(SOLUTION) NR503 Week 7: Discussion-Global and Environmental Health

Purpose:

This discussion board content is intended to facilitate learning for students through engaging dialogues as they achieve the desired learning outcomes/competencies associated with their course in a manner that empowers them to organize, integrate, apply and critically appraise their knowledge to their selected field of practice.  

The use of discussions provides students with opportunities to contribute graduate level-appropriate knowledge and experience to the topic in a safe, caring, and fluid environment that models professional and social interaction. The ebb and flow of a discussion is based upon the composition of student and faculty interaction in the quest for relevant scholarship.  

Participation in the discussion generates opportunities for students to actively engage in the written ideas of others by carefully reading, researching, reflecting, and responding to the contributions of their peers and course faculty. Discussions foster the development of members into a community of learners as they share ideas and inquiries, consider perspectives that may be different from their own, and integrate knowledge from other disciplines. 

Activity Learning Outcomes

Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to:

  1. Inspect the relationship between environment and global health (CO7). 
  2. Appraise global health problems considering WHO SDG’s as well as related epidemiological data (CO7).

Due Date:  

  • Initial prompt due by Wednesday, 11:59 PM MT of week 7
  • One peer and one faculty or two peer posts due by Sunday 11:59 PM MT of week 7

 A 10% late penalty will be imposed for initial discussions posted after the weekly deadline regardless of the number of days late. No postings will be accepted after 11:59pm MT on Sunday (i.e. student will receive an automatic 0). Week 8 discussion closes on Saturday at 11:59pm MT.

Points: 60 points  

Assignment Requirements 

1. Locate a lay press article from a national newspaper, for example, from The New York Times, The Washington Post, or other national publication. The article should be no more than three (3) years old.

Locate an article on one of the following topics:

  1. Sex trafficking
  2. Environmental global health issue: For example, but not limited to: Safe water, sanitation, disasters, or oral health.

2. Read over your chosen article and respond to the following:

  • Provide a summary of your article. Include the name of the newspaper and author, as well as date of publication.
  • Include data that supports the significance of the topic. For example, related deaths, health care costs, demographic information.
  • During NR503, we have discussed the determinants of health, at-risk groups, social justice theory, outcomes, inter-professional collaboration, advocacy, and other concepts related to epidemiology and population health. How do the concepts addressed in NR503 relate to your article’s topic? Provide definitions and examples in your writing.
  • Integrate information from the World Health Organization and the SDG’s.
  1. Your initial post should be a minimum of two (2) paragraphs with 4-5 sentences per paragraph.
  2. Your initial post should speak about your chosen article and use supporting scholarly evidence that supports your analysis. You may use your textbook to support your writing.
  3. Reply posts should include a minimum of one scholarly reference and be a minimum of one (1) paragraph, 4-5 sentences. The reply post should build upon the post to which you are responding.
  4. A scholarly tone should be maintained throughout all posts. For reply posts, this includes the name of the person to whom you are responding as well as closure with your name.
  5. A link to the article should be included as well as a reference list using current APA.

Resources: (If links do not work, please search using related terms/names below).

U.S. Office on Trafficking in Persons: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/otip (Links to an external site.)

Partners for Vulnerable Youth: Founded by National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners: https://www.napnappartners.org/content/provider-education (Links to an external site.)

WHO and SDG: https://www.who.int/health-topics/sustainable-development-goals#tab=tab_1 (Links to an external site.)

Kaiser Global Health Policy: https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/ (Links to an external site.)

CDC and Global Health: https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/index.html (Links to an external site.)

List of Newspapers in the US: https://www.infoplease.com/culture-entertainment/journalism-literature/top-100-newspapers-united-states (Links to an external site.)

Posting Directions

  1. Posts should be made on a minimum of 3 separate days/dates.
  2. All faculty replies to students must be responded to directly in the discussion board.
  3. Minimum posting is:
    • Initial discussion board post to the weekly prompt, two peer posts (if there are no faculty postings), or one peer post and a faculty post.

SOLUTION

Professor and Class,

The New York Times presents an article about Cholera in Mozambique entitled “Cholera Is Spreading in Mozambique, and It’s Far From the Only Health Threat” (McNeil Jr., 2019). From the article, approximately 2 million people were displaced following the break out of cholera, and malaria, measles, and starvation are other expected health issues. The arrival of cholera vaccines, restoration of water service, and provision of mosquito nets in Mozambique helped in curbing the spread of cholera. Organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) funded the operations targeted at stopping cholera spread which claimed the lives of more than 500 people in Mozambique, around 250 in Zimbabwe, and around 60 in Malawi whose villages experienced flooding as cholera is transmitted via contaminated water (McNeil Jr, 2019). Please click the purchase button to access the entire copy at $5