The following questions will give you a chance to self-evaluate, to think about what you’ve been learning in this course, and to draw your own conclusions about how you can apply persuasion in your life. Your answers may be used to determine how to improve the program for future students. Your answers will not be used for marketing purposes. Please respond in a paragraph of at least 5–7 sentences to fully address all questions. Be sure to use your own words!

Think about how you use problem solving when persuading others:

• When have you had to use evidence to help persuade a person or group of people?
• How did you know that evidence was credible and valid?
• Was your personal credibility affected by the credibility of your evidence? If yes, explain why you think it was affected. If no, explain why you think it wasn’t a factor.

 

Consider a job you have had or now have. Then address the following:

1. Explain the main sources of power within the organization from a human behavior theories perspective.
2. In addition, describe how organizational politics influenced the overarching organizational behavior.
3. Then explain a situation where conflict ensued because of the organizational power and politics. What approach to conflict resolution did the organization employ? Was it ineffective or effective and why?

Submission: APA, 2 paragraphs

 

The World Health Organization recognizes healthy aging’s importance in promoting a healthy, safe, and socially inclusive lifestyle for all ages. However, older persons in poverty have a different path to good aging. Poverty may have a major influence on social determinants of health, which affect older individuals’ health. This discussion examines how poverty affects older adults’ social determinants of health, focusing on their struggles to access essential healthcare, stable housing, proper nutrition, social activities, and health literacy. By understanding the junction of poverty and socioeconomic determinants of health, we can determine the urgency of addressing this problem and establish effective policies and interventions to promote healthy aging for everyone.

How poverty impacts older individuals’ social determinants of health and public health initiatives

Healthcare Access: Poverty hinders healthcare access for older persons. Health insurance, prescription drugs, and regular medical checkups may be out of reach due to financial restraints. Thus, they may postpone medical treatment, resulting in untreated health issues and deterioration. In economically deprived locations, older persons’ access to vital medical treatment is further hampered by inadequate transportation and healthcare facilities.

According to MacGuire (2020), housing and Lifestyle: Poverty may limit older individuals’ housing alternatives, resulting in unhealthy living situations. Unstable housing raises the danger of homelessness, environmental risks, and social isolation. Substandard living conditions may raise older individuals’ risk of disease, injury, and mental disorders.

Nutrition and Food Insecurity: Due to food insecurity, elderly persons in poverty struggle to eat well. Due to budgetary constraints, they may choose cheaper, less nutritious meals, resulting in malnutrition and chronic illnesses. They are also more prone to illnesses and have poorer immune systems due to food instability, contributed by inequality in the distribution of resources.

Social Support and Community Engagement: Poor elderly persons sometimes experience social isolation. They may feel lonely and unhappy due to budgetary constraints limiting them from attending community activities. Strong social support networks are essential for good aging since social isolation is associated with poor mental health and cognitive impairment in older persons. Poverty and lesser educational attainment may influence older adults’ health literacy. Low-educated people may struggle to understand health information, manage drugs, and make healthcare choices. Knowledge gaps may contribute to poor health habits and difficulty navigating the complicated healthcare system.

Recreation and Leisure: Recreational and leisure activities are vital for older individuals’ physical and emotional health. However, poverty may restrict access to these activities, depriving older persons of exercise, cognitive stimulation, and social engagement (Gao et al., 2020). Reduced participation in such activities may reduce the quality of life and functional ability.

Generally, poverty’s effects on older individuals’ social determinants of health must be addressed to promote healthy aging and reduce health inequalities. Policies that address poverty’s core causes and help older individuals should be the focus of public health initiatives. Poverty-stricken elderly individuals may benefit from cheap healthcare, housing, food, and social assistance. Health literacy and community involvement projects may also enable older persons to make educated health and well-being choices. By recognizing and addressing the special issues encountered by older persons living in poverty, society may progress toward the World Health Organization’s goal of healthy aging, where all people, regardless of age or economic situation, can live healthy, safe, and socially inclusive lives.

200 words and two (2) scholarly references APA style 

Select an article that addresses the subject of “child health care in Netherlands.” 

In your own words, summarize the article, and include the following elements:

• What is the author’s main point?
• Who is the author’s intended audience?
• Identify major diseases and disparities in the context of the country’s culture that you chose.
• Recommend solutions for health care diseases identified.
• Analyze issues that affect the standard of health care in the country you research.

Your response must be a minimum of three pages. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including headings, in-text citations, and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed. 

For this week’s discussion, consider the following prompts:

A cipher can be created by using a keyword. For example, if we choose “statistic” as our keyword, our cipher would be determined as follows:

Method I. Write the word “statistic” without the repeated letters. Then complete the cipher with the unused alphabet characters.

Standard sequence: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Cipher sequence: S T A I C B D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R U V W X Y Z

In this case, the message HELLO becomes ECJJM. Comparing the standard sequence to the cipher sequence, you find that the letters U through Z are the same in both sequences. The number of letters that remain the same will depend upon the choice of the keyword. This can be avoided by using Method II.

Method II. Using the same keyword “statistic,” another cipher can be created by writing it without its repeated letters and then writing the remaining alphabetical characters beneath the letters: S T A I C B D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R U V W X Y Z.

The cipher will be created by reading the table vertically and matching the letters to the standard sequence.

Standard sequence: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Cipher sequence: S B H N U Z T D J O V A E K P W I F L Q X C G M R Y

Our message HELLO becomes DUAAP. A comparison of the standard sequence with the cipher sequence reveals that none of the characters are the same. Using Method II does not guarantee that there will be no matches; however, it does provide a better scrambled cipher than Method I.

Method III. The use of the first two methods results in one cipher for each keyword that is chosen. This type of code becomes relatively easy to break once the keyword is discovered. The use of a keyword and a setting word will generate multiple ciphers depending upon the number of characters in the setting word. For example, keeping our keyword as “statistic” and using “mode” as our setting word, the ciphers can be created as follows:

Using Method I, create the cipher:

Standard sequence: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Cipher sequence: S T A I C B D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R U V W X Y Z

Using the letters of the setting word as the first character of the ciphers, four additional ciphers can be created.

Cipher 1: M N O P Q R U V W X Y Z S T A I C B D E F G H J K L
Cipher 2: O P Q R U V W X Y Z S T A I C B D E F G H J K L M N
Cipher 3: D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R U V W X Y Z S T A I C B
Cipher 4: E F G H J K L M N O P Q R U V W X Y Z S T A I C B D

Message: HELLO
Cipher 1: VQZZA
Cipher 2: XUTTC
Cipher 3: LHPPU
Cipher 4: MJQQV

Therefore, a message could be encoded using any one of the ciphers or a combination of the ciphers to make decoding by anyone but the intended receiver more difficult.

Based on working through each of these methods, discuss why the need for communication security protocols is significant. First, decode each of the ciphers. Second, discuss how communication security measures are built upon these principles. Third, discuss which existing communication security protocol you believe bears the greatest significance with regard to the level of protection that is offered. Finally, in responding to your peers’ posts, discuss whether or not you believe there are any communication security protocols that were not mentioned but are of a greater significance.