walden psyc8573 all weeks assignments latest 2017

28 Jun walden psyc8573 all weeks assignments latest 2017

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Week 1 Assignment

Assignment: Health Psychology

Several trends have shaped healthcare today, including the rise of chronic disease as the leading cause of death for adults in industrialized nations. Behavioral and lifestyle choices, as well as psychological well-being, became a focus of treatment along with the medical regimen for adults with chronic disease. Similarly, children and adolescents also may have to alter their behaviors and incorporate new medication and medical procedures into their lifestyles when diagnosed with chronic diseases. Yet, children and adolescents are less likely than adults to comply with their new behaviors, lifestyles, and medical regimens. There are multiple interventions to handle noncompliance in children and adolescents. According to the behavioral theory of adherence, both positive and negative reinforcement can strengthen the behavior (adherence) in the desired direction in children and adolescents, but punishment can decrease the behavior (noncompliance) (Brannon & Feist, 2007).

Submit your Assignment by Day 7. For this Assignment, review the media in this week’s Learning Resources. Select an illness experienced by an adolescent in the media piece. Consider similarities and differences between child and adolescent health psychology and adult health psychology. Also, consider why noncompliance is a concern for children and adolescents. Please note that you will only view media featuring adolescents because of ethical and legal considerations regarding the taping of younger children.

The Assignment (2–3 pages)

Briefly describe the illness you selected from the media piece.

Compare the treatment and coping strategies of the child or adolescent you selected with those of adults who might have the same illness.

Explain how a health psychologist may have to work differently with a child/adolescent with that illness from how he or she would work with an adult with that illness.

Explain why noncompliance might be a significant issue for children and adolescents dealing with health issues.

Describe one intervention that a health psychologist might use to address the issue of noncompliance and explain why it may be effective.

Support your response using the Learning Resources and other current literature.

Week 2 Assignment

Assignment: Asthma Management and Treatment

Asthma is a serious public health problem for children and adolescents in the United States. In 2011, approximately one out of 10 school-aged children had asthma. Because of this chronic illness, students miss 10.5 million school days each year (United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2011). There are several barriers in the management and treatment of asthma. Barriers can be created by the parents and guardians or by their children experiencing asthma. Parents and guardians may experience decreased motivation for changing behavior in their children (Bender, 2002). For example, 12-year-old William does not clean his room weekly to get rid of dust mites, which is one of his asthma triggers. After repeated attempts to get him to comply, his parents become less motivated to try to change that behavior. In response to the multiple barriers to effective asthma management and treatment, children and adolescents may find different ways to cope with their illness (Ryan-Wenger & Walsh, 1994).

For this Assignment, imagine you are a health psychology professional and you need to develop a brochure for students with asthma. Consider how you might describe asthma to children and adolescents. Then describe the barriers created by children and adolescents and the potential impact to them. Review the media in this week’s Learning Resources. Please note that you will only view media featuring adolescents because of ethical and legal considerations regarding the taping of younger children.

Submit your Assignment by Day 7. This assignment may be used as the foundation for your comprehensive program due in Week 10. Please review the Week 10 Assignment for details. Please use your creativity while developing your Assignment. You may use the templates provided for your Assignment found in the Course Information area or you may create your own.

The Assignment (1 brochure)

Create a brochure that could be used in a hospital, clinic, or a school counselor’s office.

Include the following information within your brochure:

Define asthma in children and adolescents.

Describe three potential barriers to controlling asthma for children and adolescents.

Explain the potential impacts of asthma to the daily functioning of children and adolescents.

Explain the differences in coping strategies between children and adolescents with asthma.

Use appropriate APA references at the bottom of your brochure.

Week 3 Assignment

Assignment: Taking Diabetes to School

Children with diabetes have difficulties metabolizing sugar, and may not produce or respond to insulin, depending on the type of diabetes. There are two main types of diabetes that generally affect children and adolescents—Type 1 and Type 2. With Type 1 diabetes, also referred to juvenile-onset diabetes, children produce little to no insulin. Type 2 diabetes, also known as adult-onset diabetes, used to occur primarily in adults 40 years and over. Yet, it has been on the rise in children and adolescents due to nutrition and weight problems (International Diabetes Federation, n.d.).

The diagnosis of diabetes for children can be overwhelming. The responsibilities and restrictions a child with diabetes may have might make them feel like an outsider at school. Children with Type 1 diabetes are at higher risk for adjustments problems after diagnosis and increased risk for psychological problems (Delamater, 2007). Consider how you may be able to improve student-peer relationships by providing educational presentations for schools.

