M3.D2 - Discussion Culture and Health Instructions: 1. Please answer the following question: . How does culture influence health? . Give examples of dominant ethnic and biomedical cultural influences on the health of individuals or populations? 1. Your response should be 1 PAGE.  APA Instruction: 1-Would need an Abstract. Good reference page format, citation and APT format 2- After submission, a rating of 0-15% similarity will be considered acceptable. Over 15% will not be considered acceptable. 3-NOTE:  Wikipedia is not a source to be used in any of the generated work; using it will result in a “zero” for the assignment. M3.D1 - Discussion Become Involved Instructions: 1. Choose one of the following 'projects':  a. Identify a professional organization you belong to; how are they involved in policy development. b. Contact your local State Representative to discuss recent and upcoming health policy legislation. State whom you contacted and why. What was the result? c. Use the Internet to research bills or legislation that is before the state legislature; share your insights. d. Examine newspapers for articles dealing with local, state, or national health policy issues; present the pros and cons of a specific issue. ·  Your response should be 1 PAGE.  APA Instruction: 1-Would need an Abstract. Good reference page format, citation and APT format 2- After submission, a rating of 0-15% similarity will be considered acceptable. Over 15% will not be considered acceptable. 3-NOTE:  Wikipedia is not a source to be used in any of the generated work; using it will result in a “zero” for the assignment. M3.D3 - Discussion Environmental Issues Instructions: 1. Choose one of the assignments below and post your answers or 'editorial' in this forum. 1. Select an article from the mass media (newspaper) that deals with an “environmental" health issue. Analyze and critique the article by answering the following questions: 1. What are the characteristics of the community involved? 1. What appears to be the sources of the problem? 1. What evidence is provided in the article to substantiate the cause? 1. Does the news coverage describe health effects? 1. What population is at risk? 1. Does the coverage provide adequate information for consumers to understand the problem and seek any needed assistance? 1. How would you improve this article for better public awareness? . Identify an environmental health problem in your community. 2. Familiarize yourself about this problem by interviewing or talking with experts in the area, reading recent literature and research reports, and searching the Internet for information about the problem. 2. Contact your Senator or Congressperson who has been involved in legislation related to the problem and learn what he or she plans to do about it. 2. Summarize what you have learned and present it in writing as a letter to the editor of your local newspaper.  2. Share the letter in this Discussi ...

1. M3.D2 - Discussion
Culture and Health
Instructions:
1. Please answer the following question:
. How does culture influence health?
. Give examples of dominant ethnic and biomedical cultural
influences on the health of individuals or populations?
1. Your response should be 1 PAGE.
APA Instruction:
1-Would need an Abstract. Good reference page format, citation
and APT format
2- After submission, a rating of 0-15% similarity will be
considered acceptable. Over 15% will not be considered
acceptable.
3-NOTE: Wikipedia is not a source to be used in any of the
generated work; using it will result in a “zero” for the
assignment.
M3.D1 - Discussion

2. Become Involved
Instructions:
1. Choose one of the following 'projects':
a. Identify a professional organization you belong to; how are
they involved in policy development.
b. Contact your local State Representative to discuss recent and
upcoming health policy legislation. State whom you contacted
and why. What was the result?
c. Use the Internet to research bills or legislation that is before
the state legislature; share your insights.
d. Examine newspapers for articles dealing with local, state, or
national health policy issues; present the pros and cons of a
specific issue.
· Your response should be 1 PAGE.
APA Instruction:
1-Would need an Abstract. Good reference page format, citation
and APT format
2- After submission, a rating of 0-15% similarity will be
considered acceptable. Over 15% will not be considered
acceptable.
3-NOTE: Wikipedia is not a source to be used in any of the
generated work; using it will result in a “zero” for the
assignment.

3. M3.D3 - Discussion
Environmental Issues
Instructions:
1. Choose one of the assignments below and post your answers
or 'editorial' in this forum.
1. Select an article from the mass media (newspaper) that deals
with an “environmental" health issue. Analyze and critique the
article by answering the following questions:
1. What are the characteristics of the community involved?
1. What appears to be the sources of the problem?
1. What evidence is provided in the article to substantiate the
cause?
1. Does the news coverage describe health effects?
1. What population is at risk?
1. Does the coverage provide adequate information for
consumers to understand the problem and seek any needed
assistance?
1. How would you improve this article for better public
awareness?
. Identify an environmental health problem in your community.
2. Familiarize yourself about this problem by interviewing or
talking with experts in the area, reading recent literature and
research reports, and searching the Internet for information
about the problem.
2. Contact your Senator or Congressperson who has been
involved in legislation related to the problem and learn what he
or she plans to do about it.
2. Summarize what you have learned and present it in writing as
a letter to the editor of your local newspaper.

4. 2. Share the letter in this Discussion Forum
1. Your response should be 1 PAGE.
APA Instruction:
1-Would need an Abstract. Good reference page format, citation
and APT format
2- After submission, a rating of 0-15% similarity will be
considered acceptable. Over 15% will not be considered
acceptable.
3-NOTE: Wikipedia is not a source to be used in any of the
generated work; using it will result in a “zero” for the
assignment.
M3.A1 - Assignment
Examine Your Barriers to Cultural Competence
1. Respond to the prompts below in full sentences. Be sure to
use standard English grammar and spelling:
· Assess your own barriers to cultural competence.
· Have you overcome these? If not, how do you plan to
overcome them?
· If you do not have barriers, why do you think you do not have
them?
1. Your response should be 1 PAGE.

