
Select a social problem related to at least one of the 12 Grand Challenges for social work that you aspire to solve during your professional career. Explain who must change their behaviors, and which practices they must change, to solve the problem.
Critical Appraisal of Child Stunting
One of the core competencies that nurses and medical practitioners require to implement evidence into practice is the critical appraisal of relevant published literature to inform decision-making. Scholars believe that evidence-based medicine can help improve the quality of healthcare delivered. Thus, the medical fraternity should be in a position to identify, critically appraise, and synthesise research to assess the usefulness and validity of research findings (Chang et al., 2013; Smith & Noble, 2018). In line with this, the current report seeks to appraise an article from Rabaoarisoa et al. (2017) on “the importance of public health, poverty reduction programs and women’s empowerment in the reduction of child stunting in rural areas of Moramanga and Morondava, Madagascar.” The research is a case-control epidemiological study, which makes the selection of the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP, 2018) checklist tool for case-control studies ideal for reviewing the literature. The checklist comprises an eleven-point scale that evaluates research validity, reliability of the results, and feasibility of the recommendations within the population tested. The reason for selecting CASP tools is that they are more succinct and effectively cover the areas needed for critical appraisal, according to Nadelson & Nadelson (2014).
The Best Strategy to Maintain Body Weight
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that obesity is killing more people than malnutrition. Each year, more than 2.8 million people lose their lives to complications resulting from being overweight (Aktar, Qureshi and Ferdous 38). The West bears the most burden of this disease as more incidents of obesity are reported in the developed economies than other parts of the world. For that reason, these countries have declared the disease an epidemic. Experts warn that the prevalence rate will continue in an upward trajectory due to poor eating habits and sedentary lifestyles (Clark et al. 605). Healthy eating, consistent exercise, and stress management are some of the clinically-proven strategies of maintaining body weight.
Discuss the various factors that led to the establishment of British intelligence before the First World War. How would you define or explain intelligence? Is it a process or a product? Compare and contrast the intelligence cultures of two or more states. Assess the significance of code-breaking (i.e. signals intelligence) during World War I. Did World War I mark the real beginning of modern intelligence? Compare the successes and failures of the intelligence services of two or more states during the Great War.
Find an advertisement that seems geared towards gender to use as an example and discuss it in relation to either Craig or Tolentino’s arguments. Take a position regarding your assertions and support your argument with excerpts from and subsequent discussion of the article and by using the ad you’ve chosen as a representative.
Continue readingThomas Hine examines the relationship between product and image in his works. Using Hine’s examination of the image, consider how your ad illustrates the complex relationship between the product, how it is packaged and the image it is trying to convey. Consider that every product—from clothing, to cars, to laundry detergent—is packaged in some way to make it appealing to the consumer. Your ad may not be for something that is conventionally packaged (in a box, for example), but its image is carefully constructed. How is the product in your ad packaged?
Continue readingHealth educators can be used in a number of ways across different sectors. If you were a health educator, what type of setting would you like to work in? Based on the setting that you would like to work in, what are some possible target populations that you would be working within that setting? What type of health issues would be prevalent based on the target population?
Continue readingThe use of handheld devices and electronic messaging has increased collaboration among physicians and healthcare staff. However, are patient privacy rights at risk of violation when these devices are used? Are regulations, laws, and security standards in place to truly secure personal health information? Why or why not?
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