Resources: Course Media: “Case Study: Influenza Outbreak: Middleton, U.S.A.”
Course Text: Introduction to Public Health
• Chapter 4, “Epidemiology: The Basic Science of Public Health”

• Chapter 5, “Epidemiologic Principles and Methods”
• Chapter 6, “Problems and Limits of Epidemiology”
Article: Brody, H., Russell Rip, M., Vinten-Johansen, P., Paneth, N., &Rachman, S. (2000). Map-making and myth-making in Broad Street: The London cholera epidemic, 1854. Lancet, 356(9223), 64-68.
Article: Fielding, J. E., &Briss, P. A. (2006). Promoting evidence-based public health policy. Can we have better evidence and more action? HealthAffairs, 25(4), 969-978.
Assigned Web sites are listed in the Learning Resources for Week 5 and in the Webliography.
Glossary: The Basic Science of Public Health
Optional Activities are listed in the Learning Resources for Week 5.
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Discussion:
Part 1 Evidence-Based Decision Making
Post a response to the following questions:
• What tools are available to integrate the best available information with public health policy and practice? Are there tools not mentioned by Fielding and Briss?
• What are the challenges for using scientific evidence to inform policy and decision making?
• In what ways has public health succeeded in using the best available evidence, and in what ways have we struggled, by continuing to use programs that do not demonstrate effectiveness? Are there other cases not mentioned by Fielding and Briss that reflect this type of success or failure? Think globally as well as locally.
Application Assignment:
Part 2 Review of an MMWR Report
In preparation for this assignment, complete the following:
• Go to the MMWR Web site (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/).
• Click on Weekly Report (left-hand side of the home page).
• Click on “Current Volume.”
• Select one report that involves epidemiology efforts.
After reviewing this report, and in your own words using proper paraphrasing technique, complete the following:
• Describe the data that was collected. Who collected the data, what sources were used, and what type of data was collected?
• What did the results demonstrate?
• What recommendations were made?
• How might this data be used for policy development and/or program planning?
This assignment is due by Day 7 of Week 6. See the Week 5 Application Assignment for complete instructions.

Week 6 Data: Sources, Statistics, and Uncertainty

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Conduct a 20-minute informal interview with an adult family member, peer, or co-worker covering the introduction and opening phase of a clinical interview.

Conduct a 20-minute informal interview with an adult family member, peer, or co-worker covering the introduction and opening phase of a clinical interview. Request that the individual address issues related to career, education, relationships, or time management. In 375–500 words, include the following in your report:
•An overview of interview preparation (for example, initial contact, ethical and cultural considerations, physical setting, and so on).
•A summary of interviewer tasks and technical approaches for the introduction and opening phase. Incorporate the Clinical Interviewing text and a minimum of one academic research article in this section.
•Documentation of the clinical session applying the SOAP format.
•A self-evaluation of the applied interviewer tasks and the use of nondirective interviewing during the introduction and opening phase.

Submit your assignment to the instructor in the assignment area.

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Describe the plan you will implement to begin working more effectively with Lisa’s three children while in foster care.

You work for county social services, child welfare division, and you are working with Lisa, who recently had her three young children (April is 5, Joshua is 6 and Justine is 9 years of age) removed from her home for physical and emotional neglect. You arranged for Lisa to have parenting classes and individual counseling so that she can learn how to better manage her frustration with her children. You also arrange to have her admitted to a drug rehabilitation program to help her with her addictions to alcohol and cocaine. You meet with Lisa once a week to discuss her progress and you also monitor her weekly visitation with her children. Successful completion of Lisa’s parenting plan will enable her to regain custody of her children. You will continue to monitor Lisa’s progress and her children’s progress who are in a foster care placement.

Address the following:

Part A

Determine what issues were addressed from a counseling perspective for Lisa.
Describe the plan you will implement to begin working more effectively with Lisa’s three children while in foster care.
This section should be written as a formal paper 2-3 pages. You should cite sources using APA format, and include a reference section at the end of your submission.

Part B

Address the following:

Psychologists, Social Workers, and other Clinicians conduct an initial meeting with their potential clients to assess what types of problems the client is dealing with. They also use this interview as a way to gather information to help determine the appropriate course of treatment.

Prepare an intake form to use during your initial meeting with the children to access what types of problems each child is dealing with. Intake forms range from 5-20 or more pages. For this assignment the form should be at least 2-4 pages. Make sure the form captures relevant information for you to implement an effective treatment plan.
Provide a summary of the information gained from the initial meeting with Lisa’s three children and develop a diagnosis, intervention, and treatment plan for the three children while in foster care. This should be 3-4 pages.
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Write a paper that identifies a specific for-profit unionized and nonprofit non-unionized health care organization and briefly describe each.

healthcare organization unit 3 IP
Write a paper that identifies a specific for-profit unionized and nonprofit non-unionized health care organization and briefly describe each. Then compare and contrast the similarities/differences in human resource (HR) management for organizations that are unionized vs. non-unionized. Summarize which type of health care organization (unionized for-profit or non-unionized non-profit) you would most want to work for as an HR manager with rationale specifically addressing communication, performance, and organizational processes.

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