Category: Essays

This assignment focuses on defining what would constitute an effective solution. In the next unit, you will create a plan to achieve that solution. Part of your solution may address the particular case you worked with, and part of it may address more general policies or procedures that, as a result of your experience in this process, you believe need to be changed. For this assignment, imagine that you served on the multidisciplinary team of professionals in Riverbend City, working with the case of Sheldon Greenberg and his family.
Write a 1,250-word paper in which you accomplish the following:
Explain what you learned as a result of the collaborative efforts, including the following:
Specific needs identified, and your assessment of the priorities of those needs.
End results expected, or objectives to be achieved by an effective solution.
Describe how your multidisciplinary team worked through each of the steps in the multidisciplinary approach.
Key steps taken and the results of each.
Issues or concerns encountered and how they are addressed in your solution.
Summarize the critical elements of the solution. Point out any aspects of the solution that might not have been identified without a multidisciplinary collaboration and explain your thinking.
Refer to the articles you identified in Unit 7 Discussion 2, focusing on crafting a collaborative solution. Explain how and where your approach with your team utilized ideas and approaches from these articles.

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The final paper will be expected to be 2000 words and should demonstrate the ability to apply the material learned in this course plus the use of relevant secondary literature to analyze a topic related to health policy. Marks will be deducted if the paper is either shorter than 1850 words or longer than 2150 words. The word count is only for the text. It does include in text citations but it does not include the reference list. For each 50 words or part thereof outside this limit 5 marks (out of 100) will be deducted, e.g., if the essay is 2190 words 5 marks will be deducted, if the essay is 2230 words 10 marks will be deducted.
If you want to submit a copy of your essay in advance I will read it and give you detailed comments. You can then use those comments to make changes to your essay. However, in this case I will not give you comments on the final essay. You will only get the grade.
Essay structure:
Analytic papers are not just a description of what is in a policy. They are an analysis of the reasons why a policy exists and its strengths and weaknesses.
HERE IS ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW TO STRUCTURE AN ESSAY:
• The essay has to deal with a current health policy question or a health policy issue and it has to be a Canadian question or issue.
• A health policy question could be something like what is the best way of ensuring that people are able to receive the medications that they need. A health policy issue could look at the same question from a different perspective, e.g., why are provincial drug plans structured differently from province to province.
• Structure for a health policy question essay:
o Start off by stating what is the question that the essay will address, e.g., “This essay will look at whether Canada should have a national pharmacare plan.”
o The essay would then describe the policy or policies that have been developed about pharmacare, e.g., should everyone be covered for all drug costs by a national plan, what should we do about very expensive drugs, should such a plan pay for all drugs or just those that are life saving.
o Next would be a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the proposals or policies.
o Finally, in the conclusion you should give your assessment about whether or not the policy that has been developed has been successful, a failure, partly successful, etc. and why you have come to that conclusion or whether or not the proposals are likely to be successful, etc. and why you have come to that conclusion.
If you use too many direct quotes, even if these quotes are properly attributed (see ACADEMIC HONESTY below) it will be hard to evaluate your writing style and whether or not you understand the material you are quoting. Too many direct quotes will therefore lead to a lower mark on your essay. In a 5 page essay there should not be more than a total of about one-half page of direct quotes.
Your essay MUST contain a minimum of 5 academic references. Newspaper and magazine articles may also be used but they are not considered academic material. Wikipedia is not considered an academic source.
Formatting requirements:
• Use subheadings
• All papers must be submitted to TURNITIN. Instructions on how to do this will be given during the class
• Title page with the following 1) title of the paper; 2) your name; 3) my name; 4) course title; 5) date of submission; 6) word count
• Printed on 8.5 x 11 inch paper
• 12 point font
• Double spaced
• 1 inch margins
• Spell-checked
PAPERS THAT DO NOT CONFORM TO THESE GUIDELINES WILL AUTOMATICALLY LOSE 5 MARKS
Marking System for essays:
1. Style (20 marks)
1. Writing style:
? Fluent writing, sentence structure, syntax
? Awkward writing, diction, idion
2. Grammar/spelling
? Good
? Weak
3. Length
? Suggested
? Under (more than 500 words less than required)
4. Readability
? Clear
? Difficult to follow
5. Reference style
? Correct use of APA or other recognized reference style
? Incorrect use of APA or other recognized reference style
2. Organization (20 marks)
1. Paragraph structure
? Coherent construction, logical progression
? Incoherent, doesn’t finish thoughts in paragraph
2. Development of argument
? Argument logically developed
? Lacks continuity, clarity, unity, flow
3. References
? References properly inserted in text to support points made
3. Originality of thinking (20 marks)
1. Overall analysis of issue
? Goes beyond simple presentation of material to synthesizing what has been presented
? Simply repeats conclusions of others
2. Integration of source material
? Integrates source material into coherent whole
? Source material presented as isolated facts
4. Content (40 marks)
1. Acknowledgement of sources
? Adequate acknowledgement of sources
? Inadequate acknowledgement of sources
2. Use of secondary sources
? Secondary material from multiple sources (books, journals, web sites)
? Secondary material from single source
3. Examination of topic
? Amount of content permits in depth examination of topic
? Amount of content permits superficial examination of topic
TIPS FOR WRITNG AN ACADEMIC ESSAY
1. Start your essay by saying what the topic is.
2. Around the end of the first paragraph you should say what specific areas related to your topic that you want to cover in your essay.
3. If you are using non-Canadian material make sure you say why you think that it’s relevant to Canada.
4. If you are using older material (generally more than 10 years old) make sure you say why you think that it’s still relevant today.
5. If you are not confident in your writing ability then have a friend (or someone in your family) who you think is a good writer read over your essay before you hand it in.
6. If you don’t know anyone who is a good writer then use the writing centre. Remember it gets busy late in the term and you’ll need to make an appointment early.
7. Don’t write page long paragraphs. Each paragraph should be about one idea. If you switch ideas start a new paragraph.
8. Essays do NOT contain long bullet point lists. Essays are written in paragraph form.
9. In general no more than about 10% of your essay should be direct quotes. Too many direct quotes make it difficult to know if you understand the material and your writing style can’t be evaluated. Too many quotes will lose you marks.
10. If you are writing an essay about a policy issue then it’s not enough just to describe a problem. You need to critically assess why this is an important issue and what can be done about it.
11. If you are searching databases, phrases more than about 3 or 4 words are very unlikely to return many, if any, results. Instead of one long phrase break it up; e.g., instead of “the effects of public-private partnerships on hospitals costs” use “public-private partnerships” AND “hospital costs”. If this combination of terms doesn’t give you what you want then you can substitute something for “hospital costs”, e.g., “hospital expenditures”.
12. Be clear about what types of words and phrases need to start with a capital letter.
13. Word processing programs such as Microsoft Word don’t catch all types of spelling mistakes. For example, if you type “there” when you mean “their” Microsoft Word won’t identify this as a spelling mistake. READ OVER YOUR ESSAY FOR SPELLING.
14. Essays always look great right after you finish them. Put your essay aside for a couple of days and reread it to make sure it still looks great.
15. Make sure that you understand what an academic reference is. Academic references are generally academic books, chapters in academic books, journal articles and material from official web sites, e.g., the Health Canada web site. Newspaper and magazine articles are not academic references. Wikipedia is not an academic reference.
16. Use references for the points that you make. You don’t need a reference if you say something that is common knowledge, e.g., it is 4000 km from Toronto to Vancouver. However, if you say that 51% of the population in Toronto is female compared to 52% in Vancouver you’d need to cite a reference. Any ideas that you get from material you have read need to be referenced.
17. If you don’t know how to correctly cite references then look it up the correct style. Don’t make up your own style.
18. READ THE PLAGIARISM SECTION IN THE COURSE OUTLINE AND DON’T PLAGIARIZE.

