Discuss the themes and barriers that arose as a result of implementation to the policy. Provide support/recommendations for how the policy could be improved upon.

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National Health Policy versus State Policy Implementation

National health policy sets the tone for the nation on how to implement, strategize, and achieve specific health goals. However, states often times have the option to not fully implement certain health policies based on their state needs. Thus, health policy varies in every state and can lead to varying health outcomes. This week, you will learn the national- and state-level impact of a healthcare policy.

Read the following case study from your textbook:

  • Case 15: The Diethylstilbestrol Story: An Investigation into the Evolving Public Health Policy for Pharmaceutical Products

Then, visit the Kaiser Family Foundation Web site at Kaiser Family Foundation -Health Policy Research, Analysis, Polling, Facts, Data and Journalism and research health policy at the national and state levels. Narrow down your focus to the geographic region or location you identified in W1: Assignment 3. This would be the same area which you plan to work on for your Course Project.

Then, respond to the following:

  • Using your chosen geographic region or location, select a particular health policy and then discuss its national- and state-level impact on the population.
  • Consider and discuss how the policy was implemented and if it was effective at achieving the intended outcome.
  • Discuss the themes and barriers that arose as a result of implementation to the policy.
  • Provide support/recommendations for how the policy could be improved upon.

Submissions Details:

  • Write a 3-5 page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.
  • Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_W2_A2.doc.
  • By the due date assigned, deliver your assignment to the Submissions Area.

What has been the path of democratization or economic development in a given Asian Pacific country? 5. How does ideology impact the economy, politics and society of a given Asian Pacific country?

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Points will be deducted for poor writing, bad organization, weak substance, illogical argumentation or other errors that reduce the quality of your work. Similarly, points can be added for skillful writing, clear organization, strong substance, solid logical argumentation, and other quality enhancing elements.

Please use Arial 12 point font for your paper. You may use APA, MLA, or Chicago Manual style.

The more quality resources you use, the better your paper will be. Including books by scholars that are at the cutting edge of research in your field of investigation is important to your success. For example, if you were doing research in Orientalism, it might be important to include Edward Said in your bibliography.

I will evaluate you using the following criteria:

1. Is your writing clear, concise, comprehensive, engaging, and grammatically correct?

2. Does your research rely on a sufficient depth and breadth of quality resources?

3. Is your thesis falsifiable and do you muster sufficient evidence and logic to justify your conclusions?

Some topic areas you might consider include:

1. What role does ethnicity play in the politics of a given Asian Pacific country?

2. How does film, fiction, or art represent economic, political, or social trends in a given Asian Pacific country?

3. How do debates about the teaching of history reflect current economic, political, and or social trends?

4. What has been the path of democratization or economic development in a given Asian Pacific country?

5. How does ideology impact the economy, politics and society of a given Asian Pacific country?

6. How does corruption influence the economy, politics, and society of a given Asian Pacific country?

7. What role do global justice concerns play in the economy, politics and society of a given Asian Pacific country?

8. What role do environmental concerns play in the economy, politics and society of a given Asian Pacific country?

9. How do geopolitical concerns impact the politics of the various states in the region?

Plagiarism will result in no credit for the plagiarized assignment.

SAMPLE THESIS

 

You should select a thesis and build an outline about how you are going to approach researching that thesis.  Here is an example of what I would do:

My thesis is Asian direct foreign investment in East Africa is detrimental to the economic development of that region.

I will try to prove this thesis by examining three case studies including Sudan, South Sudan, and Ethiopia.

My dependent variable is economic growth, my independent variables are direct foreign investment, ethnic relations, sectoral growth, inflation, arms sales, and human rights abuses.  I will examine the independent variables in each of the three case studies and try to build a relationship between these variables and economic growth over the last 10-20 years.

This is one example of what you could construct, but feel free to be creative.

