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PAF 101—MODULE 2 GRADE SHEET
Name: Amanda Havrilla Societal Category: Health Group #: __MAXIMUM__ __YOUR__ __ EXERCISE __ __POINTS__ __SCORE__ __COMMENTS__ 2.1 6     2.2 8      2.3 6 __________    2.4 6 __________    2.5 12 __________    2.6 15 __________    2.7 5       3.1 30 ______     4.1 16 __________    4.2 8 __________    4.3 15 __________    4.4 6 __________    4.5 6 __________    4.6 16 ______  __ Subtotal for Paper __ 155 ______ Points Deducted: Late Paper _____ Writing _____ Organization _____ Participation _____ __ Total Points Deducted __ ______ Extra Credit Points: Competition _____ Speakers _____ __ Total Extra Credit Points __ ______ = =
 * BASED ON CHAPTERS 2, 3, & 4 **
 * TOTAL GRADE **
 * MODULE TWO ** 155 ______ #____

PAF 101 EXERCISES – MODULE 2
** ** Whenever you use a source in your answer, including all quotes, you must provide an APA-style internal citation and a full APA-style reference in the References page exercise, except in the case of personal communications. HINT: Most of these exercises require citations. ** **  ** Whenever you attach an article, it must be directly behind the exercise in which it appears, and it must be clearly labeled with the exercise number and letter to which it pertains. Attach only the first page of the article unless otherwise stated. ** **  **  ****  Whenever searching for articles or other sources, do not use any information pertaining to other countries than the United States. **  Exercise 2.1: Locating Quantitative Data Your Total Score:_____ (Maximum: 6 points) You must use the LexisNexis Statistical Datasets to find a trend line graph and accompanying data table with at least three pieces of data, relevant to your societal category. The data must represent information within the last five years. Use the database’s ‘print’ feature to print out that graph and data table. Attach the print out directly behind the page on which this exercise appears. (6 points) • Write one sentence describing one data point from your trend line graph and include an internal citation here: The line graph shows how the percentage of obesity in America has grown and it will still grow in the future. Earthfare. "Just How Bad Is Obesity In America?" Just How Bad Is Obesity in America. Earthfare, 2010. Web. 21 Oct. 2010. < [] >. • Identify the Source Organization for this data and indicate that here: OAC- Obesity Action Coalition this is the graph [|http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.discovermagazine.com%2Fdiscoblog%2Ffiles%2F2007%2F12%2F12%2Fboth%2520sexes-resized2.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.discovermagazine.com%2Fdiscoblog%2F2007%2F12%2F12%2Fwhat-cdc-actually-found-no-evidence-of-a-slowdown-in-national-fattening%2F&usg=__piBENCex35AriIoQ1mgIJYy8Xjk%3D&h=350&w] Exercise 2.2: Finding Periodical Articles Your Total Score:_____ (Maximum: 8 points) Using the ProQuest Research Library database, locate a news or magazine article relevant to your societal category at any geographic level. Do not use an article from an academic journal. Attach a photocopy or printout of the first page of the article directly behind this exercise. Make sure the article was published within the last six months. “Osteoporosis is a significant and growing public health problem among the elderly. In the U.S. alone, it affects over 25 million people, mostly older women.” Spangler, Frederic. 1997 The Genetic Component of Osteoporosis. [] Retrieved October 30, 2010 at 4:15 pm. Exercise 2.3: Locating Books Your Total Score:_____ (Maximum: 6 points) Using the library catalog, find a book on your societal category at any geographic level. The publication date of the book must be within the last fifteen years. Books published by the government may not be used for this exercise. Attach a photocopy of the title page directly behind the page on which this exercise appears. “It is an epidemic of infectious disease that spreads through population across a large region, for instance a continent, or even worldwide.” (7) Dumar, A.M.(2009). __Swine Flu: What You Need To Know__. New York, NY: Brownstone Books. Exercise 2.4: Using United States Government Publications Your Total Score:_____ (Maximum: 6 points) Using ** http://catalog.gpo.gov **, locate one United States government publication relevant to your societal category at any geographic level. > announcement or other informal online information summary. These types of publications are often posted on the web in "HTML" format only. This publication provides information about how to control health care costs and instill high quality by having a good health care system which is one of the main goals of Obama’s Health Care Reform. “Achieving health reform’s ultimate goal : how successful health systems keep costs low and quality” Catalog GPO. 2010 http://catalog.gpo.gov:80/F/4K8EGD8QGK58639SMYRFXPJA4RKRA214VLSPU3SFTS43QNDF7G-16122?func=full-set-set&set_number=005527&set_entry=000003&format=999 last accessed October 11, 2010 at 7:31 pm. Exercise 2.5: Using Policy Publications Your Total Score:­­­_____ (Maximum 12 points) A. Using CQ Researcher, find a publication that contains information relevant to your societal category at any geographic level. (6 points) Part A Score: ____ These animals are better kept than most humans,” says Karen Sokol, a veterinarian at the university, where scientists use animals in a variety of experiments; the macaques, for example, are helping to test a new male contraceptive Masci, D. (1996, August 2). Fighting over animal rights. //CQ Researcher//, //6//, 673-696. Retrieved October 4, 2010, from CQ Researcher Online, [] /cqresrre1996080200.  