Write a two-page paper identifying your short and long-term career goals. Explain how your course of study will help you achieve those goals.

Write a two-page paper identifying your short and long-term career goals. Explain how your course of study will help you achieve those goals.
This should meet the following requirements:
2 pages

1 inch margins

double spacing

12 point font

grammar and spelling will count

clearly state the career you hope to attain and how you plan to get there

Demonstrate an understanding of how the field functions and will utilize your communication skills; are there specific things you have learned about the communication discipline that will help you in your future career?

written in the first person

Choose a topic from the advocacy speech topics pageAdvocacy Speech Topics, or use a topic you have approved.Following the outline described in the Advocacy Speech Structure, construct a 4-5 minute speech.

In this assignment you will research, prepare, rehearse, and record and upload (using the canvas media editor) an advocacy speech.

Your speech should adhere to the advocacy speaking guidelines discussed in this module . Pay particular attention to key organizational elements in the introduction, body, and conclusion.

You must have a clear problem and legislative solution. Utilize clear source citations prior to any quoted material. Quote a minimum of four credible sources.

Additionally, you should follow the best practices standards described on the how to video tape a speech in canvas page How to Record and Submit a Media Recording.

The speech should be between 4 and 5 minutes long.
Directions:

Choose a topic from the advocacy speech topics pageAdvocacy Speech Topics, or use a topic you have approved . Find at least four credible quotations to support your main points.

Make sure you make note of the author of the citation, their credentials, and the date. Following the outline described in the Advocacy Speech Structure, construct a 4-5 minute speech.

Using a single note card (with your outline and quoted sources on it), rehearse the speech at least three times standing. Record and submit the speech using the canvas media editor.

Remember to stand, maintain consistent eye contact, speak loudly, and gesture. BTW-always give canvas some time to save-you may hit the save key and nothing will happen. Wifi speeds seem to impact this.

 

How do differing cultural conceptions of health and illness shape the health care interactions between the Hmong community and the American health care providers?Explain

During the past few weeks of class, we explored various cultural conceptions of health and illness.

We identified how such conceptions have been influenced by the history of Western medicine (e.g., the emergence of the biomedical model, the emphasis on verifiability, the separation of the mind from the body in medicine as a result of Descartes’ notion of mind-bodydualism, the biopsychosocial model, etc.). We also discussed the idea that, over time, our society has become more “medicalized” (i.e., Zola’s writing about the medicalizing of society).

We discussed the factors that influence intercultural health communication interactions (i.e., source, message, and channel factors) as well as the ways in which gender, ethnicity, race, age, sexual identity, and socioeconomic status and other identity characteristics predispose certain populations to better or worse health and health care experiences (i.e., health disparities).

Central to our discussions about health, illness, and health care is an understanding that people who claim certain identities and/or experience certain illnesses and conditions are likely to encounter social stigma and bear the burden of the resultant prejudice and discrimination.

The purpose of this paper is to apply your understanding of these central themes. Your task is to read the select chapters (3 and 6) from Anne Fadiman’s (1997) book, The spirit catches you and you fall down: A Hmong child, her American doctors,and the collision of two cultures.

The selected chapters provide a brief overview of the Fadiman’s exploration of the Hmong community’s health care experiences in the Merced Community Medical Center (MCMM) in Central Valley, CA, during the early 1980s.

Although the book details the experiences of baby girl Lia Lee, whose family along with hundreds of other refugee families arrived in central CA after fleeing war-torn Laos, the author describes the conflicts between the Hmong community and their American health care providers in the American health care system.

Carefully read the select chapters and answer the following, using evidence from the texts to support your ideas.

1. How do differing cultural conceptions of health and illness shape the health care interactions between the Hmong community and the American health care providers?

2. How do the health care experiences described in these chapters illustrate the importance of source, message, and channel factors in health communication interactions at MCMM?

3. How might social stigma influence the Hmong community’s health care experiences and what are the possible consequences of such stigma?

4. What might help to improve the health care interactions between the Hmong community and American healthcare providers?
Paper Requirements

5. The paper is worth 40 points.

6. Your paper should have a cover page formatted according to APA (7th edition) style conventions.

7. Your paper should have a references page, using APA format.

8. Your paper should be double-spaced with 12-point font.

9. The length of the paper should be no less than 1250 words (somewhere between 5 and 6 double-spaced pages, excluding the title and reference pages).

