Reply 1 Effects of Illness on Women's Relationships In addition to affecting the lives of those who are ill, illnesses may also profoundly affect the spouses or partners who care for those who are ill. Anxiety and depression may increase as caregivers adjust to new realities and expectations. On the other hand, intimacy and closeness may increase as partners solidify their relationships in the face of illness. Though every relationship is unique, there are some trends that can be seen across relationships when, for instance, in a heterosexual relationship the man is the caregiver, and alternatively when the women is the caregiver. Lesbian relationships, too, are impacted when one partner is ill, sometimes in similar patterns to heterosexual relationships, and sometimes in different ways. To prepare for this Discussion, consider how illness might affect a life partner relationship under these different relationship configurations. Women's Health  Reply 1– Effects of Illness on Women’s Relationships    In a relationship, when one becomes very ill and requires a caregiver, it can significantly impact the relationship. In some instances, it can make the relationship stronger, however, there are many challenges from the perspective of both male and female. Alexander and Wilz (2010) state that family caregivers have to develop coping skills to deal with issues that could arise daily. Taking care of someone poses different challenges, resulting in different types of stressors so caregivers need to be conscientious of those challenges to be prepared to deal with them when they come up. Additionally, being a caregiver for a loved one can be very taxing and cumbersome, resulting in decreased mental and physical health (Alexander & Wilz, 2010).  Fekete et al. (2007) states that emotional support has a significant influence on an individual with a chronic illness. Emotional support provides a more positive outlook for an individual, which, can impact their mental state and also influence their health (Fekete et al., 2007). Additionally, caregivers or spouses of individuals with chronic illnesses are more susceptible to health implications and psychological stress, resulting from lifestyles changes, assuming the responsibilities of their loved one, limited time for social events, and most importantly, lack of self-care (Fekete et al., 2007). Fekete et al. (2007) also states that women and men differ on how they support each other and how they interpret that support. According to Umberson et al. (2016), various factors should be considered in thinking about how individuals interpret and respond to relationships. Social contexts influence the way in which men and women deal with illness. For example, men are typically encouraged to be strong, independent, and inattentive regarding physical illness or pain, therefore men are more likely to avoid accepting or looking for help whereas women are perceived to be delicate and feeble (Umberson et al., 2016)..

1. Reply 1 Effects of Illness on Women's Relationships
In addition to affecting the lives of those who are ill, illnesses
may also profoundly affect the spouses or partners who care for
those who are ill. Anxiety and depression may increase as
caregivers adjust to new realities and expectations. On the other
hand, intimacy and closeness may increase as partners solidify
their relationships in the face of illness. Though every
relationship is unique, there are some trends that can be seen
across relationships when, for instance, in a heterosexual
relationship the man is the caregiver, and alternatively when the
women is the caregiver. Lesbian relationships, too, are impacted
when one partner is ill, sometimes in similar patterns to
heterosexual relationships, and sometimes in different ways.
To prepare for this Discussion, consider how illness might
affect a life partner relationship under these different
relationship configurations.
Women's Health
Reply 1– Effects of Illness on Women’s Relationships
In a relationship, when one becomes very ill and requires a
caregiver, it can significantly impact the relationship. In some
instances, it can make the relationship stronger, however, there
are many challenges from the perspective of both male and
female. Alexander and Wilz (2010) state that family caregivers
have to develop coping skills to deal with issues that could arise
daily. Taking care of someone poses different challenges,
resulting in different types of stressors so caregivers need to be
conscientious of those challenges to be prepared to deal with
them when they come up. Additionally, being a caregiver for a

