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Public Health Administration

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Instructions: Please answer using your own words in a minimum of 400, maximum 500 words PER QUESTION SINGLE spaced. Referenced with two (3) peer-reviewed journal articles or qualified text publish within the past five years and follow APA Manual 6th or 7th editions scholarly writing guidelines. When writing replies, please provide your experiences, new ideas, add probing questions and new literature on the topic to enhance the learning opportunity.

HCAD 630 Discussion Topic – Week 9

 

Instructions: Please answer using your own words in a minimum of 400, maximum 500 words PER QUESTION SINGLE spaced. Referenced with two (3) peer-reviewed journal articles or qualified text publish within the past five years and follow APA Manual 6th or 7th editions scholarly writing guidelines. When writing replies, please provide your experiences, new ideas, add probing questions and new literature on the topic to enhance the learning opportunity.

 

9.1. Food Safety and Foodborne Illness

Who controls the response to foodborne disease outbreaks?  What are some of the local, state, and federal agencies that help protect our food?  How do they accomplish this task?  Select an incident within the past couple of years that created a public health outbreak.

 

Describe the response.  What went right?  What worked less than optimally?  What agencies and organizations participated?  Who was “in charge”?

 

Compare your research with the 1984 outbreak of salmonella in The Dalles, Oregon or the 2008 salsa salmonella outbreak.

 

 

9.2. Preparedness

Based on what you have learned, how would you assess the nation’s preparedness posture?  What would you recommend?  Why is this such a problem?  Cite the incident and evidence for your recommendations.

 

9.3. Water & Waste Water

Think about water.  Think about how it is tied in with waste and vector borne diseases. Humans have been using water as a way for disposing waste for centuries!  Vector-borne diseases account for more than 17% of all infectious diseases, causing more than 1 million deaths annually.  We take water so much for granted yet it is many times the source of many public health issues.  Give an example of why we need to be concerned with vector-borne diseases and what progress we are making (or not.)

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Despite the apparent unpreparedness by the government, there are several measures they can take to improve. Putting aside more resources is a step in the right direction. Carbone and Thomas (2018) note that the government often fails to adequately prepare for public health emergencies because it is hard to plan for the possibility of a new disease outbreak when there are no timestamps for when it will occur. However, slowly and consistently putting aside resources is helpful in the occurrence of the emergency. Another recommendation is to develop effective communication and coordination between the local, state, and federal agencies that control emergencies. Sullivan, Strickland & Howard (2020) notes that the CDC provides guidelines to the three-level of agencies, but the insufficiency in clarity and coherency reduces them to patchwork disseminated all around the nation. Smooth coordination, communication, and application can bring dramatic positive changes in the level of preparedness.

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Personal Finance

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After participating in or viewing the recording of this week’s BigBlueButton discussion session (held on July 14, 2020 beginning at 7:00 PM–see link to BBB on the course’s home page), write at least 150 words providing your answers to these questions:

1) Briefly list at least three topics related to personal finance that were discussed during this week’s BBB session.

2) Do you think social security will be available for you? Why or why not?

3) Other than social security, how will you save for retirement?

4) What are the advantages of having a will?

5) What else about retirement and estate planning would you like to learn?

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Other than social security, there are other plans that I can utilize to save for my retirement. One of them than I can utilize is an employer-sponsored retirement plan. According to Ilmanen, Kabiller,  Siegel, & Sullivan (2017), an employer-sponsored plan is designed to help employees save for their retirement.  In this plan, both an employee and employer contributions to the savings at the end of each month. The funds are invested on behalf of employees, and they begin to make withdrawals after retirements. Basically, this type of retirement plan is tax-deferred, meaning that a person begins paying taxes immediately after they begin withdrawing their savings.  However, there are other plans that taxes are not postponed; instead, retirees make tax free withdrawals.  Some of the retirement plans offered by employers include 401 (K) and IRA. An employer usually sponsors a 401(k) plan. It allows an employee to make savings or invest before their income is taxed.

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Systems Development Life Cycle

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In the media introduction to this module, it was suggested that you as a nurse have an important role in the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC). With a focus on patient care and outcomes, nurses may not always see themselves as contributors to the development of new systems. However, as you may have observed in your own experience, exclusion of nurse contributions when implementing systems can have dire consequences.

