Category: Cultural studies

The narrator describes Puerto Rico as “an accidental imperial inheritance of the Spanish-American War.” What does this phrase mean, and how does it shape the way the United States governed the island from the start?

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The paper must include a paragraph on each topic; include at least a statement about each topic. The two following topics for paragraphs are: Child-rearing practices and religious practices.

Following the Presentation Outline provided in the develop an outline for your presentation. Provide brief details about the summary of both sides of the topic, your opinion, conclusion, and relevant questions.

Your outline should be approximately one to two pages in length and should include the major points and arguments you intend to share in your presentation.

Save your assignment using a naming convention that includes your first and last name and the activity number (or description). Do not add punctuation or special characters.

Refer to the assignment rubric for detailed grading criteria.

1. You are responsible for submitting a complete short story that is reflective of life experiences related to race or racism. The story must be based on true events, though you can take creative liberty with some of the details
2. You will need to include course content throughout your story:
3. The content must include a minimum of 2 items of content from each of the three (3) parts of the course (Internalized, Interpersonal, and Institutional Racism). For example, your story might contain examples of white fragility and failure to identify ethnically (part I) related to the medical and educational fields (part III) that demonstrates colorblind theory or a microaggressions (part II)
4. So, your goal is to weave concepts, theories or content from the course throughout your story but you will also need to include citations as evidence (e.g., you can reference your general use of a concept with the Module #? in parentheses or you can cite specific/directly quoted course sources with Author last name, year, page # in parentheses)
5. While writing the story, you must engage in deep reflection using the internal and external writing prompts below. But, remember this is a story, not a question-and-answer response to the listed questions. So you should include your responses to these questions throughout. But you could address some questions at beginning and some at the end. Or even address them all upfront. As long as they are answered within the paper without it seeming like a question/answer format.
6. Internal Prompts
7. What is the memorable experience dealing with race, racism, and/or race relations you want to recall/share?
8. How did you feel while this was happening or while watching it happen?
9. What was your response and what was the response of others around you?
10. What impact did it have on you? What did you learn from the experience?
11. Did the encounter change you in some way, and if so, how?
12. What was the context? What were the surroundings? Describe the environment where the event took place.
13. If there was resolution to the situation, how did it come about? If not, why not?
14. How just was the outcome? How do you feel about how just it was?
15. External Prompts
16. What course reading(s) will you remember most and why? What course reading(s) challenged you the most and why?
17. This course falls under the Envisioning Just Worlds theme for the Certificate in Humanistic Inquiry, so we must ask:
18. What did you think about how just our world is before this course and how do you think about it now? Have any of your assumptions or understandings changed and why?
19. Where do you see connections with the theme of a Just World in this class and theme questions in other classes (or contexts)?
20. What are your personal goals for your education and how does what you learned in this course support your goals?
21. External Readings
22. There are additional readings presented in Module 15, which are excerpts of chapters from books by J. Drew Lanham and Ta-Nehisi Coates. Both of these authors write about race related issues like POC and the environment (J. Drew Lanham) and the persistent criminalization of the black body (Ta-Nehisi Coates) in a story-telling manner. Look for creative ways to connect and include either or both of these texts to your story.
23. Illustration
24. As a second part of this assignment, once you have written your story, you will choose how to present it creatively. It should be reflective of your personal style, learning preference and/or artistic ability.
25. You can submit your illustration in one (1) of the following ways:
26. Record yourself reading the story and submit the video
27. Create a comic strip that tells the story
28. Have others join you and record yourselves acting out the story
29. Develop a creative PowerPoint or Slides
30. Create a series of Snapchat stories that illustrate what happened in the story
31. Record yourself performing part of the story as a spoken word, song, or poem.

Guidelines: The proposal for your final project should be no more than 1 page typed, single spaced, Times New Roman or Arial 12-pt font, 1-inch margins.

Before Starting this Proposal: You need to locate the Final Project module and read the outline of the project. The details there will inform what you write in this proposal.

Goal of this Assignment: For this proposal, you will brainstorm possible story events and illustration methods for your project.

1. List & briefly describe three possible race related situations/scenarios/events that you could possibly write about in a 3-page story (1 paragraph each [or 6-8 sentences each] for a total of 3 paragraphs)
2. Include a draft story title for each of the possible stories (3 in total)
3. Identify the target audience for each story
4. Include a key terms list at bottom of every paragraph that includes concepts, theories, etc. that weve already covered this semester which we covered up to chapter 10 that could possibly be identified in each story
5. For each story, list one PRO and one CON of what makes that event strong enough (or not) to be the main topic of the final project
6. In a separate section list two ways you could illustrate your story (see list on Final Project Outline). For each illustration type, list one advantage and one disadvantage.

Textbook: Desmond, M. & Emirbayer, M. 2020. Race in America, 2nd ed. New York: W.W. Norton &

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• Research and write about (A historical or contemporary movement that advanced multiculturalism or inclusion)

Written Component 600800 words

Your paper should include:

• A clear explanation of key terms: diversity, inclusion, multiculturalism
• At least one real-world example or case study
• Your reflection on why this topic is important in todays society

Use at least 2 credible sources and cite them properly (APA, 7th edition).

