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According to the requirements of the assignment, I am put into the situation where I, as a new public health leader for a public health agency, have to select, plan, and implement a new populations health program for adolescents and young adults. This paper is divided into the following sections: (1) selecting an area of interest and describing the decision approach, (2) identification of the program to be implemented, and (3) developing the plan according to the five steps process of strategic management. Selecting Area of Interest and Decision Approach Area of Interest’s Identification First of all, it is essential to define the population group, on which the further program implementation will be focused. Considering the age index, this paper is concerned with the cohort of adolescents (ages 10-19) and young adults (ages 20-24). There are numerous problems which exist among this cohort, including homicide and suicide, gang violence, substance use/abuse, smoking and drinking, sexually transmitted diseases (including HIV) and unplanned pregnancies, and others. However, for this paper, it was chosen to focus on the problem of homelessness. This problem is evidently present in the United States since “more than 1.6 million U.S. children are homeless each year” (Haskett, Armstrong, & Tisdale, 2016, p. 119). Also, it should be mentioned that the meso level of mid-size health department was chosen as the circumstances for the implementation of the program since this level of leadership appears to be optimal for the solution of the identified problem. The following subsection will discuss in details the approach to the decision of choosing this particular population group. Decision Approach Identification According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, there are ten essential environmental health services, which are categorized into three primary functions of public health, which are assessment, policy development, and assurance ( Resources organized by essential services, 2018). For this paper, it is essential to describe the rationale behind the choice of the homeless population group in the context of first two functions. Firstly, assessment function relates to two services, which are (1) monitoring of community’s environmental and health conditions to detect and solve the potential problems and (2) diagnosis and investigation of community’s environmental health problems ( Resources organized by essential services, 2018). Therefore, it should be stated that, according to the assessment process, an observation of the homeless youth’s condition was made by employing the information from scholarly articles. As a result, a vital necessity for the development of an intervention program for this population group has revealed (Koh & O’Connell, 2016). Thus, the second step was to employ the policy development function. This process comprises three pr
Appraise the political and practical realities of allowing home school students to attend public schools on a less-than-full-time basis, to participate in specific classes or extracurricular activities. According to the statistics provided by the U.S. Department of Education, in 2007, about 1,508,000 students were homeschooled. Homeschooling has already demonstrated its effectiveness: homeschooled students’ academic performance is in many cases higher than that of public school students. At the same time, what homeschooled students lack is the experience of communicating with peers. Children who attend public schools have to communicate not only with their parents and people whom they like but with all their classmates. They have to solve conflicts, find compromises, understand each other, stay themselves, and at the same time not be laughed at. Secondly, they face the necessity to follow the school discipline and feel the difference between home and school. Thirdly, they get acquainted with learning in the class and are prepared to study at college or university. These three factors become a real challenge for homeschooled students: they do not acquire the necessary skills and feel a real cultural shock when facing college education and adult life. When a homeschooled student has no right to take part in school sports competitions despite his/her education is officially recognized by the education system, isn’t it a violation of his/her rights and stress for him/her? The regulations about part-time school attendance vary in different states. However, think about this figure: more than 1,5 million children having difficulties with communication and collective studying – these are the social realities. The educational system should not create such a deadlock: children should be prepared for successful social and professional life, and it is important not only for them but for the whole society. Attending classes and extracurriculars is very valuable for homeschooled students. From a practical perspective, allowing homeschooled students to attend public schools requires providing the corresponding conditions. First of all, there should be enough space for homeschool students in the class, and a teacher should be able to provide them all with the necessary materials. Consequently, public schools need additional funding to cover the expenses connected with homeschooled students. Besides, homeschooled students’ curriculum should correspond to that of full-time students; otherwise, it will be difficult for a teacher to develop lesson plans meeting both groups’ needs and make all the students interested during the lessons. Reference Statistics about Non-Public Education in the United States: Homeschooling . Ed.Gov. Web.
