Resource Analysis on Substance Use and Abuse

[WLO: 2] [CLO: 2]

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use Prevention Programs in U.S. Schools: A Descriptive Summary, School-Level Correlates of Adolescent Tobacco, Alcohol, and Marijuana Use, and Sobriety Studies: Recovery High Schools Show Success in Helping Students Overcome Substance Abuse.

Identify and analyze one resource that provides information regarding services for dealing with and treating substance use and abuse in youth or adolescence. Write a paper which discusses the availability of the services, the requirements for accessing those services, and the human service professionals involved in the service setting.

Proper APA Style format (7th ed.) is required (see the Writing Center’s Introduction to APA (Links to an external site.) for assistance). If you choose to expand beyond the resource located for this assignment and utilize supporting materials, then the use of two peer-reviewed, scholarly journal articles is also a requirement.

Watch the YouTube video What Is Benchmarking? (Links to an external site.) Benchmark the service chosen against these standards.

In your paper,

• Discuss the availability of the services, the requirements for accessing those services, and the human service professionals involved in the service setting.
• Outline any detailed information the source provides about services and professionals involved in services.
• Describe the type of information there is on the requirement for accessing services.
• Explain any information provided about the number of people served and the demographics of people.
• Conclude if the available service is adequate for treating the needs of this particular population to be served.
  • Defend why or why not.
• Determine what other professionals might need to be involved in the service setting to make the service more effective.

The Resource Analysis on Substance Use and Abuse paper

• Must be four to six double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.)
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper (bold and with a space between the title and the rest of the information)
  • Student’s name, followed by institution name (“Ashford University”)
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted

For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.).

• Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
• Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
  • For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Writing Center resources.
• Must use at least two scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
  • The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
  • To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view this Ashford University Library Quick ‘n’ Dirty (Links to an external site.) tutorial, which introduces the Ashford University Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
• Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.)
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Required Resources

Text

Martin, M. E. (2018). Introduction to human services: Through the eyes of practice settings (4th ed.). Pearson.

• Chapter 11: Human Services in Public Schools
• Chapter 12: Religion, Spirituality, and Faith-Based Agencies
• The full-text version of this ebook is available through your online classroom through the Redshelf platform. This book is an introductory textbook outlining the broad discipline of human services. Chapter 11 will assist you in your Human Services in the School discussion forum this week. Chapter 12 will assist you in your Human Services in the School discussion forum, your Faith Based Agencies learning activity, and your Mindfulness Training learning activity this week.

Articles

Hill, D., & Mrug, S. (2015). School-level correlates of adolescent tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use. Substance Use & Misuse, 50(12), 1518–1528. https://doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2015.1023449

• The full-text version of this article is available through the SPORTDiscus With Full Text database in the Ashford University Library. This article provides information about substance abuse and will assist you in your Resource Analysis on Substance Use and Abuse assignment this week.

Kumar, R., O’Malley, P., Johnston, L., & Laetz, V. (2013). Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use prevention programs in U.S. schools: A descriptive summary. Prevention Science, 14(6), 581–592. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-012-0340-z

• The full-text version of this article is available through the PsycINFO database in the Ashford University Library. This article provides information about substance abuse and will assist you in your Resource Analysis on Substance Use and Abuse assignment this week.

Yaffe, D. (2019, June). Sobriety studies: Recovery high schools show success in helping students overcome substance abuse. District Administration, 55(6), 24–27.

• The full-text version of this article is available through the MasterFILE Premier database in the Ashford University Library. This article provides information about substance abuse and will assist you in your Human Services in the School discussion forum and your Resource Analysis on Substance Use and Abuse Assignment this week.

Multimedia

COER Benchmarking. (2010, January 14). What is benchmarking (Links to an external site.) [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/xuZOtKmGB1M

• This video provides information about benchmarking and will assist you in your Resource Analysis on Substance Use and Abuse assignment this week. This video has closed captioning and a transcript.
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Wineburg, B. [Bob Wineburg]. (2008, November 10). Faith based initiative /social service and congregational research part 1 [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/WgjR-y3zGU4

• This video provides information about faith-based human services and will assist you in your Faith Based Agencies learning activity this week.
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Wineburg, B. [Bob Wineburg]. (2008, November 10). Faith based initiative /social service research part 2  [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/k7b-oi7PYYI

• This video provides information about faith-based human services and will assist you in your Faith Based Agencies learning activity this week.
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Recommended Resources

Articles

Boustani, M. M., Frazier, S. L., Hartley, C., Meinzer, M., & Hedemann, E. (2015). Perceived benefits and proposed solutions for teen pregnancy: Qualitative interviews with youth care workers. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 85(1), 80–92. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000040

• The full-text version of this article is available through the PsycARTICLES database in the Ashford University Library. This article provides information about human services and schools and may assist you in your Human Services in the School discussion forum this week.

