Assignment: Affect Human Population Trends

Factors that Affect Human Population Trends
Visit your state or county’s website where vital statistical information is provided. Write a 2-page paper that analyzes and addresses factors that affect vital statistics and population trends.
Discuss how these factors affect the population growth rate in the U.S. Be sure to list at least three factors and provide statistical data in your analysis. Make sure to provide a minimum of 3 APA formatted references along with the URLs from where you obtained the data.

Assignment: Affect Human Population Trends

Assignment: Affect Human Population Trends

Notes
Health and Human Populations
Health statistics is important, as it provides indicators that help us learn about the conditions of life and health in a country. It is used to understand both individual health and also the health of an entire nation. Additionally, health statistics helps us to understand the significance of healthcare in that it allows us to analyze and interpret data which could improve the health of populations. As we monitor the health of populations, we enhance our understanding of strategies to promote its health. To help us understand the health of populations, we must also understand the importance of having access to adequate healthcare coverage.
Today, healthcare is commonly recognized as a system of indicators that are necessary to measure the comprehension of the right to healthcare. Many organizations, including civil society agencies, academic institutions, and businesses initiate efforts in educating the public about the importance of having access to quality healthcare.
One of the most critical challenges here in the U.S. is the integration of the right to adequate healthcare coverage and national health policies. One may question whether the right to healthcare is a recognized element of domestic concern, or if it should be integrated into national health-related policies. Regardless, healthcare is an essential part of society as it provides individuals an avenue to receive treatment which aids in the prevention of illnesses and diseases.
In the U.S., the cost of healthcare continues to rise, and for many uninsured or underinsured Americans, this is not a positive sign. Although Americans object replacing the current healthcare system with one regulated by the federal government by a 51% to 39% margin, and small-business owners oppose it by a 49% to 43% margin, it is becoming quite clear that many Americans are finding it harder to obtain adequate coverage to meet their healthcare needs (Jacobe, 2007).
Jacobe, D. (2007). Small Business Owners See Need for Overhaul of U.S. Healthcare: Recognize the importance of healthcare to employees, split about national healthcare program. Business Source Complete, 1-5.
Health and Human Populations
What is Population Health?
In order to develop an understanding of what “Population Health” means, start by examining the component words. Population can be described as all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country. Population can also be a particular section, group, or type of people or animals living in an area. Health can be described as a state of being free from illness/injury or a person’s mental or physical condition.
It is understandable that most of us consider our health care as something provided to us as an individual by other individuals or teams, for example our doctor, midwife, nurse or dentist. Population health challenges you to look at health from a different perspective. Think about the population as a whole. What are the challenges that we all face? With Population Health, we start with the premise of having an understanding of the health of a population group to enable people to make better decisions about their own health care and they can also enable health workers to make better decisions about individuals and populations within their care.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is a Federal Organization devoted to seeking fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability. NIEHS provides leadership and direction to programs designed to improve the health of the Nation by conducting and supporting research:
in the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and cure of human diseases;
in the processes of human growth and development;
in the biological effects of environmental contaminants;
in the understanding of mental, addictive and physical disorders; and
in directing programs for the collection, dissemination, and exchange of information in medicine and health, including the development and support of medical libraries and the training of medical librarians and other health information specialists.
NIEHS Epidemiology Branch
The NIEHS also has a department called the Epidemiol

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

 

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.