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2. HHS 460 Entire Course (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hhs460aid.com HHS 460 Week 1 DQ 1 Research Presentation HHS 460 Week 1 DQ 2 Intake Process HHS 460 Week 2 DQ 1 Locating Resources HHS 460 Week 2 DQ 2 Research Venues HHS 460 Week 3 DQ 1 Canadian National Health Plan HHS 460 Week 3 DQ 2 Research Formats HHS 460 Week 3 Final Paper Outline HHS 460 Week 4 DQ 1 Careers in HHS HHS 460 Week 4 DQ 2 Research in Practice HHS 460 Week 5 DQ 1 Ethics in Research HHS 460 Week 5 DQ 2 Ethical Implications HHS 460 Week 5 Final Paper

3. HHS 460 Week 1 DQ 1 Research Presentation (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hhs460aid.com Research Presentation. Assume you are asked to present a half hour talk about research in human services. Since this could cover a vast number of concepts, you decide to illustrate a basic research process (steps) and provide a real-world example taken from your text. One example is: Research in Practice 10.2 (pp. 273) and the second example is: Research in Practice 9.2 (pp. 246). Explanations as to the rational for using a scientific research method compared to just providing a theoretical explanation would make the presentation more valid. In the discussion address the notion that in so many health and human services programs, finding important information is tied to the need for information to solve problems. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

4. HHS 460 Week 1 DQ 2 Intake Process (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hhs460aid.com Intake Process. Often when providing services, basic intake information is required. The researcher could, at the end of a given time period, examine these intake papers and, based on some need, compute descriptive statistics using information provided by the clients / participants. Information such as income, family make up, and education levels could be used to compute mean values. However, you may be asked to configure a study that can be called experimental. In this discussion forum you are asked to compare these two formats and identify in what ways they differ. In order to determine definitions of descriptive research, you will need to access the MREL Reference Appendix A. Your post should focus on differentiating these two research types and then discuss their potential contribution to research in health and human services. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

5. HHS 460 Week 2 DQ 1 Locating Resources (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hhs460aid.com Locating Resources. The ability to locate and utilize information relative to Health and Human Services is an important component of many health and human service jobs. Some of the areas included in HHS programs are: § Legal/illegal immigration § Poverty § Violence in the Media § Unemployment § Alcoholism § Gambling § Sexual Harassment § Criminal Justice § Hunger / Homelessness § Mental Illness

6. HHS 460 Week 2 DQ 2 Research Venues (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hhs460aid.com Research Venues. Research can be divided into three broad areas: descriptive, qualitative, and quantitative. Some researchers subsume descriptive research (archival) as quantitative. However, for this discussion, we are considering it a separate kind, as descriptive research can fall into either area: qualitative or quantitative. Your assignment for this discussion is to prepare a 250-300 word post differentiating qualitative, quantitative, and analysis of availability data. Identify those attributes that form the essence of these three research venues. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings. Questions that might be considered: § What are the differences in types of data / information among the three venues? § What are the expected outcomes when using each kind? For example, does using available data enable one to determine cause and effect? § Which venue utilizes narrative and observation as a data source? § What are some advantages / disadvantages for each research venue?

7. HHS 460 Week 3 DQ 1 Canadian National Health Plan (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hhs460aid.com Canadian National Health Plan. Research can vary from highly sophisticated experimental studies to less rigorous short term investigations. Each research approach has advantages and disadvantages. Among the different paradigms you could use, two of the more common are the “positivist approach” and the “interpretive approach” (consult pages 39-40 in the text). If you were interested in determining if the Canadian National Health Plan was “better” (better in terms of care, coverage, and choice of doctors) then the current United States Health Coverage Plan (Obama sponsored), which approach would you choose to make this determination? Provide a justification to your answer. Remember, your decision is about the research paradigm, and the subject focus (health care plans) provides the context. Select the responses of two classmates, comparing the position you take and the justification. If you agree in terms of the position, discuss any differences of opinion in terms of the justification.