My outline would look something like this:

I. Introduction – Asian direct foreign investment in East Africa is detrimental to the economic development of the region

II. Explanation of model

a. Measuring Growth

b. Measuring Direct Foreign Investment

c. Measuring Inflation

d. Measuring Arms Sales

e. Measuring human rights abuses

f. Measuring ethnic conflict

III. Sudan Case Study

a. Growth

b Direct Foreign Investment

c. Inflation

d. Arms Sales

e. ethnic conflict

f. human rights abuses

IV. South Sudan

a. Growth

b Direct Foreign Investment

c. Inflation

d. Arms Sales

e. ethnic conflict

f. human rights abuses

IV. Ethiopia

a. Growth

b Direct Foreign Investment

c. Inflation

d. Arms Sales

e. ethnic conflict

f. human rights abuses

V. Conclusion – What was discovered and the implications of those discoveries for further investigating the impact of Asian direct foreign investment in East Africa.

SAMPLE BIBLIOGRAPHY

It would be great if you could begin reading some of the works you select and get a sense of what scholars have said about your topic up to this time. The more sources you have and the better quality those sources are, the better quality research paper you are likely to write. Here is a sample bibliography from a paper I wrote for a class here at SDSU.
Bibliography

Balderston, T. Review of Hyperinflation and Stabilization in Weimar Germany by Steven Webb in The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 45, No. 3, European Special Issue (Aug, 1992), pp. 626-627.

Barbezat, Daniel Review of The Great Disorder: Politics, Economics, and Society in the German Inflation, 1914-1924 by Gerald Feldman in The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 56, No. 3 (Sep., 1996), pp. 720-722.

Block, Thorsten H. “Economic Stagnation in Weimar Germany: A Structuralist Perspective” in Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, volume 13, Issue 2, June 2002, pp. 127-150. http://www.sciencedirect.com.libproxy.sdsu.edu/science/article/pii/S0954349X02000036

Feldman, Gerald The Great Disorder: Politics, Economics, and Society in the German Inflation, New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.

Fergusson, Adam When Money Dies: The Nightmare of Deficit Spending, Devaluation, and Hyperinflation in Weimar Germany, New York: Public Affairs, 2010.

Fisher, Irving The Purchasing Power of Money, New York, New York: Cosimo, 2007, originally published in 1911.

Friedman, Milton Dollars and Deficits: Inflation, Monetary Policy, and the Balance of Payments, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall Publishing, 1968.

Graham, Frank Exchange Prices and Production in Hyper Inflation: Germany 1920-1923, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1930.
http://library.mises.org/books/Frank%20D%20Graham/Exchange,%20Prices,%20and%20Production%20in%20Hyper-Inflation%20Germany%201920-1923.pdf

Holtfrerich, Carl The German Inflation, 1914-1923: Causes and Effects in International Perspective, translated by Theo Balderston, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1986.

Heyn, Udo Review of The German Inflation, 1914-1923: Causes and Effects in International Perspective, The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 48, No.1 (Mar., 1988), pp. 183-185.

Keynes, John Maynard The Economic Consequences of the Peace downloaded December 2, 2014 from
http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/econ/ugcm/3ll3/keynes/pdf%26filename%3Dpeace3.pdf

Laidler, David E. and Stadler, George W. “Monetary Explanations of the Weimar Republic’s Hyperinflation: Some Neglected Contributions in Contemporary German Literature” in Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking 30.4, November 1998, pp. 816-831.
http://search.proquest.com.libproxy.sdsu.edu/docview/195344147/TextPlusGraphics/$N/0?accountid=13758

“Instrumentalist Hyperinflation: Did Adolph Lowe Learn Anything from the Austrian Hyperinflation?” in The American Journal of Economic and Sociology Volume. 56, No. 3, July 1997, pp. 317-318.
http://www.jstor.org.libproxy.sdsu.edu/stable/3487239?seq=2

Sokic, Alexandre  “The Monetary Analysis of Hyperinflation and the Appropriate Specification of the Demand for Money” in German Economic Review 13(2), 2012, pp.142-160.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.libproxy.sdsu.edu/store/10.1111/j.1468-0475.2011.00543.x/asset/geer543.pdf?v=1&t=i0rt215b&s=8d1ee401e2712429ad2c4dc633ff6636bd9f8ad5

Taylor, Frederick The Downfall of Money: Germany’s Hyperinflation and the Destruction of the Middle Class, London: Bloomsbury Press, 2013.

