Category: Healthcare

What responsibilities do key public health stakeholders have, if any? As a health educator, what type of prevention activities and detection of chronic disease you are recommending?

Reflection 3 – Four Years Old and 101 Pounds

Chidhood obesity has both immediate and long-term negative effects on health and wellness. Over the last thirty years, childhood obesity has grown to epidemic proportions, with childhood rates almost doubling, and adolescents almost quadrupling.

After watching the video below, reflect on childhood obesity, and how lack of knowledge and skill, attitudes towards food, socioeconomic environment, and culture can affect eating behaviors.

What responsibilities do key public health stakeholders have, if any?

Based on the case presented in the video, what nutritional and physical activity plans would you recommend? Be specific – Do not just say the child needs to “eat better.”

As a health educator, what type of prevention activities and detection of chronic disease you are recommending?

Four years old, 101 pounds

Describe the stakeholders the physicians should have involved in the purchase. Explain when you would need to incorporate the expertise of stakeholders.

Using the scenario, Write a 700- to 1,050-word analysis to understand the due diligence involved in the situation. Your analysis should:

Describe the stakeholders the physicians should have involved in the purchase.

Explain when you would need to incorporate the expertise of stakeholders.

Explain whether this was the most appropriate choice for building renovation.

Describe the regulatory considerations that need to be made with respect to parking at the building.

Discuss meaningful use and HITEC and its impact on the development of the electronic health record.Identify ways to create reports using big data as well as the various indices that can be queried for the purpose of decision making.

ASSIGNMENT
Unit Outcomes addressed in this assignment:

List and describe the federal laws and regulations governing patient privacy and security.

Identify ways to create reports using big data as well as the various indices that can be queried for the purpose of decision making.

Discuss meaningful use and HITEC and its impact on the development of the electronic health record.

Resources

National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). (n.d.). https://www.healthit.gov/

Health Level Seven® International (HL7). (n.d.). http://www.hl7.org/

What is your preference for communication? Do you prefer e-mail, phone calls, text messaging? Why? Are you aware that some people’s e-communication skills are good, but their social skills (in person) are poor? Explain why this can happen.

Verbal communication skills

Analyze and evaluate your verbal communication skills as discussed in our text chapter “ Communication Skills in the Information Age”. Using a scale of 1-10, how would you rate them, why?

Analyze and evaluate your non-verbal communication skills. Select three non-verbal skills of which you are aware. Using a scale of 1-10, how would you rate them in terms of perceived effectiveness and why? Are you aware of the messages you give to others with your clothing style, hair, eye movements, posture, hand gestures, and facial expressions?

Which of your non-verbal communications do you think truly conveys who you are, if any; Why or why not?

What would you say is your body’s silent message? Why? Is this the message you wish to convey?

What is your preference for communication? Do you prefer e-mail, phone calls, text messaging? Why? Are you aware that some people’s e-communication skills are good, but their social skills (in person) are poor? Explain why this can happen.

Listening skills are as important as the ability to articulate thoughts and feelings. Evaluate your listening skills, what could you do to improve them?

Resources:
Text Chapter Communication Skills in the Information Age
Understanding Communication (Links to an external site.)

Types of Communication

Active Listening. How to be a great listener.

 Evaluate how the performance measures will also determine whether the proposed project is meeting the organizational objectives.Explain how and when the performance measures will be implemented throughout the project.

Performance Measures: Evaluating the Project’s Success

Develop the performance measures for the project. Describe what these are and what they are intended to measure. In addition to the project’s implementation, effectiveness, and functionality, consider measurements for how well the plan was executed, the cost/cost components (if relevant), schedule variables, and scope.

Evaluate how the performance measures will also determine whether the proposed project is meeting the organizational objectives.

Compare and contrast two or three industry tools and methodologies that could be used to evaluate the success of the project’s implementation. Provide rationale for the tools and methodologies selected.

Develop the strategies for implementing performance measures to evaluate the project. Explain how and when the performance measures will be implemented throughout the project.

Assess the reasons why the proposed project may not meet the performance measures. In what circumstances would the proposed project not meet the organizational objectives?

Create a mitigation plan and discuss how it will be implemented if the project improvement outcomes do not meet performance measures or organizational objectives.

Describe 2 approaches for changing the behavior of leaders in a healthcare system the 2 additional approaches one might utilize to change behaviors in caregiver/providers within the same area.

Stimulate high reliability

Describe 2 approaches for changing the behavior of leaders in a healthcare system the 2 additional approaches one might utilize to change behaviors in caregiver/providers within the same area.

How do the identified behavioral theories illustrate how health and well-being are factors of social conditions?

Theory Comparisons
Refer to the attached reading and Compare and contrast each of the following four behavior change theories:

• Health Belief Model
• Social Cognitive Theory
• Transtheoretical Model of Change
• Theory of Planned Behavior

Read about the theory from the textbook, use the lecture recording as a reference, and do some additional research. How do the identified behavioral theories illustrate how health and well-being are factors of social conditions?

Summarize each behavioral theory in less than five sentences (each), to illustrate how health and wellness are factors of social conditions. (5 sentences * 4 theories = 20 total sentences).