Facebook Facebook is rightfully considered one of the most popular active social networks to date. According to statistics, approximately one-third of the world uses the Facebook platform (SRD, 2022). It would be correct to say that Facebook does not have a single, universal goal; instead, the digital platform offers users a range of opportunities for virtual leisure. The social network allows users to communicate with other users, view news feeds and leave comments, express their opinions through emoji reactions, watch videos and follow third-party links to primary sources as one of the historically first features, communication with other users is realized through a system of embedded chats, which are accessible from all electronic devices, whether computer, smartphone, or tablet. However, working from mobile devices requires installing a separate application, Messenger, which solves the functions directly only of communication. In other words, it gives many possibilities depending on the user’s interests, needs, and mood. I use the Facebook platform almost every day because it makes tremendous digital sense. Facebook makes it easy to interact with the virtual field and allows us to connect with people and keep up with news from around the world, which is the main reason. However, Facebook is linked to privacy scandals; the platform uses personal user data and possibly overhears it for personal marketing purposes (BBC,
Introduction This analytical essay takes into consideration two books, in both of which the authors have tried to present certain social issues that were present back in those days, and are still existent in our society as well. The first book that has been taken under consideration goes by the name of The Figaro Trilogy and is a compilation of numerous works by the author namely Beaumarchais. The Figaro Trilogy plays consist of Le Barbier de Séville, Le Mariage de Figaro, and La Mère coupable. These plays are considered to be some of the most prominent French plays ever, considering the fact that the trilogy ranges over the entire disorderly period of French history that is the Revolution. The most significant characters in all these plays go by the names of Figaro and Count Almaviva and Rosine. The relationship between Figaro and Count Almaviva begins as a mere light-hearted master-and-servant relationship in Le Barbier, after which they both become opponents over Suzanne in Le Mariage, which basically presents a fair picture of the struggle that existed between people of various classes in pre-revolutionary France. Finally, both the characters get back together and fight against the evil notions of Bégearss, in which the author portrays reconciliation between them in La Mère. The second book that has been taken under consideration is called The Misanthrope and was written by Moliere. The central character of the book namely Alceste has a problem. He does not wish to negotiate over the standards that he holds regarding truth and honesty. In the world that he lived in, in the 17 th -century French court what matters the most is the appearances of a person. The character is noble by his nature and is an outcast in the world in which he lives High and noble in nature, he is alienated from the world because he disregards its desires of heart, its hollowness, the falsehood that exists within it, and the hypocrisy that is present along with countless paltry shortcomings. He deems it a crime that a person should trade politeness only to portray as being humble in front of others, talk bad about friends behind their backs, and act polite and even lie about how well something is written when the author asks for it an honest opinion. He practices what he believes, he is not a hypocrite, yet this does not protect him from becoming a mere slave of a woman who h
Terms The Treaty of Guadalupe is a peace agreement between the US government and Mexico’s republic which marked the end of the conflict that had befallen the two North American countries. Hidalgo Free Soil Party is the party which only lasted for six years and was formed to halt the spread of slavery to the western states which had just joined the Union. The Compromise of 1850 was a set of five bills the Congress passed to solve political confrontations between the free states and the states promoting slavery. The Kansas Nebraska Act replaced the previous Missouri compromise and allowed the residents of the states of Nebraska and Kansas to decide for themselves whether they wanted to be a free or slavery state. Prigg v. Pennsylvania a case in which Pennsylvania court found Prigg guilty of kidnapping and detaining a lady and her children to send them to slavery; however, the conviction was overturned by the supreme court which found that the state’s judge erred in interpreting the federal laws. Dred Scott v. Sanford is the case in which the Supreme Court ruled that the rights and privileges of the nonwhites were not enshrined in the Constitution, and only whites were considered citizens, thus, being accorded the privileges given in the supreme laws of the US. John Brown was a radical person who believed in violence as the only means to eliminate slavery and make everyone free in the United States. Lincoln/Douglas Debate (each one’s arguments) -Lincoln argued that there is a need for unity by either embracing slavery or antislavery. On the other hand, Douglas argued that people in every state should accept or reject slavery within their territory, and he viewed Lincoln as a radical. The Election of 1860 was the most contested election with contagious issues of slavery and individual states’ rights and pitted Abraham Lincoln against Stephen Douglas, from a divided Democrat party. Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential directive made by Abraham Lincoln aiming at freeing all the slaves from the states fighting against the Union. The Homestead Act accorded the US citizens 160 acres of public land and encouraged people’s mass movement to the western side; however, they had to fulfill the condition of staying on the land for a period not less than five years and also pay the fee. Black Codes Reconstruction Amendments (13th, 14th, 15th) – The 13 th reconstruction amendment put a condition for all the states fighting against the government to abolish slavery and pay the damages caused to the Union before they rejoined the federal government. The 14 th amendment required that all the black be accorded equal opportunity by the state governments. The 15 th reconstruction amendment granted election rights to all citizens without being judged based on race or previous status. The Compromise of 1877 was an informal agreement that solved the previous year’s presidential elections and led to soldiers’ withdrawal from the southern states. 40 Acres and a Mule emerged afte
