Competency

Analyze the various healthcare delivery systems and models needed to address population health needs.

Student Success Criteria

View the grading rubric for this deliverable by selecting the “This item is graded with a rubric” link, which is located in the Details & Information pane.

Scenario

As the new business analyst for your health organization, you are charged with the task of completing a community needs assessment in order to support the Chief Executive Officer’s proposed mobile clinic unit. The unit will contain a variety of services including health education, medical and dental screenings, HIV testing, a syringe exchange program, and diabetes, asthma, and cardiovascular disease management services. Your first step in conducting the needs assessment is to develop a draft of the proposal of the assessment for your CEO’s approval. Once the CEO has approved the assessment proposal, the complete assessment will be conducted.

Instructions

Your draft of the proposed assessment should include:

• An executive summary outlining the challenges facing the local community (you may focus on any community, including your own).
• A description of the community’s population (age, median income, educational status, and other relevant factors describing the community). You will need to research the demographics in your selected community using sites such as the Kaiser Family Foundation.
• A discussion of the potential barriers that may restrict access to care.
• An assessment of key indicators that a mobile clinic is necessary (e.g., high incidence of obesity or drug dependence).
• Recommendations for resources, both human and technical.
• Create a survey to gain input from the community. (You should also discuss how you plan to administer the survey and analyze the results).

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Comprehensive executive summary outlining the challenges facing the local community.

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Clear and thorough description of the community’s population (age, median income, educational status, and other relevant factors describing the community).

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Clear and thorough discussion of the potential barriers that may restrict access to care.

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Comprehensive assessment of key indicators that a mobile clinic is necessary.

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Clear and thorough recommendations for resources, both human and technical.

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Comprehensive survey created to gain input from the community.

 

•  describe: your experience in the course, your understanding of cultural competence; social justice issues of concern; and the ways in which this course has shaped your understanding of social work practice.
•  include written text, video clip(s), pictures, printouts and/or drawings that display your passion, and interest in social work.(Youth*)

1. Who am I?

Additional clarifying details: describe and reflect on your own cultural identities and intersectionality (factors : your race – black, class – middle, ethnicity – haitian american, gender – F,  sexual orientation – Heterosexual,  age – 29, spirituality – free).

 2. Social justice issue of concern and/or current event in society?

Additional clarifying details: think about social justice issues of concern and/or current event in society that pulls your attention. Consider applying information from assigned readings, videos, course assignments, and your own understanding of prejudice, power and privilege.

3. What is cultural competence in social work practice?

Additional clarifying details: provide your explanation / understanding of cultural competence, including your learning amassed to date through this course, and what cultural competence means as it pertains to social work practice.

4. How you will use this class experience in social work practice?

Additional clarifying details: describe how you will use this class experience when working with clients and colleagues in social work practice.

Acts at the federal level are comprised of laws that regulate the formation of policy at the state and local levels. The federal laws that were overviewed in this lesson are complex and composed of multiple policies that contain detailed regulations and requirements that must be enforced for funding eligibility. It is important that educational leaders are aware of these federal mandates and how they inform policy at the state and local levels. 

Instructions

Complete the following steps to prepare for this assignment:

1. Select four federal policies contained in the acts presented in this lesson using the research resources.
2. Review the policies of your local PK-12 educational agency to appraise how the selected federal policies are enacted in local PK-12 policies. You may also have to go to the state educational agency (SEA) site to determine how the SEA enacted the federal policies.

Steps to complete the assignment:

Part 1: Create a two-column comparison table that appraises how four of the federal policies are enacted in policies at the local level to uphold federal regulations.

• Address one policy per row.
• In column 1, identify and briefly describe the federal policy.
• In column 2, appraise how the federal policy has influenced local policy and practice. This can be done by concisely describing the local policy and how it is enacted in school practice.

Part 2: Write a reflective analysis, from the perspective of an educational leader, and appraise how the selected federal policies influence a school leader’s decision-making and practice.

This assignment must include a 1-2 page comparison table and a 1-2 page reflection (excluding the title and reference page) and at least 3 scholarly resources.

 BY DAY 3

Post some proposed steps for building and maintaining a strong professional network, including an examination of the merits of doing so. Be sure to include the following:    

• What are some benefits you can gain by developing your professional network? How can you be a benefit to others through professional networking? In other words, what are some ways to develop a mutually beneficial professional network?
• Do you feel that professional networking is worth the effort?
• What are some steps you can take to create and/or expand your professional network? Once you establish a professional network, what are some things you can do to sustain and grow your networking efforts?

Refer to the Week 7 Discussion Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this grading rubric to assess your work.

https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/careerservicescenter/networking/home

 

Introduction

  

Stop and Think

Before you complete any of the readings for this unit, write down what you believe are the five (5) most important words, terms, phrases, or concepts for writers to remember when writing in college.  Be prepared to revisit and share this information in the unit discussion.

With classmates, you will explore the major concepts of this course through collaborative discussions. Each discussion will have different instructions, requirements, and deadlines — so pay close attention! 

In this unit, our goal is to gather what our class believes about writing, and then analyze those beliefs using the terms and concepts from this week’s reading assignments. In essence, we will first gather our collective “conventional wisdom” about writing, and then “test” that wisdom against the ideas of writing experts. 

ULOs

• Describe your prior knowledge about writing (CLO 1, CLO 4)
• Define academic writing (CLO 1, CLO 4)

Directions

 

Pair and Share

• By Wednesday, after completing the readings for this unit, answer the following prompt in 100-200 words or so:
  • In the “Stop and Think” section of this unit, you jotted down the five words you believe are most important to remember when writing. Imagine Lennie Irvin, author of “What Is Academic Writing?” was here to respond to your five words. What would he say about your ideas about writing, and why?
  • Pose a question about any of this unit’s readings that you would like the class to discuss.
• Then, by Friday, select one of your classmates’ questions and pose a response.

 

Summary

• By Sunday, read through all of your classmates’ posts so far, and create a new post that answers these questions:
  • What trends or patterns do you notice in our lists and posts?
  • How our class’s beliefs about writing compare to the beliefs of Irvin?
  • After considering this week’s coursework, what questions do you have about academic writing? What would you like to know more about, investigate, or explore?
  • At this point in the class, how would you define academic writing?