Respond to one of the two following prompts: 1) What influence does public opinion have on health care policy? Provide a recent (last eight weeks) poll or news article on healthcare policy illustrating the power of public opinion to affect policy. Be sure to apply concepts from the text book and/or weekly content. OR 2) […]

Letter to Editor Every day there are articles in the news about early child development (for example, a recent front-page article on the fetal origins of adult disease). Often the press reports can be based on peer-reviewed journal articles, but then they are written in such a way as to grab the reader’s attention and […]

This discussion covers two topics: global citizenship and information literacy. Take a look at the UN Sustainable Development Goals and identify the goal that you think is the most urgent, most interesting, or most relevant. Explain why you connected with this goal, either personally or professionally, and share any relevant news stories that related. How can Information Literacy help […]

Students will develop a PowerPoint that includes the following information: Research a journal article that is based on one of the topics below. Ensure your journal article is a research study. This means the article should be a research study that includes most of the following information; demographics (i.e., gender, ethnicity, age, etc.), methods or data collection […]

in this project, you will conduct your own research and then create and evaluate a health promotion program that targets one of the following issues: tobacco use cessation, type 2 diabetes, mental health disorders, increased physical activity (either childhood, adult, or elderly), or early childhood nutrition. After reviewing the resources in  Study Guide and conducting […]

  CASE L.W. is a nurse practitioner in an urban community. Many of her clients recently immigrated to the United States from various countries. She is challenged by the many different cultures she encounters and the different values and beliefs they hold toward Western medicine. She is determined to earn her clients’ trust. She does […]