Ciffone, J. (2017). A school-wide initiative to enhance student connectedness to school social work: Program description and analysis of its effectiveness. School Social Work Journal, 42(1), 55–75.

• The full-text version of this article is available through the ProQuest database in the Ashford University Library. This article provides information about human services and schools and may assist you in your Human Services in the School discussion forum this week.

Demissie, Z., Rasberry, C. N., Steiner, R. J., Brener, N., & McManus, T. (2018). Trends in secondary school’s practices to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning students, 2008-2014. American Journal of Public Health, 108(4), 557–564. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2017.304296

• The full-text version of this article is available through the CINAHL Complete database in the Ashford University Library. This article provides information about human services and schools and may assist you in your Human Services in the School discussion forum this week.

Dinham, A. (2018). Religion and belief in health and social care: The case for religious literacy. International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, 11(2), 83–90. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHRH-09-2017-0052

• The full-text version of this article is available through the ProQuest database in the Ashford University Library. This article provides information about faith-based human services and may assist you in your Faith Based Agencies learning activity this week.

Finkelstein-Fox, L., Park, C. L., & Riley, K. E. (2019). Mindfulness’ effects on stress, coping, and mood: A daily diary goodness-of-fit study. Emotion, 19(6), 1002–1013. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000495

• The full-text version of this article is available through the PsycARTICLES database in the Ashford University Library. This article provides information about mindfulness and schools and may assist you in your Faith Based Agencies learning activity this week.

Hanımoğlu, E. (2019). The role of school psychologists in addressing challenges facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students (Links to an external site.). Journal of Education and Training Studies, 7(1), 23–29. https://doi.org/10.11114/jets.v7i1.3656

• This article provides information about human services and schools and may assist you in your Human Services in the School discussion forum this week.

Henry, L. M., Bryan, J., & Zalaquett, C. P. (2017). The effects of a counselor-led, faith-based, school-family-community partnership on student achievement in a high-poverty urban elementary school. Journal of Multicultural Counseling & Development, 45(3), 162–182. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmcd.12072

• The full-text version of this article is available through the Academic Search Complete database in the Ashford University Library. This article provides information about human services and schools and may assist you in your Human Services in the School discussion forum this week.

Kramer, F. D. (2010). The role for public funding of faith-based organizations delivering behavioral health services: Guideposts for monitoring and evaluation. American Journal of Community Psychology, 46(3/4), 342–360. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-010-9351-8

• The full-text version of this article is available through the PubMed database in the Ashford University Library. This article provides information about faith based human services and may assist you in your Faith Based Agencies learning activity this week.

Kuehn, K. S., Wagner, A., & Velloza, J. (2019). Estimating the magnitude of the relation between bullying, e-bullying, and suicidal behaviors among United States youth, 2015. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 40(3), 157–165. https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000544

• The full-text version of this article is available through the PsycARTICLES database in the Ashford University Library. This article provides information about human services and schools and may assist you in your Human Services in the School discussion forum this week.

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network. (2008, June). Understanding the links between adolescent trauma and substance abuse: A toolkit for providers (Links to an external site.) (2nd ed.). https://www.nctsn.org/resources/understanding-links-between-adolescent-trauma-and-substance-abuse-toolkit-providers-2nd

• This article provides information about substance abuse and may assist you in your Resource Analysis on Substance Use and Abuse assignment this week.
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Sinha, J. W. (2013). Unintended consequence of the faith-based initiative: Organizational practices and religious identity within faith-based human service organizations. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 42(3), 563–583. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764012462457

• The full-text version of this article is available through the SAGE Journals Online database in the Ashford University Library. This article provides information about faith-based human services and may assist you in your Faith Based Agencies learning activity this week.