For this Assignment, imagine your local elementary school has hired you as a consultant to give a presentation on diabetes to students in Grades 3 & 4 or Grades 5 & 6. Based on the media on Diabetes in this week’s Learning Resources, select the information that you feel is important and pertinent to the age range you selected. Consider the following information when you are creating your presentation, but remember to tailor the information to the needs and knowledge level of your targeted age group.

A definition of diabetes

Management of diabetes

Dietary restrictions

Symptoms of a glucose emergency

Potential barriers to peer relationships for students with diabetes

Submit your Assignment by Day 7. Please use your creativity while developing your Assignment. You may use the templates provided for your Assignment found in the Course Information area or you may create your own. You may also look at the American Heart Association example for an example of a completed PowerPoint presentation. This Assignment may be used as the foundation for your comprehensive program due in Week 11. Please review the Week 11 Assignment for additional details. Review the media in this week’s Learning Resources. Please note that you will only view media featuring adolescents because of ethical and legal considerations regarding the taping of younger children.

The Assignment (8–10 PowerPoint slides and a 1- to 2-page document)

Create an age-appropriate PowerPoint Presentation. Include in your presentation:

Title slide

The age group you are targeting (Grades 3 & 4 or Grades 5 & 6)

Educational information related to diabetes appropriate for that age group.

In a 1- to 2-page document, explain why you selected the information in your presentation and why it is age-appropriate.

Include a list of references in APA format.

Week 4 Assignment

Assignment: The Impact of Pediatric Cancer

There are approximately 18,000 newly diagnosed cases of pediatric cancer (birth to age 19) each year in the United States. There are several types of pediatric cancer that affect children and adolescents, including leukemia, brain tumors, lymphoma, sarcomas, liver, and kidney cancers (St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, 2012; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, 2008). Treatments for childhood cancers may include chemotherapy, surgery, radiation therapy, and other treatments. In many cases, depending on the type and stage, more than one treatment may be used together. Each child or adolescent with a pediatric cancer diagnosis is affected differently. Each family and family member is affected differently as well.

Submit your Assignment by Day 7. For this Assignment, select one type of pediatric cancer to evaluate. Consider how a cancer diagnosis and treatment might affect the psychological, emotional, and behavioral functioning of children and adolescents and their families.

The Assignment (5–7 pages)

Describe the type of pediatric cancer you selected and explain its signs and symptoms, treatment, and prognosis.

Explain how a pediatric cancer diagnosis might impact the psychological, emotional, and behavioral functioning of children and adolescents and their families.

Explain how pediatric cancer treatment might impact the psychological, emotional, and behavioral functioning of children and adolescents and their families.

Support your responses with the Learning Resources and other current literature.

Week 5 Assignment

Assignment: Reducing Noncompliance in Cystic Fibrosis

While medical advances have improved the life expectancy rate of people diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, children and adolescents must comply precisely with their medications and treatment plans for them to be effective. Noncompliance in cystic fibrosis treatments can cause decreased pulmonary functioning and increased hospitalizations. For example, the noncompliance rates for physiotherapy treatment are approximately 60 percent, and medication noncompliance ranges from 20–40 percent (Llorente, Bousono Garcia, & Diaz Martin, 2008). In order to combat the high rates of noncompliance, medical professionals have been using a variety of psychological interventions, including psychoeducational, psychosocial, and behavioral. The success of these types of interventions, has been comparable to medical treatments. For example, nutritional interventions have been used successfully to increase weight and caloric intake (Drotar, 2006). Although noncompliance may occur at any age, the type of intervention used and the way it is presented will vary based upon the age of the person. Consider how you may present a behavioral intervention to a child or adolescent.

For this Assignment, imagine you are a health psychology professional and you need to develop a behavioral intervention plan for Chelsey when she was noncompliant as a child. Although Chelsey is compliant as an adolescent, consider her noncompliance as a child. Develop a behavioral intervention plan that she could have used as a child. Review the media in this week’s Learning Resources and consider the types of behavioral interventions that you might have recommended to Chelsey when she was younger. Reflect on the importance of rewards systems for children in health psychology but also remember to consider the age of the people with whom you are working. Please note that you will only view media featuring adolescents because of ethical and legal considerations regarding the taping of younger children.

Submit your Assignment by Day 7. This Assignment may be used as the foundation for your comprehensive program due in Week 10. Please review the Week 10 Assignment for additional details.

The Assignment (2–3 pages and the behavioral chart)

Develop a behavioral intervention to improve Chelsey’s compliance with her medical regimen including her diet, medications, and cystic fibrosis vest use.