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Using research from, Rachel Stein-New Perspective on Environmental Justice: Gender, Sexuality, and Activism, and Alison Alkon and Agyeman Julian- Cultivating Food Justice: Race, Class, and Sustainability answer the following two questions: 1. A) How have various authors discussed what counts as legitimate knowledge in environmental justice conflicts? In other words, how do power and knowledge intersect in these struggles and why is this important?
B) Using the authors listed, what might be some implications of focusing so heavily on genetic causes of disease and illness? How does such an emphasis reveal the importance of paying attention to power and inequality?
C) What is the Precautionary Principle? Discuss the pros and cons of adopting such an approach to regulation. How might it suggest a re-ordering of power in society?
Question 2
2. A) Explain any two of the following theories: risk society, treadmill of production, eco-feminism, and resource colonization. Specifically, how does this theory speak to the intersections of environmental harm and social inequality?
B) Apply any two of these theories to at least one example from the readings mentioned above. Specifically, explain the material using these theoretical frameworks.
C) In what way do these theories fail to fully explain this case(s)? In other words, what do these theories overlook or perhaps place too much emphasis on?
Please follow the instructions provided and answer all the questions. Please use the books referenced above. I understand this is a detailed description but do understand, I need this to be an A paper! Also spend approximately 3 pages per question.

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THE WRITER SHOULD FOLLOW THE BELOW INSTRUCTION
THE independent variables (IVS) are stress level and age (YOUNG, OLD) and Dependent variable (DV) is life satisfaction.
Perceived stress level scale (pss) and Satisfaction with life scale (swls)—2 questionnaires used for measurement. Use an appropriate scale construction by analysing for the reverse the scale
Perform median split
Look for Outliers and Normality
Homogeneity tests
Analyse a 2 way Anova SPSS output for the following data.
Look at the output for Levene’s test. Is the assumption of homogeneity met?