Chapter 9 of the course textbook revealed that there are marked differences in breastfeeding practices and cessation based upon social class.

Were you surprised to learn that class can impact even intimate family practices such as these? What sorts of obstacles can you imagine working-class women facing that would impact their ability to continue breastfeeding their children? How is that related to socio-economic status and the types of work in which women may be engaged? Do you believe public policies can be shaped in a way that addresses obstacles to breastfeeding and leads to healthier outcomes for working-class children just starting out their lives?

My project has been focused on the Sami people of Northern Norway. I’ve attached my previous work on this subject for this Cultural Project. The Culture Project asks you to explore a culture that you are interested in more deeply. You will complete this project in four phases during the course. Each phase of the project builds on the previous one. Phase 3: Develop an intercultural learning trip to explore the culture. Due Week 6 Phase 4: Reflect on effectively communicating the gospel in the culture. Due Week 8 Phase 3 Develop an Intercultural Learning Trip. You will develop a plan for a trip that will introduce participants to this culture through an immersive experience. Utilize suggestions from Livermores book for developing a culturally intelligent short-term mission trip. For this project, you are developing a realistic plan – a step-by-step description of the trip that will specifically utilize the intercultural learning model. You should include: Your plans to prepare the group for the trip (Focus Stage), The learning goals for the trip what are three big learning goals that you want your participants to learn while on this trip? Learning Activities Where you will go, what you will do and experience, and how you will turn that into a learning process that will engage the components of cultural intelligence and increase the cultural knowledge and competency of participants? Your learning goals should be operationalized in 3 Learning Activities that are culture specific. Describe each learning activity, how you will engage in action and reflection, and what cultural mentors you will include in each. How will you further reinforce those learning goals through your Debrief Stage, once the group returns from the trip? Describe your plan to help your group continue to learn from their experiences once they are back home. You should have at least 1 paragraph for each question, but more will likely be required to answer the above questions sufficiently. Requirements Length. At a minimum, 4 paragraphs, but likely more to sufficiently answer all questions. Font and Spacing. Use Times New Roman 12 point font, double-spaced. Header. Utilze the following header Your Full Name Understanding Cultures – Dr. Hutchens Date (for example, September 3, 2023) Cultural Project Phase 3 Sources. Make sure you include any sources that you use. Otherwise, you will be deducted points. You can use the APA or another easy-to-use citation format. For biblical citations, simply reference the passage in abbreviated book form (Gen, Exod, Lev, etc.) in parenthesis and the short version of the translation in your first reference. Example of first reference: (John 3:16 ESV). Example of subsequent references: (Gen 1:1)

Overview

The final project for this course is an analysis of a hospital, state, or federally funded healthcare organization with recommendations that will evaluate the cultural competence of an organization and the ways it provides services from a population health approach framework. It is important for healthcare organizations to use strategies for improving services to a diverse population in order to provide quality care to all patients.

A population health approach unifies, integrates, and balances prevention and promotion, health protection, diagnosis, treatment, and care. It acknowledges and reflects evidence that factors outside of the healthcare system can significantly affect health. It considers the entire range of individual and collective factors and conditionsand their interactionsthat have been shown to be correlated with health status. Commonly referred to as the determinants of health, these factors currently include income and social status, social support networks, education, employment/working conditions, social environments, physical environments, personal health practices and coping skills, healthy child development, biology and genetic endowment, health services, gender, and culture.

A population health approach focuses on improving the health status of a population, rather than of individuals. Such a focus necessitates reducing disparities, or inequalities in health status among population groups. The outcomes or benefits of a population health approach, therefore, extend beyond improved population health outcomes to include an integrated health system and increased social cohesion and citizen engagement.

The project is divided into three milestones which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules Three, Four, and Six. The final project will be submitted in Module Seven.

In this assignment, you will show your ability to complete the following course outcomes:

• Evaluate health promotion and disease management strategies for their efficacy in addressing factors that determine population health status
• Evaluate healthcare organizations patient engagement activities and communication strategies for the extent to which they demonstrate cultural competence for improving population health outcomes
• Assess the extent to which healthcare organizations use the population health approach to reduce costs and improve quality of care
• Propose recommendations that improve healthcare organizations effectiveness in advancing the population health approach

Prompt

Select a hospital, state, or federally funded healthcare organization. Based on what you learned and the course material, you will evaluate the cultural competence of the healthcare organization.

Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed:

1. Patient engagement activities and communication strategies
2. Critique the organizations translation and interpretation services. Be sure to provide evidence to support your claims.

• Does the organization provide such services for non-English speaking patients?
• How many different languages are supported?
• How might the organization communicate with a speaker of a language that is not supported?

1. Analyze the extent to which educational resources and materials are available in languages other than English. Be sure to provide specific examples.
2. Assess organizational staff training for its potential to foster cultural competence. Be sure to provide evidence to support your claims.

• Examine training programs for patient engagement and communication.

1. Identify gaps or deficiencies. Provide evidence to support your claims. If you feel there are none, be sure to explain your reasoning.

