Research public health issues
Research public health issues on the “Climate Change” or “Topics and Issues” pages of the American Public Health Association (APHA) website. Investigate a public health issue related to an environmental issue within the U.S. health care delivery system and examine its effect on a specific population.
Write a 750-1,000-word policy brief that summarizes the issue, explains the effect on the population, and proposes a solution to the issue.
Follow this outline when writing the policy brief:
Describe the policy health issue. Include the following information: (a) what population is affected, (b) at what level does it occur (local, state, or national), and (c) evidence about the issues supported by resources.
Create a problem statement.
Provide suggestions for addressing the health issue caused by the current policy. Describe what steps are required to initiate policy change. Include necessary stakeholders (government officials, administrator) and budget or funding considerations, if applicable.
Discuss the impact on the health care delivery system.
Include three peer-reviewed sources and two other sources to support the policy brief.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
Athletics seasons
Select a topic or an individual from your beat and write a feature story about the person or topic. You will research, conduct interviews with at least three individuals and write a feature story about the topic. 450-500 words
Make sure that you read the two examples.
The topic should be related to USC Aiken and this is the website to find more information
https://www.usca.edu/myusca
HI you have everting you need the school website and look at the examples and you can make up a story and names
Homegrown Violent Extremism
a master policy paper 15 to 20 pages about (American Jihadists) – font 12 Double spaced based on the outline attached
will be a 15 – 20 page, in-depth study of a homeland security policy challenge of your choosing that will require the application of the materials studied and presented in this course. The policy paper must include citations to at least 10 books or journal articles, including the course books and/or lectures, as appropriate. “Wikipedia” should not be amongst cited sources.
course books:
Louise Richardson, What Terrorists Want, Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat, (Random House, 2006)
The 9/11 Commission Report, Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, (New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.)
Gus Martin, Understanding Terrorism – Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues, 5th Edition (Sage Publications, 2016)
Technological advancements
It is Fall 2025, and the Acterra Environmental Group has nominated San Jose State for the “Campus of the Future” Award. You are the chairperson of the SJSU Alumni Association. Write a memo to Acterra president Alysson Bonnett and provide information about the way the university has implemented the Internet of Things technology on campus, and converted all of its buildings into “Smart Buildings”.
You will have an Introduction, Discussion and Recommendation.
In the introduction, provide a brief definition of Internet of Things (IOT) and smart buildings.
For the discussion, look to the future and describe at least three examples of the way buildings on campus are operating with IOT, and how it impacts the environment. For example, think of the library, classrooms, facilities, garages, dining areas, dorms.
Human and environmental factors
What human and environmental factors caused the Dust Bowl, how did it evolve, and how did it shape the U.S. West?”
5 pages double spaced, 15 footnotes, will provide readings to cite
Requirements: 5 pages
http://library.lol/main/FA267D8BAA223551C86C59EC5B…
” Cite both Worster as well as Hine, Faragher, & Coleman. Do not use other sources. Use at least fifteen footnotes. Papers should be no more than five double-spaced pages of body text, with an additional cover sheet, for a total of no more than six total pages. The cover sheet should include your paper title, your name, the submission date, and History 153. Your paper should be in Times New Roman 12 point font with one inch margins all around. Please insert page numbers. Footnotes should be single-spaced. “
Ecological Perspective
Identify various dimensional perspectives to view clients through. [EPAS 2]
Apply Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Perspective to client systems. [EPAS 4]
Explain how diversity and inequality impact social work practice. [EPAS 2]
Assessment Description
Write an essay (750-1,000 words) comparing themselves to the case study of Joshua in Chapter 1 using Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Perspective. Cite three to five scholarly sources in addition to the textbook, to support your claims:
Briefly explain how various dimensional perspectives you view yourself through (person, environment, and time) have influenced your behavior. (6.1)
Using Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Perspective, compare yourself to Joshua in the case study located in Chapter 1.
Describe how the differences between yourself and Joshua could affect how you, as a social worker, approach or interact with a client such as Joshua at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels. (2.2)
Health Information Management System
Congratulations! The members of the United Nations found great value in the two analyses you provided. They are now asking you to develop a PowerPoint presentation that addresses four of the most critical threats to the global environment. Critical threats include:
Energy sources.
Globalization.
Lack of educational opportunities.
Inappropriate use of technology.
Civil war.
Poor health of entire population.
Cultural taboos.
Climate change.
Instructions
Step I. Narrow the List from Eight to the Four Most Critical Threats
To complete this step, complete the following tasks in order:
Plastic pollution
This week’s assignment contains an imaginary scenario in which you will demonstrate your knowledge of the concepts presented in this course.
Scenario: Your friend, an 8th-grade earth science teacher at the local middle school, is organizing an Earth Day celebration for his students and their families. He knows you have recently been learning about environmental policies in this environmental science class and has asked you to be one of several guest speakers at the event. He would like you to explain to the students how scientific research and public awareness of an environmental issue led to an environmental policy or law. The goal is for the 8th-grade students to understand how people and communities (scientific community, government bodies, citizens of a country, etc.) can effect positive change for the environment.
Environmental Protection Agency
Air pollutants have been documented to harm people in a variety of ways. Indoor air pollutants are an important source of exposure since so much of modern life occurs indoors. Figure 10–16 in your textbook shows key sources of indoor air pollution but omits an important one—tobacco. The Clean Air Act and other US agencies regulate outdoor air pollutants and environmental health laws. Industry is one source of air pollution, emitting a variety of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), combustion products, and other toxic compounds.
Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act
This week, you will describe the range of options that are available to address the problem. (Defining a core list of reasonable options is a critically important part of the process of developing a solution to a problem.) You will also formulate a concise argument for your recommendations for the problem
For this assignment:
Review a reputable source of information on developing options and resolving conflicts when solving problems.
Study the range of options that have previously been proposed or tested for solving your chosen environmental health problem. Create additional potential options based on your own judgment and knowledge. Identify potential advantages and disadvantages of each option.
Write a 15- to 20-page, double-spaced paper in Word format addressing the following:
State the 2- to 3-sentence problem statement you submitted in Week 2.
Briefly introduce the topic of generating options when solving a problem. Describe a formal method by which the advantages and disadvantages of potential options can be evaluated by stakeholder groups to rank the potential options and to resolve conflicts when ranking options.