2. loved one can be very taxing and cumbersome, resulting in
decreased mental and physical health (Alexander & Wilz, 2010).
Fekete et al. (2007) states that emotional support has a
significant influence on an individual with a chronic illness.
Emotional support provides a more positive outlook for an
individual, which, can impact their mental state and also
influence their health (Fekete et al., 2007). Additionally,
caregivers or spouses of individuals with chronic illnesses are
more susceptible to health implications and psychological
stress, resulting from lifestyles changes, assuming the
responsibilities of their loved one, limited time for social
events, and most importantly, lack of self-care (Fekete et al.,
2007). Fekete et al. (2007) also states that women and men
differ on how they support each other and how they interpret
that support.
According to Umberson et al. (2016), various factors should be
considered in thinking about how individuals interpret and
respond to relationships. Social contexts influence the way in
which men and women deal with illness. For example, men are
typically encouraged to be strong, independent, and inattentive
regarding physical illness or pain, therefore men are more likely
to avoid accepting or looking for help whereas women are
perceived to be delicate and feeble (Umberson et al., 2016).
Umberson et al. (2016) state that because of this perception,
women are more likely to be conscientious and responsive to
illness and physical challenges. For example, if the man is ill in
a heterosexual relationship, he will most likely downplay his
illness and/or pain, which; influences the woman’s
responsiveness to his illness. Additionally, studies show that
because of men’s perceptions regarding illness and pain, they
are also less likely to be attentive if their spouse is ill
(Umberson et al. (2016). Women on the other hand are more
receptive and aim to provide above adequate care, which results
in a higher degree of emotional and physical stress (Umberto et
al. 2016).
In regards to same sex marriages or relationships, Umberson et

3. al. (2016) state that individuals involved in same sex
relationships most likely perceive their significant other as an
equal so there is not a power struggle between household tasks
and gender-specific roles. As a result, there is less conflict and
stress, which is beneficial for both the ill individual and the
caretaker (Umberto et al., 2016). In contrast, women in
heterosexual relationships are very involved and concerned
when their spouse is ill but because men in heterosexual
relationships are less intuitive and attentive to their spouses
needs, tension can arise. For example, a man takes his ill wife
to the hospital for surgery, waits for her to check in then leaves
and goes back home, whereas a women will be vested in her
spouses care and illness. She will take her spouse to the
hospital, ask questions, stay with her spouse the entire time etc.
Overall, the main difference between heterosexual couples and
same-sex couples is that there is more of an alignment in the
perceptions and responsiveness to illness that there is less stress
and ill spouses in same sex relationships often have their needs
met. In heterosexual couples, women are more receptive and
men are less attentive, which can result in increased stress for
women that are either the caregiver or the ill spouse.
Understanding these gender-role dynamics and how genders
perceive illness can help to develop strategies that promote
well-being for heterosexual relationships as same sex
relationships have proven to be more health-promoting and
beneficial (Umberto et al., 2016).
Reply 2. Mental Health
Advocating for Social Change: Techniques and Tools
A critical part of your development as a counseling professional
involves working for positive social change. In fact, your
ultimate goal of becoming a clinical mental health counselor

4. means working with clients to help them understand and work
through their issues and strengthen their overall well-being. In
addition to your profession and its impact in effecting social
change, you are also in a position to learn about emerging
issues your clients may be facing that should be addressed.
Advocating for social change often means getting the word out.
Over the years, the methods for making the public aware have
grown from flyers, brochures, and poster sessions at
conferences to advocating online, including blogs, wikis, and
social media. But the central goal of these communications
remains focused on presenting the issue and the goal as clearly
and succinctly as possible.
For this Discussion, you will develop skills that will help you
become an agent for social change. You will create an
informational product advocating change with a current issue
facing a population that interests you.
To Prepare:
· Review the Optional Resources and consider the possible
technology tools to use for the creation of your Counselor’s
Role as Advocate for Social Change informational product
(brochure, flyer, PowerPoint, wiki, blog, etc.).
· Select a digital tool to create your Social Change
informational product. It may be in the form of a flyer,
brochure, wiki, blog post, webpage, or other format of your
choosing.
· Review the Learning Resources and select a current event no
older than 12 months concerning a setting/population you are
interested in.
· Include the following in your post:
. Title and Introduction
. An attachment or link to the informational product you created
. An evaluation of the current event/problem area you selected
that includes the following:
3. A description of the setting/population you would like to
work with (Mental Health, Addiction, Campus, etc.)

5. 3. A description of the problem, issue, or event that led to your
interest
3. An explanation of why you chose the issue you selected and
why change is needed. Make sure to cite at least three scholarly
resources (these may include your course text and scholarly,
peer-reviewed sources from the Walden journal databases).
3. A list of action steps one might take to address the problem
. Reference list: at least three resources
Reply to 2 to:
Suicide: Breaking the Silence
I decided to pick suicide as my topic for social change because
it is a thing that we see all of the time but we do not all
understand. There are people that when they see that someone
committed suicide on the news they think, “oh they were always
so happy and smiling” but I believe that if people knew the
warning signs they could help others before they get to that
point. I also chose this because someone knowing the warning
signs of suicide saved my life.
I chose to use the recent suicide of Kate Spade for this
discussion. She ended her life on June 5th, 2018. There were
people that did not understand why someone so rich and pretty
and famous would do something like this. There are people that
would say that she seemed so happy and enjoyed life. There are
people in the community I live in that would call her selfish but
I do not believe anyone of those people would say that if they
understood suicide and all of the warning signs and causes. I
choose this issue because I myself thought about suicide but I
had one teacher in my life that knew what the warning signs
were and she gave me the help I needed, others weren’t so
lucky. There are people that lose their lives to suicide even
when it could have been prevented. I believe if everyone was