• Examine gaps in areas that may exist in the organizations patient engagement and communications strategies.

1. Health promotion and disease prevention and management strategies
2. Assess the organizations health promotion efforts. Be sure to provide evidence to support your claims.

• Examine programs such as fitness classes, blood pressure clinics, first aid training, nutrition education, etc., that it may offer to patients.

1. Evaluate the efficacy of disease prevention and management programs and services in addressing population health determinants. Be sure to provide evidence to support your claims.

• Examine programs and services such as discharge planning, home health services, vaccination services, etc.

1. Analyze non-programmatic services for their impact on factors that determine population health status.

• Examine programs such as transportation, onsite childcare, etc.

1. Identify gaps or deficiencies. Provide evidence to support your claims. If you feel there are none, be sure to explain your reasoning.

• Examine common areas where gaps may exist in the organizations health promotion and disease prevention and management efforts.

1. Financial incentives and quality improvement processes
2. Analyze population health-oriented policies. Be sure to provide evidence to support your claims.

• Examine policies such as non-discrimination in hiring, care and treatment, Patient Bill of Rights, financial assistance, etc., that the organization may have implemented for reducing costs and improving overall quality.

1. Assess the extent of the organizations approach to which care is considered patient-centered. Be sure to cite specific examples to substantiate your claims.
2. Analyze specific strategies the organization employs to reduce costs and improve overall quality.

• Examine strategies such as eliminating unnecessary procedures and providing only essential treatments or interventions.

1. Identify gaps or deficiencies. Provide evidence to support your claims. If you feel there are none, be sure to explain your reasoning.

• Examine common areas where gaps may exist in the organizations use of the population health approach in reducing costs and improving quality of care.

1. Recommendations
2. Recommend appropriate strategies for improving the organizations cultural competence with regard to patient engagement and communications. Be sure to use research to support your reasoning.
3. Suggest appropriate health promotion and disease prevention strategies for improving outcomes in terms of population health status. Be sure to use research to justify your suggestions.
4. Recommend appropriate policies and strategies that increase the organizations use of a population health approach to reduce costs and improve overall quality of care. Be sure to use research to substantiate your recommendations.

Milestones

Milestone One: Patient Engagement Activities and Communication Strategies

In Module Three, you will submit Section I of the analysis, in which you will address the patient engagement activities and communication strategies of the health organization. Specifically, you will critique the organizations translation services, educational materials, and staff training options. You should consider things such as the variety of language options, how well the organization meets the language requirements of its service demographic, and how well staff training addresses key cultural competence issues. This milestone should be two to three double-spaced pages. This milestone is graded with the Milestone One Rubric.

Milestone Two: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and Management Strategies

In Module Four, you will submit Section II of the analysis, in which you will address the organizations health promotion and disease prevention and management strategies. Specifically, you will critique the organizations healthy living programs, disease prevention and management programs, and non-programmatic services. You will assess the cultural competence of these services using the population health approach. Be sure to consider issues such as how well the organizations health promotion and management strategies address a wide range of cultural beliefs and whether the organizations programs and non-programmatic services help to reduce inequalities among members of the population. This milestone should be two to three double-spaced pages. This milestone is graded with the Milestone Two Rubric.

Milestone Three: Financial Incentives and Quality Improvement Processes

In Module Six, you will submit Section III of the analysis, in which you will address the organizations financial incentives and quality improvement processes. Specifically, you will critique the organizations population-health-oriented policies, the organizations approach to care and the extent to which it is patient-centered, and any strategies the organization uses in its population health approach. This milestone should be two to three double-spaced pages. This milestone is graded with the Milestone Three Rubric.

Final Submission: Case Study Analysis and Proposal

In Module Seven, you will submit your analysis and proposal using a population health approach framework. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all the critical elements of the final product. It should also reflect the instructor feedback for each milestone. This submission is graded with the Final Project Rubric.

What to Submit

Written components of the project must follow these formatting guidelines: double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and APA-style citations. The analysis and proposal should be 8 to 10 pages in length, not including the cover page and resources.

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Assignment Prompt

The link above provides an example of a cultural transformation within a single person. Using expository writing, produce a few paragraphs (500600 words) inspired by the clip. In your writing, use at least 4 different key terms from Chapter 3 about cultural evolution. Demonstrate both your knowledge of the material and your imagination.

Task: Write an essay that analyzes how the music video portrays cultural transformation within a person, making connections to key concepts from Chapter 3.

Requirements:

• Length: 500600 words (submissions above or below this range will receive a penalty).
• Key Terms: Use at least 4 different key terms from Chapter 3 (listed at the end of the chapter and bolded throughout). Each key term must be bolded and highlighted (1 point if not).
• Focus: You must write about the music video itself, not about Katy Perrys personal life.
• Submission: Upload as a Word (.doc/.docx) or PDF file,
• Text must be in your own words; please do not use AI, as the use of AI is considered plagiarism. This assignment is meant for you to freewrite and demonstrate your knowledge in the course.

Be sure to review the rubric below before submitting.