B. Using the “Contacts” section of the CQ Researcher article, find one of the organizations from the list (preferably a public policy institute), and retrieve a policy paper, working paper, policy brief, or online report from the past five years on your societal category. The “Contacts” section appears once you have opened an article. It is one of the links in the gray column at the left margin of each CQ Researcher publication. (6 points) Part B Score: _____ Founded in 1980, PETA now has about 500,000 members and is the best-known animal rights group in the nation. It provides information on laboratory research animals, cosmetics testing, factory farming, vegetarianism and other animal rights issues. Masci, D. (1996, August 2). Fighting over animal rights. //CQ Researcher//, //6//, 673-696. Retrieved October 4, 2010, from CQ Researcher Online, [] /cqresrre1996080211. Exercise 2.6: Using United States Census Data Your Total Score:_____ (Maximum: 15 points) Use the “American FactFinder” on the 2000 online census report (** http://www.census.gov **) to locate the information for your home census area, a comparable census area, and the United States, and fill out the chart below with the required information from the 2000 online census report. Exercise 2.7: Narrowing your societal category Your Total Score: _____ (Maximum: 5 points) Based on the research you have done in this chapter, narrow your societal category to a specific societal problem within it. Be sure to state it as a problem. Obesity in children has being and still is a social problem in the United States. Children’s health has gotten worst in the past years. Many children don’t see and care what they eat everyday such as fatty foods that are really bad for their health. Children who are obesity have been getting health problems such as high cholesterol, diabetes and so much more. They are too young to get sick and some of them are in the risk of getting worst diseases because of their weight. Ex ercise 3.1: Researching Your Players Your Total Score: _ (Maximum: 30 points) List three individuals, either a player or a staff person of the player, who deal with your narrowed societal problem, keeping in mind the geographic location you specified. Be sure to follow the prompts listed below. Lynn Parker, Annina Catherine Burns and Eduardo Sanchez 1.) Write the name and position of an elected government official who serves at the local, state or national level here. State the geographic location that they represent.:   Michelle Obama, The United States.    Write the player’s phone number and email address here (If instead of an email address you find a site that allows you to send a message to the individual, indicate this and provide a link to the site. This applies to all of 3.1):    []     Write why he/she will provide you with useful information by describing one policy he/she had worked on previously:    Michelle Obama has recently started a movement for childhood obesity prevention. She has come up with an ambitious plan and is taking small steps in order to achieve this goal.     Write three questions related to your specific societal problem that you could ask the player here:    - What is people cannot afford to buy healthy foods for their family?    - How can you prevent people from going to fast food chains?    - What do you plan to do about the food sold at schools?    2.) Write the name and position of a non-elected player from a governmental department here. Specify where they work by providing their geographic location. Dr. Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner of the FDA. Write the player’s phone number and email address here: [] Write why he/she will provide you with useful information by describing one policy he/she had worked on previously: She can provide me with useful information because Hamburg's career has focused on public health, bio-defense and disease control, and New Yorkers credit her with a substantial reduction in tuberculosis rates and increase in childhood immunizations during her tenure. She later served as an assistant health secretary in the Clinton administration. Read more: [] Write three questions related to your specific societal problem that you could ask the player here: - How can you raise awareness in communities? - What can you do so that parents support your ideas? - How do you think the public will react to a healthier lifestyle? [] 3.) Write the name, their position, and the non-profit organization or public interest/lobby group they work for here. The non-profit organization or public interest/lobby group may be local, state or national.   