Define and differentiate between risk factors and determinants.
Select a specific disease and outline three risk factors and three determinants associated with that disease.
Identify public health strategies necessary to improve health outcomes of your chosen disease.
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Select a public health program that is working toward reducing a health disease such as diabetes, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, or asthma. Based on your selection, respond to the questions below.
Explain the historical need for the program, the theoretical background on which the program is designed, the services offered (in brief), and the significance of the program in a brief introduction.
Describe the disease and include data on current incidence, prevalence, and mortality rates and projections for the next five years. Address interventions and treatment options to change the status quo of this epidemic. Present the data in a tabular or graphical form.
Compare and contrast how this disease is affecting different racial and ethnic groups. On the basis of your calculations, what information can you conclude?
Identify the resources needed to treat this disease, including facilities, equipment, pharmaceuticals, research, funding, and healthcare professionals and estimate the resources needed over the next five years. Explain the estimates.
Resource:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]. (2012). Section 2: Morbidity frequency measures. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/ophss/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson3/section2.html
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UNV-103 Week 2 DQ 2
University Success – HOW I KNOW I AM LEARNING
Grand Canyon University
After reading HOW I KNOW I AM LEARNING 2 lecture in the online classroom, explain the following:
•The relationship between the topic objectives, the assignment, and the rubric.
•How is each component important to completing an assignment?
•What are some strategies you have learned from the readings and this course so far, that will help you complete your assignments, both accurately and efficiently?
Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapter 20 and Chapter 21 in the Foundations of Financial Management textbook.
Initial Response:
Imagine you have been hired as a consultant to support a firm that wishes to expand its operations internationally. Your first assignment is to explain to the CEO and their staff the importance of understanding the difference between domestic expansion and international expansion.
For your initial discussion post, consider the following questions as a basis to your explanation to the CEO:
Why is foreign investment so different from domestic investment?
What should C-Level executives consider in expanding internationally, as compared to domestically?
What types of risk mitigation techniques could you suggest to the executives so that the firm can be successful in the proposed expansion?
Your initial response should be a minimum of 200 words. Graduate school students need to learn how to assess the perspectives of several scholars. Support your response with at least one scholarly and/or credible resource in addition to the text.
Read: Gamble, Peteraf, & Thompson: Chapter 1 & 2
Read: Rumelt: Chapters 16 – 17
Read: Krogerus & Tschäppeler: pp. 5 – 174
Read: Keller: Chapters 1 – 3
Watch: What is a Scholarly or Peer-Reviewed Journal?
Discussion Assignment Instructions
Overall Guidance:
The discussions in this class will focus on a series of questions in the areas of Process (steps to be taken), Strategic Thinking (current theory), and Decision Models (decision making methodology. The student should organize their main thread by using the bolded headings provided and then respond to the question. The student will post a reply to a single main thread and should organize their reply by using the bolded headings provided.
Discussion Thread: Strategy Development, Strategy Decisions, and Decision Models
Developing strategy begins with thinking strategically and knowing what the key decisions are. The decision models that you employ will directly impact the quality of the decisions you make so understanding them is critical.
Minimum of 500 words in the body.
Minimum of 2 sources from the literature in addition to course texts.
Use bolded headings below in the discussion.
Current APA format must be used.
Use the following outline:
· Introduction
· Process: Business Strategy Development – What is the process for developing a business strategy? Discuss the process in no less than 200 words.
· Strategic Thinking: Key Decisions – What are the key decisions necessary for making strategy choices and why are they important? Discuss the key decisions and their importance in no less than 150 words.
· Decision Model – What are my current decision models and how do they aid / hinder this process. Discuss your current decision models and how they aid / hinder the strategy development process in no less than 150 words.
· Conclusion
Support your factual assertions with citations.
Include an Annotated Bibliography, in current APA format, of the 2 additional Sources:
· Minimum of 250 words in each annotation
· Use the bolded headings below for each annotation
Use the following outline:
· Summary of Key Points
· Evaluation of the Quality of the Publication
· Evaluation of the Quality of the Author(s)
· Where this fits into the discussion
Developing strategy begins with thinking strategically and knowing what the key decisions are. The decision models that you employ will directly impact the quality of the decisions you make so understanding them is critical.
For your main thread, perform the following:
Discuss the process of developing business strategy.
Discuss the key decisions necessary for making strategy choices.
Discuss your current decision model(s) and how they impact the process of developing business strategy.
Develop an Annotated Bibliography for the additional references used in your discussion.
Support all of your factual assertions with citations.
Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool. For more information about Turnitin
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS: DATA CODING, ENTRY, AND CHECKING
Interpretation Questions
Chapter 2
A1. 2.1. What steps or actions should be taken after you collect data and before you run the analyses aimed at answering your research questions or testing your research hypotheses?
A1. 2.2. Why should you label the values of nominal variables?
A1. 2.3. Why would you print a codebook or dictionary?
A1. 2.4. What do you do if you look at your data file and see words or letters instead of numbers? Why is this important to do?
A1. 2.5. Why would you use the Mean function to create a variable, as we did for the pleasure scale?
A1. 2.6. (a) Why is it important to check your raw (questionnaire) data before and after entering them into the data editor? (b) What are ways to check the data before entering them? After entering them?
SPSS Problems
Chapter 2
Using the CollegeStudentData.sav file (see Appendix A in the Morgan, Barrett, Leach and Glockner) do the following problems. Print your outputs and circle the key parts for discussion.
