HLT 600 GC Week 2 Discussion 2 Latest How do organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization enforce public health law? Support your response with a specific example. Respond to three other peers and provide additional insight and/or constructive comments. One-sentence posts or peer responses are not…

HLT 600 Week 1 Discussion 1 Latest A hallmark of President Barack Obama’s administration has been the introduction of his Affordable Health Care Act. What are the main goals of the Affordable Health Care Act? Provide an argument for or against its implementation. Make sure to provide evidence to support your position. Respond to two…

HLT 600 GC Week 7 Public Health Policy Ethics Latest This assignment will be a collaborative learning team project. The instructor will assign each student to a CLC group. Scenario: You are in a committee of legislators reviewing the Universal Health Care Act presented by former President William Clinton, located at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-103hr3600ih/pdf/BILLS-103hr3600ih.pdf After reviewing the Universal…

HLT 600 Week 2 Health Care Policy Process Latest 1) Identify a specific health care policy (e.g., Medicare/Medicaid, Social Security, Affordable Health Care Act, etc.) from http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/ or similar websites. 2) In a flow chart, illustrate how the health care policy became law. The flow chart should include a historical timeline from the introduction of…

HLT 540 Grand Canyon Week 8 Discussion 2 Discuss your thoughts about the ethics of using informed consent vs. blinding the subjects to the expected outcomes of the intervention. Should they be told? How much should they be told? How would the placebo effect be impacted if subjects are told which intervention is being applied…

HLT 540 Grand Canyon Week 3 Discussion 1 Given that there is a documented advantage to the use of an experimental and control group design, discuss why other designs are frequently used, and the situations that may prompt the use of one.   MORE INFO  Experimental and control group design Introduction This article will discuss…

HLT 540 Grand Canyon Week 3 Discussion 2 Discuss your understanding of the concept of internal validity in a research study, and the impacts of several errors or biases that can reduce the study’s validity.   MORE INFO  The concept of internal validity in a research study Introduction Internal validity is the extent to which…

HLT 540 Week 1 Discussion 1 Why do you think many healthcare practitioners are often unwilling to change practice patterns, based on research findings? Some practitioners criticize evidence-based practice as “cookbook care.” Considering these perceptions, how would you utilize your education and experiences in planning the implementation of a major change?   ADDITIONAL DETAILS  Why…

NUR 508 Grand Canyon Week 3 Discussion 2 Review the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) report “Priority Populations”: http://www.ahrq.gov/health-care-information/priority-populations/index.html Select one of the “priority populations” and explain the disparities this population faces. What strategies have been implemented to combat these disparities on the local and national levels? Have they been successful? Include reference…

NUR 508 Grand Canyon Week 4 Discussion 2 After reading the Kaiser Family Foundation summary on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, state why or why not you believe the act should remain in law, or which pieces should be reversed. Then describe two pieces of the act that you were unaware was part…