 

What evidence do you see that both Vivian Bearing and her healthcare providers have been socialized to use the Voice of the Lifeworld and/or the Voice of Medicine?

The story of an English professor, Vivian Bearing, who is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.

The purpose of this paper is to apply your understanding of these topics to the movie Wit (2001), which features The story of an English professor, Vivian Bearing, who is diagnosed with Terminal ovarian cancer. Bearing describes her experiences as a cancer patient and offers her reactions to various health communication interactions during her diagnosis and treatment.

Carefully watch the movie and answer the following questions, using evidence from the texts to support your ideas

1. How does Vivian Bearing’s experience of social support influence her illness experience?

2. How do Vivian Bearing’s experiences with health care providers support the well-documented trends in patient-provider communication (e.g., physician-centered communication, asymmetrical versus transactional communication, etc.)?

3. What evidence do you see that both Vivian Bearing and her healthcare providers have been socialized to use the Voice of the Lifeworld and/or the Voice of Medicine? Does anyone in the movie deviate from the patient and/or health care provider role expectations and if so, how?

4. How does Vivian Bearing’s experience support Nuland’s ideas about how our cultural conceptions surrounding the “beautiful death” cause so many people to die alone?

Paper Requirements
The paper is worth 40 points. Your paper should have a title page formatted according to APA (7th edition) style conventions, which includes the use of a references page. Your paper should be double-spaced with 12-point font and the length of the paper should be no less than 1250 words (somewhere between 5 and 6 double-spaced pages, excluding the title and reference pages).

Suggestions for Writing the Analysis Paper
A high-quality paper will have strong organizational structure. This means, generally, that the paper should have an introductory paragraph that contains a thesis statement and a preview of the main points of the paper. You should work to carefully craft a succinct, well-reasoned, and well-integrated response to the questions in this assignment. The body of the paper, where you answer the key questions and apply the course concepts/theories, will be clearly organized. The paper will also have a concluding paragraph that summarizes the purpose of the paper and any important final thoughts.

To receive full credit, you will need to apply each theory/concept in detail and provide concrete examples.

A high-quality paper will demonstrate a thoughtful analysis of the key questions and provide a thorough synthesis of the course readings and lectures.

A well-written paper will not have spelling, grammatical or typo errors.

Although you do not need to use outside sources for this paper, you should cite all relevant sources (e.g., readings, lectures) using APA 7th edition style (and include a references page).

What elements about the individual and the context of your meeting motivated your quest to reduce uncertainty? Which strategy or strategies (passive, active, interactive) were employed to reduce uncertainty?

 

A first look at communication theory  Integrate a biblical perspective using Scripture to support your response.

We have all had experiences where we have had to reduce our uncertainty about strangers. Or, in many cases we were the stranger. Experiences such as returning to college, changing schools, new jobs, new bosses, blended families, new neighbors, etc. are common ones. Using one of these (or like) common experiences complete the following as it pertained to your experience.

What specific uncertainties and Anxieties characterized your first days?

What incentive did you have to reduce your uncertainty about others? (future interaction, goal, or unique behavior)

Which strategy or strategies (passive, active, interactive) were employed to reduce uncertainty? What elements about the individual and the context of your meeting motivated your quest to reduce uncertainty? Be specific.

Which axioms might you have used to help, if you were to do it all over again? Explain and be specific.

Discuss an important concept or prominent figure from one of the disciplines of the humanities (Introduction to Humanities, World Humanities, Music Theory, Religion, Philosophy and Logic, Lit 2000).

HCC humanities classes

HCC humanities classes, write an essay addressing the following prompt statement.

Discuss an important concept or prominent figure from one of the disciplines of the humanities (Introduction to Humanities, World Humanities, Music Theory, Religion, Philosophy and Logic, Lit 2000).

The essay should utilize core Terminology/vocabulary of the selected discipline in the discussion of the concept or prominent figure. </p>

Your essay should be formatted as follows: Typed. Two pages/500 word minimum; double-spaced; 12 pt Times New Roman font; 1” margins.

Essays will be evaluated on the following criteria:

Knowledge and understanding of topic.
Ability to provide specific reasons of why topic is being discussed.
Use of frequent and direct references to main topic discussion points.
Use of Standard English writing conventions.
proper citing of any sources consulted