Money & Medicine PBS documentary

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Money & Medicine PBS documentary

To complete this discussion board, you will need to watch the Money & Medicine film.  The film is available to stream online through the USM Library.  http://catalog.lib.usm.edu/record=b3572854~S1 (Links to an external site.)

Money & Medicine investigates the dangers the nation faces from runaway health care spending as well as the dangers patients face from over-diagnosis and over-treatment. In addition to illuminating the waste and over treatment that pervade our medical system, Money & Medicineexplores promising ways to reduce health care expenditures and improve the overall quality of medical care. The press release about the film is available at: https://www.thirteen.org/13pressroom/press-release/money-medicine/ (Links to an external site.)

Discussion

Join the discussion by posting about the part of the film that you learned the most from or found most interesting and why. 

What do you think is the solution to the HIV problem in Mississippi and the United States?

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Read the following article  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/magazine/americas-hidden-hiv-epidemic.html (Links to an external site.).

Summarize the article in 1-2 paragraphs. In addition to the summary, what do you find the most interesting or shocking? What do you think is the solution to the HIV problem in Mississippi and the United States?

This paper is about you satisfying a genuine curiosity using the research process.

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Overview

For Module 5 you will write an argument essay on a topic that interests you. That essay is many steps away, though. In Module 4 you will begin with exploration, preliminary research, and brainstorming.

Consider this assignment an anti-essay. For this essay, you are not supposed to have a thesis, you will not write an introduction or a conclusion, and your body paragraphs will not be focused on supporting a main argument or claim.

Wait. What?

You heard me right. This paper is not about reporting on an idea or arguing a position. This paper is about you satisfying a genuine curiosity using the research process.

Your goal is to explore. Choose a topic you are genuinely interested in learning more about. Think of questions you want answered. Be curious. For this essay, you start by researching the answer to one question, and that question/answer should lead you to other questions. Follow them and see where they take you. Research is recursive. The knowledge of the answer to one question leads you to the next question.

In this essay you will narrate your research process, and explain what you learn and how it helps answer your research question.

You should spend approximately 6 hours on this assignment.

Instructions

  • Pre-Write: Start with the research questions you developed for Discussion 1: Research Brainstorming. That is it. This anti-essay does not require pre-writing. The essay is about exploring the idea.
  • Write:

CREDIBILITY: Always select current sources, published in the last 5 years.

  • List your initial research question(s).
  • Write out your process – exactly, and step-by-step. (Yes, you’ll say: The first step I took to find information was to…).  Use no direct quotations from sources, and use only formal (academic) diction.
  • Explain what you learned from each source you consulted and how the information connects to your research question.  Use only professional and credible “published” sources.  
  • Your initial research should lead you to more questions. Start following those and duplicate the process: ask the question, do more research, write about it. Ask good questions and pursue them until you run out of questions.
  • Rather than writing a conclusion paragraph, end the essay with an argumentative thesis sentence developed from the information you found on your exploratory journey. This working thesis sentence will develop into your thesis for your Module 5 Researched Argument Essay.
  • Tips for Success:
    • Don’t try to look for a thesis as you research. Simply ask and answer questions. Don’t try to figure out where the research is taking you. Let your questions lead the way.
    • You must cite 7-8 sources in your text. Create a correctly formatted (MLA Style) Works Cited page that lists your cited sources.
    • At least three of your sources should be academic journal articles. You should use at least three different types of sources. Think back to your scavenger hunt activity. Your research should rely heavily on academic journal articles, but also consider magazines, news articles, podcasts, documentaries, government sources, and internet sites. Pay attention to the credibility of the sources you consult.
    • This essay should be approximately 1,300-1,500 words.
  • Please be sure to use correct MLA Style for your essay and to create an MLA Works Cited page. Need help with MLA? Please refer to the CCCOnline MLA Citation Toolkit, or consult the Purdue OWL for more information on general MLA format or how to create a correctly formatted MLA Works Cited page.
  • Once your essay is written, revised, and proofread, you may submit it to the Module 4 Assignment folder 1: Exploratory Essay and Research Proposal 

Explain how the evolution of rapidly changing populations or traits may be affecting humans in modern day society.

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Only Has to be 175 word responses for each question. Need tomorrow July 19th…

1.)

How has the invention and evolution of the microscope changed the study of Biology? Consider historical figures such as Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Robert Hooke and Theodor Schwann. Also, discuss pivotal events such as the invention of the electron microscope in 1955 when forming your initial post.

Use the search terms “microscopy”, “light microscopy” or “electron microscopy” at The Scientist site and find a recent discovery to share with your classmates. Summarize the article, discussing how microscopic data was used in your chosen article.

2.)

