Identify and describe the three types of public health law

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In Silent Spring, Rachel Carson uses a very powerful narrative framework to describe the world as it exists in harmony and bliss before the fall into the massive use of poisons in the environment. In 1,000-1,250-words, summarize the key issues addressed in this publication; discuss how this publication has contributed to current knowledge and understanding of the dynamic between the environment and health; and explain the relationship between the environment and health.

A first term Senator has just been elected to US Senate. He has spent his entire career as a medical doctor. Given the significance of health related public policy issues, he ran for office and won his first election. There is one problem. Because of the Senator’s lack of experience in government and with policy issues, he has asked three staff persons to help him formulate his approach to government. He has asked his Chief of Staff, his Legislative Director, and one of his Legislative Assistants to help him. You have just been brought on to serve as one of his Legislative Assistants. Because of your expertise in public policy, you are the one LA he asks for assistance. He wants your insights, based on research from your course work and outside research that will help him formulate his approach to government. His rationale is that if he clarifies his vision of the government’s role then he will be able to apply it to practical, real world issues. Specifically, the Senator is asking you to answer the following questions:
What is the proper role of the government? What are its central responsibilities? What are the limits to governmental power?

Explain why law is a crucial part of public health practice.

2. Identify and describe the three types of public health law.

3. Identify two items on the list of the Ten Essentials Public Health Services that explicitly refer to law or policy.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulates public companies. The SEC has found that some of these companies have violated GAAP by using creative accounting practices to mislead investors and creditors regarding the health of their company.
Use the Internet or Strayer Library to research a recent accounting scandal within the last five (5) years where the SEC accused public companies of accounting irregularities. Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:
Analyze the audit report that the CPA firm issued. Ascertain the legal liability to third parties who relied on financial statements under both common and federal securities laws. Justify your response. Speculate on which statement of generally acceptable auditing standards (GAAS) that the company violated in performing the audit. Compare the responsibility of both management and the auditor for financial reporting, and give your opinion as to which party should have the greater burden. Defend your position. Analyze the sanctions available under SOX, and recommend the key action(s) that the PCAOB should take in order to hold management or the audit firm accountable for the accounting irregularities. Provide a rationale for your response.

Explain how the environmental factor you selected can potentially affect the health or safety of infants

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The growth, development, and learned behaviors that occur during the first year of infancy have a direct effect on the individual throughout a lifetime. For this assignment, research an environmental factor that poses a threat to the health or safety of infants and develop a health promotion that can be presented to caregivers.

Create a 10-12 slide PowerPoint health promotion, with speaker notes, that outlines a teaching plan. For the presentation of your PowerPoint, use Loom to create a voice over or a video. Include an additional slide for the Loom link at the beginning, and an additional slide for references at the end.

Include the following in your presentation:

Describe the selected environmental factor. Explain how the environmental factor you selected can potentially affect the health or safety of infants.

Create a health promotion plan that can be presented to caregivers to address the environmental factor and improve the overall health and well-being of infants.

Offer recommendations on accident prevention and safety promotion as they relate to the selected environmental factor and the health or safety of infants.

Offer examples, interventions, and suggestions from evidence-based research. At least three scholarly resources are required. Two of the three resources must be peer-reviewed and no more than 6 years old.

Provide readers with two community resources, a national resource, and a Web-based resource. Include a brief description and contact information for each resource.

In developing your PowerPoint, take into consideration the health care literacy level of your target audience, as well as the demographic of the caregiver/patient (socioeconomic level, language, culture, and any other relevant characteristic of the caregiver) for which the presentation is tailored

Identify a specific environmental public health issue in the community

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Read the module Home page and required readings. Read through this assignment and the Assignment Expectations.
Based on the background readings for this module (along with other relevant sources of credible information), your task is to write an essay in which you discuss an environmental public health issue in your community.
Instructions
You can submit your paper in a question-and-answer format. In other words, list the questions and provide a short answer to each.
1. State the name of your community. At what time in your life did you live in this community? (i.e., were you raised there during childhood, do you live there now, or was it during another time in your life?)
2. Identify a specific environmental public health issue in the community.
3. Explain briefly why rates of disease or illness might be impacted by this environmental health issue. Please write 1–2 paragraphs about this, and be sure to cite sources rather than simply stating your opinion.
4. Identify one credible source of Environmental Health Data on that issue. (Please write 2–3 sentences maximum. Please provide a description of the source and a link (i.e., hyperlink or URL) directly to relevant data sources.
5. Discuss whether rates of disease or illness for the issue are being tracked in the community. Please write 2–3 paragraphs about this, and be sure to cite sources rather than simply stating your opinion.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was passed into legislation in March, 2010. Identify the impact of this legislation on your nursing practice by choosing two key nursing provisions outlined in the American Nurses Association “Key Provisions Related to Nursing” summary at http://www.rnaction.org/site/DocServer/KeyProvisions_Nursing-PublicLaw.pdf?docID=1241&verID=1. Discuss how these two provisions have impacted, or will impact, your current practice of nursing.