Louie's kids is a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization.    Write the player’s phone number and email address here:    info@louieskids.org    Write why he/she will provide you with useful information by describing one policy he/she had worked on or one service the organization has provided previously:    Louie's kids raises funds to help treat childhood obesity, which afflicts 25 million American children today. Louie's Kids works to find the best treatment options to meet the needs of each child.    Write three questions related to your specific societal problem that you could ask the player here:    -How do you motivate children to be healthy?    -What activities do you suggest children get involved in? - What do you think children need in order to get into shade and be healthy? Wolfson, Paula. March 20, 2009 President Obama Calls for a “New Beginning” in a Message to Iran. [] Retrieved October 31,2010 at 6:39 pm. Your Total Score:_____ (Maximum: 16 points) A. Select a player to be your “client,” and contact them or a member of their staff. This does not have to be a player from Exercise 3.1. Use the information you get from communicating with this person to answer the following bullets (10 points). After you receive a reply, send your contact a thank you e-mail with a carbon copy (CC) to your TA in the e-mail. Part A score: ____ ● Name the individual you contacted, his/her organization, his/her title, and the geographic location where work: John C. Federspiel, CEO/President of Hudson Valley Hospital Center, 1980 Crompond Road, Cortland Manor, NY 10567 ● Write the individual’s phone number and email address here. (If instead of an email address you find a site that allows you to send a message to the individual, indicate this and provide a link to the site). 914-737-9000 [] Accessed on October 25, 2010, 9:23 AM   ● Briefly describe the purpose of the survey you will be designing here, including a quote from the player that justifies why this survey will be useful: The survey will follow and see the progress of the emergency room in the Hudson Valley Hospital Center. "Many hospitals have come to look at our operation, tried to replicate it and they failed. I really feel it is an outgrowth of the wonderful culture that we have at the hospital and quality of our employees." ● Write a piece of factual information that could be gathered through your survey here: The hospital treats 35,000 annually. ● Write a piece of attitudinal information that could be gathered through your survey here: The effort was spearheaded in 2005 and Hospital President John Federspiel says the move has served to put HVHC in the top 5% in the Country in patient satisfaction. ● Describe a type of policy the player might develop from the information gathered in your survey here: Creating and controlling the “No-wait emergency room” in Hudson Valley Hospital Center. B. Quote the definition of the term "target population" from the Maxwell Manual. (2 points) Part B score:_____ ● Place definition here: “The entire group of individuals about whom you want to gather information.” (Coplin 2007: p.38) C. Identify the target population you will sample for your survey. You cannot use any single K-12 school or a university as your target population. (4 points) Part C score:_____ ● Write a specific description of your target population including its geographic location and approximate size: My target population is Northern Westchester County which estimates to be approximately 300,000 people. Exercise 4.2: Choosing a Sample and Method of Contact Your Total Score:_____ (Maximum: 8 points) A. Indicate and discuss which of the three methods of contact from the Maxwell Manual you will use to contact your sample. (4 points) Part A score:_____ State the method here: Talking to the person being surveyed face-to-face. Justify why you have chosen to use this method here using information from the Maxwell Manual: It gives the person giving the survey a "chance to stimulate the subject’s interest." (Coplin 2007: p.49) B. Identify one variable you will use to assess the degree to which your sample accurately reflects your target population. (4 points) Part B score:_____ Identify the variable here: What’s the last digit of people’s zip code? Explain why the variable you have chosen matters, and why it is important that the distribution of the variable should be similar to the target population: The last digit of the zip code does not directly correlate to the question being asked. It’s important that the distribution of the variable should be similar to the target because it should have some relation. Exercise 4.3: Determining Sample Size Your Total Score:_____ (Maximum: 15 points) A. Clearly and concisely describe the exact procedures you will use to select the sample and contact the respondents. Be detailed and list each step needed to select the sample. Be realistic. (5 points) Part A score:_____ ● List the steps you will follow here: To contact the respondents, I will go first find out the last number of their zip code. At random, I would choose that their last number must be 7. Then I go to these areas, door-to-door, and survey them. I would contact these people at random, so it doesn’t directly correlate the question being asked. B. Complete the following steps to determine your sample size and confidence interval. (4 points) Part B score:_____ ● Restate your target population and its size here: Employees from Hudson Valley Hospital Center; There are 505 people working in this hospital. 