Environmental Epidemiology Assessment

Define the following terms: (15 points) 

Environmental epidemiology:  
Natural experiment: 
Descriptive epidemiology:  
Odds ratio: 
Relative risk:  

Explain the work of John Snow using the methodology of the natural experiment. (10 points)
List the reasons why epidemiology is important to research studies of environmental health. What are some of the important limitations of the epidemiologic approach with respect to the study of environmental health problems? (15 points)
Explain how ecologic analysis is used to study the health effects of air pollution. Provide examples of uncontrolled factors that may affect ecologic study results. (15 points)
Describe the importance of the contributions of Sir Percival Pott to environmental health, particularly in the field of cancer prevention. (10 points)
Describe Hill’s criteria for disease causality. (10 points)
Explain the epidemiologic triangle and how it can be applied to environmental health. (10 points)
Explain the difference between descriptive and analytic epidemiology. Provide examples of how both types of study design are utilized in the field of environmental health. (15 points)

I have a health information management assignment due on the health information exchange in the state of Maryland my budget is 12 and due by Monday.

Part one:
a. Define HIE.
b. List some benefits of a HIE.
c. Define and list an advantage/disadvantage for each HIE model.
· Centralized HIE architecture
· Decentralized/Federated HIE Architecture
· Hybrid HIE Architecture
· Health Record Banking HIE Architecture
d. Define and give one example of these exchange methodologies:
· DIRECT Exchange
· Query –based Exchange
· Consumer Mediated Exchange
e. List and explain two HIE initiatives that are currently going on in the United States.
f. Identify two issues/challenges in health information exchange.
Part two:
Write a 1-2 page paper (double-spaced) with a Reference list included (APA format preferred).
a. Using the State you have been assigned below, describe the progress made thus far in regard to health information exchange. Are there any current HIE initiatives in your state? What is the structure of their HIE? What are the successes and/or barriers thus far? If there are no initiatives, why do you think that is the case? Is there something specific about this State that would me an HIE more or less successful?

There are several different ways to communicate and market to the masses. The key is to identify the methodology needed to successfully communicate to the priority population and keep the needs of those consumers at the forefront of your mind.
In a two-page paper include the following:

Identify the communication and marketing methods you will utilize for your health education program on obesity.

Include why you believe these methods will best suit the needs of your priority population
Include a draft plan for initial marketing to the priority population
Include a draft plan for materials to be utilized during the health education program

Identify how you will meet the needs of the priority population members that have the following:

Learning disabilities
Hearing and visually impaired
Language barriers

Discuss how respecting the cultural difference, values, and customs of your priority population impacts the outcomes of your program.
Discuss why it’s important to incorporate a partnership with a member of the priority population?

How would you demonstrate respect of your working relationship and their ideas?

Include a draft of a marketing piece that you will use to educate and encourage participation in your program from your target population.

Remember to utilize audience-specific and influential tone
Examples of marketing pieces include a radio ad, newsletter, social media ad, etc.

Submit your completed assignment to the drop box below. Please check the Course Calendarfor specific due dates.
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Writing assignment is to answer any two of the three questions below, in about 500-800 words for each essay, or approximately 2-4 pages each (1.5 or double-spaced), a chance to sum up some of the key lessons learned in the course. It’s more of an “essay”, so no need to worry about formatting or numbers of references, but the essay should demonstrate knowledge gained from the course readings and discussions. Be sure to identify the essay number at the beginning of your essay.
(1) Consider the two books we read for the class, by Kissinger and Zakaria, and identify two or three main “takeaways” from each book. What did you learn about the nature and evolution of the international system? How does the book help you better understand global issues?
(2) Identify a global issue – anything from say war and peace, development, health or pandemic, environmental, economic, whatever – and explain some of the challenges and opportunities in addressing the issue. What lessons can you draw from the course to help explain and understand the issue? Is it an issue that has a “solution” or is the best hope that we somehow “manage” it into a better state?
(3) It’s January 2019, and you’ve just been nominated as Secretary of State (equivalent to our foreign minister) in a new administration. Your first task is to assemble a team of experts as part of your new foreign policy team and to provide a brief report to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the top priorities for the administration, part of your confirmation process as the new top diplomat. You can’t do everything — and besides, Senators have little time to read since they spend most of fundraising — so you need to select two or three top priorities to focus American foreign policy toward. What are they? What are some of the challenges faced by the United States in the current international system, and what do you plan to do about it? Be very specific and offer some concrete proposals or identify particular countries or issues you believe need immediate attention.

The advancement in technology has led to the introduction of methods for enhancing the health care.  E-health has been used to enhance the health care and addressing the mental disorders issue through the use of online therapy. This discussion will analyze the evaluation of the efficacy of using telehealth in the mental disorders. It will also look at the integration of the evidence based practices in the telehealth sector. The professional issues that might be encountered and the benefits of the delivery methods will also be summarized in this discussion.
Telehealth has been an effective method of addressing the mild, moderate and the severe mental health disorders. This is because, through the use of evidence based online therapy, many disorders such as depression and anxiety have been addressed through the use of online platform website which contain information on standard diagnosis and treatment.  It also reduces the patients’ and the providers’ costs and increases the system coverage areas (Gros et. al, 2013). The evidence based treatment practices can be integrated into the telehealth trend through the use of cognitive behavioral therapy and online therapy where the patients’ thoughts are changed through acts such as storytelling and helping them to live in independence.
From the interactive assignment, he population targeted are the youths aged between 18-35 years. Being a clinical psychologist, I will use telehealth to address the psychological disorders faced by the clients. It will be appropriate to use telehealth platforms such as telephone, texts and virtual clinics because the youth in the modern generation are well versed with the technological advancement. They will therefore fully corporate and follow activity schedules and lessons stated in the telehealth treatment plans.
Through the use of using e-health there are some legal, ethical and professional issues that can be encountered during the delivery of the services. The psychologists need to ensure that they meet the ethical and professional standards (Baker, 2011). Some of the ethical issues include informed consent whereby they need to obtain informed consent of the patient before delivering the treatment plan. There should also be confidentiality of the data and the information in tele-psychology. When it comes to the legal considerations, the psychologists should comply and be familiar with the relevant federal and state laws when delivering the services to the patients across the jurisdiction and international borders. The effective use of the technology in accordance to the ethics and law will be beneficial as it will minimize the risks (Harris, 2011).  E-therapy will also promote new and improved ways of delivering the healthcare services thus overcoming risks such as breach of patient privacy and wrong diagnosis.