What characteristics do you think voters look for when choosing a president? Do you think voters choose the characteristics they are looking for depending on the socioeconomic and political environment – lack of jobs, riots, COVID-19, environmental concerns and other issues etc.? Explain your answer.

For the initial post, respond to one of the following options, and label the beginning of your post indicating either Option 1 or Option 2:

Political scientists disagree on the exact causes of low representation of women in Congress. Why do you think there are so few women in Congress in comparison to men?

How likely is it that these patterns of representation will dramatically change over your lifetime? For this discussion question, you will have to do some research online.

What characteristics do you think voters look for when choosing a president? Do you think voters choose the characteristics they are looking for depending on the socioeconomic and political environment – lack of jobs, riots, COVID-19, environmental concerns and other issues etc.? Explain your answer.

Be sure to make connections between your ideas and conclusions and the research, concepts, terms, and theory we are discussing this week.

Discuss how a person’s social class (also referred to as socioeconomic status) can affect his or her chances of success.

4-1 Worksheet: Wealth Inequality in America

Describe your initial reaction to the concepts in this video.

Did any of the information in the video surprise you? Why or why not?

Discuss how a person’s social class (also referred to as socioeconomic status) can affect his or her chances of success.

What effect has the opioid crisis in the Midwest and other parts of the country had on the prison population?o what extent does privilege (racial, socioeconomic, heteronormative) affect rates of conviction and incarceration?

To what extent do today’s prisons help to rehabilitate criminals and prepare them for their lives beyond their incarceration?

What effect has mandatory minimum sentencing in drug offenses had on the prison population?

What effect has the opioid crisis in the Midwest and other parts of the country had on the prison population?

How can prisons become reformed to result in more positive outcomes for inmates and for society?

What effect does incarceration have on the family (especially children) and friends of inmates?

To what extent does privilege (racial, socioeconomic, heteronormative) affect rates of conviction and incarceration?

What are some ways that prison is dehumanizing or humiliating to inmates? Is this humiliation warranted?

Do inmates ever create a sense of community while incarcerated? If so, how? If not, why not?
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Discuss how health disparities can be reduced through the application health promotion research in a specific culture or population aggregate ( such as an Ethnic group, low socioeconomic community, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning or any population that has health disparities

Social determinants

Social determinants affect access to health care, foster or interfere with the ability to practice health behaviors, affect physiology through influences on stress hormones, and result in ecological/epidemiological changes that can affect multiple generations. Culture and lifespan have a profound effect on designing a health promotion program

1. Discuss how health disparities can be reduced through the application health promotion research in a specific culture or population aggregate ( such as an Ethnic group, low socioeconomic community, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning or any population that has health disparities

2. What are the advantages of using logic models when planning and evaluating health promotion programs?

3. 3 peer reviewed articles less than 5 years old.