6. informed the number of suicides would be able to go down. This
change is needed because we lose too many people to this form
of death. It hurts so many people and it takes so much from the
world that I think could help everyone. Jobes developed a
“stepped care” approach for suicide prevention and treatment. It
is set in a pyramid style and it goes from the bottom is the least
restrictive and cheapest and then goes to the top which is the
most restrictive and cost the most. In the base of the formation
is crisis hotline support and follow-up. A individual would call
this hotline during a crisis or when they are thinking about
suicide and then after the hotline helps the individual calm
down they may get them to go to the next level which is brief
intervention. This is where someone helps you briefly (like in
the name) to get you back to base line during a crisis. If the
symptoms continue you would go to outpatient care where you
would be treated over time by someone on a weekly or bi-
weekly bases. Then once that option is visited and then if it is
not helping the individual may be sent to a partial
hospitalization which is a week or two just to get them
stabilized and to get them out of harms wat. If that does not
work then the option of inpatient psychiatric hospitalization is
visited and this option is more intensive (Jobes, D. A. (2018,
August 06). This form of care in my opinion does help and in
the article it is proven to be evidence based treatment. There
was a research done to see if psychoeducation and another form
of suicide stigma intervention would help and the results
showed that it does. Psychoeducation is simply getting the
information and data on suicide to the public and it showed a
significant level of change in the stigma (Rogers, M. L. (2018,
April 10). There was a research done at a University in Japan
that developed a system to teacher suicide prevention and
education and to see how it would work with college students.
First there would be a lecture about suicide prevention and
education. Then they would hold an open discussion with the
whole group that was a part of the lecture and then after that
they would train the student is peer support skills they could

7. identify others that are in need and know how to help. This
study showed that suicide education did work (Katsumata, Y.
(2017, July 12). The first step to help change this I would have
every school, police agency and emergency response team go
through Mental Health First Aid that is taught by the
Department of Mental Health so the people in authority could be
better able to see suicidal behaviors and warning signs. Then I
would suggest that community mental health agencies hold
annual suicide education events in the community to reach
others and teach them what is needed to be able to identify
warning signs of suicide in their loved ones. Lastly, I would
suggest breaking the silence that is surrounding suicide in the
school system and teach the students about it and to break the
stigma through psychoeducation and give them the skills and
knowledge to know what to do if themselves or someone they
care about is thinking about suicide.
Running head: WEEK 6 ASSIGNMENT 2
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WEEK 6 ASSIGMENT 2
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Week 6 Assignment 2
Student Full Name
Strayer University
BUS499 Business Administration Capstone
Dr. Keller
Date
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8. Due Week 6 and worth 125 points
Using the corporation you chose from Assignment 1, examine
its industry. Research the company on its own Website, the
public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission
EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the
University's online databases, and any other sources you can
find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help
address some of these questions.
NOTE: Be sure to read Chapters 1-3 in the course textbook and
complete the LEARN E-Activities for Weeks 1-3 as they set the
foundation to this assignment. Be sure to cite your sources!
Begin your paper on Page 2 by writing a four page paper (does
not include Title or Reference pages) in which you:
Week 6 Assignment 2
Write your introduction here: It should be one (1) good
paragraph (not more than 1 paragraph) to introduce the reader to
your topic and it should explain in detail what your paper will
be discussing. Much of your introduction may be taken from the
assignment itself (in your own words). Read the scenario to get
a feel for what the paper is about and explain what your paper
will be discussing – so be sure to review the Assignment
instructions AND Rubric for understanding. Finally, please ask
me any questions about this assignment.
General Environment
Choose the two (2) segments of the general environment that
would rank highest in their influence on the corporation you
chose. Assess how these segments affect the corporation you
chose and the industry in which it operates (for background, be
sure to research and explain the industry in which it operates.
You could also define the general environment (cite your
sources) and could explain the segments you chose using the