How does the media positively or negatively influence the public’s image of nursing?

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The media, and Hollywood in particular, represent one avenue in which the general public becomes familiar with the role of nurses. How does the media positively or negatively influence the public’s image of nursing? What other avenues may better educate the general public on the role and scope of nursing as well as the changing health care system?

use this Grading Rubric and Helpers for this Discusion Question

Class keep in mind that we are reflecting on the image the media portrays, but our main goal is to discuss how we as individual and a group can advocate for a positive image of nursing and how we can educate the public on health care. Be sure to address all four area do this question specifically.

Reply posts that focus on discussion of the medias negative portrayal without supported discussion of advocacy for a positive image will not be considered substantial.

Grading Rubric and Sample Table for this DQ
Discusses how the media positively AND negatively influence the public’s image of nursing (2 points)
Uses examples and references from the units learning activities. (1 points)
Discusses/ lists avenues that we could use that may better educate the general public on the role and scope of nursing Include ways we can promote a positive view of nursing both individually and as a group (4 points)
Discusses/ lists other avenues we may better educate the general public on the changing health care system 4 points
APA and writing 3 points

“Ebola at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital” Please respond to the following:
Watch the video titled “Full interview: Matt Lauer and Dallas nurse Briana Aguirre” (17 min 25 s), located at http://www.today.com/video/today/56243958#56243958. Texas Presbyterian nurse Briana Aguirre who treated Ebola stricken colleagues announced publicly that her protective outfit had rips, as well as gaps in it – exposing body parts to the potentially deadly Ebola virus. She claimed that hospital administration ignored her concerns when she brought it to their attention, and she was given no Ebola training. Briana Aguirre has received praise from colleagues and the media for going public with this information, as well as harsh criticism for being a “whistleblower” from other colleagues and the media. In your opinion, did Briana Aguirre act ethically or unethically in going public with this information? Should she be fired from the Texas Presbyterian hospital? Support or challenge Briana Aguirre’s decision to go public with this information.

What information contained in the report could help you in planning interventions in community health?

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Occupational health, unintentional injuries, and waste management are broad fields subject to local, state, national, and international approaches. In this Discussion, you investigate local events in each of these fields and the impact these events have on public health.
To prepare for this Discussion, read Chapters 12, 13, and 14 of the course text. Review the PowerPoint presentations and media presentation “Waste Management.” Review your local news media sources to identify one issue affecting your region in each of the following environmental health areas: occupational health, unintentional injury, and waste management. Consider how federal guidelines (i.e., EPA, OSHA) or laws affect the issue you identified.
post a brief description of an issue affecting your region in each of the following environmental health areas: occupational health, unintentional injury, and waste management. Then, describe one key insight or challenge with regard to each of these issues, and connect your observations to this week’s readings. Finally, summarize how these issues currently affect or have affected the public’s health and/or you.

Go to the public link chosen and choose a health issue (i.e. Children with Special Health Care Needs). Review the data and evaluate it. Report your findings in a thorough, well-organized manner. For example, if you live in Los Angeles county, California, this link is an option for you – http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/ha/HA_ALPHA_REPORTS.htm Ask yourself these questions as you gather your data: What can you assume from this health assessment? Take into consideration the population demographics used in Unit 4. What information contained in the report could help you in planning interventions in community health? What information could be used in public policy planning?

As a nurse practicing within a family practice, you are interviewing a 55-year-old woman who is an executive assistant at a local law firm, where she has worked for 9 years. She has a 7-year history of respiratory illness, which occurs several times throughout the year, not seemingly connected to the changes in season. She does not use tobacco products in any form. During your questions regarding her home and work environments, she reports that she enjoys working adjacent to the courthouse in a building over 100 years old because it is such a contrast to her brand-new home on a local golf course. When describing the health of her coworkers, she indicates, “We all share illnesses, which seem to affect everyone else during the year; we just seem to be sicker more often!”

What information is pertinent to your client’s case?
How would you assess your client’s risk?
What would be an exposure pathway for your client?
Your document should be 1-2 pages in length, in APA format

Specify the reasons for which the problem must receive the attention of policy makers?