100 employees is the size sample. ● Indicate the approximate percentage this represents of the target population here: This represents 20% of the target population. ● Indicate the 95% confidence interval of responses from a sample of this size here: +- 10%   (Coplin 2007: p.43) C. Complete the following steps to determine your response rate and required number of contacts. (6 points) Part C score:_____ ● Estimate the exact response rate you expect for your survey here: 10%   ● Justify the rate you chose here: The Maxwell Manual explains that if the sample size 100, then the target population will be within this percentage. ● Write how many people you will have to contact in order to obtain your desired number of responses here: I will have to contact 10 people. ● Using the formula from the text, show the calculations that you used to find how many people you will have to contact here: If 10% = 0.10, then the equation “100x 0.10" is used to get the answer which is 10Exercise 4.4: Creating the Questions   Your Total Score:_____ (Maximum: 6 points)    Provide examples of two closed-choice questions for your survey. Base one question on the factual information your player identified in 4.1, and base the other on the attitudinal information your player identified in 4.1. All response categories must be shown.    Write the question that will gather factual information here:    How many cigarettes do you smoke a day?    Write the question that will gather attitudinal information here:   Should public places like restaurants be smoke free?   Exercise 4.5: Examining News Media Treatment of Surveys  Your Total Score:_____ (Maximum: 6 points)  Using the ProQuest database or LexisNexis Academic database, locate a newspaper article from the last six months that presents or discusses a survey that has already been conducted on ANY subject, not necessarily the one studied in this module. The article may not be international. Attach a copy of the entire article directly behind the page on which this exercise appears. The National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) datasets are available for public use, so that researchers and public health managers can explore the data in detail. In addition, states can compare their estimates of prevalence of youth tobacco use with national data.” 1. For what purpose was the survey conducted and for whom was it carried out? To what specific target population are the results to be generalized? The survey was conducted to determine how many kids smoke/use tobacco. The target population were the young students, who were mostly from 11-18 years old, who went to certain schools based on student ID number. 2. What evidence is provided that the sample reflects the target population? The article explains it surveys the youth and in the survey they ask what grade the people are in, which are the grades that are in middle school (grades 6-12). 3. What were the key questions and how were they worded? Key questions were: ● How old are you? ● What grade are you in? ● About how many cigarettes have you smoked in your entire life? ● Have you ever smoked cigarettes daily, that is, at least one cigarette every day for 30 days? ● Have you ever used chewing tobacco, snuff, or dip, such as Redman, Levi Garrett, Beechnut, Skoal, Skoal Bandits, or Copenhagen? Exercise 4.6: References Your Total Score:_____ (Maximum: 16 points) · ** Start References on the next line or on the next page:  ** August 26, 2010 National Youth Tobacco Survey [] Accessed on October 30, 2010, 2:45 PM   Dumar, A.M.(2009). Swine Flu: What You Need To Know. New York, NY: Brownstone Books. Earthfare. "Just How Bad Is Obesity In America?" Just How Bad Is Obesity in America. Earthfare, 2010. Web. 21 Oct. 2010. < [] >. Hospital Quick Check Report 2010 [] Accessed on October 25, 2010, 9:40 AM      Accessed on October 25, 2010 9:32 AM
 * BASED ON CHAPTERS 2, 3, & 4 **
 * ** Quote one relevant sentence from the article that is related to your societal category here: **
 * ** Directly quote a full sentence from the book that is related to your societal category here: **
 * The publication should include a clearly identified "title page" and the names of individual or organizational authors, such as those found within formal government agency reports, newsletters, online journals/magazines, etc. These government publications are often posted in "PDF”. Their pages frequently are numbered.
