How might advocates address the health disparities to promote equity and access to high quality healthcare?
ALLEGORY OF THE ORCHARD
The Allegory of the Orchard presents barriers and challenges of underserved, vulnerable, or marginalized populations and communities. These barriers and challenges highlight the importance of understanding the impact of political determinants of health on such groups. This allegory encourages an identification, understanding, analysis, and response to these factors as members of the healthcare community.
For this Discussion, consider the role of the political determinants of health on underserved, vulnerable, or marginalized populations and communities. How might advocates address the health disparities to promote equity and access to high quality healthcare?
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
• Dawes, D. E. (2020). The political determinants of health. Johns Hopkins University Press.
o “Foreword (pp. ix–xi)
o Chapter 1, “The Allegory of the Orchard: The Political Determinants of Health Inequalities” (pp. 1–17)
• Porche, D. J. (2023). Health policy: Applications for nurses and other healthcare professionals (3rd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
o Chapter 1, “Policy Overview” (pp.1–20)
o Chapter 6, “Healthcare Systems” (pp. 81–92)
• Walden University Oasis: Writing Center. (n.d.). Citations: OverviewLinks to an external site.. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/apa/citations
• Walden University Oasis: Writing Center. (n.d.). Common assignments: Discussion postLinks to an external site.. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/assignments/discussionpost
Describe how this EBP research supports your practice. If your practice is different than the recommendations in the evidence-based article, how could you use this article to support your practice?
Step 1 Review an article.
Using the Cochrane Collaboration website, browse a topic of interest related to your nursing practice. Find a peer-review research article in your area of interest and read the article.
Step 2 Post a summary of the article.
Post a brief summary of the article and results.
Step 3 Answer additional questions.
After providing the article summary, answer the following questions:
Describe how this EBP research supports your practice.
If your practice is different than the recommendations in the evidence-based article, how could you use this article to support your practice?
Step 4 Read other students posts and respond to at least two of them by Friday at 11:59pm Mountain Time.
Use your personal experience, if it’s relevant, to support or debate other students’ posts. In your responses, offer your peers one description of an EBP that you use at your workplace. If differences of opinion occur, debate the issues professionally and provide examples to support opinions.
What new things do you hope to learn in this course? What concerns or fears do you have about this class? What strategies to you plan to put in place to address them?
Welcome to SCI207! Throughout this course, you will be asked to keep a journal about your experience in the class. The purpose of this activity is to enable you to reflect on your learning: what new things you have discovered, what surprises you have encountered, what topics or ideas you have found particularly challenging, and how the course is going for you. During the five weeks in which you are participating in the Environmental Footprint Reduction Project, in Week 2 through Week 4 you will also use this journal as a space for a progress report on your efforts. Your entries will be evaluated in terms of how well they met the topic and length requirements, and your writing clarity. Your entries should be a minimum of one typed page each (double-spaced, Times New Roman, and 12-point font) and will be submitted through Waypoint.
Complete the following:
In the first paragraph or two of your first journal entry, please reflect on your previous experiences, if any, with environmental science and environmental issues. What new things do you hope to learn in this course? What concerns or fears do you have about this class? What strategies to you plan to put in place to address them?
In another one or two paragraphs, share your thoughts about the first week of class. What did you learn? What experiences stand out for you? What tasks or content did you find difficult or frustrating? What activities did you find surprising or exciting? Looking ahead, what are your intrigued or concerned by in the second week of the course?
Finally, make a list of at least five lifestyle changes you plan to commit to making for your course-long Ecological Footprint Reduction Project. Once you have recorded them in your journal, you should begin taking those steps and keeping a weekly journal record of your efforts. You will report on the results in a class discussion in Week 5.
Give a brief overview of the history of your selected social media platform. Provide stats on the platforms usage and popularity today from a credible site. 2. What issues/challenges has the platform introduced to society? 3. What positive effects has the platform had on society?
1. Give a brief overview of the history of your selected social media platform. Provide stats on the platforms usage and popularity today from a credible site.
2. What issues/challenges has the platform introduced to society?
3. What positive effects has the platform had on society?
4. Overall, how do you think social media in general affects society?
5. How has social media affected you personally?
How does the use of technology impact the counseling relationship? What did you notice about the differences between the live and technology-based sessions?
How does the use of technology impact the counseling relationship?
What did you notice about the differences between the live and technology-based sessions?
Include references from professional literature regarding the impact of technology on the counseling profession and the counseling process.
Cite specific ACA Code of Ethics sections related to the use of technology in counseling.
How can you demonstrate cultural relevance and convey cultural humility verbally and non-verbally during counseling role play? Include references from professional literature regarding the impact of cultural competence on the therapeutic relationship.
Who was your favorite psychology instructor in college? What did you like about him or her? Did your favorite psychology instructor present the material in an interesting and exciting way?
Who was your favorite psychology instructor in college? What did you like about him or her? Did your favorite psychology instructor present the material in an interesting and exciting way? Maybe he or she made you feel that you mattered as an individual. Maybe you found the assignments to be engaging and enjoyable. It is likely that you have a variety of reasons for identifying that instructor as your favorite. It is also likely that those reasons describe several characteristics that deem your favorite instructor an effective instructor.
