Discuss How the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires reformed the emergency management industry in Victoria over 10 years.

Subject area not specified above: Subject area is Emergency Management Topic:How the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires reformed the emergency management industry in Victoria over 10 years Structure of research The Bushfire: Before Black Saturday February 7th 2009 What did the emergency management industry look like? What was the structure of the agencies and government Was there a peak body Coordination, command and control arrangements Heat wave in Victoria and South Australia 5 leading into black Saturday, the fatalities and impact. During the fires (response phase) How did the agencies respond Roles and responsibilities of agencies and government Who was responsible for overall coordination of the response Impact on agencies Impact on community Fatalities Towns impacted Economic impact Emergency warnings Media After the fires (recovery) Recovery o 1 month o 3 months o 6 months o 12 months o 3 years o 5 years o Current day Roles of agencies and government Political response Responsibility of coordination Psychological impact on agencies and community media Comparison to Ash Wednesday 1983 How the response and recovery to this fire was different from 2009 2009 Victorian Bushfire royal commission There were 67 recommendations from this royal commission How did they help reform the industry Have they been implemented Have they been affective Victorian bushfire appeal fund (VBAF) Funds raised How they were distributed to the community Were the funds allocated correctly Could they have been distributed better Legislation and industry change post the fires since 2009 to 2018 Fire services commissioner Emergency management Victoria Victorian Government Country Fire Authority Metropolitan Fire Brigade Australian Red Cross Department of Health and Human Services Department of primary industries Any other agencies that have been affected How have other countries and states responded after extreme emergency events New York 9/11 Japan Tsunami Fukasihma Indonesian tsunami New Orleans Hurricane Katrina California Bushfires 10 year reform General summation of how things have changed over the last 10 years in Victoria

Discuss the theoretical foundations for your responses.

For this assignment, the learner will continue working with the Collaborative Planning and Diagnostic Instrument included in the Rubin textbook. The learner will use the information gathered in phases 1-5 and develop a comprehensive plan for cultivating and maintaining a collaborative environment for a K-12 institution and community. General Requirements: Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment: Instructors will be using a grading rubric to grade the assignments. It is recommended that learners review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment in order to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment. Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center. This assignment requires that at least two additional scholarly research sources related to this topic, and at least one in-text citation from each source be included. Directions: Write a 1,0001,250-word paper discussing the application of the Collaborative Planning and Diagnostic Instrument offered in the Rubin textbook. Include the following in your paper: 1. Continue to apply the instrument to a system you are familiar with and create responses to the questions listed for phases 6-14 in the tool. (Include this as an appendix to your paper. This is not included in your total word count.) 2. Analyze your responses and report how the tool will be applied through phases 6-14. 3. Discuss the theoretical foundations for your responses. 4. Use the questions as a guide, but do not create a paper of questions and answers. Instead, apply a narrative approach. 5. Summarize how your plan will help to develop an effective collaborative environment. All sources must be from 2016 or sooner
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How can people from UK and other culture approve the use of doll therapy. What does future research need to look at for using dolls to treat dementia.

Introduction: Background of doll therapy, significance of using doll therapy in care homes, the use of doll therapy in care homes. How does doll therapy benefit old patients with dementia. Main body: Theories of dementia and doll therapy. Validation Therapy, how to use validation therapy, how effective is validation therapy? Reminiscence Therapy, the use of memory box and scheme. Music Therapy: How does music therapy help dementia patients, how is it used and why is it better than doll therapy? Painting: How can painting help people with dementia? Conclusion: Why is doll therapy inappropriate and why do families and caregivers find it demeaning? The ethics of using dolls with older patients. How can we overcome the controversies surrounding doll therapy. Why is doll therapy seen as childish by other cultures. How can people from UK and other culture approve the use of doll therapy. What does future research need to look at for using dolls to treat dementia.

Which geographic features would have facilitated trade?

https://www.freeworldmaps.net/northamerica/united-states/map.html ? Look at the map Native American Peoples, c. 1500. o Click on the map to enlarge it until it fills your screen. o Study the map legend carefully, noting Culture Areas, Trade Goods, and Trade Routes. o According to the map legend, which of the cultural groups would have engaged in agriculture? o Did most trade routes run North/South or East/ West? What is the most plausible explanation for this? o On the eve of European contact, Native American tribes spread across the North American continent and encompassed a range of different cultures, languages, and religious beliefs. Trade goods exchanged among these diverse groups furnished avenues of communication across the continent. According to this map, which geographic features presented barriers to trade? Which geographic features would have facilitated trade? o View the NBC Learn videos A Look at American Indian Religions and Iroquois Confederacy (links to these are found in the module). Explain why maps and geography are important. 2. View artist rendering of the opening scene of the film Last of the Mohicans and read the dialogue associated with the scene (see AVP Slide 19 titled, Spiritual Nature of the Hunt). Explain how Chingachgooks treatment of the deer he killed illustrates this modules discussion of Native American spirituality? 3. Click the Pearson Materials link under Start Here, and then, click on Pima Creation Story. After reading the story, write your cultures creation story. Compare and contrast the Pima creation story with your own. Are there more similarities or more differences? What do you think is most outlandish or unlikely about the Pima creation story? What would a Pima find most outlandish or unlikely about your cultures creation story? 4. Compare and contrast the Native American rites of passage discussed in this module with the rites of passage present in our society today. What does understanding these differences teach us about the importance of the SLU core value of respect?