In this Discussion, you will consider the role you might play in systems development and the ramifications of not being an active participant in systems development.

To Prepare:

Post a description of what you believe to be the consequences of a healthcare organization not involving nurses in each stage of the SDLC when purchasing and implementing a new health information technology system. Provide specific examples of potential issues at each stage of the SDLC and explain how the inclusion of nurses may help address these issues. Then, explain whether you had any input in the selection and planning of new health information technology systems in your nursing practice or healthcare organization and explain potential impacts of being included or not in the decision-making process. Be specific and provide examples.

Please follow the instruction carefully,and this paper will need 5 most recent APA references.Thanks
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Maintenance of the system is critical to prevent any errors or failures in its utilization. The HIT system can be maintained through software support, which needs to be changed over time to improve its function. The repercussions of not engaging nurses in the SDLC maintenance phase are that it may hinder the system’s proper running (Garcia-Dia, Chan and Park, 2019). It is because nurses may not be up to date with the new project, and their input to facilitate changes may also be dismissed. However, this issue can be avoided by informing nurses of the most recent changes to the system, which is communicated with other nursing staff.

In my practice, the entire nursing staff was excluded from all the phases of the SDLC. The selection and planning of the new HIT system was a mystery for most nurses, and the only ones who had an idea of what it comprised were the senior members. As a result, the new project’s functioning failed, and time and resources were consumed in fixing the identified errors and gaps. For example, most staff felt uncomfortable with the new HIT system because it was integrated with advanced software, challenging most employees.

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Human resource management in health care

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Fallon, L. F. & McConnell, C. R. (2014). Human resource management in health care: Principles and practices (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Donelson, B. (2018, November 20). Three challenges facing HR pros in health care and beyond. JD Supra. Retrieved from https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/three-challenges…

Invenias Partners. (2017). The changing role of the healthcare chief human resources officer: Current realities and future directions. Chicago, IL: Author. Retrieved from https://www.inveniaspartners.com/cmsAdmin/uploads/…

O’Conner, C. (2019, January 29). Top 10 HR headaches for 2019. JD Supra. Retrieved from https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/top-10-hr-headac…

Webb, P. G. (2019). Managing today’s workforce to meet tomorrow’s challenges. Frontiers of Health Services Management, 35(4), 3-10.

Zillman, C. & Fry, E. (2018, February 16). HR is not your friend. Here’s why. Fortune. Retrieved from https://fortune.com/2018/02/16/microsoft-hr-proble…

Required Media

McCord, P. (2019, February). 8 lessons on building a company people enjoy working for [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/patty_mccord_8_lessons_o…
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 5 minutes.

Discussion: Importance, Functions, and Innovations in Human Resources

Some important benefits that an HR department contributes to an organization are systematization, time management, and personnel efficiency (Maurom, 2017). HR departments handle a variety of functions: hiring and firing employees, training workers, addressing interoffice relationships, and interpreting employment laws (Scott, 2018). Social media websites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter have opened up new possibilities for managing internal and external communications for HR departments (SHRM India, 2018).

In this week’s Discussion, you will explain the functions and importance of a HR department. You also will explain how social media and technological innovations have impacted HR.

References
Maurom J. A., (2017, August, 28). Organization: The most important human resources professional skill. Society for Human Resource Management. Retrieved from https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tools-and-s...

Scott, S. (2018, October 20). Six main functions of a human resource department. Bizfluent. Retrieved from https://bizfluent.com/info-8244762-six-functions-h…

SHRM India (2018, May 2). The Importance of social media in HR. Society for Human Resource Management. Retrieved from https://blog.shrm.org/sasia/blog/the-importance-of…

To prepare for this Discussion:

  • Review the Learning Resources for this week.
    • Focus on reviewing Chapters 1-3 of the Fallon and McConnell (2014) textbook.
  • Consider the functions of the HR departments in organizations where you have worked and think about how the organization would have functioned differently had there been no HR department.

