A large, not-for-profit HCO begins its move from providing excellence in care to supporting population health with a comprehensive review of population health needs. It forecasts current and benchmark […]
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5Infectious Disease
Infectious disease occurs worldwide and must be addressed just as chronic disease is approached. This assignment will present the learner an opportunity to explore a communicable disease, […]
Mental Health
What are the key elements of therapeutic communication? How does therapeutic communication contribute to positive therapeutic outcomes? What are some common challenges faced in therapeutic communication? How can […]
High and low-context communication
Describe high and low-context communication in your own words. What style do you typically use? Provide an example. What can you do in an encounter with someone in the health […]
Learning about different cultural values
How does learning about different cultural values help us in communicating with others? Choose one of Hofstede’s cultural value orientations from our reading/lectures and define it in your own words. […]
The diverse health belief systems
Choose one of the diverse health belief systems covered during week two that is different from your own. Describe it in your own words. Develop a scenario where […]
Prevalent health belief systems
Name the three prevalent health belief systems and their thoughts on the causes and treatment of illness
Biomedical, magico-religious, and holistic health perspectives
What are the differences between the biomedical, magico-religious, and holistic health perspectives?
The ODIS method
What is the ODIS method? Know the steps
Beliefs, values, and attitudes
• What are beliefs, values, and attitudes (reading)? • Know the descriptions of the following cultural value patterns/orientations from Hofstede and Hall (reading/lecture): o individualism/collectivism o uncertainty avoidance o […]