History and Etiology of Substance Abuse and Addiction Analysis

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History and Etiology of Substance Abuse and Addiction Analysis

Write a 700- to 1,050-word analysis on theories related to the etiology of substance abuse and addiction. Include the following:

•Describe the biological influences related to substance abuse.

•Analyze the psychological and emotional variables that influence addiction.

•Analyze the role of factors related to ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status in the development of addiction.

•Examine how the etiological theories and issues related to substance abuse and addiction have changed over time.

•Describe how these theories differ between substance-related and process addictions.

Include a minimum of 5 sources.

Format your paper according to APA guidelines.

Analyze the current health care delivery structure in the state of Georgia.

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Assignment 2: The Healthcare Market
Due Week 6 and worth 240 points
Use the Internet or Strayer online database to research the current health care delivery structures—both private and public—within your state.
Write a 6-8 page paper in which you:

  1. Analyze the current health care delivery structure in the state of Georgia. Compare and contrast the major determinants of healthcare market power.
  2. Analyze the main competitive forces in the your healthcare delivery system in the state of Georgia, and compare the major factors that influence the fundamental manner in which these competitive forces determine prices, supply and demand, quality of care, consumerism, and providers’ compensation.
  3. Evaluate the positive benefits and negative aspects, respectively, of HMO managed care from the provider’s point of view—i.e., a physician and a healthcare facility—and from a patient’s point of view. Provide a rationale for your response.
  4. Assess the efficiency of the types of economic incentives available to providers in the delivery of healthcare services in the state of Georgia.
  5. Propose who bears the financial risk of a capitation payment system: the provider, the patient, or the consumer-driven health plan itself.
  6. Use at least five (5) current references. Three of these references must be from current peer-reviewed sources to support and substantiate your comments and perspectives.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Explain how selected economic principles apply to the health care market and the provision of health care services.
  • Analyze the factors that are influencing the demand and supply of health care services in the U.S.
  • Assess current economic trends that influence the cost, quality, and access to care.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in health economics.
  • Write clearly and concisely about health economics using proper writing mechanics.

Evaluate marketing research tools involved in the marketing process

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Read the case study titled “Missed Opportunities”, located in the online course shell.
Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

  1. Examine the pros and cons from the perspective of Crestview Hospital of the placement of its new billboard directly adjacent to Briarwood Medical Center. Interpret the reaction of customers and other community stakeholders to the billboard postings.
  2. Use competitive marketing entry strategies to suggest the action that Briarwood Hospital should undertake to counter the messages in the new Crestview Hospital Billboard postings.
  3. Recommend the marketing communication strategy or strategies that both Crestview and Briarwood Hospitals should employ. Justify why the Governing Board of both hospitals should take a proactive role in promoting and implementing effective marketing strategies.
  4. Assess the value of the various marketing research tool(s) that Briarwood and Crestview hospital could use to promote effective marketing communication strategies. Justify your response.
  5. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Evaluate marketing research tools involved in the marketing process.
  • Formulate competitive market entry strategies based on analysis of global markets that comply to initiatives in the health care industry.
  • Determine the marketing communications strategy used in health care services.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services strategic marketing.
  • Write clearly and concisely about health services strategic marketing using proper writing mechanics.

Using a Health Policy Model to Develop a Change in Policy to Improve the Public’s Health

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Using a Health Policy Model to Develop a Change in Policy to Improve the Public’s Health

This assignment focuses on the methods to develop a change in policy to improve the public’s health by using a health policy model.

Tasks:

Suppose you want to initiate a policy of taxing sugared sodas/pop/beverages in your community. Use the Longest’s policy cycle model to ponder the following questions:

  • What arguments would you use to make the case for the policy?
  • What argument(s) would your opponents make?
  • How would you go about getting buy-in for your proposed policy?
  • What stakeholder groups need to be involved in promoting your policy?

Submission Details:

  • Submit your response in a 2-page Microsoft Word document (500 words).
  • Name your document SU_NSG4068_W1_Project_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
  • Cite sources in the APA format on a separate page.