By Day 4

Post a comprehensive response to the following:

  • Explain why an HR department is important.
  • Explain 5 functions an HR department performs.
  • Explain how the role of HR has changed with the upsurge of social media and the continuing advancement of technology.

Support your Discussion and peer responses with in-text citations and references from specific Learning Resources.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.

 

Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights you have gained as a result of your colleagues’ comments. You are not required to post these final insights.

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Social media and technology have necessitated several changes in the HR department. First, communication through the HR department is now internal and external. HR managers can communicate with employees within and out of the office via the internet. Social media has increased the visibility and reliability of the HR department. There is more informal communication between HR managers and employees. As a result, employees are more aware of the department and its ability to assist when needed. Technology has made communication much more comfortable as it is instant within the click of a button (Maurom, 2017). Also, messages can easily flow between the sender and receiver, allowing more employee engagement in decision making, unlike traditional methods like memos, which are one-directional. HR managers also must balance employee needs, views, and opinions as employees find it easier to give feedback, unlike they did in the past.

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Learning disabilities of American children

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In a 3-page paper, written in APA format using proper spelling/grammar, research the topic of learning disabilities of American children and address the following:

  1. When is a child’s communication considered delayed? Please include stages of development regarding communication with examples.
  2. What are speech disorders and how are they characterized?
  3. What are language disorders? How does they affect language development and education?
  4. How does a speech language pathologist help children with communication disorders? Explain with specific techniques and examples.

Be sure to include APA citations for any resources you used as references.

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Language and speech development are the two basic components of communication in children. Recognizing the normal language and speech development in children is important in knowing whether the child’s communication is developing right. A child can be affected by communication disorders during early development leading to delay in the child’s communication.  Delay in children’s communication is different, but the stages of language and speech development in children are the same (Lewis, 2017). However, there are variations in the age at which children develop. By the time a child attains one year, the child should develop speech in terms of babbling and cooing. Before a child is 12 months old, he or she should be paying attention to various sounds and saying words like mama.

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Intellectual property

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Each essay is at least 250 words.Use APA style and cite using APA citation format.Use required readings (or at least attempt to use them).

Essay 1

FACTS: George and Sophia are entrepreneurs who together own a limited liability company, SOPhiGEo, LLC.They are inventors and have invented a widget that can be plugged into a mobile phone or personal computer to detect unsolicited third-party access of camera or audio features on the equipment and block it with a repeating loop of nonsense gibberish that can be stopped only by the widget’s primary user.This widget has a proprietary design and operating code. SOPhiGEo is calling it “LoktYU.”

Identify and define the three types of intellectual property (IP) that SOPhiGEo needs to obtain to protect LoktYU. Be specific as to which aspect of the invention will be protected by each type of IP. Further, explain how each type of IP is obtained and maintained, and how long the protection lasts.

Essay 2

Fact pattern: Joe and James are brothers who decide to go into a landscaping business together. Joe has most of the money to put up and James has extensive gardening knowledge. They will need to have at least a couple employees to help do the work. They are trying to decide how to organize the business — a general partnership, a limited liability company or a corporation.

Question: Using your Lessons and Required Readings on forms of business organizations, write an essay that (1) explains the pros and cons of each of these types of business forms and (2) recommend which one of these 3 is best for the brothers in this scenario and why.

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The second type is the patent IP, which can either be the utility or design patent. It will be used in protecting the functional and ornamental features of the LoktYU widget. Eisenberg (2008) claims that patent law is used to protect new ideas developed in the market. It is costly to apply, but once approved, it serves up to 20 years after approval/filing. It also requires maintenance, depending on their usage and paying renewal fees. The patent office and attorneys are responsible for the whole application process. The final type that SOPhiGEo must consider is the trademark type of IP, which will be used in protecting the name ownership of the widget to the company. It will also protect any prototype reproduction and the widget schemes plus symbols from other parties. Obtaining it is by applying through appropriate government offices, and it may cost between 225-335 dollars. However, it is potentially indefinite depending on the use, but renewal maintenances are based on a ten-year renewal agreement with the government.