Vazquez, Jesus “How High Can Inflation Get During Hyperinflation? A Transaction Cost Demand for Money Approach” in European Journal of Political Economy, Volume 14, Issue 3, August, 1998, pp. 433-451.
http://www.sciencedirect.com.libproxy.sdsu.edu/science/article/pii/S0176268098000160

Webb, Steven Hyperinflation and Stabilization in Weimar Germany, New York, New York: Oxford University Press 1989.

Weber, Max From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology, edited by H.H. Gerth and C. Wright Mill, London: University of Oxford Press, 1958.

Widdig, Bernd Culture and Inflation in Weimar Germany, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.

Describe the effectiveness of the use of spirituality with the elderly as found in the literature. Then, describe your own thoughts on the use of spirituality in an intervention.

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The assessment and incorporation of a client’s spirituality has become increasingly common in the field of social work. While historically social workers were trained to avoid discussions centered on religion, we now know that spirituality encompasses many ways of believing. “The Society for Spirituality and Social Work is a network of social workers and other helping professionals dedicated to spiritually sensitive practice and education” (Society for Spirituality and Social Work, n.d.). Addressing a client’s spirituality allows for a biopsychosocial holistic approach that can aid in the process of understanding illness, disability, and end-of-life issues.

For this Discussion, review the required resources and locate one scholarly article addressing spirituality with the elderly.

Post your explanation of the significance of addressing spirituality with the elderly. Identify a spiritually based intervention for this population. Describe the effectiveness of the use of spirituality with the elderly as found in the literature. Then, describe your own thoughts on the use of spirituality in an intervention.

Required Readings

Holosko, M. J., Skinner, J. F., Patterson, C. A., & Brisebois, K. (2013). Intervention with the elderly. In M. J. Holosko, C. N. Dulmus, & K. M. Sowers (Eds.), Social work practice with individuals and families: Evidence-informed assessments and interventions (pp. 197–235). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Sokolec, J. (2016). The Meaning of ‘Place’ to Older Adults. Clinical Social Work Journal, 44(2), 160-169. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Retrieved from Walden Library databases.

How do the values of evaluation conflict adhere to social work values? What practices would you use to defend the feasibility of and effectiveness of your evidence-based policy?

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Ideology, politics, and the influence of values often override evidence-based policy. When there is evaluation conflict, a policy advocate must be prepared to defend his/her reasons for wanting to implement a policy. Because almost all proposed policies are circumscribed by politics (for reasons brought up by Jansson throughout the course when discussing the subtleties of policy implementation), you should be prepared for some conflict, ranging from having your research ignored, to having the accuracy of your data questioned, to having your personal values brought into question.

In this Discussion, you consider the assertion that the evaluation of specific policies is often strongly influenced by values. You also examine and evaluate ways to mitigate evaluation conflict to defend the feasibility of your policy.

Post a response to Jansson’s assertion that evaluating specific policies is strongly influenced by values with respect to the case of the evaluation of special services. How do the values of evaluation conflict adhere to social work values? What practices would you use to defend the feasibility of and effectiveness of your evidence-based policy?

Required Readings

SOCW 6361 Webliography
These websites will be required throughout the semester. Become familiar with these websites, especially when doing research for your assignments.

Community Toolbox. (2016). Chapter 8 Section 6: Obtaining feedback from constituents: What change is feasible? Retrieved from http://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/structure/strategic-planning/obtain-constituent-feedback/main

Community Toolbox. (2016). 12. Evaluating the Initiative. Retrieved from http://ctb.ku.edu/en/evaluating-initiative

Jansson, B. S. (2018). Becoming an effective policy advocate: From policy practice to social justice  (8th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning Series.
Chapter 14, “Assessing Policy: Toward Evidence-Based Policy During Task 8” (pp. 488-503)

Midgley, J., & Livermore, M. M. (Eds.) (2008). The handbook of social policy (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Chapter 33, “The Future of Social Policy” (pp. 557–569) (PDF)

English, D. J., Brummel, S., & Martens, P. (2009). Fatherhood in the child welfare system: Evaluation of a pilot project to improve father involvement. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 3(3), 213–234. Doi:10.1080/15548730903129764.
Note: Retrieved from Walden Library databases.

Swank, E. W. (2012). Predictors of political activism among social work students. Journal of Social Work Education,48(2), 245–266. Doi:10.5175/JSWE.2012.200900111.
Note: Retrieved from Walden Library databases.