The document discusses the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program's drug enforcement policy. The policy requires that current and new recipients be screened for drug use, and mandates drug testing if drug use is suspected. Those who refuse or test positive can have their benefits declined for at least six months. Legal action may also be taken depending on how their drug abuse impacts women and children. Adhering to the policy has been associated with improved health outcomes for recipients.

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WIC Drug Enforcement Policy
WIC Drug Enforcement Policy
Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program is a health
initiative by the government aimed at safeguarding the interests
of women and children especially in the dimension of health and
wellbeing. Its mission is to uphold the health of infants, low-
income women, and children at risk of or experiencing poor
nutrition. In order to succeed in the mission to protect the
health interest of the target populations, WIC has established its
policy on drug abuse for the target populations and people

2. around them such as parents or guardians. The policy on drugs
stipulates that current recipients of the benefits of the WIC
program and new applicants must be screened for drug use. In
case there is reasonable suspicion of drug use among such
individuals, the recipients or applicants must take drug tests to
ascertain their drug-abuse status (Vargas & Pirog, 2016). If the
eligible recipients of the WIC benefits or applicants for the
program declines to take the drug test, or accepts but tests
positive their eligibility for benefits or acceptance of their
application in the case of new applicants is declined for a period
of not less than six months (Vargas & Pirog, 2016).
Additionally, legal action can be taken against applicants and
recipients who test positive in the drug test depending on their
general conduct especially when their behaviors towards women
and children negatively impact on the latter’s physical,
emotional, and mental health.
If the individuals who have failed the drug test are immigrants,
they are at risk of deportation. Factors to be considered herein
include the severity of their drug-abuse problem, and the extent
to which their drug abuse-related behaviors impact negatively
on the others especially WIC’s populations of interest (Vargas
& Pirog, 2016). Adherence to the policy on drugs has been
associated with better health outcomes such as higher birth
weights during pregnancy, reduced fatal deaths, and better
newborn-babies’ health (Pecora et al., 2018). Furthermore, the
drug policy has significantly prevented incidences of domestic
violence, negligence of dependent women and children, and
better health outcomes by increasing responsible behaviors
among the beneficiary of the WIC program and their caregivers.

3. References
Pecora, P. J., Whittaker, J. K., Barth, R. P., Borja, S., &
Vesneski, W. (2018). The child welfare challenge:
Policy, practice, and research. New York: Routledge.
Vargas, E. D., & Pirog, M. A. (2016). Mixed‐status families and
WIC uptake: The effects of risk of deportation on program
use. Social Science Quarterly, 97(3), 555-572.
Running head: POOR IMPLEMENTED DATABASE 1
POOR IMPLEMENTED DATABASE 4
Poor Database Implementation:
Implementing a protected database is vital for every business
organization. As the major field of information communication
technologies (ICT) advances every day, some key security
threats also rise. Many attacks are done effectively. Hence, for
poorly implemented databases, the business risks are very high.
The business organization will be at the threat of losing data
and revealing their customer’s details to individuals who may
do them more harm. Thus, it is vital to keep updated the
database of the business. There are many cases whereby
businesses have run into major losses or have been revealed to
lose crucial information because of the poor database
implementation.

4. Moreover, one of the key poorly implemented databases I have
even read about is the data exposure of “Exactis.” It is a
marketing company that went through a big challenge. The
company left an estimated amount of around three hundred and
forty million data highly exposed. Anyone who had great access
to their computer servers would get info about their customers.
It was a major case of poor planning of the database. Hence,
this incidence did not even lead to the loss of key detailed
documents’ data like credit cards, and it was a higher exposure
to business attacks (Hashim, 2018).
The main cause of the problem that was encountered by Exactis,
i.e., the failure to install data security measures such as firewall
layer to keep the data. However, it shows that the company’s
security team not ever monitored their common site regularly to
understand the business risks they were putting their customer’s
information. Through constant monitoring of the database, it
was even possible to notice numerous errors that were created
and potentially rectified them. After being informed of their
unprotected database, the company took a step and fixed data
security measures to keep the data hide from being highly
accessed through the public. Thus, in the Exactis case, malware
hackers not ever got their method into the system; it was a
corrupt practice as far as obtaining the database is highly
concerned. So, the key potential solution to protect the Exactis
data from the attackers was to use strong passwords and
controlled the major use of computers (Mosheshe, 2017).
References
Hashim, H. B. (2018). Challenges and security vulnerabilities to
impact on database systems. Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of
Science, 29(2). Retrieved from
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329025438_Challenge
s_and_Security_Vulnerabilities_to_Impact_on_Database_Syste
ms
Mosheshe, J. (2017). The effect of increased reliance on

5. information systems and relational databases in airline
industries: a case study of british airways. Journal of Computer
Engineering & Information Technology, 6(5). Retrieved from
https://www.scitechnol.com/peer-review/the-effect-of-
increased-reliance-on-information-systems-and-relational-
databases-in-airline-industries-a-case-study-of-british-air-
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HCA 498 Final Term Paper Requirements
You are required to complete a term project for this course, in
which you will apply the
information you have covered throughout the course.
In preparation for your term paper, research and compare
different health policies or
programs in the U.S., on the local, state, or the federal level.
Next, choose one policy or
program. Write a paper exploring the planning, implementation,
and evaluation that went
into the policy or program.
The final term paper will describe the Program planning and
policies process including
the benefits of incorporating components of various approaches

6. to conducting a needs
assessment, selecting the appropriate statistics for analysis of
data and the target
audience for the program and how this is relevant to the Saint
Leo University Core
Values of Excellence and Integrity in the context of health care
policy analysis.
There will be only one topic per student. To prevent duplication
of papers, please post
your paper topic under the Module 2, Project Topic item in the
navigation tree no later
than 11:59 PM on Sunday of Module 2. You may post your topic
earlier, if you wish.
Please review your peers' topics before posting yours, to ensure
you do not duplicate
one already selected by someone else.
You will submit your project titled “Final Term Paper” to the
Chalk and Wire no later
than 11:59 PM on Sunday of Module 7. The Term Paper Chalk
and Wire link is located
in the Module 7 folder. Students who do not submit the
assignment to Chalk and Wire

7. will receive a zero. This is a key program assessment; the
results are used to ensure
students are meeting program goals. Video and PDF instructions
can be found on the
course home page. PDF instructions are also located in the Start
Here folder. (Chalk
and Wire is linked to Turnitin.)
Your paper must:
• be 8–10 ten pages in length
• be double-spaced
• use 1-inch margins left, right, top, and bottom
• use 12 point font
The cover sheet, table of contents, index, pictures, long
quotations, or multiple
quotations will count toward the 8–10 pages. APA format is
required.
If you need further assistance with APA formatting and style,
there is a Writing Format
and Style Guides under Resources in the Course Home menu.

8. Statement on writing requirements:
Your writing reflects your ideas and communicates your
understanding of the topic to the
instructor. This assignment will be graded on the composition
elements listed below, as
well as your understanding of the content:
Successful writing should demonstrate
• Proofreading skills
• Correct grammar and punctuation
• Logical organization
• Proper content presentation (introduction, body, conclusion)
• Correct formatting for citations, references, and headings