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Ethical Leaders

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The seventh Debate Discussion assignment in this class relates to the HR Ethics box in Chapter 10 (p. 382):

HR Ethics: Building Ethics with Multisource Appraisals and Coaching

As business leaders get promoted, evidence suggests that there are more opportunities for ethical transgressions. Companies can do several things to help prevent ethical lapses. (1) Promote an ethical culture. (2) Use 360-degree evaluations. (3) Apply coaching. (4) Discuss the importance of ethical leadership.

  1. What kinds of approaches might you use to help leaders be more ethical? How could performance management processes be used to facilitate this aim?
  2. Besides some of the ideas already discussed, what do you think companies can do to reduce the likelihood of leaders acting unethically?

Your assignment is to 1) read the information in the box content, 2) answer these questions, 3) present/defend your ideas with thoughtful logic or relevant evidence, and 4) respond to at least two other students’ posts with other thoughtful analyses. Your posts should be comprehensive (multiple lengthy paragraphs), as well as concise and detailed.

Grades are assigned using a rubric with the following dimensions: 1) logic/support, 2) clarity/conciseness, 3) depth, 4) length, 5) contains multiple postings/responses.

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Leaders within an organization have an obligation to act ethically. However, at times, some of them act unethically, which negatively affects the organization. Preventing such an occurrence is not easy, but there are a couple of mechanisms an organization can deploy to reduce the likelihood of its leaders acting unethically. One way of doing this involves drafting and succinctly implementing a code of conduct (Dessler, 2016). Such a code will enunciate how all employees should behave and what punishment will get handed out for failure to abide by the code of conduct. Organizations should also encourage leaders to lead by example.

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Bitcoin Economics

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This week we discussed Bitcoin Economics. For this week’s research paper, you need to search the Internet and explain why some businesses are accepting and other businesses are rejecting the use of Bitcoins as a standard form of currency. Your paper needs to identify two major companies that have adopted Bitcoin technology.

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

• Be approximately 3-5 pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.

• Follow APA guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.

• Support your response with the readings from the course and at least five peer-reviewed articles or scholarly journals to support your positions, claims, and observations. The UC Library is a great place to find resources.

• Be clear with well-written, concise, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing.

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In research analysis, economists have published various reasons why business corporations use bitcoins as a formal currency. According to Ammous (2018), there are five primary unchangeable reasons as to why businesses opt to adopt the use of Bitcoin currency. These reasons include the store of value, maximum security, individual sovereignty, a global unit of account, and finally, an international and online settlement unit. Store of value is the primary reason why companies choose Bitcoins, which means it can be purchased at a lower cost and sold at a higher value depending on the market. Business corporates have adopted this mechanism because they use bitcoin currency as a standard form of investment. Bitcoin can overcome all the currencies across the globe; hence it gives companies to invest in easily as part of storing valued assets.

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Social responsibility

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Define corporate social responsibility (CSR) in your own words. Once you have defined CSR, conduct research on your favorite Fortune 500 company and determine just how (or if) the company ranks from a CSR perspective. Provide the name of the company and a link to at least one reference from your research. Do your findings change the way you will support the company in the future?

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Amazon is also found worthy in CSR due to its efforts to reduce poverty and its effects on communities. The company feeds thousands of students in a hundred schools each year. According to Shetty and Moorthy (2020), these schools depend on the partnership between Amazon and Share Our Strength to feed breakfast to their students who cannot afford three basic meals at home. Furthermore, the company has also met the needs of the homeless in different states. An example is a continuous partnership with Mary’s Place Family Shelter by donating over 45,000 acres of land to build shelters. They have also directly built homes for the homeless.

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Defining a Community

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What Is Community?

There are many ways to define and describe a community. Based on your personal experience, describe a community in which you engage. How does that compare with the ideas from the required readings or other literature?

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The above description compares with other definitions of community. According to Wang et al. (2018), a community in the topology of networks is a subgroup of a graph with more than two nodes connected by links from both directions. This definition differs from my description in that the elements must be linked to each other from both directions. However, the definitions share the feature that a community must consist of two or more items.  Jull, Giles, and Graham (2017) mention that a community from a health perspective contains the locus, social ties, common interest, and joint action elements. This means a community is something that could be traced using boundaries. People in a community have social ties through family, friends, or acquaintances and share a common interest such as norms.

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