 * The publication you locate should not merely consist of a brief news
 * Do not use U.S. Census information.
 * Attach a photocopy or printout of the cover or title page of the document directly behind the page on which this exercise appears.
 * No citation is needed for this exercise.
 * ** In one sentence, explain briefly why this publication will provide you with useful information about your societal category here: **
 * ** Using full sentences, quote no more than three sentences from the article that gives you a better understanding of your societal category ** **here:**
 * ** Quote one sentence from the publication that gives evidence of a societal problem that exists within your societal category here: **
 * Fill in the top row of the table with the name of a county and the county that is comparable to the original county. Be sure to indicate the state.
 * The comparable county must be similar to your census area, which is a county, in population size. A comparable population is within 20% of the population size of the original county.
 * If you do not use the 2000 online census report, you will lose all points on this exercise.
 * Do not cite or reference this exercise.
 * || ** [County] ** || ** [Comparable County] ** || ** United States ** ||
 * ** Population ** || 95745 || 98.726 || 281,421,906 ||
 * ** Median Age (years) ** || 37.4 || 38.2 || 35.3 ||
 * ** % White ** || 93.9 || 99.2 || 75.1 ||
 * ** % Male ** || 49.9 || 49.0 || 49.1 ||
 * ** Per Capita Income ($) ** || 30,127 || 18,197 || 21,587 ||
 * ** % Individuals Below Poverty Level ** || 4.4 || 13.2 || 80.4 ||
 * ** % Vacant Housing Units ** || 6.6 || 15.5 || 9.0 ||
 * ** % High School Graduate or Higher ** || 90.2 || 82.8 || 80.4 ||
 * ** Write your specific societal problem, indicating a specific geographic location suffering from the problem here: **
 *  [[file://localhost/Hudson Valley Hospital Center Celebrates 5th Anniversary of No Wait ER http/::westchesternewsonline.com:hudson-valley-hospital-center-celebrates-5th-anniversary-no-wait-er|Hudson Valley Hospital Center Celebrates 5th Anniversary of No Wait ER ]] [[file://localhost/Hudson Valley Hospital Center Celebrates 5th Anniversary of No Wait ER http/::westchesternewsonline.com:hudson-valley-hospital-center-celebrates-5th-anniversary-no-wait-er|http://westchesternewsonline.com/hudson-valley-hospital-center-celebrates-5th-anniversary-no-wait-er]] Accessed on October 25, 2010 9:32 AM
 * Hospital Quick Check Report 2010 [] Accessed on October 25, 2010, 9:40 AM
 *  Indicate the size of the sample you plan to analyze here:
 * ** Quote at least one sentence from the article here: **
 *  August 26, 2010 National Youth Tobacco Survey [] Accessed on October 30, 2010, 2:45 PM
 * ** Using the questions under “Examining News Media Treatment of Surveys” on page 54 of the // Maxwell Manual //, evaluate how thoroughly the author reported the procedures followed for the survey here by using at least three questions in your response. **
 * Prepare a list of references that includes all sources for this module.
 * Follow the APA format.
 * Include all sources used in the exercises.

John C. Federspiel, CEO/President of Hudson Valley Hospital Center, 1980 Crompond Road, Cortland Manor, NY 10567 [|**http://www.census.gov**] Masci, D. (1996, August 2). Fighting over animal rights. //CQ Researcher//, //6//, 673-696. Retrieved October 4, 2010, from CQ Researcher Online, [] /cqresrre1996080211. Spangler, Frederic. 1997 The Genetic Component of Osteoporosis. [] Retrieved October 30, 2010 at 4:15 pm. Wolfson, Paula. March 20, 2009 President Obama Calls for a “New Beginning” in a Message to Iran. [] Retrieved October 31,2010 at 6:39