DQ-W1Q2 Among the various factors impacting the Health and Human Services (HHS) programs, increased costs, such as personnel, equipment, and facilities, may be leading considerations in a program manager’s plans and priorities. After becoming more familiar with the concept of privatization, identify the advantages of engaging in privatization and what is required to actually carry this out. · The following questions may help direct your reading: · Who initiates privatization of a HHS service / program? · What are the typical program information requirements? · Who can approve a privatization effort? W1Q2 Health Care Reform has, for a long time, been a hot topic. Costs of Medicare, loss of jobs, increased costs of doing business, are all part of the problem/need. Research various kinds of controversies and issues in the field of human services, with a focus on the clash of values in social policies. In a 300 word analysis, focus on the trade- offs between cutting programs or providing health care services. W2Q1 Help, human services, and care are provided in many formats. However, to be considered under the umbrella of health and human services, the help must be provided by some type of formal organization. The Federal Government, the major provider of social welfare benefits, allocates 90% of the Federal budget for social programs. There are over 300 programs situated in eight public health agencies and three human service agencies. In order to grasp the significance of the above information you are asked to locate information that identifies the amount of budget allocated to the HHS budget for the fiscal years 2011, 2012, and 2013. After examining the budgets, and noting the changes, what conclusions do you draw? Also discuss the inferences you draw in terms of providing needed HHS care. W2Q2 Within the boundaries of the health and human services, there are thousands of employees providing a great variety of services. The process of dealing with humans in need is not simplistic. One practitioner, Dr. Jean Watson, has become a leader in Caring Theory. After reading the article, A pragmatic view of Jean Watson’s caring theory, you are asked to do the following: · Summarize the general aspects of Dr. Watson’s Caring Theory. · Formulate a set of values that should be the foundation of a caring Perspective in the health and human services. · Comparing your set of values with two classmates’ work and commenting about these comparisons is also part of this assignment. W3Q1 There has been a shift of emphasis of the consumers of health and human services from professionals and care providers to increasingly include the client system. The stakeholders have increased through participation coupled with the increased volume of information which allows greater exposure to care alternatives. This means the client system has greater access to health and service records. Information, instead of flowing from the top down, is increasingly mul ...