One of the more important evolutionary concerns facing humans today is the impact on present day environments and populations. Consider how evolutionary processes may be impacting the fields of medicine, agriculture or the environment. Research topics such as antibiotic resistance, pesticide use (resistant insects/plants) or “recent” changes in human traits such as the theory of the “shrinking brain.”

Describe your chosen research topic on recent evolutionary processes. Explain how the evolution of rapidly changing populations or traits may be affecting humans in modern day society. Compare and contrast your research with that of your classmates.

use data from the CDC (Center for Disease Control) to find the weekly incidence of one of the reported diseases in a particular state for a particular year.

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exercise you will use data from the CDC (Center for Disease Control) to find the weekly incidence of one of the reported diseases in a particular state for a particular year. You will than plot these data and look for any seasonal patterns for the disease. 1. Click on the following hyperlink: https://wonder.cdc.gov/nndss/nndss_weekly_tables_menu.asp 2. Use the change year/week button to select a year of interest. Note that the tables will list only diseases with a prevalence of more than 1000 in the previous year, so the list of disease may differ in different years. 3. Select a disease that happens rather frequently or your graph will be very boring. Look at the top of the table where the total number of cases in the US in the previous two years is reported. 4. Select a state. Again, look for one where the disease occurs fairly frequently or your graph will be dull. 5. Finally, record the incidence of that disease in that state for that week. Then use the change year/week button to select the next week. 6. Collect the weekly incidence for all 52 weeks of the year. 7. Plot your data. 8.Turn in a hard copy of your graph with appropriate title, labelled axis and comment on any seasonal patterns or lack of seasonality, and briefly speculate on why the disease shows this pattern. .

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 I need two page paper about the Symptoms,signs,causes(for Bacterial, Protozoa, and Viral) of Meningitis. W

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I need two page paper about the Symptoms,signs,causes(for Bacterial, Protozoa, and Viral) of Meningitis. What are the different methods of diagnosis to Meningitis. What are the treatment for Meningitis( Bacterial and Viral separately). Need 10 references in APAstyle

Is there a known safe level of alcohol consumption during pregnancy?

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Please read and reflect on the following recommendation issued in February 2016 by the CDC in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2011-2013. (Reference is listed as #62 on p. 136 of PHB)

Three in four women who wanted to get pregnant as soon as possible reported drinking alcohol, putting them at risk for an alcohol-exposed pregnancy. Any sexually active woman of reproductive age who is drinking alcohol and not using birth control is at risk for an alcohol-exposed pregnancy.

To help prevent adverse consequences of alcohol consumption during pregnancy, health care providers should discuss and recommend, as appropriate, available contraception methods to women who are sexually active and drink alcohol.

Additionally, from your reading of the NIH fact sheet you know that the ramifications of drinking during pregnancy can lead to a full spectrum “of developmental, cognitive, and behavioral problems, which can appear at any time during childhood and last a lifetime” and that this “Prenatal alcohol exposure is a leading preventable cause of birth defects and neurodevelopmental abnormalities in the United States.” This clearly places the issue within the realm of public health biology.

There is a lot to unfold here. Please share your thoughts. Please include answers to at least four (4) of the following issues in your initial post.

a. Is there a known safe level of alcohol consumption during pregnancy?

b. How would you respond to someone who claims to have consumed alcohol during all of their pregnancies with no ill effects to their kids and thus does not believe this claim?

c. How does this impact woman who are sexually active and not necessarily planning on getting pregnant?

d. Do you think this is a significant public health concern?

e. Do you think the CDC’s message was controversial?

f. One of the major challenges that we face as public health professionals is to develop and disseminate messages that address risky health behaviors. As we have discussed throughout the course, messaging with an eye on compliance is a fundamental requirement, but can also be very tricky. Given what we have learned about the biology of pregnancy, embryology, and prenatal care, suggest alternative public health strategies for addressing this issue in the United States.

g. Much focus is placed on the behaviors of a pregnant woman, pre-pregnancy and during the pregnancy. What about the behavior of the biological father pre and post conception? Might these have an effect on the growing fetus? Is alcohol consumption by the biological father preconception an issue from a biological standpoint?

h. Can you think of other examples of pre-pregnancy preparations for the biological parents? Should these be addressed by public health professionals?

What are your health care needs?