Executive summary In today’s rapidly growing competitive business environment, the pressure to have employees in the organization who are inspired as to give their very best in their work for the success of the company is very much needed now more than it has ever been. Indeed, the primary concern and a major challenge with the managers today is on crafting strategies that will get their employees giving their very best in their work. In an article titled engaging talent , Kaye and Jordan-Evans (2003) proclaim that, “the challenge today is not just retaining talented people, but fully engaging them, capturing their minds and hearts at each stage of their work lives”. The very big question today that keeps bogging the minds of employers today is therefore, how do they improve the value of their employees work contribution? In this report, I explore the challenges employers encounter while trying to enhance the value of their employee’s work contribution to come up with formidable solutions that employers can use to make the most out of their employees. Introduction There exists a lot of literature on human resource management and more specifically focusing on employee performance improvement. It is undoubtedly agreed by many scholars in the field of leadership and management that people are the most important assets within an organization. In complete contrast to the older capitalistic view in management literature, the modern era regards people or employee as knowledge assets that without them the organization innovative capacity in terms of intelligently and innovatively utilizing other firm assets is very limited. Whicker and Andrews (2004) in an article titled ‘ HRM in the knowledge economy: realizing the potential ’ portend that, knowledge based capabilities of a firms work force are the key ingredients to its attaining competitive advantage. The potential and capacity represented by the firm’s work force in terms of held tacit knowledge and innovative power are the primary features that distinguish one firm from another and the level of their successes thereof. Given similar opportunities and equal resource capabilities, some firms are able to derive and achieve more simply because they are able to exploit and make full use of their human resource potentialities. Unlike other firm related assets, human resource asset are unique in that their contribution to the organization success depends on the techniques and practices put in place by the organization to exploit them. It is the role of management to not only ensure that they attract the best talent they can but also that they make sure that they make as much use of the available human resource capital at their disposal for the benefit of the organization. While it is a daunting task for the organization to attract the best human resource capital it is even a much more daunting task to ensure that the organization achieves the best value from its human resource capital. The question therefore that often begs some answers in an organizational set up is; how do employers improve the value of their employees work contribution to ensure th
Tera W. Hunter presents a reader with a deep insight into the problem of marriage between African Americans in the nineteenth century. Being slaves, they had limited rights and had to resist pressure from society and white people, who did not respect this sort of relations among slaves. As one of the embodiments of racism, the issue offered by the author remains topical today as there is a detailed description of all peculiarities of that epoch and discriminations the couple had to overcome. From the very first chapter of the book, the reader recognizes that the life of black slaves in relations was difficult. The main character, Henry Brown, had to resist oppression and find ways to protect his wife and not be separated. Because of the changing owners, there were different conditions under which the family lived, and Brown had to pay a portion of the price to remain together with his beloved one. However, very soon, the sum became unreasonable as well as the master’s demands. Hunter then switches to the description of slavery peculiar to the land in general and on family traditions that impacted African-American slaves’ lives. In the next chapters, the author shows the slave trade was one of the core reasons for the disruption of black families and their marriages. Owners used them as a good to make various purchases, improve their conditions, or as a part of a deal regarding some loans. It could not but impact relations between individuals and their attempts to resist and protect themselves from these discriminative patterns. Through the use of this story of kinship, Hunter continues to cogitate about the barriers and laws that prevented slaves from being together with each other and creating new families. The author combines the narrative of African-Americans, interviews with slaves, and reports to create the full image of the problem and make readers think about the obstacles that emerged before black people who wanted to enter legal relations in the nineteenth century. In one of the chapters, Hunter touches upon the theme of the Civil War and the appearance of the masses of ex-slaves who wanted their relations to be accepted by the law and considered legal. However, it became another problematic issue to this group as the government and white people were not ready to recognize their rights and accept the idea of the high value of marriage between former slaves. In such a way, simply and understandably, Hunter manages to show the essential aspects of relations between black slaves in the nineteenth century. Using a touching story of a married couple as the background for her narration, she outlines all legal, moral, and cultural challenges people had to overcome to protect their relations and save their families. The book becomes a credible source of knowledge that can be used to understand the basic causes of racism and discrimination, along with the attitude that was dominant in the previous ages. Readers can benefit from the information given by the author. Work Cited Hunter, Tera. Bound in Wedlock: Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century . The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.
