Read the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)’s American Experiences Versus American Expectations (Links to an external site.), focusing on the “big picture” instead of examining each paragraph in detail. This publication commemorates the first 50 years of the EEOC’s existence by showing how the U.S. workforce has changed significantly since the EEOC was founded.
Write a summary comparing how one of the six occupational categories (e.g., Officials & Managers, Professionals, Technicians, Service Workers, Office & Clerical Workers, Operatives, Sales Workers, Craft Workers, Laborers, etc.) in the American Experiences report has evolved in terms of minority and female participation since the creation of the EEOC.
Which factor do you believe most affects the health of the community? Generally, these factors are classified as physical factors, social and cultural factors, community organization, and individual behavior. Please justify your response.
Define community, community health and public health. Discuss the domains of personal and community health within the context of the community.
Discuss and explain community health practices and what are their relationship to promoting a healthy community.
Explain health disparity and their causes. Identify the problems related to health disparity.
Review the article “Social Determinants of Health 101 for Health Care: Five plus Five” by Sanne Magnan. Discuss and explain how social determinants of health are most important to modifying or changing public policy.
You are expected to consult the scholarly literature in preparing your paper; you are also expected to incorporate relevant background readings.
Your paper should be written in your own words. This will enable your instructor to assess your level of understanding.
In order to earn full credit, you must clearly show that you have read ALL required Background materials.
Be sure to cite your references in the text of all papers and on the reference list at the end. For examples, look at the way the references are listed in the modules and on the Background reading list. Remember, any statement that you make that is not common knowledge or that originates from your synthesis or interpretation of materials you have read must have a citation associated with it. For guidelines on in-text citations, visit the following website:
Proofread your paper to be sure grammar and punctuation are correct and that each part of the assignment has been addressed clearly and completely.
Your assignment will not be graded until you have submitted an Originality Report with a Similarity Index (SI) score <15% (excluding direct quotes, quoted assignment instructions, and references). Papers not meeting this requirement by the end of the session will receive a score of 0 (grade of F). Papers with a lower SI score may be returned for revisions. For example, if one paragraph accounting for only 10% of a paper is cut and pasted, the paper could be returned for revision, despite the low SI score. Please use the report and your SI score as a guide to improve the originality of your work.
Length: This Case Assignment should be 3-5 pages (double-spaced) in length and should include 4-5 peer reviewed references, not counting the title and references page.
Identify a social problem—for example, food insecurity, domestic violence, child maltreatment, policing, and so on—that you would like to investigate throughout the course. This can be a problem that has personal or professional meaning to you.
Assignment:
Submit a 2- to 3-page paper to complete Part 1 of your Social Change Project.
Describe a current social problem and the vulnerable population it impacts.
How/when has this problem been identified historically, and what were the actions taken to address this concern?
How have the populations affected by the social problem changed over time?
How might this social problem be incongruent with social work values/ethics?
Describe the next steps for how you will identify a policy.
Search for and select at least three sources related to the social problem you identified.
One source can be a government or other professional website.
At least two of the sources must be scholarly articles or studies from reputable journals.
– Introduction of the organization (Main product/service, private/public, Owner(s) and history,…) – Mission Statement and Strategy of the organization.
– Inputs-Process-Output system view of the organization/process.
– Gant Chart of the process and team assignments.
– Quality Function Deployment chart.
– (Optional: Forecasting of the demand)
Any organizations or businesses can be chosen for the project. However, it is recommended that teams select a business or organizations that at least one of the team members works there or is familiar with the business.
Please identify a key federal committee or subcommittee that has jurisdiction over healthcare-related items.
Describe what this committee does and what limitations they have. Provide an example of what you would expect to see this committee address. You must address a different committee than your peers.
Please use this committee:
1. Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee has jurisdiction over employment-related health and retirement security, including health benefits
In addition, please identify a Department of Health and Human Services Agency and identify the purpose of that agency. Provide an example of what you would expect this agency to address.
Go out to the internet and find one article dealing with privacy and computing. Answer the following questions about the article:
1. Give a 1 paragraph synopsis of the article
2. Give YOUR opinion of what you thought about the article – NOT just whether you liked it or not – but things you learned from the article – good or bad.
Be sure to include the actual internet citation for the article.
Discuss factors concerning the misuse of data. Discuss how data and statistics can be misleading when used to inform the public regarding health information