9. textbook/Learn).
Read Chapter 2 in the course text book. Review the Week 2
Learn video/Lecture for supporting content. (cite your sources)
Five Forces of Competition
Considering the five (5) forces (model) of competition, briefly
explain why these are important to a firm.
Item 1
Choose one (1) of the five (5) forces (model) of competition
that you estimate is the most significant for the corporation you
chose (it would help to define your choice from the textbook).
Read Chapter 2 in the course text book and review the Week 1
Learn video Lecture for supporting content. A side note, the
five (5) forces of competition is the same as “Porters 5 Forces
of Competition. (cite your sources)
Item 2
Choose another one (1) of the five (5) forces (model) of
competition that you estimate is the most significant for the
corporation you chose (it would help to define your choice from
the textbook). Read Chapter 2 in the course text book and
review the Week 1 Learn video Lecture for supporting content.
A side note, the five (5) forces of competition is the same as
“Porters 5 Forces of Competition. (cite your sources)
Evaluation
Evaluate how well the company has addressed these two (2)
forces in the recent past. This will require some research.
Future Improvements
With the same two (2) forces in mind, predict what the company
might do to improve its ability to address these forces in the
near future.
Read Chapter 1 in the course text book as each chapter it
provides a solid background and clues on this model that apply
to this section. Review the Week 1 Learn video Lecture for

10. supporting content. (cite your sources)
External Threats
Assess the external threats affecting this corporation and the
opportunities available to the corporation. Read Chapter 2 in the
course text book as it provides a solid background and clues for
this section. Review the Week 2 Learn video/Lecture for
supporting content. (cite your sources)
Threats and Opportunities
Give your opinions on how the corporation should deal with the
most serious threat and the greatest opportunity. Consider that
Threats and Opportunities are External in origin (hint: external
environments). Justify your answer. Read Chapter 2 in the
course text book as it provides a solid background and clues for
this section. Review the Week 2 Learn video/Lecture for
supporting content. (cite your sources)
Strengths and Weaknesses
Give your opinion on the corporation's greatest strengths and
most significant weaknesses. Consider that Strengths and
Weaknesses are Internal in origin (hint: Internal environments).
Read Chapter 2 and 3 in the course text book as it provides a
solid background and clues for this section. Review the Week 2
and Week 3 Learn video/Lecture for supporting content. (cite
your sources)
Strategy
Choose the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to
take maximum advantage of its strengths, and the strategy or
tactic the corporation should select to fix its most significant
weakness. Justify your choices. Read Chapter 2 and 3 in the
course text book as it provides a solid background and clues for
this section. Review the Week 2 and Week 3 Learn
video/Lecture for supporting content. (cite your sources)
Resources, Capabilities, and Core Competencies
Determine the company's resources, capabilities, and core

11. competencies. Read Chapter 3 in the course text book as it
provides a solid background and clues on mission that apply to
this section. Review the Week 2 Learn video/Lecture for
supporting content. (cite your sources)
Value Chain
Analyze the company's value chain to determine where they can
create value using the resources, capabilities, and core
competencies discussed above. Begin by defining the value
chain as described in the course textbook. Read Chapter 3 in the
course text book as it provides a solid background and clues on
mission that apply to this section. Review the Week 3 Learn
video Lecture for supporting content. (cite your sources)
References
Use at least three (3) quality references, one of which should be
the course text book.
Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic
resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
List your reference here. The reference page must include all of
the references you used, listed in. All references listed here
must be used (cited) in your paper. After deleting the blue fonts
in this template, make sure your original writing is turned to a
black font.
Note: You will be graded on the quality of your answers, the
logic/organization of the report, your language skills, and your
writing skills.
You will be graded on the quality of your answers, the
logic/organization of the report, your language skills, and your
writing skills.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
· Identify how the six segments of the general environment
affect an industry and its firms.
· Identify the five forces of competition.

12. · Analyze the external environment for opportunities and threats
that impact the firm.
· Analyze the internal environment of a company for strengths
and weaknesses that impact the firm's competitiveness.
· Use technology and information resources to research issues in
business administration.
· Write clearly and concisely about business administration
using proper writing mechanics.
NOTE: Strayer uses SafeAssign – an automated plagiarism
checker. It is advised that you do your own writing and use
external resources (other websites) to support what you have
written in your own words.