Describe a behavioral intervention technique located in the Learning Resources.

Create a 2- to 3-page narrative including:

A brief description of Chelsey and the age you selected

A description of a rewards system you would create for Chelsey based on that behavioral intervention technique

A justification for the use of the technique

Create a behavior chart including the target behaviors and the specific rewards that Chelsey could earn for complying with her medical regimen.

Support your responses with the Learning Resources and current literature.

Week 7 Assignment

Assignment: Sexually Transmitted Infections in High Schools

Sexually transmitted Infections (STIs) are infectious diseases spread through sexual contact. STIs include, but are not limited to, gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Consider that approximately 50% of high school students in the United States have had sexual intercourse, and approximately 14% of them have had four or more partners (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2010). These high percentages of sexual intercourse among adolescents increase the risk for STIs among this group. Therefore, the need for accurate education, instead of what some cultures may deem appropriate, is paramount.

The World Health Organization (WHO) created the Global School Health Initiative, in conjunction with international organizations, to ensure that students receive accurate information and education in an effort to protect them and help them maintain a healthy lifestyle. The initiative not only targets students, but also tries to educate staff, parents, and community members to create a health-promoting school (Preventing HIV/AIDS/STDs, 1999; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2011).

Submit your Assignment by Day 7. For this Assignment, you develop a health promotion poster to promote healthier lifestyles in an attempt to prevent STIs among adolescents. This assignment may be used as the foundation for your comprehensive program due in Week 10. Please review the Week 10 Assignment for details. Please use your creativity while developing your assignment. You may use the templates provided for your assignment or you may create your own. These poster templates may be found in the Course Information area.

The Assignment (2–3 pages and the health promotion poster)

Create an 8”x10” health promotion poster on your computer directed at high school students.

Focus on either the risk factors of sexually transmitted infections or the prevention of sexually transmitted infections.

Create a 2- to 3-page narrative describing your health promotion campaign.

Include in your descriptive narrative the risk factors of sexually transmitted infections or the prevention of sexually transmitted infections.

Use appropriate APA references at the bottom of your narrative.

Week 8 Assignment

Assignment: Public Health Prevention Programs

Childhood obesity is becoming a global epidemic. Generally, obesity has been considered a health problem of developed countries, especially in the United States. Now, there are more overweight and obese people in low- and middle-income countries, and this phenomenon is not limited to adults. In 2010, it was estimated that approximately 42 million children under the age of 5 were obese or overweight, and almost 35 million of those children lived in developing countries (World Health Organization, 2010). Measuring the numbers for children ages 5 through 14 globally is challenging, because there is not a standard definition for childhood obesity. While there are some variations, there are higher percentages of older children and adolescents being overweight or obese in developing countries (Kimani-Murage, 2011; Editorial, 2008).

One of the primary ways to reduce obesity in children and adolescents is through prevention, as opposed to relying only on treating the symptoms and effects of the problem. Developing public health programs to educate and promote healthy lifestyles to children and adolescents is one responsibility of health psychology professionals.

For this Application Assignment, select a population for which to develop a public health program to promote good nutrition and family-based exercise programs. Your population could be as small as your local neighborhood or as large as a global initiative (Association of Schools of Public Health, n.d.). A public health program aimed at childhood obesity prevention should be culturally appropriate and geared toward the developmental understanding of the targeted ages, which may ultimately require multiple approaches. When developing your public health program, you should consider the availability of resources and access to locations. For example, family-based treatment programs have shown significant decreases in obesity rates in children and adolescents. You may want to include the proven approach of family support for exercise as an element of your public health program (Epstein, Valoski, Rena, & McCurley, 1994). While exercise may be an appropriate example within your public health program, you may not want to include swimming, because of cultural or religious beliefs.

This Application Assignment may be used as the foundation for your comprehensive program, which is due in Week 10. Please review the Week 10 Assignment for details. Submit your media file to the Week 8 Assignment submission area using the Kaltura Media option available via the mashup tool. More information about adding media to the classroom is located on the Kaltura Media Uploader page in the course navigation menu.

Caveat: Each person participating in the public service announcement must read and sign the Video/Voice Release Agreement. Find this form on the Kaltura Media Uploader page located in the course navigation menu of your online course. Submit the signed form(s) to your Instructor in the Week 8 Assignment Submission link.

Your local health department hires you as a consultant to develop a health promotion campaign for your community. Your campaign must include advertising appropriate for your community and targeted health programming.

