Homework 1: Behavioral Health Prevention Program
This homework comprises two components, a behavioral health prevention program design and a behavioral health prevention summary report, addressing the behavioral and psychological factors promoting healthy living and disease prevention.
Part I: Behavioral Health Prevention Program
Design a behavioral health prevention program that outlines the program and addresses the following:
a. Program mission and vision, including theoretical knowledge of working with individuals and families in the community.
b. Stakeholders involved in the program: patients; paraprofessionals; therapists; educational institutions; public health, government, and community agencies; the local community; etc.
c. Roles and responsibilities of stakeholders.
d. Behavioral and psychological barriers that impede behavior modification and disease prevention: role of behavior and prevention in maintaining health.
e. Recommendations for behavior modification and disease prevention: factors promoting healthy living and factors promoting disease prevention.
Part II: Behavioral Health Prevention Summary Report
Write a summary report (1,250 to 1,500 words) about the information gleaned from the behavioral health prevention program design process. Include information on the program's mission and vision, the stakeholders, behavior and psychological barriers, and recommendations for behavior modifications.
Use three scholarly resources to support your explanations. For example, if you chose a specific program design or intervention does the literature support this as being an effective program? Was it successful and how do you know it was successful? Have other prevention programs found measureable outcomes that you plan to replicate? How does your program build on a successful program to target the community you're serving?
Homework 2: Stress Case Study
Choose one of the case studies presented in the document "Topic 3 Case Studies." After reading the case study, in 500 to 750 words, formulate a plan to help the individual in your chosen case study cope with their stress. Using research list specific steps the individual should take and reasons those steps are important to their coping with the stress. Then, based on the research, discuss the effectiveness of the coping techniques your chose for the individual.
Case Study I
Julie is a 42-year-old female who is reporting headaches, difficulty sleeping, and has developed several viral infections over the last few months. She has been to see her regular doctor who suggested she talk to a counselor. Julie reports high levels of stress at her job. Her department is understaffed and operating under tight deadlines. Julie has been working extra hours to help meet those deadlines. At home, Julie finds herself exhausted and fighting with her husband. Her children, ages 9, 7, and 3 have begun acting out and she reports that she is shorter-tempered with them than usual. Julie's mother is 79 and fell while getting the mail resulting in a broken hip. While she is out of the hospital, she needs rides to physical therapy and assistance around her house.
Case Study II
Claire is a 20-year-old college junior. She recently transferred to a school 3 hours away from home to attend their nursing program. Her schoolwork is demanding, and, being a transfer student, she has found it difficult to make friends, as many of her classmates already know each other from freshman year. Her boyfriend of 3 years is living in her hometown, and they do not get to see each as much as they would like. Claire had to quit her job to keep up with her school work, and she does not have any extra money. She can barely pay her rent and afford groceries. Claire has begun having difficulty sleeping, and feels anxious most of the time. She often finds herself crying and, lately, has been having a lot of stomach pain.
Case Study III
Joseph is a 63-year-old man who recently retired. While he was looking forward to retirement, he now is unsure of how to fill the hours in the day. He worries constantly about finances and checks his bank account multiple times a day. He spends a great deal of time looking for ways to save money, as he fears his retirement will run out. Joseph's wife of 30 years is not used to having him around the house so much, and they are constantly arguing. Joseph has begun experiencing chest pain and shortness of breath.
Homework 3: Collaborative Learning Community: Staying Healthy
This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) homework.
Each CLC team will design a trifold brochure examining a specific health issues and behavioral changes that could address the issue. Include the following:
1. Select a specific health issue and the target audience for your brochure: patients, families, communities, healthcare providers, etc. Consider who is most at risk for the health issue you chose.
2. Your group will create a brochure that focuses on the behavioral factors necessary to alleviate or prevent the health issues you chose.
3. Brochure information should include, but is not limited to how to make a change, information on health conditions, symptoms or treatments, and coping techniques.
4. One section of your brochure should focus on the health outcomes that could be achieved if a participant makes the suggested behavioral changes.
Homework 4: Collaborative Learning Community: Healthy Psychology Program Design Power Point
This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) homework.
Before beginning this homework, each group should submit a filled-in copy of the CLC Agreement Form.
Each CLC team will create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses an area of health psychology and increases patient adherence to medical advice. The goal is to attempt to solve a specific problem. Address the following:
Your health issue for this homework should be the same one that you chose for Topic.
Select a topic: topics include subjects that have been covered in the course thus far (e.g., substance abuse, adherence to complex medical regimens, reducing health risks to cardiovascular disease, cancer, or diabetes).
Program design includes:
1. Target population
2. Scope of the current problem
3. Location in which the program will be implemented. Justify why this location is chosen.
4. Specific techniques or strategies implemented. Include research to support why these are the best techniques or strategies.
5. Discuss ways to help patients adhere to medical advice.
6. Logistical concerns: cost or community/provider attitudes
Use GCU databases; include four to six outside references or other resources for evidentiary support which may include the textbook or assigned readings.
CLC members will compile the homework into one PowerPoint presentation.
Include speaker notes for each slide. It is expected that you have speaker notes of 25-50 words per slide.
Homework 5: Health Psychology Review Paper
In 2,000 to 2,500 words, describe the attributes needed to become a competent health psychologist. Consider including information on counseling techniques, necessary personal characteristics, professional ethics, knowledge of health care and treatment methods, etc. Your answers should show an understanding of the future of health psychology.
Discuss the experience of a patient in the health care system.
Choose a specific health issue and then discuss the challenges patients with this health issue face when trying to:
1. Form relationships with their health care providers
2. Navigate the health care system
3. Gain information about their health
4. Adhere to treatment.
Discuss why the attributes you suggested are important. How will these attributes help you to become a successful professional in the field?
Recommend what health psychologists can do to improve patient experiences in any of these areas.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.