Health sciences and medicine
After reading Chapters 1-4 in Slow Death by Rubber Duck, arrange an on-line discussion with your book group in Canvas. You can schedule a time when all group members are available and have your discussion in one sitting. Alternatively, you may have an on-going discussion over the two- week period between October 15 and November 1. Each member of the group is expected to contribute to the on-line discussion in a meaningful way. Keep your discussions professional and respectful. Everyone’s thoughts and opinions are valuable and should be respected. In these discussions, there are not right and wrong answers. Here are the questions for your discussion. You should discuss all the questions, but you don’t need to limit your online discussion to the questions below. We will be checking in on the discussions.

1. In Chapter 1 Rick and Bruce describe their “Toxic Experiment”. What do you think is the goal of their experiment? What are they trying to find out or accomplish?

2. What do you think about the methods they’ve chosen to study “a new kind of pollution”? What are some of the strengths and limitations of their experiment?

3. What do the authors conclude after studying phthalates, PFOA, PCBs? Do you agree with their conclusions?

4. For the substances discussed in Chapters 2, 3 and 4 what do you think are some potential public health interventions that may reduce human exposure to these substances?

Health sciences and medicine Discuss a small change in practice that you would like to see happen where you work. Project description The area for change is to introduce a balanced nutritional menu in a residential home for people with mental health issues / learning disabilities. The reason for change is that the residents prefer to choose processed meals, eat fast food, lack in vegetables and fruit etc. And the home needs to change to a more nutritionally balanced menu Promote and discuss the right to choice and argue the point from both sides “ relate UK legislation + policies Explain the difference between evidence and opinion and reference (only one paragraph or so) There must be a literature review of at least 1000 words included in the work explaining the importance and benefits of good nutrition for people with mental health issues. It must explain evidence why poor nutrition for the client base is a problem and who says so There must be discussion on the effect of poor nutrition on the same client group. It must show suggestions for change and why and how and who says so. There must be a review of at least 6-8 reports surveys and sources for the literature review. Introduce change models and briefly explain choose one and explain why Next briefly discuss management models and models of management change and theories of change. I would like to Use Lewin to implement the chosen change. As a result please compare and contrast Lewin to Kotter and explain the rationale for using Lewin. Explain the implementation of the change using the chosen model and what actions would be undertaken to make the change i.e. Staff training, new menu etc Explain what leadership is and explain why good leadership in the change is required Explain the importance of good communication in implementing change. Conclude Please relate to UK legislation Including National Occupational Standards Knowledge & Skills Framework Department of Health Social Care Council Codes of Practice CQC Essential standards of care CQC Regulations General Social Care Council “ code of practice Learning outcomes that must be covered 1 Articulate the difference between evidence and opinion 2 To construct a literature review + research on the chosen topic 3 To discuss the concepts of service development and improvement 4 Demonstrate the ability to apply management and change management theory to practice