For this Discussion, review and study this weeks Learning Resources. Search the Walden Library for article(s) on characteristics of effective college instructors and consider why these characteristics contribute to effectiveness. Next, select three of the characteristics researched in the article(s) that you feel are essential for effective psychology instruction. Then search the Walden Library for one article on strategies for developing the characteristics you selected. If you are unable to find an article that describes a strategy for your characteristics, then think of strategies that might be effective in developing those characteristics. Finally, reflect on whether an instructor can be effective without possessing the characteristics you selected.
With these thoughts in mind:
Post by Day 4 an explanation of the three characteristics you selected, and explain why they are essential for effective psychology instruction. Then explain the strategies that you might employ to develop those characteristics. Finally, explain whether an instructor can be effective without possessing the characteristics you selected. Be sure to reference the article(s) you selected from the Walden Library in your post, if applicable.
Be sure to support your post with specific references to the Learning Resources. If you are using additional articles, be sure to provide full, APA-formatted citations for your references.
Design a table using three of the six contextual factors (for example, environmental uncertainty, task uncertainty, error criticality, task structure, proximity to the organization’s core mission, and organizational structure).
Please respond to the following:
Design a table using three of the six contextual factors (for example, environmental uncertainty, task uncertainty, error criticality, task structure, proximity to the organization’s core mission, and organizational structure). For each contextual factor, create one brief scenario that is beyond management’s control. Then, develop one corrective action to increase management’s success. Note: Use Microsoft Word or similar software to create the table, then copy and paste it into the discussion board.
Identify and list the role of a paraprofessional in the following classroom-related matters (10 points) IEP Lesson Planning Lesson Implementation Evaluation of Student Learning Classroom Management
In many classrooms with students with severe disabilities, there may be a paraprofessional in the classroom.
Read the attached guide
After you have reviewed the guide, answer the following questions using the attached template,
Identify and list the role of a paraprofessional in the following classroom-related matters (10 points)
IEP
Lesson Planning
Lesson Implementation
Evaluation of Student Learning
Classroom Management
Identify two important factors that you should consider when communicating with paraprofessionals, with students about paraprofessionals, and with parents about paraprofessionals (12 points).
Use the guide and other resources, to answer the following scenarios:
Scenario 1: The teacher is showing the students double-digit addition on the board. The Para-educator notices that a student is talking with a classmate, distracting them from listening to the teacher.
How should both the teacher and the Para-educator respond in this situation? (5 points)
How could the team be proactive in keeping this problem from occurring in the first place? (5 points)
Scenario 2: Steve is a student in your classroom. The mom asks the Para-educator about another student in the classroom. and the Para-educator explains some of the behaviors of the other students. The parent then calls you to discuss that she does not want Steve around this other student.
How would you, as the teacher, respond to this situation to ensure confidentiality? (6 points)
How would you discuss this with your para-educator and make sure to maintain a working relationship? (7 points)
Retailers are known for collecting huge amounts of customer data. Considering the three characteristics of big data (volume, velocity, and variety), what do you think are some of the challenges that apply to the process?
. Retailers are known for collecting huge amounts of customer data. Considering the three characteristics of big data (volume, velocity, and variety), what do you think are some of the challenges that apply to the process?
Describe your job shadowing experience. Whom did you select and why? What were your personal goals for this experience? Consider these questions as you discuss your experience. Conduct and use research to guide you in answering the italicized questions. How did the organizational communication style of your organization impact your leaders ability to be an effective leader? How do organizational culture and communication styles affect leaders in organizations?
Instructions
Your paper is to be an analysis of your job shadowing experience in the context of overall nursing leadership, organizational theory, organizational communication, conflict management, and technology.
Describe your job shadowing experience. Whom did you select and why? What were your personal goals for this experience?
Consider these questions as you discuss your experience. Conduct and use research to guide you in answering the italicized questions.
How did the organizational communication style of your organization impact your leaders ability to be an effective leader? How do organizational culture and communication styles affect leaders in organizations?
Did your leader display vision in his or her work? Did this vision guide her? What role does vision play in effective leadership?
Do you feel that the leader whom you shadowed was guided by your organizations mission, vision, and goals?
Did your leader display effective negotiation skills during the course of your shadowing experience? How do negotiation skills play a role in being an effective manager of change?
What was your leaders style of leadership? Was he or she able to use it effectively with others who did not have the same style? How can leadership styles affect the ability of a person to be an effective leader?
How did your leader leverage technology to help him/her succeed in their role? Consider the use of data to make informed decisions regarding change initiatives, to meet benchmarks, and provide patient care.
Re-read the course objectives for the job shadowing experience, as well as your own personal objectives. Do you think that these objectives were achieved?
How can you apply what you learned from this experience in your role as a baccalaureate-prepared registered nurse?
Your paper should be between 6-8 pages in length, excluding title and reference pages, written and referenced in APA format.