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A four page single spaced essay about the sustainability performance of General Mills, HP and Walmart. Data has been filled out. The other two pages with empty grid are for teacher’s grading only. Basically just follow the instructions including font style and size on syllabus and do your best to write. And as you can see on the Grade Sheet, score is given according to those index.

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Field Trip: Select one of these activities.
• Visit a local movie theater (or a church during a service) and ask to use an assistive listening device during the event (movie or service) and report back to the group on the entire experience. Report back to the class.
o Type of device provided
o Features of the device
o Ease of use and your satisfaction with use
o Would you recommend to persons with hearing impairments? Give rationale for your decision.

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For this assignment, you will complete a clinical case study, using as your hypothetical clients characters in a movie that has as its main topic the issue of mental illness. Your case study should be approximately 10-15 pages and illustrate the strengths and challenges of incorporating use of the recovery model into work as a postmodern therapist. Choose one of the three postmodern approaches and in your case study address the following:
1) History of the case
2) Diagnosis
3) Therapeutic approach – Describe and define the major assumptions, goals and interventions of the chosen approach
4) The recovery approach – Describe and define the major assumptions, goals and interventions of the recovery model.
5) A treatment plan to illustrate how you will work with the client(s) using both the chosen post-modern approach and the recovery model.
6) A description of the first one or two sessions giving samples of the specific dialogue between the therapist and client(s)
7) A discussion of how use of the recovery model both contributes to the treatment of the client but can create philosophical challenges.
Here is a list of movies. Please choose one for your case study. All of the movies are available through Netflix, your local video store, and in many cases, can be found at your local public library. If for some reason you cannot access one of these movies, you may propose another option to your instructor. Once approval from the instructor is obtained you can proceed with this assignment.
50 First Dates, Rainman, Ordinary People, What About Bob, A Beautiful Mind, Fatal Attraction, White Oleander, I Am Sam

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Please write a well organized 5-paragraph, (including introduction, body paragraphs, conclusion). This persuasive ?reflection letter? that will be addressed to a English department professor. The purpose of this essay is to reflect on your own development as a writer, focusing on what you?ve learned this quarter. Your reflection should provide your readers with an understanding of who you are as a writer today. If you wish, you might want to refer or quote from the texts we read this quarter and/or your own essays. You should refer to one or more of the readings from this class in your essay, including the following:
1. The DVD Mississippi Burning.
2. The novel The House on Mango Street.
3. How to Do Well on a Job Interview?
4. Propaganda Techniques in Today?s Advertising?
5. How to Make It in College, Now That You?re Here?
6. Ban the Things. Ban Them All?
7. College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening??
8. Is Sex All That Matters??
9. What?s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student, Learns to Lie and Cheat?
10.Television Addiction?

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Assignment Instructions:
Please complete the attached "brief" listing topics for
the first two major assignments in this class. This should include a
general brainstorm list, an indication of
sources you consulted and, 2 proposals for a proposition of
fact paper and 2 proposals for a proposition of value
paper You will need to include a correctly formatted piece
of evidence that would serve as grounds supporting a claim for each
proposition. You probably need to devote at least4 hours to this
assignment.

This assignment will provide me with an initial
indication of your thinking and research abilities. Your
choices will also provide me with an initial impression
of who you are as a student and what may interest or
stimulate you in terms of issues. (domestic,
international, economic, arts, etc)

While a bibliography is not required, doing some
background research and finding some evidence to support
your proposition is necessary and will help you
make choices. (see below )Please check off the
sources you consulted in selecting your topic areas.

The best place to start is probably with a thorough
reading of the proposition of fact and value assignments
listed in the "assignments" section of this web site. I will be
glad to answer questions about these assignments in class, in my
office, or by phone.
This portion of the assignment will probably take about
1/2 hour to 45 minutes.

Reread Chapter 2 and chapter 3 This will take 1/2 to 1
hour.

Next, try to brainstorm a possible list of topic areas and
topics based upon your own knowledge and interests.
Make this a "working list" that you can change and
adapt as you go along. This list of general topic areas
can also be based on discussions with friends,
teachers, etc. Take a look around you and see what
you are interested in. What magazines do you
subscribe to? What is your major? Favorite subject?
Where have you traveled? What are
your hobbies and what do you know a lot about?
Answers to these questions may provide the basis for
one or more of the papers you will write.
(1/2 hour )

You will also want to expand your list of topics by doing
some background research through the investigation of
the following:
You should look at some of the links listed in the
"favorite links" section of my website. Many will provide
you with a rich list of potential topics for the first and second
papers. These sites are most easily accessed
through my site – try some of the following on the "links"
page: Debateabase.com, PublicAgenda.com, SAU
Library Topics, and, Yahoo Controversies list. These
sites will provide you with controversies that you may
not have initially considered. This will result in an
expanded list. However the topic areas will still be
somewhat general. (1 hour)

At this point, you are ready to cut your list down to
some solid possibilities and to narrow your
propositions. Try the OCC Library online electronic research pages
and see the Opposing Viwpoints series. These are "pro/con" approaches
to current controversies. It is rich in topics for these assignments.
The value of these resources is two-fold. First, they narrow the
topics to some specific questions rather than general areas. Next,
they provide specific articles that can help you "jump-start" your
reasoning and research. This is also a good place to find some
evidence to support the propositions.

