For each question or set of questions, students must respond with an answer of no less than 400-500 words, and must reference at least 2 of the required texts from the Unit. Students are also encouraged to think about each question in relation to their own life experience, and to think about the connections between the ideas contained in each Unit.

Thinking critically about the social determinants of health, how do you see them as related to the concept of reproductive freedom?
Thinking critically about the social determinants of health, how do you see them as related to the so called “obesity epidemic”?

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The social determinants of health have a very direct and clear relationship to the concept of reproductive freedom. First of all, reproductive freedom is most available to women who are affluent, educated and independent. These factors are most likely to guarantee a women access to appropriate health care in any and all scenarios. These factors determine the quality of and access to all that is necessary to ensure reproductive freedom. Educated women know of and have access to the information required, money ensures accessibility to required services and options, whether locally or abroad and independence ensures there are no suppressors denying her decisions.

“Poverty, social exclusion, poor housing and poor health systems are among the main social causes of ill health” (Hobbs & Rice, p. 456). Overpopulation, poverty and unemployment are factors that have led to enforced sterilization in countries like India, and Latin America (p. 475 – 477). Women’s reproductive freedom in India, for example, is a far off dream for many. Since the 70’s Indian governments have been concerned with population control and their main way of addressing it was enforced sterilization (p. 478). In South Africa, the Aids epidemic has given women no path to reproductive freedom.

Economics, social ills, racism are all part of the social determinants of health and they all play a role in the suppression of reproductive freedom for women. Even in developed communities like North America, women who are white, wealthy, educated and independent are the most likely to achieve reproductive freedom. They can afford the care they need and the choices available are all open to them. Women on low incomes have more limited choices. They may not have money to purchase contraception. Even access to a family doctor in some areas is limited or not there. Uneducated women may not know enough about women’s health to avail of opportunities that may exist, and limited child care options may cut down on her time and options. Poverty is a difficult life circumstance, but when coupled with limited education, perhaps immigrant status, maybe a disability, then a woman has little to no reproductive freedom.

Reproductive freedom is perhaps more ensured in the concept of reproductive justice. “Reproductive justice is the complete physical, mental, spiritual, political, social, and economic well-being of women and girls, based on the full achievement and protection of women’s human rights” (Ross, p. 489) I don’t think this has yet been achieved, and though Canada may be moving closer, the United States, appears to be moving further away from it.

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The obesity epidemic is complicated by a number of influences: the medical community and its theories, and the fashion community and its fads. The radio documentary, The Fat Wars, explains the history of what society considers attractive and desirable in terms of women’s bodies. It started with plump and went to thin in the Flapper era of the early 1900’s, then to more plump in the 1950’s, and then fashion dictated ultra-thin from the 60’s to current times. Unfortunately, it is not so easy to manipulate your body weight to conform to this, and in so doing or trying to do this, women may have put their health at risk.

It is obvious that women who may be more in a position to address such health related issues are those who are more educated, more wealthy and more independent. Obesity, many doctors assume, can be addressed with access to medical and dietary help. However, as outlined in The Fat Wars, there is a strong belief among some in the field that dieting and lowering calories will not address obesity, but perhaps make it worse. Women, unfortunately, are at a disadvantage here, particularly if they do not have access to information, education and credible support. Of course, there is a social and psychological aspect to obesity as well. Obese women encounter discrimination in many areas of their lives as many people link their weight to overeating and a lack of discipline. This can then create a nasty spiral adding depression and low feelings of self- worth to an obesity issue. If you throw in other social determinants such as race, poverty, etc, you have a hugely suppressive environment for women.

Obese women, however, may be doing better than they think health-wise. It is only society in general, manipulated by doctors who presume ill health will result from obesity, that think obese people are heading for early death. There are those in the medical profession who do not hold that idea at all. They say that fat may be, in fact, good for the body. There are fat people who do not suffer from hypertension, diabetes and such. If a person eats healthy, does not overeat and remains active, though they are fat, they may continue to live healthy lives for a long time. Trying to manipulate weight with diets and calorie restrictions may create unnecessary tension and stress for women.

