In this activity, you will assess health status data using measures and indicators for monitoring and evaluating population health. 

Step 1. Study and Select [30 minutes]

Study the set of health status examples by accessing the links below. Select a specific group of the US population below:

• Health of American Indian or Alaska Native Population
• Health of Black or African American non-Hispanic Population
• Health of Hispanic or Latino Population

Step 2. Assess [45 minutes]

Assess the health status of the chosen population by using the following measures and indicators:

• Current health 
• Estimate the burden of death on a population.
• Years of life lived with disability (YLD), an estimate of the burden of non-fatal diseases and disability on a population.
• Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), a measure taking both mortality and disability into consideration.
• Sustainability of health 
• Adherence to recommended behaviors related to fruit and vegetable consumption, physical activity, and adequate levels of sleep.
• Prevalence of major risk factors, such as obesity or high blood pressure, use of tobacco, alcohol, and other substances.
• Prevalence of other addictive disorders, such as gambling or gaming addictions.
• Quality of health, access to health insurance coverage.
• Satisfaction and well-being 
• Emotional functioning, physical functioning.
• Career satisfaction, adequacy of financial resources.
• Social/interpersonal relations, community support. 
• Meaning and purpose. 

Read this resource for further information.

Step 3. Respond [180 minutes]

Respond by filling in this Summary Measures of Health and Well-Being. For the framework element of Sustainability of health, emphasize addiction-related assessments, such as substance use/abuse, gambling and gaming addiction, smoking, and alcoholism.

 Step 4. Share [10 minutes]

To share your work, click on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and paste your work into the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

OPTIONAL Step 5: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”

Prepare your audio commentary focusing on the following points:

• What are nutritional adequacy and air quality?
• How are nutritional adequacy and air quality of a country/region measured?
• How do nutritional adequacy and air quality status determine the risk of communicable and non-communicable diseases for the chosen country/region?
• What communicable and non-communicable diseases are commonly associated with a lack of nutritional adequacy? With a lack of good air quality?
• What are the estimated long-term effects if these two issues are not addressed?
• How does the country/region respond to these two pressing issues?
• What are some recommendations that can be made to have a better nutritional adequacy profile and air quality status?

Step 3. Record

Record a 4-10 minute audio commentary covering all the points discussed in Step 2. 

Step 4. Share

To share your work, click on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and paste your work in the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 5: Interact

Evaluate and categorize the work from one of your peers based on items A - E of this rubric. Provide a rationale for the grade you’ve provided, as well as comments or suggestions for improvement. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.” You can use the list below as an example:

Item A is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item B is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item C is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item D is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item E is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….

In this activity, you will propose strategies on how to address some ethical issues in a case scenario based on the course readings and examine how local and international codes of ethics can be applied in the given case scenarios.

Step 1. Study 

Study this table of ethical dilemmas and select two of them.

Analyze your two selected ethical dilemmas. Reflect on the following points:

• What is the impact of these ethical dilemmas on global health in terms of political, cultural, and economic contexts?
• What are some potential strategies that can be implemented to address these ethical dimensions in the contexts stated above? 
• What are possible outcomes upon implementing these strategies and recommendations? 
• How can the local and international codes of ethics be applied to address these ethical dilemmas?

Step 3. Respond

Write a 300-700 word proposal covering all the points introduced in Step 2 for the two selected ethical dilemmas. Make sure to support and reference your arguments with resources provided in the course.

Step 4. Share

To share your work, click on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and paste your work in the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

OPTIONAL Step 5: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”

Step 2. Analyze

Analyze the selected scenario by reflecting on these points:

• What are your limits of individual competence to respond to the situation?
• Consider your strengths and weaknesses. Based on your current skill set, how could you provide the most contributions to respond to the situation?
• In the context of professional practice, how can integrity, regard and respect to others influence or impact your work in a selected cultural situation?
• How do your own beliefs impact your perception of barriers to health and healthcare about the selected culture/location? For example:
• Do you have any type of bias that drives you to attribute a health issue to cultural or individual factors and ignore structural causes? 
• Did you have any pre-existing misconceptions that were clarified after learning more about the selected population?
• What are the similarities and differences about this situation between your own culture and the one you are studying for this activity?

