 point

It is evident that the student did not thoroughly research various aspects of the US healthcare system. Few major topics were explored. 15 points

Reveals a restricted thoroughness of the various aspects of the US healthcare system which is limited to information that could be derived from only online material. Many important aspects were omitted. 21 points

Reveals an adequate understanding of most important aspects of the US healthcare system. Provides information derived mostly from credible and scholarly sources. 30 points

Reveals a solid understanding of all important aspects of the US healthcare system. All information is derived from credible and scholarly sources.

Student?s Critique of US Healthcare System and Needs Analysis 1 point

Provides no evidence of thoughtfulness regarding the state of the US healthcare system or analysis of changes needed. 15 points

Provides restricted evidence of thoughtfulness regarding the state of the US healthcare system and analysis of changes needed. 21 points

Offers a good critical analysis of the state of the US healthcare system and analysis of changes needed. 30 points

Offers an excellent critical analysis of the state of the US healthcare system and analysis of changes needed.


Organization 1 point

Poor organization, numerous APA, grammar and/or spelling errors. Sources are not cited. 5 points

Paper is somewhat organized but needs improvement. Has five or more APA, grammar and/or spelling errors. Some sources are not cited. 7 points

Clear organization of paper. Has less than five APA, grammar and/or spelling errors. Most sources are cited. 10 points

Clear organization, grammatically correct and free of APA and spelling errors. Always cites sources.

Essay Instructions: 1. Name five Health Care Delivery Systems and discuss their organizational roles.
2. What are the domains of leadership effectiveness and leadership efficacy.
3. Describe the classification types of the health services system.
4. Describe the governing body structure of US health services organizations and their responsibilities.
5. Explain healthcare outcomes in relation to systems issues and management
6. What is return on investment and how can it be utilized for quality efforts?
7. What are Best Practice Principles for engagement of Global Health Partnerships at the country level?
8. Explain key elements of strategic planning in managing healthcare systems.
9. Describe Healthcare cost economics in relation to delivering high quality patient care.
10. Give two examples of population based care delivery and the effects of resource allocation on healthcare outcomes.