We rely on the medical profession to lead us in a good direction, but we must sometimes be prepared to do our own research, to know whose advice to follow. Meantime, access to that knowledge and the health and information facilities needed is an important advantage. The economic and social conditions of the country are important to the provision of these services and the further accessibility to them is insured by a person’s individual resources (p. 457)

References:

Eisen, Jill. (1990). The Fat Wars. (Radio Broadcast) CBC: Toronto

Hobbs, Margaret & Rice, Carla. (2013). Part 4 (b) pp. 355 – 389. Gender and Women’s Studies

in Canada Critical Terrain. Women’s Press. Toronto.

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Write a comprehensive waste recycling business plan and answer the following five questions.

1. What waste materials would you recycle? Consider which recyclable materials have the highest demand and are easily available in volume (i.e. cardboard, plastic, metal, textile, etc.).

Recycling symbol for #2 plastics2. How would you collect the waste material? A steady supply of the recyclables in signifiagant volumes over a long period is ideal. Proximity of your sources is important, also, as you evaluate transportation costs.

3. Who would be the buyers of the final product? Which industries have a market demand for your reusable materials? Consider how much your buyers will pay for recyclables in bale form.

4. How will you finance your business? Consider grants or special loans that may be available from the government or other environmental programs. Costs would include your facility, equipment, staff, and electricity, in addition to the transportation, storage, and handling of the waste and recycling materials.

5. How will you make your operation efficient and profitable? Identify what equipment will be needed to efficiently process the recyclables. Processes such as sorting, baling, storage, and delivering the recyclables for easier transport and reuse should be evaluated. Baling equipment will help automate the processes and are designed for various facility needs.

Finally suggest the best recycling and waste management equipment for the business or facility, the ideal equipment must suit the type of materials, volume, and facility.

A newborn girl is brought into the genetics department for a karyotype study. She was born of a 50y/o mother who feels that her child is developmentally retarded with characteristics “mongoloiddge” facial features; her pregnancy was uneventful.

On physical examination, the child presents with generalized hypotonia; flattened face and low set ears; macroglossia; flattened nasal bridge and epicanthal folds;; single transverse palmar crease with widely split fixed S2 (due to an atrial septal defect).

Karyotype reveals 47, XX; trisomy 21

On gross pathology, the child has brachycephalic head; small brain with shallow sulci; hypoplasia of frontal sinuses; endocardial cushion defect.

Imaging: double bubble (dilated stomach and proximal duodenum) due to duodenal atresia.

X-ray is unsignificant (plain); hypoplastic middle and terminal phalanges of fifth digits (Acromicria).

1) Please provide four (4) nursing differential diagnoses for this case

2) Please design a short term nursing management for the patient

3) Please provide a long term management for the patient.

2. For question #2 you will need to review and reference the reading. Select one of the sections from chapters 12 or 13 with the heading “Biocultural Connection.” Provide a summary of the major points with a focus on the culture of the people studied, the findings/contributions from anthropology, and how this relates to the key concepts from the reading/chapter. Respond to the “Biocultural Question” at the end of the section. Be sure to cite the page number and topic that you selected.

3. Apply anthropological concepts of marriage and family to a fictional family from a popular television show, movie, or book. Provide a general background on the family such as listing the individual members and their relations to one another.

A) Discuss whether or not the marriage present in the family is best described by endogamy and/or exogamy, while referencing these terms.

B) Describe the conjugal and/or consanguineal ties in the family while, while referencing these terms.

C) In terms of primary residence, is the family best described as nuclear, extended or “nontraditional?” Does the family live in a patrilocal, matrilocal, or neolocal residence?

D) Discuss how at least one or more of the members of the family associate with others outside of the family by gender, age set, and/or common interest.