Teasley, M. L., & Cruz, D. (2014). Diversity and related services personnel: Challenges, strategies, and solutions through culturally competent collaborative practice. School Social Work Journal, 39(1), 51–72.

• The full-text version of this article is available through the ProQuest database in the Ashford University Library. This article provides information about human services and schools and may assist you in your Human Services in the School discussion forum this week.

U.S. Department of Education. (July 2017). Issue brief: Social services (Links to an external site.). https://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/high-school/social-services.pdf

• This article provides information about human services and schools and may assist you in your Human Services in the School discussion forum this week.

Multimedia

Morgan, P. (n.d.). Three minute breathing free mindfulness (Links to an external site.) [Audio download]. The Free Mindfulness Project. http://www.freemindfulness.org/FreeMindfulness3MinuteBreathing.mp3

• This mp3 download provides information about mindfulness and may assist you in your optional Mindfulness Training learning activity this week.

Webpages

National Center for Education Statistics. (n.d.). Urban schools: The challenges of location and poverty executive summary. https://nces.ed.gov/pubs/web/96184ex.asp

• This webpage provides information about human services in schools and may assist you in your Human Services in the School discussion forum this week.
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Stopbullying.gov. (2019, June 10). Facts about bullying (Links to an external site.). https://www.stopbullying.gov/resources/facts

• This webpage provides information about bullying and may assist you in your Human Services in the School discussion forum this week.
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Unicef. (2016, August 25). Religious and inter-religious organizations, networks and alliances (Links to an external site.). https://www.unicef.org/about/partnerships/index_60231.html

• This webpage provides information about faith-based human services and may assist you in your Faith Based Agencies learning activity this week.
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 Week 3 ProjectAssignment Due December 21 at 10:59 PM

Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

Influenza is a virus that can be easily spread from person to person and kills thousands of people each year. Healthcare workers are at risk of exposing themselves to infectious diseases from patients and material and therefore can also potentially transmit these diseases to others. Preventing and controlling the spread of vaccine preventable diseases in the health care setting is vital to ensure proper infection control practices should an outbreak occur. As such, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) strongly recommend vaccination of health care workers.

You are a public health researcher. You have been asked to identify a vaccine-preventable disease and create a 10- to 12-slide presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint on a research design. Your research design should focus on determining why health care workers are not receiving the vaccination for your selected vaccine-preventable disease in their place of employment.

The presentation should also include the following:

• Researched and identified the disease to create a research plan
• An introduction and synopsis of the selected disease
• History of the public health issue or disease
• Social or behavioral antecedents related to the disease
• Epidemiological relevance of the disease
• Proposed research design
• Sampling plan
• Strengths and weaknesses of chosen research design

Submission Details

• Support your responses with examples.
• Cite any sources in APA format.
• Name your presentation SU_PHE3025_W3_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.ppt.
• Submit your presentation to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.

Please reply with your opinion to the discussion below. No citation is needed.

Chapter 15 and 22 of the HBR guideline for data analytics for managers discuss the important maneuvers that managers should take to avoid mishaps in the utilization and collection of data. People often make mistakes with interpreting data because of different biases that they may have due to many different variables. The mistakes can be problematic for companies if the data-based decisions do not directly pertain to the results that were found. Many of the causes of these mishaps in data interpretation can be reduced by taking preventative measures such as trying to disprove your biases, asking others for their inputs on the data, and much more. Taking precaution is important so that managers know that their data is the right information needed to formulate decisions off of it. Displaying your information is also important. Understanding the important techniques of presenting data compellingly is important so that the information is easy to understand.