8. HHS 460 Week 3 DQ 2 Research Formats (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hhs460aid.com Research Formats. The research format found in scholarly journal articles has purpose and direction. Chapters 2 and 4 in the text provide information as to the logic and makeup of a research effort. Parallel to the structure of the research format is the notion of the scientific method as a basic approach to solving problems. Your task is to analyze these two venues, identifying in what ways they complement each other, and how each venue is related to the other. You may want to access outside references regarding the concepts of research format and the scientific method. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

9. HHS 460 Week 3 Final Paper Outline (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hhs460aid.com Final Paper Outline. The Final Paper will be the final assignment for this research course. This paper will be due on the last day of class in Week 5. Your written assignment for this week is to do the following: § Identify the phenomena you wish to concentrate on within the broad realm of health and human services. Your references (should be a minimum of eight), will come from the databases and reference sources you covered earlier throughout course assignments. You will need to create a description of the phenomena – the core issue or objective upon which you will focus. § Identify the components, attributes, and different segments you will write about in your discussion. § Create a detailed outline of your research report/paper. This research report outline should be a minimum of 2-3 pages in length.

10. HHS 460 Week 4 DQ 1 Careers in HHS (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hhs460aid.com Careers in HHS. The great variety of careers and occupations within the field of HHS is growing every year. A review of some of the data bases in the text will provide opportunities to search and identify many occupational areas within different governmental departments and programs. Searching, for example, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website will result in finding many careers such as: social workers, preschool programs, criminal justice, counseling, gerontology, and drug and alcohol treatment. After selecting two different websites related to HHS, identify two career areas in the HHS field and do the following: § Record the websites or data bases, listing the careers or occupations given. § Prepare a brief description of the career / occupation. § Respond thoughtfully to the following two questions: § Selecting one of the career occupation areas, complete the following sentence: I believe working in the HHS career area would be right for me because… § In this career area the kind of work I would be doing would be… (complete the sentence)

11. HHS 460 Week 4 DQ 2 Research in Practice (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hhs460aid.com Research in Practice. Qualitative research in the past 30 years has increasingly been viewed as making an important contribution to research and evaluation. For this discussion, you are asked to read two Research in Practice articles in the text. Evaluate and synthesize the contribution qualitative researched played with regard to Research in Practice (5.1, pp. 110) and Research in Practice (12.2, p 338). Your work should clearly identify the importance of using qualitative methods and explain in what ways these methods helped the studies. Respond to two of your classmates’ postings

12. HHS 460 Week 5 DQ 1 Ethics in Research (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hhs460aid.com Ethics in Research. Ethics plays an important role in conducting of research. While the individual researcher is responsible for his/her ethical practice, any research sponsored by an organization, university, or government program has a review process guided by a code of ethics. Besides the code of ethics, the Institutional Review Board (IRB) plays an important role in monitoring research. Your task in this discussion is to examine the origins of the IRB and analyze how the Review Board guides or monitors research. In your 250-300 word post answer the following three questions: § What does the IRB do to protect a research participant from harm? § One of the reasons for the existence of the IRB has to do with screening research applications. What is the basis for such screening? § The IRB provides the guidelines for ethical research practice. What would the researcher responsibilities be in terms of these guidelines? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

13. HHS 460 Week 5 DQ 2 Ethical Implications (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hhs460aid.com Ethical Implications. Assume you were interested in the issues related to violence in elementary level school children. You are aware of the increased incidences of bullying, leading to serious problems. Specifically, you want to video tape children’s behavior out of school on their way home to and from school. You want to capture, on video, the social interactions that take place, trying to record behaviors that are definitely bullying behaviors or “could lead to bullying.” So you are focusing on the perpetration of bullying. For this discussion, you are asked to identify “ethical” factors involved in your proposed research. Your list would include research issues and ethical implications beyond the basic informed consent condition. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.

14. HHS 460 Week 5 Final Paper (Ash) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hhs460aid.com Focus of the Final Paper The Final Paper will be the final assignment for this course. This paper will be due on the last day of class in Week 5. 1) Identify the phenomena you wish to concentrate on within the broad realm of health and human services. Your references (should be a minimum of eight), will come from the databases and reference sources you covered throughout course assignments. You will need to create a description of the phenomena – the core issue or objective upon which you will focus. Examples of topics (core issues) would include: § Community care of mental patients. Discover different examples of community care and their impact on mental patients. § Continual support for returning veterans. Determine program success in helping veterans enter the job market. § Human services personnel and their values regarding working with senior citizens. A values clarification assessment. § Retardation and success out-of-school. A review of successful programs working with younger retarded clients achieving employment.

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