Remember you need at least 2 carefully worded propositions for each
type of proposition. You also need a correctly formatted piece of
evidence for each proposition you create. (1 hour, including online
research, revising
wording on topics)

I realize that these topics probably won’t be set in
concrete and my still be tentative. I will also provide
you with some feedback on your choices.

(Format: copy this sheet or make one like it.)
___________________________________________
Name
Class and Hour!

Part 1 (Check as appropriate)
____I have read the proposition of fact, and value
assignment pages on Norm’s website.

_____I have read chapter two and three.

Part two: (fill in) Initial brainstorm list of general
Topic:
Areas:
(example: education, taxes,drugs in sports, etc.)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Please check sources you visited through the links
section of my website to start to narrow your topic
areas:
_____Debateabase

_____Public Agenda

_____SAU Topics list

_____Yahoo Controversies List

Add-ons to brainstorming list after visiting these sites.
(new topics, examples: deforestation, zoo abuses,
music censorship)
6
7.
8.
9.
10.

Titles of articles I consulted in "Opposing Viewpoints" online in the library to help narrow topics.
1.
2.
3.

Based upon my initial brainstorming and research I am
interested in arguing the following two propositions of
fact.

1._________________________________________

2._________________________________________

Based upon my initial brainstorming and research I am
interested in arguing the following two propositions of
value.

1._________________________________________

2._________________________________________

Propositions:
I have met these standards for each proposition.

______Fact =existence/non existence or causality
______Value=Good/Bad or superior/inferior

I have avoided
_____ lack of controversy
_____ over generalization
_____ emotional language,
_____overly vague or general "personal" policies i.e.
"we should be good to one another.

Wording: I have included

_____ only one central idea
_____ neutral terms
_____ no more than nine words

You also need to provide a single piece of evidence for
each proposition:

The following piece of evidence supports my first
proposition of fact:

(Please include the following: An attribution: This
should include the following: Author’s name; last and
first, Title of article, Source, Date, page, electronic
address if source was found on the web.

A brief direct quote from the article.

Example:

Bhatt,Nitiin, Painter,Gary, Yang-Tan,Shui "Can
Microcredit Work in the United States?" Harvard
Business Review November/December 1999 P. 134

"In the past few decades, microcredit
programs have been used throughout the Third World
to promote grassroots entrepreneurship. The
programs, which provide small-business loans of as
little as $50, have helped literally millions of
low-income people improve their material well-being.
The Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, for example, has
disbursed a total of more than $1.5 billion to about 2.4
million borrowers, with a default rate of less than 3%.
Such figures have helped to convince many that poor
people aren’t necessarily bad credit risks."

Each topic should be supported by one piece of evidence.

Standards for grading this assignment:

completeness of each section

level of controversy

uniqueness/originality

research process

wording

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CLIENT #2013-02: Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Barrows (4-6 pages, excluding appendices)
(Extracted from client?s file)
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Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Barrows contacted us because they need some help about investing in fixed income. They own their own house; they already have equity investments, and they are considering investing $300,000 in fixed income. They tell us that they are interested in an investing horizon of 20 years (You may change it to 15 years if you cannot find 20
year bonds). We must prepare a report with at least the following information (verbatim from their contact letter):
1. What are the fixed income investments we should consider? Why?
2. How would we invest our funds into long term CD?s? How would we fare in terms of
returns and cash flows?
3. What about immediate annuities? We understand there are lifetime annuities and specified period annuities. We are both 65 years old.
4. What about long term Treasury bonds? How would we fare in terms of returns and cash
flows?
5. What about a single, corporate bond issue of the highest quality? How would we fare in
terms of returns and cash flows? If we do this, we would like to see if we could have annual
cash flows over $15,000 per year. Also could you please prepare the following three
different scenarios?
a. One showing total preservation of wealth ?that is, we end up with the same amount
of bonds we started with.
b. In the second scenario we would sell bonds each period so that we end up with about
50% of the bonds we initially purchased.
c. In the third scenario, we would like to go on selling an even amount of bonds so that
the initial capital is completely depleted by the end of the investment.
6. How do each of these investments compare with investing in bond mutual funds? What
bond funds would you recommend to us for long term investing?

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