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Week 1 Discussion

DQ1 Global Health Challenges

Explore one global health challenge from your text or lecture this week and expand on its causes, trends, and the corrective action needed, taking into account resources in the developing world.

DQ2 Commission on Social Determinants of Health

Bell, Taylor, and Marmot (2010) stated that the Commission on Social Determinants of Health was to move global health from a biomedical model to a social model. Describe the focus of the Commission on Social Determinants and discuss how the Commission’s focus will impact policy related to global health.

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Week 2 Discussion

DQ1 Burden of Disease

Discuss one of the leading risk factors that cause the greatest burden of disease in a high-mortality developing region, as well as one associated implication for health policy.

DQ2 Epidemiologic Transition

Correlate one leading risk factor causing the greatest burden of disease in developed regions with Omran’s theory of epidemiologic transition.

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Week 3 Discussion

DQ1 Inequality, Power, and Privilege

“Today’s real borders are not between nations, but between powerful and powerless, free and fettered, privileged and humiliated. Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crisis in another” (Markle, Fisher, & Smego, 2007).

Consider the above statement from your text by Kofi Annan. Identify one existing global health inequality and discuss how power and privilege play roles in the inequality.

DQ2 Ethical Principles in Global Research

Using the Chamberlain online library, explore global-health research being conducted in developing countries. Discuss ethical principles (autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, and/or justice) of global health related to a specific global-health research study being conducted in developing countries.

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Week 4 Discussion

DQ1 Disaster Preparedness and Response

Explore an organization involved in providing disaster preparedness and response (local, national, or international). Briefly present the organization and describe the role of nurses in fulfilling the objectives of the organization in case of emergency. Propose another opportunity for nursing to become actively involved with this organization in providing disaster preparedness or response.

DQ2 Outbreak of Disease

Visit the World Health Organization—Global Alert and Response (GAR). Review a disease outbreak posted this year that includes information on how the disease was contracted and recommendations for control and/or prevention. Provide an overview of the disease alert. Was this information made available to healthcare professionals and the general public? Where else could healthcare professionals and the general public gain information on disease outbreaks?

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Week 5 Discussion

DQ1 Cultural Norms and Healthcare Issues

Search the World Health Organization website or Chamberlain online library for a social or cultural norm associated with behaviors leading to healthcare issues. Discuss the global healthcare issue and explain how cultural or social norms or practices play a role in perpetuating the behavior.

DQ2 Nursing and Population Health

Share a brief report on a scholarly article that emphasizes how nurses are making a difference in global health related to one of the health issues of global populations presented this week.

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Week 6 Discussion

DQ1 Nursing and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)

Investigate a non-governmental organization (NGO) involved in global health advocacy. Describe how nursing is or may become involved in advocacy for one global health issue or policy through this agency.

DQ2 Nursing and Primary Care for All

Explore one global health agency and describe the involvement of nursing in providing primary healthcare for a community, region, or nation.

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Week 7 Discussion

DQ1 Technology Transfer

Review an article regarding technology transfer to a developing nation. Discuss barriers to the technology transfer presented in the article.

DQ2 Promoting Health in Global Communities

Introduction of new health services or technology to communities in developing nations requires planning, communication, and insight. Discuss one theory of behavior change and how it could be utilized when planning to implement a new service or technology in a developing community.

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Week 8 Discussion

Reflection of Global Health Concepts

Reflect on the concepts you have learned in this course on global health. As a nurse, how will you utilize what you have learned to promote healthy communities worldwide? Present one global health concept and provide an example of how you will use the concept toward enhancing global health.

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Week 2 Assignment

Evaluating Epidemiological

PURPOSE

The purpose of this assignment is to: a) obtain data on the health of a nation listed by the World Health Organization, b) describe morbidity and mortality of a nation, c) identify risk factors for morbidity and mortality of a nation, c) identify possible challenges to obtaining complete and accurate national health data, d) determine potential assistance needed by the country based on health data evaluated, e) present ideas in a clear, succinct and scholarly manner.

REQUIREMENTS

Assignment Criteria for the Paper:

1. Choose a country from the list of member countries identified by the World Health Organization.

2. Using the table provided identify:

a. The country

b. Total population

c. Gross national income per capita

d. Life expectancy at birth

e. Probability of dying under five (per 1000 live births)

f. Most recent adult mortality rate and the year of that data

3. Discuss the morbidity of the country (disease prevalence and incidence), with scholarly support.

4. Discuss risk factors for morbidity and mortality, based on the data evaluated with scholarly support

5. Describe possible challenges to acquiring complete or accurate mortality and morbidity data for this country, with scholarly support

6. List five other reliable and scholarly sources of health information for this country, other than the World Health Organization.Describe how this second source was determined to be scholarly and/or reliable.