4. For question #4 you will need to review and reference the YouTube video “Shadows and Reflections: Florida’s Lost People by FAS.” Shadows and Reflections: Florida’s Lost People by FAS

A) Summarize the key cultural features of the following indigenous groups of prehistoric Florida: Paleoindians, Calusa, Apalachee, Timucua, and Tequesta while considering geography, subsistence, social status, identity, bodily adornment, and sex roles (where relevant to each group).

B) What are the major sources of data (such as archaeological remains, ethnohistoric documents, landscape, etc.) that provides us with a picture of Florida’s lost people? How can anthropology, archaeology, history, and art all complement each other towards this end?

Neurological or Musculoskeletal
What part of the neurological or musculoskeletal exam in the pediatric population, challenges you the most, and how do you plan on embracing it?

I want to define in the first paragrah what is a neurological and muculoskeletal exam
the most challenging situation its when i perform the
funduscopic exam to evaluate the appearance of the optic disk, macula,retina including to evaluate the pupillary size and reaction to light, when its a infant its not so difficult but when its a toddler its a challenge due to the fact the child get irritable and anxious during the procedure,
I plan to have some toys to start play with them and capture the attention of the child in other to perform the exam and during the process explain to them the different procedures are going to perform in order to reduce the stress and anxiety.

Due to financial hardship, the Nyke Shoe Company feels they only need to make one size of shoes, regardless of gender or height. They have collected data on gender, shoe size, and height and have asked you to tell them if they can change their business model to include only one size of shoes—regardless of height or gender of the wearer. In no more than 5–10 pages (including figures), explain your recommendations, using statistical evidence to support your findings. The data found are given in the following table.

Shoe Size
Height
Gender
(shoe size)5.00
(Height)63.00
(Gender)Female
7.50
70.00
Female
9.00
70.00
Female
7.00
64.00
Male
11.00
72.00
Male
12.00
72.00
Male
14.00
76.00
Male
7.00
66.00
Female
7.50
71.00
Female
8.00
68.00
Female
10.50
71.00
Male
11.00
71.00
Male
6.50
65.00
Female
7.00
67.00
Female
7.50
70.00
Female
10.00
69.00
Male
12.00
69.00
Male
6.50
65.00
Female
10.50
72.00
Male
12.00
73.00
Male
6.00
60.00
Female
6.50
64.00
Female
10.00
72.00
Female
9.50
69.00
Male
11.50
70.00
Male
14.00
75.00
Male
6.50
63.00
Female
13.50
77.00
Male
7.00
68.00
Female
9.50
68.00
Male
13.00
72.00
Male
11.00
73.00
Male
6.00
62.00
Female
7.00
66.00
Female
7.50
70.00
Female

Only use results in the paper. You may show your work in an appendix, if you would like.

1) Explain the moral theory of Divine Command Theory, and two objections.

2) Explain the moral theory of Cultural Ethical Relativism, and two objections.

3) Explain Act and Rule Utilitarianism, and the difference between the two. Explain one major objection to the Utilitarian approach to ethics.

4) Explain Kant’s account of the “right motive”, and one formulation of his “categorical imperative”. Explain one major objection to Kant’s approach to ethics.

5) Of the moral theories discussed in this module, which seems most reasonable or likely to be true to you? Explain why and support your answer with reasons.

Consider the following hypothetical scenario. Explain what an act utilitarian would say about this scenario, and what a Kantian would say about this scenario. Ultimately, what do you think is the right thing to do in this scenario, and why? Explain and support your answer with reasons.

Scenario: You are hiding in an attic with 30 other people from your town, trying to stay concealed from invading soldiers who are sweeping through your town.

In your arms is your young baby, who has a bad cold. Just as soldiers are about to enter the house where you are hiding, your baby begins to cry very loudly. You have absolutely no way to silence your baby except by covering her mouth, but you know that if you cover her mouth she will be unable to breathe (due to her bad cold) and that she will almost certainly suffocate and die. If you don’t cover her mouth, you know that the soldiers will almost certainly hear her crying and discover you and the other villagers hiding in the basement, and you know that they will execute every single one of you. You have no other options. What should you do?