The Assignment (2–3 pages and the 30-second public service announcement for a community health promotion campaign)

Write a 30-second public service announcement (PSA) for your community to promote good nutrition and family-based exercise programs.

Record your PSA and submit it to the Week 8 Assignment submission area using the Kaltura Media option available via the mashup tool. More information is located on the Kaltura Media Uploader page in the course navigation menu.

Create a 2- to 3-page narrative describing your health promotion campaign.

Include in your descriptive narrative recent trends in poor diet and exercise and how your program can reduce these trends. The trends may vary based on your selected community (e.g., local or general). Be sure to support your trends with the current literature.

Use appropriate APA references at the bottom of your narrative.

Submit your assignment by Day 7. Submit a Video/Voice Release Agreement to the Assignment Submission link for each person who participates in your video

Week 9 Assignment

Assignment: Adolescent Eating Disorders

In March 2012, Israel became the first country to create legislation defining minimum weights for fashion models. It also mandated written disclosures on altered images to make models look thinner. Now, when models appear at a shoot, they have to show a medical report that is no more than three months old and discloses their body mass index (BMI). If a model’s BMI is below 18.5, which is considered malnourished by the World Health Organization (WHO), then he or she will not be able to participate in the shoot. Lawmakers placed standards on the fashion industry because they believed the industry promoted an unrealistic perception of ideal weight and body image, especially in the eyes of young women. Approximately 2% of females in Israel ages 14–18 suffer from an eating disorder and this statistic is similar around the world for developing countries. Supporters of the legislation hope that the law will increase the use of healthier, more realistic models, as well as raise awareness about the digital techniques used to enhance male and female models (New Israeli law, 2012). Many have blamed the fashion, television, and film industries for promoting unrealistic body images and for their impact on children and adolescents. As a health psychology professional, you should keep informed of ongoing trends and legislation related to children and adolescent health. Consider how you might address the issue of eating disorders in an age-appropriate presentation for adolescents.

Submit your Assignment by Day 7. For this Assignment, imagine that the local high school hires you as a consultant to give a presentation on eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia, and a binge-eating disorder). Think about pertinent age-appropriate information that you may want to use in your presentation. Do not use the example of Israel’s legislation provided above.

This assignment may be used as the foundation for your comprehensive program due in Week 10. Please review the Week 10 Assignment for details. Please use your creativity while developing your assignment. You may use the templates provided for your assignment or you may create your own. Please keep all of your notes in the notes section.

The Assignment (8–10 PowerPoint slides)

Create an age-appropriate PowerPoint Presentation for Grades 9–12.

Include a title slide.

Explain the three eating disorders in terms the students will understand.

Differentiate between anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and a binge-eating disorder.

Explain the risk factors for each eating disorder, including media influence and peer pressure.

Provide the students with a scenario for each eating disorder.

Submit a separate APA Reference document.

Week 10 Assignment

Assignment: Creating Awareness Programs

Throughout this course, you have developed several items that you may want to add to your portfolio, such as behavioral intervention plans and public service announcements. As a potential health psychology professional, your portfolio should show diverse approaches (e.g., poster, brochure, etc.) to several health psychology topics. You also should have examples from different age groups.

As a future health psychology professional, you may be interested in consulting for schools, non-profit organizations, or government agencies. You may be hired to create a comprehensive awareness program to inform your target population about a specific health issue and preventive approaches using various forms of media. When you are creating an awareness program, always know your target population. Awareness programs may be designed to target a specific age group or culture. For example, if your awareness program is for third through fifth graders, be sure you understand what type of presentation would work best for them, such as posters or interactive activities. Also, use language that your target audience can understand. The presentation should not be below or above your audience’s level of understanding, and it should be culturally sensitive.

Submit your Assignment by Day 7. For this Assignment, select one of the assignments you completed earlier in this course to use as the foundation for your comprehensive awareness program. Then, use your selected assignment health psychology topic to create a comprehensive awareness program for children and adolescents and their families.

The Assignment (12–14 pages of text, plus cover page, abstract, and references)

Describe your comprehensive awareness program including:

The purpose of your program

The selected health topic

The appropriate setting for your program (e.g., schools, hospitals, community events)

The projected time frame for your program

Describe a target community and/or culture

Justify why that community and/or culture is in need of education on your selected health topic

Explain the health factors related to your topic within this community and/or culture

Explain the risk factors for your health topic within this community and/or culture

Explain three goals of your comprehensive awareness program

Explain five elements that you would add to your existing Assignment that you selected to develop your comprehensive awareness project

Explain how this program may promote positive change