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Essay Instructions: Issues in Sexuality: Scholarly vs. Popular Media
This assignment will help you explore the way a topic in human sexuality is covered in two very different sources: 1) a scholarly journal; use reference: Sex Education
Vol. 10, No. 2, May 2010, 145?156; and 2) a popular media source.

Instructions
Choose a topic on sexuality that interests you. Use the textbook as a guide in selecting your topic.
Find a scholarly article
Select an appropriate topic, and search the APUS online library databases to find an article from a ?peer-reviewed? evidence-based scholarly journal.
If you have questions on appropriate types of articles, you can use the library tutorials or contact a librarian.
Summarize the scholarly article
Write a 300-400 word summary of the scholarly article you selected, including:
The hypothesis of the study (what was he author trying to prove or disprove?)
How the study was conducted, including:
The group of people researched and written about (colleges students? adolescents? the elderly? military members? sexual minorities? etc.)
The research method used (i.e. naturalistic observation, lab experiment, survey, etc.)
The results of the study, the interpretation of the data by the authors and any conclusions they include at the end of the article.
Find and summarize the popular media article
Find and analyze/summarize an article from the popular media that covers the same topic as the scholarly paper. Acceptable popular media sources include sources like:
Traditional newspapers
Magazines
Credible websites
Unacceptable popular media sources include:
Blogs
Wikis
Wikipedia
TV shows
Movies
Tabloids (National Enquirer, etc.)
Write a 300-400 word summary and review of the popular media article.
Summarize the key points and include any information that identifies the group and the methods described.
Describe any conclusions drawn by the authors.
Critique (about 500 words)
Compare the article from Step 3 with the article from Step 4, addressing the following:
What do they have in common?
Other than visually, how are they most different?
What is the value for consumers reading each?
What are the cons associated with the way each presents the information?
Both sources can be important means of communicating information about your topic. Explain what is best about the scholarly approach and why, and what is best about the popular media approach and why.
Consider:
Reasons professors require students to use papers from peer-reviewed and professional organizations.
Reasons for studying sex formally instead of just learning about it from popular media sources.
Conclusion (about 500 words)
Conclude your paper. Include insights you gained from conducting the review, summary, and comparison of the two forms of information. You may comment on their relative interest to you or the average reader.
Use appropriate APA formatting, in-text (parenthetical), and Reference citations. APA formatting guides are available in our class Resources link. APA tutorials are also available on the APUS Library page. If you?re not sure how to do this, take the APA tutorial available in the APU library.
APA formatting requires a separate cover page and a separate References page. Neither counts toward the word length.
Sources must be cited in the body of your paper (in-text or parenthetical citations) and on a page titled: References
Paraphrases should be used instead of quotes unless the quote is VERY short and necessary for complete understanding or to make a particular point. Place quotes inside quotation marks and properly cite them. Failure to correctly quote or cite, even if not intended is plagiarism and will result in a zero on the paper for a first instance and course failure for a second occurrence in any other assignment.

Essay Instructions: ISSUES IN HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT


Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)

Provide a written summary expressing the most salient points you derived during your study of the following elements:
? How are CAM products and providers regulated?
? What impact has the proliferation of CAM had on consumer spending for health-related care and products?
? Should there be more widespread third-party coverage of CAM? Provide 2-3 reasons for your opinion.




Alternatives to Contemporary Medicine

SUGGESTED READING
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health (NCCAM at NIH) http://nccam.nih.gov. This website contains a wealth of information about complementary and alternative medicine, funding opportunities for researchers, research in progress and additional educational materials.
National Cancer Institute website. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Cancer Treatment. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/treatment/cam
National Cancer Institute website CAM research. This site shows the results of clinical research on a variety of CAM products purported to have an effect on cancer or cancer side effects. http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/cam

Essay Instructions: Issues to be discussed are Juvenile Violence and Domestic Abuse:


Problems and Issues in Need of Change ??
Sometimes, though not always, a crisis is necessary to precipitate change. This is because it is difficult for people to give up the comfort of what is familiar. In these cases, when evidence pointing to the need for change becomes almost too much to ignore??"as when droves of people leave an organization in a short period of time, or a terrorist attack occurs, or a woman is beaten and nearly dies??"it is easy to motivate yourself or others to change and take on the effort it involves. There are times, however, where a crisis is not necessary to precipitate change and bring forth the needed action(s). Lewin (as cited in Dirkx, Gilley, & Gilley, 2004) calls the process of becoming change-ready “unfreezing,” and it can apply to any kind of change, including social change, the focus in this course.* ??You have considered how values and problems and issues that arouse your passion also can motivate you and others to change and take action. ??*Reference: Dirkx, J. M., Gilley, J. W., & Gilley, A. M. (2004). Change theory in CPE and HRD: Toward a holistic view of learning and change in work. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 6(1), 35??"51. ??To prepare for this:

Review the article "Social Justice: A Long-Term Challenge for Counseling" and the website "Counselors for Social Justice." Think about the societal or profession-related problems/issues the article and website discuss that need change. Then consider why change, particularly social change, is needed to create a society that supports the mental health and welfare of its members.

Review the codes of ethics in attached list of websites. Consider how the ethical mandates might relate to problems/issues needing change.


Think about profession-related problems and issues and societal problems and issues that you think are in need of change.

Select one profession-related and one societal problem/issue that you are passionate about that could benefit from social change and, thus, contribute to creating a society that supports the mental health of its members.

Identify at least two ethical mandates from one of the codes of ethics in this week’s Learning Resources that offer direction on or are otherwise related to the two problems/issues you selected.
With these thoughts in mind:

Write a brief description of one profession-related problem or issue and one societal problem or issue that would benefit from social change. Explain why you selected each; that is, why change in each case is needed to create a society that supports the mental health of its members. Then identify two ACA (or NASW or ACJS) code of ethics mandates (for each problem/issue) that offer direction on or are otherwise related to the problems/issues you selected. Be specific.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references.

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Essay Instructions: Issues and Trends
Paper

Prepare a 1,050-1,400-word paper in which you select two contemporary issues
(Customs-Trade Partnerships Against Terrorism [C-TPAT], ISO 9000 certifications, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, etc.) and their related trends (globalization, trading blocks, increased government intervention, privatization,outsourcing, etc).

Determine the impact of these issues and trends on global value
chain management.