           Chapter 15 discusses the way that managers can avoid the “pitfalls” of data-driven decisions by understanding different approaches that cause people to make the pitfalls. What this means more specifically is that managers can create a false sense of security from their interpretation of data that can lead to business decisions. There are signs to these pitfalls that the chapter addresses by explaining them in closer detail and how to avoid them. The signs are called the three “cognitive traps” that lead to a skewed interpretation of data and decision-making. The three cognitive traps discussed in the chapter are The Cognitive Trap, The Overconfidence Trap, and The Overfitting Trap. The confirmation trap occurs when people pay attention to details that align with their preexisting beliefs and can cause them to ignore any additional information that may disprove their initial belief. This will be problematic because managers will make decisions based on data that does not pertain to the issue that managers are trying to solve. Most of the utilization of data is meant to resolve an issue. If the managers misinterpret data based on their poor judgment due to their biases, then they will make poor decisions that may not correlate with the original issue. These confirmation biases may step from superior wanting to see certain data, and managers wanting to satisfy them. What managers should do to avoid confirmation biases from taking over their decision-making process is to have an understating of the approaches that they will take to analyze data. Constantly try to find ways to disprove your initial biases. Understand what expectations would be wrong and what would the expectation be. A great way to reduce the effects of confirmation biases is to get the opinions of others and have them actively try to disprove your biases. Refraining from avoiding data that “fall below your statistical threshold” is a great way to use information that may be seen as insignificant to be sure that the data has no significant impact on their decisions. Having a different set of independent teams to analyze the data is important so that they can determine any similarities or differences from the manager’s initial claim. Using the findings and using them as predictors is a great way to try to prove if your conclusion is as described or not. The overconfidence trap occurs when people tend to people are too sure of themselves and think highly of their findings. It is common for people’s judgment to be skewed when using one’s judgment due to personal biases. The chapter explained how senior decision-makers can be just as susceptible as anyone else because they use their prior success in decision-making to justify their new decision. Being overconfident in your results can lead to poor decision-making if you refrain from questioning your beliefs and methods. This can lead managers to spend too little time analyzing information or spending enough money to acquire more information. Too much information can also increase the likelihood of overconfidence without actually improving the observational results. The way to combat the overconfidence trap is to have a detailed description of the ideal experiment. Include the type of information that would be needed to answer the initial question. Then compare the idea with the actual results. Managers can later locate where certain gaps can be closed with more data analysis. Another approach is to take the “devil’s advocate” approach. By doing this, managers can think of the opposite of their claim to see if there can be any justification for it. Keeping track of one’s prediction and comparing them with what truly happens is crucial to having a great understanding of the results. The final cognitive trap is the overfitting trap. The overfitting trap is when managers use the results that they find as an oversimplification of their conclusion. What this means is that managers may try to justify a correlation with the causation even if there is no such thing. This can result from grouping data together without breaking it apart and closely analyzing the data. To avoid this issue, managers should separate the data into two sets: the training set and the validation set. With the training set, managers will estimate the model while with the validation set, they will test how accurate it is. Keeping the analysis simple and looking for relationships that “measure important effects” is important. Managers need to be informed on the faults in decision-making from the cognitive traps. Having an understanding of the cognitive traps and learning how to address them is important to avoid falling for them.

           Chapter 22 discusses the importance of great convincing storytelling in presentations when trying to convince someone of something. The chapter explained that utilizing the data alone is not a great way to convince someone because of the lack of emotion it evokes on to people. Emotional powers are important because it allows people are more likely to be convinced when they can relate to the message of the presentation. It is important to note that using the data to tell the story is key to being successful at convincing others. The chapter gave an example of how a business manager was giving a presentation of his data through a PowerPoint to executives. The executives stopped listening to the presentation because it became uninteresting and did not connect with them. Talking about numbers and explaining them is not ideal to convince people about doing something. What should be done instead is coming up with a story and use the data as support to back up the story. An example of this is included in the chapter. The author of the chapter wanted to let the executives know that they wanted to stop working with the vendors that they have been working with for many years. To make the request more appealing to listen to, the author mentioned how the vendors would grow and develop when they would branch out from the company. The included details about reaching new larger audiences which resonates with the executives instead of just presenting the data and telling them that they shouldn’t work with the vendors anymore.