Compute the N, minimum, maximum, and mean for all the variables in the College StudentData.sav file. How many students have complete data? Identify any statistics on the output that are not meaningful. Explain.
What is the mean height of the students? What about the average height of the same-sex parent? What percentage of students are males? What percentage have children?
Make Sure to:
1. Attach your word document for review and grading. Other file formats are not accepted and will not be graded. Use the following filename format: LastName_BUSI820_AssignmentX.docx
2. Include an APA title block with your name, class title, date, and the assignment number.
3. Include a table of contents and a reference section. Number your pages in the footer along with the date. Include a header starting on page 2 with the Course and assignment number.
4. Write the problem number and the problem title as a level one heading (Example ‐ A.1.1: Chapter 2, Problem 2.1, and then provide your response.
5. Use level two headings with short titles for multi part questions (Example ‐ A1.1.a, Short Title, A1.1.b, Short Title II, etc.)
6. Use appropriate level headings for key elements of your discussion such as Research Questions, Hypotheses, Descriptive Statistics, Assumptions & Conditions, Interpretation, Results, and others. Your goal is to make your analysis easy to follow and logical.
7. Ensure that all tables and graphs are legible and include a figure number.
8. Carefully review your document prior to submission for formatting, flow, and readability. Keep in mind that running the statistical tests is only the first half of the challenge; you must be able to clearly communicate your findings to the reader.
Quantitative analysis: Data coding, Entry, and Checking
hsbdata.sav Download hsbdata.sav
CollegeStudentData.sav Download CollegeStudentData.sav
Prior to beginning work on this assignment,
Review Chapter 20 and Chapter 21 in the textbook, Foundations of Financial Management.
Watch the Week 6 Final Paper video with Dr. Kevin Kuznia, DBA, CSSBB, PMP.
Review the Walmart Case StudyLinks to an external site. interactive.
Review the current financial statements of Walmart.
Option 1: EDGAR | Company Filings Links to an external site.database
Enter “Walmart Inc.” in the search bar
Option 2: Yahoo! Finance Links to an external site.webpage
Enter the stock symbol of Walmart, Inc. (WMT) in the search bar
Click on the “Financials” tab
For this assignment, you may also wish to upload your work to your ePortfolio in addition to Waypoint so that, once you graduate, it can also be used to demonstrate your skills and competencies to potential employers and the professional community. Learn more about Folio, UAGC’s ePortfolio tool, by viewing the Setting Up and Using FolioLinks to an external site. guide.
In prior weeks, you learned about finance and financial analysis. This week you will put it all together. Using the Walmart Case Study and your selected country, you will complete a comprehensive recommendation to Walmart executives either recommending or forgoing expansion into your selected country.
In your paper,
Summarize the culture and financial climate of the country and why it would be favorable or unfavorable for Walmart to expand in that region.
Describe your country’s foreign exchange rates and how those rates could impact Walmart’s future financial performance. Be sure to address:
interest rates,
balance of payments,
government policies, and
other factors such as taxes and tariffs.
Describe how Walmart needs to manage foreign exchange risk.
Analyze any potential political risk and its impact to the financials.
Propose how Walmart should fund this new expansion.
The Walmart International Expansion Recommendation final paper
Must be 10 to 12 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. resource.
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper in bold font
Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
Student’s name
Name of institution (University of Arizona Global Campus)
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Due date
Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance.
Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
For assistance on writing Introductions & ConclusionsLinks to an external site. as well as Writing a Thesis StatementLinks to an external site., refer to the Writing Center resources.
Must use at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed, or credible sources in addition to the course text.
The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.
To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view The University of Arizona Global Campus Library Quick ‘n’ DirtyLinks to an external site. tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site. guide.
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site. resource in the Writing Center for specifications.
Read: Morgan, Leech, Gloeckner, & Barrett: Chapters 1 – 2, Appendices A – B
PageRead: Keller: Introduction – Part I
PageWatch: Research Questions Hypothesis and Variables
Discussion Assignment Instructions
The student will complete short-answer discussions in this course. The student will post short answers to the prompted questions in the thread for each short-answer discussion. The answers must demonstrate course-related knowledge and support their assertions with scholarly citations in the latest APA format. Minimum word count for all short answers cumulatively is 200 words. For each thread the student must include a title block with your name, class title, date, and the discussion forum number; write the question number and the question title as a level one heading (e.g. D1.1 Variables) and then provide your response; use Level Two headings for multi part questions (e.g. D1.1 & D1.1.a, D1.1.b, etc.), and include a reference section.
Respond to the following short answer questions from Chapter 1 of the Morgan, Leech, Gloeckner, & Barrett textbook:
This introduction to the research problem and questions raised by the HSB dataset should help make the assignments meaningful, and it should provide a guide and some examples for your own research.
Interpretation Questions
D1.1.Compare the terms active independent variable and attribute independent variable. What are the similarities and differences?
D1.2.What kind of independent variable (active or attribute) is necessary to infer cause? Can one always infer cause from this type of independent variable? If so, why? If not, when can one infer cause and when might causal inferences be more questionable?
D1.3.What is the difference between the independent variable and the dependent variable?
D1.4.Compare and contrast associational, difference, and descriptive types of research questions.
D1.5.Write a research question and a corresponding hypothesis regarding variables of interest to you but not in the HSB dataset. Is it an associational, difference, or descriptive question?
D1.6. Using one or more of the following HSB variables, religion, mosaic pattern test, and visualization score
(a.)Write an associational question.
(b.)Write a difference question.
(c.)Write a descriptive question.