Define community policing strategies and explain how this relates to building community relations.
Describe in detail the testing and hiring process for one of the following: federal, state, or local law enforcement positions.
Category: Community
Significance of microbiology.
Now is a good time to reflect upon where are you are now that the course is coming to an end.
Estimated time to complete: 1 hour
Please respond to the following questions based upon these course objectives:
Explain the significance of microbiology.
Describe microbial growth processes.
Examine the control of microbial growth.
Evaluate laboratory safety and aseptic technique.
Interpret experimental results.
Please answer the following questions with supporting examples and full explanations.
For each of the learning objectives, provide an analysis of how the course supported each objective.
Explain how the material learned in this course, based upon the objectives, will be applicable to a professional application.
Reflect back on your journey through this course and answer the following:
What are microbes and what is their relation to infectious disease?
What defenses does the human body have to combat infectious disease?
What are some treatments associated with the microbes that cause infectious disease?
What infectious disease in the Infectious Disease Profile Series intrigued you the most? Why?
What topic in the course did you find most interesting and applicable?
Thoughts on your learning in the course?
Diversity as a major component in a unit of K–12
Reflect upon what you have learned from this capstone project and how you will apply it in your future in education or another professional environment.
Consider the following ideas as you prepare your reflection:
The role of diversity as a major component in a unit of K–12 or adult curriculum or a corporate training module.
How ethical practices in education must be applied in teaching.
The application of a learning theory to real-world issues today.
A Community Health Assessment Model.
Identify a Community Health Assessment Model. (This document from the CDC lists commonly used community assessment models: https://www.cdc.gov/stltpublichealth/cha/assessment.html) What are some benefits of using a specific model to assess a community? What agencies should be included with the assessment? What is a reasonable time frame in which to complete a community wide assessment? What is the role of the public nurse in implementation of the chosen model?
Problems facing individuals leaving prison and reentering your community.
Imagine you are a local community leader and are bothered by problems facing individuals leaving prison and reentering your community. You do not feel your state or local community treats these individuals ethically and have decided to write a letter to your congressman requesting their support for changes that would more ethically support those individuals.
Select 1 common problem for justice-involved individuals from the following list:
Overcoming stigma of being incarcerated or being on probation
Seeking employment
Housing
Community support
Identify your community and the services in your community.
Describe your selected problem for your community.
Discuss how ethics should come into play when designing solutions for inmate issues.
Explain the ethical reasons for solving your selected problem.
Identify 1 innovative solution to your selected problem.
Describe the evidence-based research that supports the solution.
Compare the ethical implications of the current services provided versus if your solution is implemented for your selected problem.
A crisis in the community
The crises you select may be crises you personally experienced, learned about through this course, or heard about on the news, past or present. The crisis should be discussed from an academic lens and written in scholarly voice.
Then, for each crisis, complete the following:
Describe the crisis, including: the event/situation, implications, responders, victims, survivors, and perpetrators.
Describe the forms of critical incident assessment you might use.
Explain the potential short-term and long-term effects that might be experienced by the people impacted by the crisis.
Describe the particular competencies you would need to work with people impacted by the crisis.
Explain the anticipated outcomes for immediate, short-term, and long-term interventions used.
Explain the cultural, ethical, and legal implications that need to be considered.
Explain potential vicarious trauma and countertransference that might occur between you and the people you might treat from this crisis.
Resource Packet Due
Research agencies in the community and create a resource manual that will help you with clients in the future. Packet should include agency name, address, phone number, services provided and age range. You should include at least 20 agencies available in the Treasure Coast (Stuart, FL, Port St. Lucie, FL., Fort Pierce, FL)
Supporting the issues and concerns of the older population.
Volunteers and political officials in local communities often campaign to improve conditions and provide services to increase the well-being of individuals and families living in those communities. If you are the parent of young children, you might focus on improving the local school or creating safe places where children can play. If you are an individual in later adulthood or a caregiver for an individual in later adulthood, what community resources might be important to you? For this week’s Assignment, you evaluate the resources that your local community provides for its older members.
To prepare for this Assignment, research the resources available in your local community to support the issues and concerns of the older population. Note any gaps in these services and consider what improvements might be made to existing services as well as what services should be added.
Submit a 2- to 4-page paper that includes the following:
A description of the services in your local community that support individuals in later adulthood
An evaluation of the effectiveness of the services you identified
A description of service gaps you identified
An explanation of how to improve existing services
A description of services that should be added, and why
Supporting the issues and concerns of the older population.
Volunteers and political officials in local communities often campaign to improve conditions and provide services to increase the well-being of individuals and families living in those communities. If you are the parent of young children, you might focus on improving the local school or creating safe places where children can play. If you are an individual in later adulthood or a caregiver for an individual in later adulthood, what community resources might be important to you? For this week’s Assignment, you evaluate the resources that your local community provides for its older members.
To prepare for this Assignment, research the resources available in your local community to support the issues and concerns of the older population. Note any gaps in these services and consider what improvements might be made to existing services as well as what services should be added.
Submit a 2- to 4-page paper that includes the following:
A description of the services in your local community that support individuals in later adulthood
An evaluation of the effectiveness of the services you identified
A description of service gaps you identified
An explanation of how to improve existing services
A description of services that should be added, and why
Community Assessment
· Discuss community and public health challenges to improving health outcomes.
· Illustrate an interdisciplinary approach to improve health outcomes of the community.
· Examine information technology systems used to identify, communicate, and address health concerns of the community.
· Examine evidence-based practices associated with improving outcomes in community and public health.
· Illustrate the impact that barriers to healthcare access and challenges to improve health outcomes have on community and public health.
· Use evidence-based practices to guide health teaching, health counseling, screening, outreach, disease and outbreak investigation, referral, and follow-up throughout the lifespan.
· Minimum 10/maximum 15 slides, including speaker notes, excluding the title and reference slides.