Category: Public Health

Identify a public health concern that contributes to health risk or disease. Identity at least three agencies that are involved in addressing this health concern. Why is it important for those agencies to collaborate?
Please address the topic below:
Background facts about the public health concern including incidence and prevalence
The role that the three agencies play in public health including their mission and sphere of influence
How these agencies collaborate and any challenges to collaboration
Your recommendations to facilitate collaboration and effective public health response
Your paper should meet the following structural requirements:
five – six pages in length, not including the cover sheet and reference page.
Formatted according to APA 7th edition.
Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of six scholarly articles.

Hermit’s Pediatrics is a small practice serving the health care needs of children in a small, rural community. The practice has always used paper health records. However, the practice founder, Dr. Melody Hermit, learns that under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering significant incentives to eligible healthcare professionals who effectively adopt electronic health records (EHR). She sees an opportunity to move into the electronic age.
It takes some time for Dr. Hermit and her staff to get accustomed to using the EHR instead of the paper record, but they quickly see some real advantages. Information in the EHR is always easy to find and is well-organized. Things are going smoothly until one morning when Dr. Hermit and her staff discover that all of their patient records are gone from the EHR. Inadvertently, the system upgrade that was rolled out the night before has overwritten the storage partition containing the records. Luckily, the records had been backed up just before the wipe-out, and are eventually reloaded within a few hours.
Several months later, Dr. Hermit receives an irate phone call from a patient’s mother whose child has been diagnosed with sickle cell disease. The mother’s anger is triggered when a neighbor expresses her sympathy, although the mother has not discussed the diagnosis with anyone. Dr. Hermit questions her staff and learns that the receptionist discussed the child’s diagnosis with the mother’s neighbor after checking his medical records. Dr. Hermit is astounded that the receptionist could even view the patient information, particularly given that the EHR is supposed to be HIPAA compliant according to Planet, the software developer. She is equally surprised when she walks into the reception area only to witness that another patient’s record is in full-sight of those waiting for their appointment. To top Dr. Hermit’s frustration, the Planet software server suffers a malicious software attack. As a consequence, the EHRs of many patients have been compromised, and many others might have been made vulnerable.
Dr. Hermit is now rethinking her decision to adopt an EHR to qualify for the incentive payment after all. The clinic may be better off using paper records until she retires.
Case Study Questions
1. Hermit’s Pediatrics has experienced risks to information confidentiality, data integrity, service availability, and the business itself. Identify the consequences, the vulnerabilities exploited, and the ways these risks could have been mitigated.
2. What are some of the risks that are not addressed by HIPAA, but an EHR software subscriber may need to consider? CITE IN APA AND PLEASE ANSWER

Format for Descriptive Epidemiology Report
Objective: Choose a health problem to investigate using descriptive epidemiology.
15 pts
Definition of the health problem
At least 3 references from reliable sources cited in APA format, including in-text citations
30 pts
Summary and visual display of data on the health problem by person, place and time 3 visual displays of data such as graphs – these must be original creations not copied from literature. All data sources must be cited.
15 pts
Interpretation
What observations/conclusions can be made from the data? You may cite current hypotheses from scientific literature that have been proposed to explain the observations. Be sure to include references in APA format.
How can the information accumulated through descriptive epidemiology on this issue be used to prevent or control the outbreak?
Does your study offer any suggestions for further action or research on this health issue?
15 pts
Formatting, References, and Writing Proficiency
75 Possible Points

Individualized Assignment:
2nd semester AY 2022- 2023 Assignment1
1- Written assignment “position Paper”: (6 marks)
Title “Withdrawal of life support from brain-dead patients (i.e., discontinuation of
ventilation in brain-dead patients). Are you with or against it? Write a 700 words essay discussing (do not list) the following:
1. What is your position regarding the debate around the above topic?
2. Provide evidence/ reasons to support your position; include at least 5 different references including Evidenced Based articles
Note: when you are writing your assignment please follow: –
1) This assignment is due on Week 7 (19/01/2023) at 11:59 pm
2) You must submit this assignment via Black Board via Safe Assign to get a plagiarism report. 3) The academic essay writing style including APA style of referencing
4) Font size 12 5 Font type Time New Roman
6) 1.5-line spacing
7) Academic content
8) Plagiarism is not allowed.
9) Use the rubric for written assignment that is provided on black board.