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Picking a Health Plan Assignment (100 points) Since this week is all about Health Care, I think it’s appropriate to have you research and select a Health Care Plan for yourself and your family (if you have a spouse/kids). If you already have a plan, you may include it as one of the options you research, but you still have to evaluate if it is STILL the best plan for you (if you are still under your parents plan, you may use that as one of the options you research- and find out how much your family can afford). The assignment is to attach a Word document to this assignment with the following parameters:

  • Typed, double spaced, 12 point font.
  • Length should be 2-5 pages… whatever you need to be complete.
  • The document should be essay style and contain the following sections:
  1. Introduction
  2. Body
  3. Summary
  • The Introduction should include:
  1. WHO you are looking to cover (yourself? kids?);
  2. What are your health care needs?
  3. Do you want to keep your current doctors?
  4. How much can you afford per month to pay for a plan?
  • For the Body of the Essay: With the above information you answered, you will research 3 Health Care Plans from different Companies of your choosing and find one plan within each of the 3 companies that you feel fits your needs at this time. COMPARE each of the 3 plans with each other (NOT the 3 Companies! — but rather a specific plan within each company… I do NOT want to see any comparisons of HMOs vs PPOs or Aetna Vs Kaiser…. but rather the Aetna 1500 plan vs Kaiser’s 2500…etc.)

The body should include:

  1. Who is covered (individual or family)?
  2. PPO/HMO?
  3. Cost of overall plan?
  4. Co-Pays / Out of pocket expenses?
  5. What services or types of treatment are covered?
  6. Doctors – are yours ‘in network’ or ‘out of network’?
  7. Convenient locations for treatment?
  8. and any other needs/interests you may find to compare.
  • The Summary: After all the comparisons, summarize your findings and CHOOSE ONE of the health plans that you think would be the best for you and why.

Helpful Information: I have posted 3 examples of good work for this assignment to give you an idea of what I’m looking for: Picking a Health Plan – Example 1 (Links to an external site.) Picking a Health Plan – Example 2 (Links to an external site.) Picking a Health Plan – Example 3 (Links to an external site.)There are a lot of things to consider when choosing a health care plan. Here are some ideas to consider:

  • What are the current and future health care needs in your household?
    Do you think you will use health care services often or just rarely? That answer can help you decide whether to choose a plan that offers basic coverage, or one with broader benefits.
  • Do you want to keep your current doctors?
    Will you want to keep seeing your doctor? That might dictate the type of plan you choose. HMO plans require that you use doctors in the network. So, check to see if your doctor is in the network. Or consider a Preferred Provider Organization plan. It lets you visit almost any doctor.
  • How much can you afford to pay for health insurance?
    Knowing your price range can help narrow the options. Make sure you understand your costs. You will have a monthly cost for your plan and other expenses, such as an annual deductible or payments for office visits. Plans with higher monthly costs tend to have lower costs for office visits and other services. If you want lower monthly costs, you will pay higher costs for office visits and other services.
  • What health expenses will the plan cover?
    When comparing plans, look to see what expenses are covered. Will the plan pay for physicals, shots and other preventive care? How about prescription drugs or dental care? Some plans cover expenses like these, some do not. Be sure to understand and assess the benefits of each plan you are considering.

Find your own online article of “modern day eugenics” and make an argument either agreeing or disagreeing with the article.  

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Around 250 words

Find your own online article of “modern day eugenics” and make an argument either agreeing or disagreeing with the article.

While this discussion is one based on opinion, the ability to think about both sides, weigh the sides, and write clearly about the issues will count towards your grade.  This should not be an emotional response, but a cerebral one.

Be sure you include a link to your article in your post!!!

Would you necessarily see heaps of plastic?

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http://files.meetup.com/486395/Trash%20in%20the%20Pacific%20Ocean.pdf

ANSWER THIS QUESTION IN YOUR OWN WORDS AND EXPLAIN: If you were on a boat out in the “East Pacific garbage patch” describe what you think you would see. Would you necessarily see heaps of plastic? If you did not see acres of plastic water bottles, etc. would you assume that the water is clean and free of plastic pollution?

  • Please access and read this online article by Captain Charles Moore about floating plastic trash in the ocean: Trashed: Across the Pacific Ocean, Plastics, Plastics, Everywhere.

Citation of the article:

Charles Moore.  2003. Trashed: Across the Pacific

Ocean, Plastics, Plastics, Everywhere.  Natural History Magazine. Volume 112(9).

  • Watch a minimum of two videos.
  • Read a minimum of two additional websites that discusses plastic pollution in the ocean. In our class website, I have provided a series (library) of websites resources to help you. You are not limited to these websites. Venture forth and find even better ones. If you find additional great ones, let us know.
  • In your PART A post, answer in depth at least one the questions listed below. Your post must be a minimum of 250 words in length. You may not simply copy and paste information from online. I want you to prepare your post in your own words. Cite your sources within your post using abbreviated citations such as “(www #2)” and provide the complete citations for your sources at the end of your posts. A complete citation includes two parts: 1) the website’s title and 2) the website’s URL.