7. Based on the data reviewed, discuss one area this country might require assistance with to improve health, with scholarly support.

8. Grammar, spelling, punctuation, references, and citations are consistent with formal academic writing and APA format as expressed in the 6th edition

9. Include a minimum of ten sholarly resources published within the past 5 years, not including your textbook. References may include scholarly websites of organizations or government agencies and must be presented using APA 6th edition format for electronic media.

PREPARING THE PAPER

Visit the World Health Organization website listed in the Webliography of this course. Using the link to “countries”, choose a country whose health data will be evaluated.Address all of the criteria and provide insight into the health of the chosen country, using the table provided in Course Resources as a format.

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Week 5 Assignment

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to: a) research a global healthcare issue related to a population, b) identify New Sustainable Development Goal focusing on the healthcare issue, c) investigate agencies’ and nursing’s involvement in meeting the goal, d) propose a plan for nursing to contribute to meeting the goal for a country currently not meeting the target, and e) present ideas in a clear, succinct and scholarly manner.

Requirements

Assignment Criteria for the Paper:

Review the New Sustainable Development Goals.

Choose one of the New Sustainable Development Goals related to a population or population healthcare issue from Week 6 lecture and/or readings.

Introduce the New Sustainable Development Goal and population issue you are reporting on.

Describe the goal and targets of the New Sustainable Development Goal .

Describe how the New Sustainable Development Goal will enhance healthcare or resolve the healthcare issue affecting the population you are reporting on.

Discuss one agency focusing on helping countries meet the New Sustainable Development Goal

Discuss the progress made towards meeting the New Sustainable Development Goal

Discuss countries with lack of progress towards meeting the New Sustainable Development Goal and describe reasons for lack of progress

Research and describe the role of nursing in helping countries meet the New Sustainable Development Goal Include your personal ideas for further nursing involvement to assist countries in meeting their goals.

Grammar, spelling, punctuation, references, and citations are consistent with formal academic writing and APA format as expressed in the 6th edition

Include a minimum of ten scholarly resources published within the past 5 years, not including your textbook. References may include scholarly websites of organizations or government agencies and must be presented using APA 6th edition format for electronic media.

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Week 7 Assignment

Call to Action

PURPOSE

The purpose of this assignment is to: a) research a healthdevice or technology to enhance the health of a developing nation, b)present a plan to move from idea to implementation of the medical device or technology, c) explore stakeholders, healthcare professionals, and organizations or agencies to be called into action, d) discuss behavior-change theory and communication to motivate stakeholders, ande) present ideas in a clear, succinct, and scholarly manner.

REQUIREMENTS

Assignment Criteria for the Paper:

1. Research a healthdevice or technology that would enhance the health of a developing nation.

2. Through the use of PowerPoint, present a plan to move from idea to implementation of the healthdevice or technology.

3. Introduce the healthdevice or technology including purpose, cost, and proposed impact on the health of the developing country.

4. Briefly describe proposed research or data needed prior to moving forward with the healthdevice or technology in a developing nation.

5. Describe the stakeholders and plan for communication with the stakeholders.

6. Describe the behavior-change theory relevant to motivating stakeholders.

7. Discuss one possible barrier to moving to utilization of the health device or technology in the developing country.

8. Present a proposed plan to overcome the barrier.

9. Discuss other healthcare professionals who should be called into action to assist with the proposed healthdevice or technology use in the developing country.

10. Discuss organizations or governments that could be called to action to support the use of the healthdevice or technology in the developing country.

11. Summarize the proposed plan including your personal thoughts on the importance of the use of thehealthdevice or technology for the developing country.

12. Presentation has9 slides, not including title and reference slides. Balance between space, words/graphics and color is effective. Speaker notes contain presentation content without repeating slides.

13. Presentation uses a minimum of ten scholarly resources published within the past 5 years, not including your textbook. References may include scholarly websites of organizations or government agencies and must be presented using APA 6th edition format for electronic media. Slides, speaker notes, and citations and references are consistent with APA 6th edition format.

14. Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are consistent with formal written work.