1- The first page of the answer should only contain your name and the course title (public health)
2- Re-write the question(s) above the answer(s).
3- The answer of each question should not exceed 750 words in length (excluding references if any).
4- The format of writing should be: 12-font size, times-New-Roman style and 1.5 spacing. Do not use colors in your writing.
5- Avoid plagiarism
Answer the following two questions:
1. “Public Health” is a major concern of health decision makers”. In view of this statement, how can you, as a health administrator, invest some of the approaches and topics that we have discussed in class to improve the public health of the Saudi population?
2. During the class lectures, you have realized that health seeking behavior and life style are playing significant factors in public health issues. Discuss with examples from the Saudi context.

After reading this articleLinks to an external site., choose ONE of the discussed hypotheses and:
Explain it in your own words.
Review the results of the study in the Discussion section of the article and summarize.
Provide a real-world example (either has happened to you or a hypothetical scenario) based on the hypothesis
Discuss the application of findings to how you can learn from the readings, lecture, discussion in this course and integrate into your own professional career – what can you do better in regards to delegation?
Please respond to all prompts and be sure to provide intext citations and references in APA format for all sources. At least 450 words.

Access The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding landing page and choose one of the Surgeon General’s communication products for the breastfeeding call to action (the executive summary, the call to action [which this link brings you to], or the action guides).
Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the product in terms of focusing the public’s attention on the critical public health issue of breastfeeding. When responding to your peers, make additional suggestions to improve upon weaknesses identified by your classmates.

Please explain the purpose of adjusting entries and closing entries. In a 1-2-page paper, not including the title and reference pages, detail what each accomplishes, and give examples of each. Please journalize the closing entries from the attached 10-column worksheet. Use the attached template to complete your General Journal. (#2 is already complete and can be used as a reference in explaining question #1) The excel spreadsheet will be attached.

INTRODUCTION: This assignment is the first of related assignments that will prepare you for your final assignment: recorded group role play of an advocacy meeting with a legislator. It is important that the issue you select is the same for every assignment.
The issue I chose is Food Insecurity For this “Issue Research” assignment, you will conduct online research on your selected topic (and assigned in Week 4). The following questions can help you narrow down the most important information you will need for the Issue Brief.
Define the facts and playing field: What important context is needed to understand this topic? Why does the topic matter?
What questions did you study? What is the gap in knowledge that your research fills?
What is the magnitude of the problem? Compare national, state and local (the area you are most invested in – this could be San Diego or your hometown)
What is the impact on populations, communities, and costs? What are the immediate to long-term health consequences? What are the indirect-health consequences (e.g., economic, social, political) from this problem?
How is this particular problem related to other health challenges or issues? (Where is the intersection with other issues? What are the unique/novel/key findings or takeaways from your studies? What are the available interventions, strategies, and policies to address this problem?
NOTE: Include high-level details on your methods that are important to understand. Avoid in-depth descriptions of research methods. Incorporate data, study findings, survey findings, and others’ policy experiences.
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Conduct research on your assigned topic. Refer to the questions above to help you. Format your Issue Brief using Microsoft Word or Google Doc to include the following sections:
TITLE: Short, descriptive, and understandable title to capture a reader’s attention. Don’t overpromise. Avoid academic jargon.
BACKGROUND/CONTEXT (200-300 words): Define the facts and playing field: What important context is needed to understand this topic? Why does the topic matter? What is the impact on populations, communities, and costs? What questions did you study? What is the gap in knowledge that your research fills?
Key Takeaways (300-400 words maximum): These set the stage for policy and practice considerations in the next section. What are the unique/novel/key findings or takeaways from your studies? How do the local, state and national issues vary, if at all? Incorporate data, study findings, survey findings, and others’ policy experiences. Charts, graphs, maps, and icons are great here. Conclusion & Implications (400-500 words maximum): This section showcases real-world implications: What are the key FEDERAL policy/practice considerations or options, based on findings presented? Include the potential impact on populations, public health, or potential cost savings, if applicable. Bucket implications into a few categories using subheadings, if needed. References: Strive for no more than five. Recommend APA or AMA style.

Identify a public health concern that contributes to health risk or disease. Identity at least three agencies that are involved in addressing this health concern. Why is it important for those agencies to collaborate?
Please address the topic below:
Background facts about the public health concern including incidence and prevalence
The role that the three agencies play in public health including their mission and sphere of influence
How these agencies collaborate and any challenges to collaboration
Your recommendations to facilitate collaboration and effective public health response
Your paper should meet the following structural requirements:
Four-to-five pages in length, not including the cover sheet and reference page.
Formatted according to APA 7th edition.
Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of six scholarly articles.