           The lessons taught in the two chapters provide very valuable information that managers will need to know about and learn how to implement into their everyday work. Understanding how to make the proper decisions is very important when analyzing data. The main purpose for a company investing in data is to solve an issue that may be affected. The data is the source that should give managers the support to conclude them. For this reason, it is important to interpret the data correctly so that their decisions truly reflect the information displayed on the data. Understanding the different traps that many people fall for in analyzing data is important so that they can be avoided. Being careful and aware of the traps is a great way for managers to prevent them from impacting them. Falling for these traps can have a significant impact on the decision-making process of the managers and the actions that the company takes based on the decisions of the managers. If a manager formulates a poor decision because they fell for the traps, then they may cost the company more resources to play out the decision even though it is not the ideal one for the company. Managers should be prepared to focus on their biases and try to test their views by seeing if there are sources of information that may go against the view. Managers should also be willing to seek an outside opinion and have other people analyze the data to see if there is anything that was missed. Outside sources work great at taking a different approach to analyzing the data by having a different perception of the information. This can help bring out new information that the manager may have missed the first time. It is important to not make conclusive decisions from the beginning so that there is more room to analyze and look for data that may go against the view that was established. It is also important for managers to not step in with a mindset of being confident with the results right from the beginning because this can lead to managers avoiding data that goes against their views. People who have experience with data decision-making and have been successful in the past should be aware of experiencing overconfidence in the field. Just because managers were successful at formulating the right decision in the past does not mean that mistakes can happen in the future. Managers need to be careful and aware of this. Once the data has been collected and verified to make decisions based on them, managers will need to present the information in a compelling way that can influence the audience in agreeing with what is being offered. Managers should remember to avoid relying on too much data when presenting and instead try being more personal and creating a story that the audience can relate to. Establishing some emotional connections is very important to increase the likelihood of the audience resonating with what you have to offer. Managers should be aware of these methods to succeed in their roles. Establishing a great understanding in correctly interpreting data and presenting them are very important concepts managers will need.

Case 22: LMVH in 2016: Its Diversification into Luxury Goods, by John E. Gamble (page C-290)

Read the case and then respond to the case questions provided below.In addition to using the case study provided in the textbook, research the company further to find any relevant events that have transpired since the writing of the case study. Use the company’s website, Internet search engines such as Google, online data services, or other sources to locate the latest articles about the company including press releases and current financial information. Be sure to cite all sources according to APA guidelines. 

Note: For assistance with analyzing any financial data in this case, Table 4-1 (Key Financial Ratios: How to Calculate Them and What They Mean) in your textbook is a useful 

Requires: 6 references  and 4 pages (1100 words), double-spaced. in-citation within paper and reference page .

Case Questions
1.LVMH management used several strategies in the process of identifying options for new business diversification. Analyze the relative benefits (or lack thereof) of such strategies.

2.What are the drawbacks associated with a strategy of unrelated diversification? Be descriptive and detailed in your response.

3.A business strategy should address the topic of whether or not diversification will add to shareholder value. What are the three tests of competitive advantage? Discuss the relevance of Test 2 to adding shareholder value, and then apply that test to LVMH operations and diversification practices.

4.Define and review the concept of synergy as it relates to a multibusiness company. In the case of LVMH, was the whole company greater than the sum of its parts? Defend your perspective and provide relevant details to support your views.

As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, before you can recommend potential pharmacotherapeutics to address a patient’s condition or disorder, you must understand the basic function and structure of the neuron and central nervous system. For this Assignment, you will review and apply your understanding of neuroanatomy by addressing a set of short-answer prompts.

To Prepare:

· Review the Learning Resources for this week in preparation to complete this Assignment.

· Reflect on the basic function and structure of the neuron in relation to the central nervous system.

· Reflect on the inter-connectedness between neurons and the central nervous system, including the pathway and distribution of electrical impulses.

· Reflect on how neurons communicate with each other and review the concept of neuroplasticity.

To complete:

Address the following Short Answer prompts for your Assignment. Be sure to include references to the Learning Resources for this week.

1. In 4 or 5 sentences, describe the anatomy of the basic unit of the nervous system, the neuron. Include each part of the neuron and a general overview of electrical impulse conduction, the pathway it travels, and the net result at the termination of the impulse. Be specific and provide examples.

2. Answer the following (listing is acceptable for these questions):

o What are the major components that make up the subcortical structures?

o Which component plays a role in learning, memory, and addiction?

o What are the two key neurotransmitters located in the nigra striatal region of the brain that play a major role in motor control?

3. In 3 or 4 sentences, explain how glia cells function in the central nervous system. Be specific and provide examples.

4. The synapse is an area between two neurons that allows for chemical communication. In 3 or 4 sentences, explain what part of the neurons are communicating with each other and in which direction does this communication occurs? Be specific.

5. In 3–5 sentences, explain the concept of “neuroplasticity.” Be specific and provide examples.