This article by Emma Woollacott entitled Obesity Could Be Catching , is a medical related article. This article tries to find obesity related issues leading to the infection of liver diseases. Briefly, the article clearly seeks to illustrate reasons behind the occurrences of obesity and its side effects, for instance infections. Moreover, the article points out the way Yale scientist tested mice and found out that they could develop Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. They also came to the conclusion that antibiotic treatment of mice could bring microbial composition back to normal. NAPLD can also be found in humans; 30 million people suffer from it in the United States. NAPLD leads to obesity and diabetes. Scientists hope they can find a treatment or cure for humans (Woollacott p. 1). They are eager to find a lasting solution of the liver disease that has affected many people in the world. The article highlights the process carried out to detect how the microbes that cause obesity could be transferred from one person to the other (Woollacott p. 1). It is necessary to note that this is not directly administered to human beings. Given that it is an experiment, scientists are keen on using animals first until facts prove that it is safe for human. It was clear from the experiment that the microbes causing the disease are contagious since the healthy mice kept with the infected were found to be possessing microbes (Woollacott p. 1). Woollacott further indicates that there are certain proteins responsible for the development of an immune system. The article also gives the discoveries by the Yale University team on the presence of the same inflammasomes microbes that profoundly contribute to the liver disease known as the “non-alcoholic fatty liver disease NAFLD” (Woollacott E p. 1). Woollacott further says that the experiments prove that this comes along with other disease such as diabetes being also a serious cause of the deadly liver infections found in the western world. The article gives statistics on the people who suffer from the NAFLD infections in the US only. It is shocking to note this is a serious threat to the future health. It is estimated that approximately 30 million suffer from NAFLD. These people are at the risk of contracting cirrhosis and the liver cancer (Woollacott E p. 1). It is alarming that even today no reason has been given to this. Since proper research and documented proof is available, this research is valid. The statistics given in the article reflects a true finding. It is my heartfelt opinion that permission should be granted for it to move to the next stage. Donors should be willing to finance the project since many Americans are at risk. Once the experiments are done on human and proved to be effi
Throughout history, there have been instances when civil disobedience resulted in the evolution of societies. In fact, civil protests have brought various issues to the authority’s attention and protested against them. Consequently, civil disobedience and protests result in a victory against the authorities and trigger a sense of heroism. The ideas of the protest are the constituents that make it heroic. In addition, a peaceful protest has also shared the popularity of civil disobedience. A peaceful protest is heroic in that the idea of the hero who is heroic challenges the society. In reference to Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi, this aspect of society is fully illustrated. Martin Luther King was born in the year 1929 in Atlanta. In the year 1948, he acquired a BA degree in the College of Morehouse College. When Martin Luther King turned 35, he was awarded a Nobel peace prize, thus becoming the youngest person to hold this high award. He was the greatest civil rights activist in the world. Martin met his death in the 1968 April 4 through a gunshot, he was assassinated. Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 in a town known as Porbandar, during the reign of the rule of British in India. Gandhi was the son of a prominent senior government officer in the Hindu Bania community. He was the prominent leader of Indian nationalism in British controlled India. Gandhi employed non-violent way of inquiring independence form the British. He inspired movements for non-violence and human rights across the world. Gandhi travelled to London to learn the law in the University of London in the year 1888. He specialized in Indian law. In the year 1893, he travelled to South Africa upon finishing his studies in London. In South Africa, he was involved in the civil rights movement to save the Africans from suffering. During his lifetime, he took a great part of his time in struggling for human and civil rights for the less privileged. Gandhi was assassinated in the year 1948, 30 January during a prayer meeting. According to Martin Luther King’s quote “ I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate…who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace, which is the absence of tension to a positive peace, which is the presence of justice”, he tries to give out his bitter r