HCS 457 Week 3 Discussion: SODH Prenatal Care and Public Health Wk 3 Document or Visual: Chosen Disease in Community and Corresponding SDOHs   Discussion Topic   As a public health planner, you must have a thorough understanding of social determinants of health (SDOH) to address local health issues and recommend possible solutions.   Watch…

HMSV 5002 Week 4: Parenting and how it is affected by drug use Order Instructions In this assignment, you will create a case study on a community problem for use throughout this course. The case study should focus on a specific group of individuals experiencing a specific social problem related to the field of human…

HMSV 5002 week 5: Social Welfare Problem Policy Approach This assignment builds off your Week 3 submission (please see attached file) in which you analyzed a social issue or problem of interest or concern to you that affects families at the federal and national level. Now that you have discussed the issue or problem and…

HMSV 5002 Week 3: SOCIAL WELFARE PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION Overview For this assignment, you will identify a social issue or problem that affects families at the national and federal level. Examples of social policies that affect families include TANF, SNAP, Housing Choice Voucher Section 8, Head Start, Child Care Block Grant, Family Medical Leave Act, Medicaid,…

NURS 8310 Week 9: Emergence and Reemergence of Infectious Disease As you have examined in this course, the scope of epidemiology has broadened over the years to include the global investigation of chronic, environmental, and genetic diseases and other health-related conditions. Yet, the practice of epidemiology has its roots in the study of infectious disease,…

NURS 8310 Week 10: Chronic Disease Management: Mortality and Morbidity The management of chronic disease poses a significant health care challenge in the United States and elsewhere. By the year 2030, chronic disease will cost the world over 47 trillion dollars annually (Bloom, et al, 2011; Jaslow, 2011). As noted in Week 6, many of…

NURS 8310 Week 6: Epidemiological Applications, Part 2 and Data Interpretation Can a person’s experience with racial discrimination impact aging and his or her physical health? The answer may be yes, according to a preliminary epidemiologic research study sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the National Institute of Health (Szanton et al.,…

NURS 8310 Week 2: Descriptive Epidemiology and Sources of Population Health Data In 2009, the FDA and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) made policy recommendations that all girls ages 11 or 12 should consider receiving the Human Pappillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in an effort to prevent cervical cancer. What investigations led to this controversial recommendation? How…

NURS 8310 Week 3 Analytic Epidemiology Designs Observational  Consider for a moment the great strides made in treating breast cancer, or as noted last week, the change in life expectancy for patients with HIV/AIDS. These strides toward improving health outcomes are a result of research; research has helped health care professionals and others better understand…

In the fall of 2011, the FDA announced a shortage of important chemotherapy drugs; this shortage, in turn, disrupted clinical trials and led to potential challenges in assessing data from those studies. Experimental research, which includes clinical trials, plays a pivotal role in the advancement of disease prevention and treatment. Once a risk factor has…