• This assignment is a recognition and reflection of substantial demographic shifts and health care disparities in the United States. The second goal of Healthy People 2010 project is to “eliminate health disparities.” For write up research much be current and can come from Healthy People 2020 not Healthy People 2010. wall street journal, or other web site plus the text book (Miguel A Perez and Raffy R. Luquis Cultural Competence in Health Education and Health Promotion and Sade Kosoko-Lasaki, Cynthia T. Cook, Richard L O’Braien Cultural Proficiency in Addressing Health Disparities

To help you better understand what this goal means, and what it will require to reach the goal, this assignment asks you to work through two examples:

• Select two health disparities from any categories discussed in our readings this week. For each disparity:
  • Describe the issues that you think are involved.
  • Explain what you think might cause the disparities.
  • Describe how these disparities affect, or might affect, different groups in the United States.
• Consider your personal perspective. Describe how your perspective, background, values, and culture influence your view of other groups.
• For each disparity you choose, identify and describe one recommendation for

1. Research durable power of attorney and living wills. You must use 3 – 4 references in your research. Keep up with your references because you will need to cite them in your paper.

2. Write a 3 – 4 page paper on living wills, what are they, and how state and federal guidelines affect documentation by healthcare providers. Your paper should also include the following:

a) The purpose and benefits of a living will

b) How a living will differs from a durable power of attorney for healthcare

c) Explain the “Patient Self-Determination Act” (PSDA)

d) Describe the laws that cover living wills in Virginia

Module 3 – Strategic Plan Assignment

Instructions

20 Points

[Learning Objectives Assessed: 5a]

In this module, you learned about an organizations mission, vision, and values. For this assignment, research a HCO mission, vision, and values. Try to choose an organization that you are familiar with because you are going to be taking their statements, and creating supportive statements for different stakeholders, and evaluating those statements. For this assignment, download the Mission, Vision, and Values worksheet, and complete it for the HCO that you chose.

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Please submit an APA formatted Word document with the following information to this Dropbox by the designated deadline:

• Title Page
• Running header
• Properly formatted reference section
• Please see the sample paper to understand how your submission should be formatted
• Save your document as hsa4140_MOD3_last name. Example: hsa4140_MOD3_smith.
• View Assignment Rubric

Record food intake and activities performed for three days. The iProfile^® will be utilized to analyze the 3-day Food Intake Record. The Activities data will be analyzed during Week 4.

Write a paper of at least 750 words that addresses the following points about your 3-day food intake:

• Recorded intake of protein, carbohydrates, and lipids
• Which foods in your recorded daily intake provide protein? Which provide carbohydrates? Which provide lipids?
• Review how your recorded protein, carbohydrate, and lipid intake compares with the recommendations of the dietary reference intake. If your recorded protein-carbohydrate-fat intake was too high or too low, which foods might you add or remove to achieve your goal and keep other nutrients in balance?
• Is the protein in each food you ate complete or incomplete, combining to become complementary? Why is this important?
• How much of your daily recommended protein, carbohydrates, and lipid intake did you achieve? If your macronutrient intake is insufficient or excessive, what might you do to bring it into the recommended range? Provide specific recommendations.
• Macronutrient intake ranges
  • Is macronutrient intake within the recommended range important? What are the effects of too much or too little of a macronutrient? What happens if you consistently eat too little protein? What happens if you eat too few carbohydrates? What happens if you eat too few lipids?
• Fiber intake ranges
  • Does your fiber total meet 100% of the recommendation for you as calculated at iProfile^®?
  • Does your diet meet the minimum number of servings of foods from each fiber-containing group? If not, which of the fiber-containing groups–fruits and vegetables–fell short of the recommended intake?
  • Which specific foods provide the most fiber in your meals? Which provide the least? Identify trends in your food choices that might affect your fiber intakes.
• Dietary modifications
  • What changes might you make to increase the fiber in your diet?
  • How might insufficient or excessive amounts of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, or fiber contribute to health or illness? Provide examples.
  • What have you learned about your diet?

Cite three references other than the course text. Will need introduction, conclusion, and reference page. you can record the 3 days food and activity on a separate sheet. All work must be cited.

SWOT Analysis

Based on review of the performance analysis of Stevens District Hospital, consider what you perceive to be the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for this hospital.

• Strengths and weaknesses are traits internal to the hospital, i.e. strong physician loyalty to hospital, aging building, and availability of financial resources.
• Opportunities and threats are external to the hospital, such as a mall facility available for lease or a competitor hospital opening two physician practices in your market.

SWOT Analysis

Review the SWOT Analysis PowerPoint® prior to completing this assignment.

Based on the review of the Stevens District Hospital strategic planning scenario, conduct a SWOT analysis to generate a list of perceived strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for the hospital.

• Strengths and weaknesses are traits internal to the hospital (i.e., strong physician loyalty to hospital, aging building, and availability of financial resources).
• Opportunities and threats are external to the hospital, such as a mall facility available for lease or a competitor hospital opening two physician practices in your market.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word analysis that incorporates the key components of a SWOT analysis for the scenario described in Week One to generate a list of perceived strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The analysis will include the following:

• Analyze the purpose of conducting the analysis in the context of the scenario.
• Analyze the limitations and advantages of conducting a SWOT analysis on your own (vs. with a group of stakeholders).
• Use the table provided to record your analysis of the information from the strategic planning scenario and generate two factors for each of the SWOT categories (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats).

Cite at least 1 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references to support your assignment.

Submit your assignment.