Reflect on the selected case problem based on the following points:

• How can interactive learning be used to improve collaboration and community participation in addressing the case problem?
• What groups and constituencies may be tapped to act as representatives in community partnerships and collaborations?
• What strategies may be utilized to encourage collaboration and community partnerships with these groups and constituencies?
• What strategies can be used to build trust with community partners in the selected case problem?
• How can diplomacy be applied to foster trust and solidarity with community partners in addressing the case problem?

Step 3.  Propose

Propose a framework layout that will clearly present the strategies, interventions, and methods to promote the use of interactive learning in improving the collaboration to solve the selected case problem. Furthermore, the framework should cover all the points introduced in Step 2 and must be accompanied by a 200-600 word explanation. You may use any available tools such as https://www.canva.com/graphs/concept-maps/ and powerpoint.

Step 4. Share

To share your work, click on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and paste your work in the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 5: Interact

Evaluate and categorize the work from one of your peers based on items A - E of this rubric. Provide a rationale for the grade you’ve provided, as well as comments or suggestions for improvement. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.” You can use the list below as an example:

In this activity, you will be given a set of short case scenarios where collaboration and workforce development are necessary to solve a health issue in resource-limited settings. 

Step 1. Study

Study these three hypothetical case scenarios below. Select one that matches your interest.

Step 2. Analyze

You have been assigned to coordinate a round table discussion with community partners and global constituencies to address your selected issue. This will be part of a collaboration and workforce development for resource-limited settings event that is being sponsored by global and regional health authorities. For this, you need to outline a strategy to communicate the available information and then to organize a discussion about potential strategies to address the problem. 

Step 3. Respond

The partners have agreed to participate in the round table discussion for three hours. They also asked to be briefed about the health issue ahead of time to be prepared for discussing potential solutions during the event. Therefore, you need to:

1. Prepare an agenda for the round table discussion: Keep collaborative leadership practices in mind when designing your agenda. You want to encourage stakeholders to take leading roles and provide their views and ideas to address the issue, but you also need to keep the discussion focused on collaboration and workforce development. The agenda should reflect your knowledge about communication and collaboration strategies.
2. Plan the elaboration of information materials about the problem to be addressed: For this, your team will need a prepare a 300-650 word communication plan that discusses the following:

Note: Bear in mind that your diverse audience includes community partners with little health background and global constituencies with little base knowledge about the extent of the specific health issue in the community.

Step 4. Share

To share your work, click on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and paste your work in the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 5: Interact

Evaluate and categorize the work from one of your peers based on items A - E of this rubric. Provide a rationale for the grade you’ve provided, as well as comments or suggestions for improvement. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.” You can use the list below as an example:

Item A is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item B is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item C is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item D is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item E is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….

In this activity, you will discuss strategies for integrating community assets to aid in strengthening the health workforce of resource-limited settings and reduce health disparities.

Step 1.  Review

Review the learning resources for this module before studying the case scenario for this activity.

Step 2. Study

Study this case scenario.

1. Propose two different strategies to improve mental health literacy in the community. The proposed strategies should aim to involve community assets to achieve this goal.
2. Provide a rationale for each strategy and explain their strengths and weaknesses.
3. Explain additional measures that should be in place to ensure that the intervention also addresses gaps in terms of age, education, and internet access.

Step 4. Share

To share your work, click on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and paste your operational assessment table, including the summary in the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 5: Interact

Evaluate and categorize the work from one of your peers based on items A - E of this rubric. Provide a rationale for the grade you’ve provided, as well as comments or suggestions for improvement. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.” You can use the list below as an example:

Item A is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item B is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item C is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item D is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….
Item E is  .…. because….  My suggestions for improvement are….