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In The Policy Memo: A Preliminary Research, you conducted preliminary research on a public health problem. You identified a public health problem and provided evidence of it. You also identified the relevant government official or agency to which you could address these concerns. In this assignment, you will work toward providing recommendations to resolve that problem.

In this assignment, assume that you are a health policy analyst in your home state.
Complete the following:
1. Select a public health policy topic.
2. Write a policy memo to a public official (i.e., governor, mayor, county commission/executive, etc.) summarizing the topic you have selected. Your policy memo must comprise the following sections:
o Problem statement. In this section, include an appropriate problem statement. The statement should be a short summary that identifies the focus of the issue.
o Background. In this section, describe the extent and scope of the problem. Specify the reasons for which the problem must receive the attention of policy makers? Summarize what the issue is and why the issue is significant to population health and health policy.
o Landscape. In this section, identify and describe the key stakeholders. Consider all political, economic, and social factors that frame the context of the problem.
o Policy options. In this section, create and provide alternative solutions to the issue selected. Assess the pros and cons of each option. This section should balance out all of the pros and cons to inform the policy client of possible rebuttals, supporters, and opposition to the interest group.
o Recommendation. In this section, propose one solution (from the list you included in the preceding section) to the problem. Justify your recommendation by comparing it with the other alternatives.
Write a 10-page paper in Word format. Utilize at least 5 scholarly sources in your research. Your paper should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Healthcare is a business, and provider organizations must be profitable to stay in business. However, consumers/patients (the general public) believe otherwise. What is the role of case managers in ensuring the profitability of their organizations?
2. Physicians need some freedom from HMO control in delivering care to patients. On the other hand, some physicians may try to abuse the freedom for their own financial gains. How can policy-makers and other stakeholders resolve this dilemma?

What must the government show to convict providers for violations of the anti-kickback law?

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1. From what founding documents and principles of U.S. government has American health care law evolved?
2. Briefly describe the role of the judicial branch and how it relates to the work of the legislative branch.
3. What is the composition of the executive branch? What are two of its historic health-related priorities?
4. How does the Federal Trade Commission protect American health care?
5. What does the regulation of nanotechnology have in common with regulation by the FDA?

Chapter 3 Review Questions

6. Are public health programs more susceptible to health care fraud than private health care programs? Why or why not?
7. What must the government show to convict providers for violations of the anti-kickback law?
8. Describe the possible sanctions for violations of the False Claims Act.
9. Compliance programs are spreading consistency and transparency in compliance practices throughout the health industry in spite of potential drawbacks. What are some of these potential drawbacks?
10. What is channel stuffing?

Chapter 5 Review Questions

11. Roughly what proportion of the American population has no health insurance? What is the typical income level of this population?
12. What are some proposals for insuring the uninsured?
13. What are some proposals to reduce the cost of health care?
14. Why are tax credits a particularly appealing solution for providing coverage for the uninsured?
15. What steps has the drug industry taken to address rising drug costs for consumers?

Chapter 9 Review Questions

16. With the needs of the middle class in mind, what form of health care system have many Americans come to favor?
17. Under ERISA, what can a harmed patient recover? Can a state bring an ERISA claim on behalf of its citizens?
18. Describe the dilemma presented by the need to cut health care costs and the challenges of rationing care.
19. What would uniform sets of performance measures and mandated disclosure of audited care outcome data provide to patients?
20. In reality, what is the basis for health insurers’ determinations of medical necessity and therefore reimbursement?

What epidemic control steps do you recommend?

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Potentially one of the most serious of all public health crises is pandemic flu. In this week’s Application, you will describe plans for responding to such a pandemic.
Begin by browsing through the flu.gov/about_the_flu/h5n1/#, found at http://www.flu.gov/, and familiarize yourself with the resources on the site. Then complete the following steps:
• Read the “Executive Summary” and Appendix 3: “WHO Global Pandemic Phases and the Stages for Federal Government Response” from the following document on the site: “Interim Pre-Pandemic Planning Guidance: Community Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Mitigation in the U.S.” found at http://www.flu.gov/planning-preparedness/community/community_mitigation.pdf
• Access the influenza plan for your own state and scan it for information to respond to the exercise below.
For this exercise, assume that cluster(s) of avian influenza appear in your state. These are still localized but show some evidence of human transmission (phase 5).
Drawing on the resources from this Web site and your other Learning Resources this week, address the following questions in a two-page paper:
• What epidemic control steps do you recommend?
• What legal authorities may have to be invoked?
• What factors will determine or deter the success of your plan?
• Are you likely to control the outbreak so that it does not proceed to the pandemic phase 6?
• Would you add anything to the government’s plan, or do you think this is adequate?