5. APA Instruction:
1-Would need an Abstract. Good reference page format, citation
and APT format
2- After submission, a rating of 0-15% similarity will be
considered acceptable. Over 15% will not be considered
acceptable.
3-NOTE: Wikipedia is not a source to be used in any of the
generated work; using it will result in a “zero” for the
assignment.
Running head: SHORT TITLE OF PAPER (50 CHARACTERS
OR LESS) 1
SHORT TITLE OF PAPER (50 CHARACTERS OR LESS)
2
Paper Title
Author
Institutional Affiliation
Author Note
The author note is used to provide information about the
author’s departmental affiliation, acknowledgments of
assistance or financial support, and a mailing address for
correspondence. An example follows:
Nelson L. Eby, Department of Computer Fraud Investigation,
Columbian School of Arts and Sciences, the George Washington
University; Douglas Degelman, Department of Psychology,
Vanguard University of Southern California.

6. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to
Douglas Degelman, Department of Psychology, Vanguard
University of Southern California, Costa Mesa, CA 92626.
E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract
The abstract (in block format) begins on the line following the
Abstract heading. The abstract is a one-paragraph, self-
contained summary of the most important elements of the paper.
Nothing should appear in the abstract that is not included in the
body of the paper. Word limits for abstracts are set by
individual journals. Most journals have word limits for
abstracts between 150 and 250 words. All numbers in the
abstract (except those beginning a sentence) should be typed as
digits rather than words. The abstract (in block format) begins
on the line following the Abstract heading. This is an example.
This is an example of what 150 words looks like. This is an
example of what 150 words looks like. This is an example of
what 150 words looks like. This is an example of what 150
words looks like. This is an example of what 150 words looks
like.
Title of Paper
The introduction of the paper begins here. Double-space
throughout the paper, including the title page, abstract, body of
the document, and references. The body of the paper begins on
a new page (page 3). Subsections of the body of the paper do
not begin on a new page. The title of the paper (in uppercase
and lowercase letters) is centered on the first line below the
running head. The introduction (which is not labeled) begins on
the line following the paper title. Headings are used to organize
the document and reflect the relative importance of sections.
For example, many empirical research articles utilize Methods,
Results, Discussion, and References headings. In turn, the
Method section often has subheadings of Participants,
Apparatus, and Procedure. Main headings (when the paper has

7. either one or two levels of headings) use centered, boldface,
uppercase and lowercase letters (e.g., Method, Results).
Subheadings (when the paper has two levels of headings) use
flush left, boldface, uppercase and lowercase letters (e.g.,
Participants, Apparatus).
Text citations. Source material must be documented in the body
of the paper by citing the author(s) and date(s) of the sources.
This is to give proper credit to the ideas and words of others.
The reader can obtain the full source citation from the list of
references that follows the body of the paper. When the names
of the authors of a source are part of the formal structure of the
sentence, the year of the publication appears in parenthesis
following the identification of the authors, e.g., Eby (2001).
When the authors of a source are not part of the formal structure
of the sentence, both the authors and years of publication appear
in parentheses, separated by semicolons, e.g. (Eby and Mitchell,
2001; Passerallo, Pearson, & Brock, 2000). When a source that
has three, four, or five authors is cited, all authors are included
the first time the source is cited. When that source is cited
again, the first authors’ surname and “et al.” are used.
When a source that has two authors is cited, both authors are
cited every time. If there are six or more authors to be cited,
use the first authors’ surname and “et al.” the first and each
subsequent time it is cited. When a direct quotation is used,
always include the author, year, and page number as part of the
citation. A quotation of fewer than 40 words should be
enclosed in double quotation marks and should be incorporated
into the formal structure of the sentence. A longer quote of 40
or more words should appear (without quotes) in block format
with each line indented five spaces from the left margin.
The references section begins on a new page. The heading is
centered on the first line below the manuscript page header.
The references (with hanging indent) begin on the line

8. following the references heading. Entries are organized
alphabetically by surnames of first authors. Most reference
entries have three components:
1. Authors: Authors are listed in the same order as specified in
the source, using surnames and initials. Commas separate all
authors.
2. Year of Publication: In parentheses following authors, with a
period following the closing parenthesis. If no publication date
is identified, use “n.d.” in parentheses following the authors.
3. Source Reference: Includes title, journal, volume, pages (for
journal article) or title, city of publication, publisher (for book).
References
American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and
statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed., text rev.).
Washington, DC: Author.
Degelman, D. (2009). APA style essentials. Retrieved from
http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/index.aspx?doc_id
=796
Garrity, K., & Degelman, D. (1990). Effect of server
introduction on restaurant tipping. Journal of Applied Social
Psychology, 20, 168-172. doi:10.1111/j.1559-
1816.1990.tb00405.x
Hien, D., & Honeyman, T. (2000). A closer look at the drug
abuse-maternal aggression link. Journal of Interpersonal
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Murzynski, J., & Degelman, D. (1996). Body language of
women and judgments of vulnerability to sexual assault. Journal
of Applied Social Psychology, 26, 1617-1626.
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Nielsen, M. E. (n.d.). Notable people in psychology of religion.

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Template created by:
Nelson L. Eby – Graduate student of Computer Fraud
Investigation
Columbian School of Arts and Sciences
The George Washington University
[email protected]
In collaboration with Dr. Douglas Degelman, Professor of
Psychology, Vanguard University of Southern California