Civil Disobedience

In an essay of at least six pages (1800 words) in length, answer the following question: What is the most effective means of protesting an unjust law? Your answer to this question should serve as your thesis for the paper and should be stated clearly in you introductory paragraph.
There ought to be two basic sections to your essay. The first part should provide a critical review of the three different position developed in Plato’s Crito, Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” and Malcolm X’s “The Ballot or the Bullet.” Not only do you need to state what position each of these thinkers hold, but also why. Make sure to indicate or quote passages where necessary.
The second section of your paper should focus on defending the position you find to be the most effective. In this section, you should entertain and respond to possible objections to your position. The central purpose of this section is to show why you hold the position that you do.

Sample Outline
1. Introduction
a. Thesis statement [answer to the question: which is the most effective means of protesting an unjust law?]
b. Brief outline of the structure of the paper, e.g., In the first part of the paper, I review three different positions regarding civil disobedience. Then, in the second part of the paper, I show that persuasion (or non-violence, or any means necessary) to be the most effective means of protest. Persuasion is the most effective means of protest because it is the only means that introduces a true change of character.
2. Critical Review of Possible Positions
a. Socrates and persuasion
i. Why does Socrates believe persuasion to be the most effective means of protest?
1. Reason 1
2. Reason 2
3. Reason 3
ii. Why does he believe any form of direction action, i.e., breaking the law to be ineffective?
1. Reason 1
2. Reason 2
b. Dr. King and non-violence direct action
i. Why does Dr. King believe non-violent direct action to be the most effective means of protest?
1. Reason 1
2. Reason 2
3. Reason 3
ii. Why does King believe mere persuasion to be ineffective?
1. Reason 1
2. Reason 2
iii. Why does King believe violence to be an ineffective means?
1. Reason 1
2. Reason 2
c. Malcolm X
i. Why does Malcolm X believe that “any means necessary” is the most effective means of protest?
1. Reason 1
2. Reason 2
3. Reason 3
ii. Why does Malcolm X believe mere persuasion to be ineffective?
1. Reason 1
2. Reason 2
iii. Why does Malcolm X believe non-violent direct action to be ineffective?
1. Reason 1
2. Reason 2
3. Argument defending thesis
a. Why is the chosen position the most effective means of protest?
i. Reason 1
ii. Reason 2
iii. Reason 3
b. What are possible objections to chosen position?
i. Objection 1
ii. Objection 2
c. Response to objections
i. Response to objection 1
ii. Response to objection 2
4. Concluding Remarks

The most important aspect of the paper is your defense of the different positions and the defense of your own position. This means you should focus on why the different thinkers hold the positions that they do and why you hold the position that you do. Hence, stating what these thinkers wrote is inadequate.
Finally, make sure to cite all material properly. You may use other resources than the ones assigned in the readings, but this is not necessary. You may use any standard citation format, but make sure to be consistent.

Research accountability systems and transparent reporting.
Use your research to first analyze how the factors apply to Walmart’s sustainability index and then to create a transparent sustainability report for Top Shelf (will be provided). Write a report that includes the following:
Write a report that includes the following:
• How was Walmart’s sustainability index developed?
• What makes it particularly innovative?
• Which social, ecological, and economic sustainability considerations are covered? Which ones are left out?
• Can Walmart’s approach be used by Top Shelf to track their efforts? Justify your answer.
• Briefly describe two other approaches (different from that of Walmart) that could be used by Top Shelf to track their efforts.
• Recommend one approach for Top Shelf and explain in detail how the company can measure, track, and report progress on their sustainability goals. Justify your choice.
• Explain why your recommendation would be superior to the status quo.
Write a 8-page report in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.