Write a 700- to 900-word post that analyzes a current health promotion pamphlet’s or website’s appropriateness for the general public.
Assess the following elements in your post:
Layout appeal
Content and quality
Clarity
Examples of health promotion in the pamphlet
Usefulness
Cultural sensitivity and competence
Helpful hints or tips for self-care management
Reading level and appropriate literacy level for target audience
Include the publication information for the pamphlet or website

What research methodology was used?

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All paper submitted must be in APA format according to Publication Manual American Psychological Association (APA) (6th ed.). 2009 ISBN:978-1-4338-0561-5

1–AACN Essential Paper

Due date january 12st

The purpose of this assignment is to provide a concise description and appraisal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing. Following APA guideline , provide a brief explanation on each of the essentials reflecting on each essential affects the clinical practice and the author’s interpretation on each essential. Make sure to include a (Title page, abstract, introduction, body, conclusion, and reference page). Please submit it via Turnitin by the end of Week 3.

Title Page: Title of article, journal information and your name and date

1 point

Your score

Abstract: Brief summary of article (1-2 paragraphs)

1 points

The Problem: (2 or 3 paragraphs)

Is the problem clearly stated?

Is the problem practically important?

What is the purpose of the study?

What is the hypothesis?

Are the key terms defined?

3 points

Review of Literature: (1 -2 paragraphs)

Are the cited sources pertinent to the study?

Is the review too broad or too narrow?

Are the references recent?

Is there any evidence of bias?

2 points

Design and Procedures: (3-4 paragraphs)

What research methodology was used?

Was it a replica study or an original study?

What measurement tools were used?

How were the procedures structures?

Was a pilot study conducted?

What are the variables?

How was sampling performed?

3 points

Data analysis and Presentation: (1 – 2 paragraphs)

2 points

How was data analyzed?

Did findings support the hypothesis and purpose?

Were weaknesses and problems discussed?

Conclusions and Implications: (2-3 paragraphs)

3 points

Are the conclusions of the study related to the original purpose?

Were the implications discussed?

Whom the results and conclusions will affect?

What recommendations were made at the conclusion?

What is your overall assessment of the study and the article?

Why is it important for healthcare companies to keep current with the competition’s strategies and new regulations?

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The State Healthcare Management Company (a fictitious company) has been established to provide coordinated healthcare to state workers. You are a new manager in this company. Your supervisor has asked you to review your company’s mission, vision, goals and strategies. She/he posed the following questions and has asked you to provide a report (5 – 8 pages) answering each question. Your report should follow APA guidelines and include at least four outside resources.

Given:
The mission of the State Healthcare Management Company is to improve access to cost-effective, quality health care services for state workers.

Our vision for the next three years includes:

The public and government agencies are confident that our customers are being treated fairly in the determination of eligibility and benefits.
Healthcare providers see us as proactive partners to provide preventative care to our customers.
Turnover of key personnel is minimal, with sufficient staff education to insure compliance with new regulations.
Our values are:

Provide prevention and early intervention information to help customers make good health care choices.
Negotiate with suppliers, including service providers, to achieve value for customers
Assess, evaluate and continuously improve the quality of our work.
Our strategic goals for this year are:

Increase the number of state workers covered to 70% of the population of state workers
Improve Health Outcomes by linking provider payments to decreasing occurrences of the customer’s disease outbreaks
Contain Health Care Costs by asking for specific evidence from physicians when they request payment for customer care
Improve the long-term care service delivery system by identifying a baseline for nursing homes.
Questions:

Do you believe our company’s mission, vision and values statements align well? Why or why not?
I noticed that the vision statement does not address diversity. How would you change it to include diversity in hiring?
Understanding that the employees must actively work towards the strategic goals established, describe an activity that each of the members of the following teams should work on that are supportive of one of the strategic goals.
Finance
Marketing
Human Resources
Do our company strategic goals relate directly to our vision and values? Why or why not?
What should be added to the values to address the ethics of the business?
Your supervisor also asked you to use the internet and/or the Argosy online library to research a recent (within the last year) article that describes the current difficulties faced by healthcare companies regarding new or impending government regulations.

Summarize the article you found in 1-2 paragraphs and explain how the concepts presented in the article could affect our company.
Explain how the management of our company, using the mission, vision and/or values to provide guidance, should react to this issue.
Why is it important for healthcare companies to keep current with the competition’s strategies and new regulations?
Should a healthcare company rely solely on competitive research in developing their strategies? Why or why not? Provide sufficient detail.