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1. Positive Social Change & Scholars of Change Discussion
Positive Social Change & Scholars of Change DiscussionPositive Social Change & Scholars of
Change DiscussionLearning ResourcesNote: To access this week’s library resources, please
click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your
Syllabus.Required ReadingsHage, J., & Valdez, J. J. (2017). Institutionalizing and sustaining
social change in health systems: The case of Uganda. Health Policy and Planning, 32(9),
1248–1255. doi:10.1093/heapol/czx066Walden University. (n.d.). Scholars of
change. Retrieved December 14, 2018, from http://www.waldenu.edu/about/social-
change/scholar…Walden sponsors the Scholars of Change video contest in order to
spotlight the stories of Walden students and alumni who have put into practice Walden’s
commitment to social change. View a selection of videos in preparation for this week’s
Discussion.Walden University. (n.d.). Social change. Retrieved December 14, 2018,
from https://www.waldenu.edu/about/social-changeWalden University. (n.d.). Uploading
media in your Blackboard classroom. Retrieved November 30, 2018
from http://mym.cdn.laureate-media.com/2dett4d/Walden/s…Document: Capstone
Project Guide (Word)Document: B.S. Health Studies Capstone Project Template
(PowerPoint)Document: B.S. Public Health Capstone Project Template
(PowerPoint)Document: B.S. Healthcare Management Capstone Project Template
(PowerPoint)Document: Peer Feedback Rubric (Microsoft Word)PROGRAM LEARNING
OUTCOMESDocument: BS Health Studies Program Learning Outcomes (Microsoft
Word)Document: BS Public Health Program Learning Outcomes (Microsoft
Word)Document: BS Healthcare Management Program Learning Outcomes (Microsoft
Word)CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR ASSIGNMENTDiscussion: Scholars of ChangeAs noted
in the Learning Resources this week, health professionals can be leaders of social change.
Consider the story of Paul Amigh, a student and teaching assistant at Walden:My name is
Paul Amigh (pronounced Ah-me’), and I am a student in the PhD Public Health program at
Walden University with a concentration in Epidemiology and a Teaching Assistant for the
School of Health Sciences bachelor’s degree programs. I have obtained my entire college
experience from Walden University, and it has changed my life and given me the desire to
change the lives of others.I am a U.S. Army veteran who graduated from the Academy of
Health Sciences, attended vocational school in Central PA for my L.P.N. license, and hold a
BS in Public Health with a concentration in Health Informatics from Walden University. I
have spent my life in service of my country and others working as medic, a prison nurse,
travel nurse, and as a charge nurse in an advanced Alzheimer’s unit. Feeling a greater need

2. to do more for my community and improve the lives of others, it was my bachelor’s degree
from Walden University that gave me the opportunity to work in education. I began
teaching medical assisting, medical billing and coding, and health informatics classes at a
local technical school in Central Pennsylvania, but I still felt I could do more.I created a local
chapter of SkillsUSA and began to train students in leadership and skills competitions
related to their chosen vocational career path. It was here I discovered students just need
someone to believe in them. Spending a few hours each day training and working with these
students to improve upon the soft skills employers are looking for in communication,
conflict resolution, critical thinking, and fundraising the entire cost of membership and
travel, I created Champions at Work. Over the last six years, I have personally trained and
mentored more than 50 Pennsylvania State Gold Medalists and trained fifteen National
Medalists, with five of them becoming national champions!This October I stepped down
from teaching and have been appointed as the new Public Health Program Administrator of
Western Pennsylvania for the PA Department of Health’s Women, Infants, and Children
(WIC) Program. This special Supplemental Nutrition Program provides Federal grants to
States for supplemental foods, healthcare referrals, and nutrition education for low-income
pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and
children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk. Established as a permanent
program in 1974, WIC is considered the premiere public health program for the
Department of Agriculture.My dream is to not only complete my PhD from Walden
University, but to someday call Walden University my employer and continue to work with
some of the most amazing professors and mentors I have ever had the pleasure of learning
from, getting to know them on a personal level, and changing the lives of more people just
as Walden University changed mine.As you prepare for this Discussion:Reflect on how you
would like to harness all you have learned to be an agent for social change in your
community as a healthcare professional.View several videos from the Scholars of Change
website.BY DAY 4Post a thoughtful response to the following:Describe your personal
commitment to positive social change in your community as a health professional.Explain
how your Walden experience might have strengthened your ability to advocate for social
change in your community.Explain two ways that your Program of Study might be
strengthened to enhance student awareness of social change in the health field.Read a
selection of your colleagues’ postings.BY DAY 6Respond to at least two of your colleagues’
postings. Choose one colleague who is within your program, and one colleague who is
outside of your program. Respond in one or more of the following ways:Offer additional
insight on your colleague’s commitment to social change.Explain how your colleague’s
social change commitment could be applied outside of their community and/or how it could
be applied within your community.Describe additional experiences that may further expose
students to positive social change within your colleague’s Program of Study.Return to this
Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have
learned and/or any insights you have gained as a result of your colleagues’ comments. You
are welcome to post these final insights.SUBMISSION AND GRADING INFORMATIONGrading
CriteriaTo access your rubric:Week 5 Discussion RubricWalden University Positive Social
Change & Scholars of Change Discussion