Discuss the effects of homelessness on the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities.

Discuss the effects of homelessness on the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. Homelessness and poverty affect the health status of individuals, families, and communities in many ways. In addition, societal and cultural values influence the way our communities address the needs of the poor. Our culture believes that people should work, save money, plan for the future, and take care of themselves. In 2008, a downward shift in the economy began to quickly impact how people were able to take care of themselves and their families as well as alter how the community viewed poverty. As the job market weakened, companies laid off workers, plants closed, and businesses were downsized. As a result, many people were left homeless. Homelessness was no longer limited to a few unfortunate people, but rather began impacting all ages, a broad range of socioeconomic cohorts, and certain populations, such as returning veterans (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, p. 737). How a community addresses the homeless issue can impact the health of the community as well as the individual. The Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 (PL100-77) defines homelessness as lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence. Homeless people are often hard to find. They include those temporarily living with family and friends, on the streets, in shelters, etc. Some may have previously had homes and survived on limited incomes (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, pp. 274-279). Individual perceptions of poverty and poor are rooted in social, political, cultural, and environmental factors. Personal beliefs, social values, personal experience, cultural attitudes, media, and historical factors influence how we understand and perceive poverty (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, p. 727). Effects of Homelessness on Health Paper Read Chapter 33 in your Stanhope and Lancaster textbook. Review Healthy People 2020 from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services at (http://www.healthypeople.gov). Write a one to two page paper that responds to the effects of homelessness on the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. To achieve maximum points for content and analysis, the following elements need to be thoroughly addressed: Introduce the concept of homelessness; including the spiritual context of the concepts of poverty and homelessness. Discuss several factors that lead to homelessness (other than poverty). Analyze how the above contributing factors impact the health and well-being of the individual, family, and/or community. Describe the use of the nursing process to assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions to restore or promote health. Reflect on how Christian or spiritual concepts related to homelessness impact the services and/or resources provided within the community. Write two to three sentences on what you learned (what was new, what was challenging about the information, and what information you think was most useful).

Examine individual and social factors that contribute to the vulnerability and disparity within communities or aggregates.

Examine individual and social factors that contribute to the vulnerability and disparity within communities or aggregates. There are numerous individual and social factors that contribute to vulnerability and disparity of health in our communities. Vulnerability means susceptibility to harm resulting from an interaction between resources available and/or life challenges. Factors that can result in vulnerability include developmental problems, personal incapacities, disadvantaged social status and lack of interpersonal support, degraded neighborhoods and environment; and the complex interactions of these factors over a life course (Mechanic & Tanner, 2007, p. 1220). Vulnerability may arise from individual, community, or larger population challenges and is a global concern (Mechanic & Tanner, 2007, p. 1220; Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, p. 719). Vulnerable populations require different types of policy interventionsfrom social and economic development of neighborhoods and communities and educational and income policies, to individual medical interventions (Mechanic & Tanner, 2007, p. 1220; Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, p. 719). Vulnerable populations include the poor, homeless, migrant workers, immigrants, pregnant adolescents, individuals with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV), and those with severe mental illness (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, p. 720). These vulnerable groups are more likely to develop health problems due to exposure to risk, or have worse outcomes from health problems when compared to the rest of the population. These groups suffer from disparities in access to care and quality of care, and not surprisingly, have the poorest health outcomes. The Institute of Medicine (IOM, 2003) defined these disparities as racial or ethnic differences in the quality of care that are not due to access-related factors of clinical needs, preferences, and appropriateness of intervention (pp. 3-4). Healthy People 2020 (USDHHS, 2010), a federal initiative, discusses vulnerable population groups and identifies illness prevention and health promotion objectives. One of the four Healthy People 2020 goals is to eliminate health disparities. The project has been ongoing since the 1990s and has collected and analyzed massive amounts of data: a wealth of knowledge for those involved in initiatives to improve population health or identify community vulnerabilities (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, p. 720; Healthy People 2020). References: Healthy People 2020 from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services at: http://www.healthypeople.gov. Stanhope, M. & Lancaster, J. (2012). Public health nursing: Population-centered health care in the community. (8th ed). St. Louis, MO: Mosby. Mechanic, D & Tanner, J. (September, 2007). Vulnerable people, groups, and populations: Societal view. Health Affairs, (26)5, pp. 1220-1230. Learning Activity #4: Vulnerability & Disparity within Communities or Aggregates Discussion Read Chapter 32 (pp. 719-726) in your Stanhope and Lancaster textbook. Review Healthy People 2020 from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services at (http://www.healthypeople.gov) At a time when federal goals include eliminating health disparities, the proportion of vulnerable populations in the U.S. is increasing. Write two to three paragraphs that respond to the following: What extent do you think economic issues and social values play a role in the way that health services are offered to vulnerable population groups? Who should assume responsibility for providing health services to vulnerable populations? What role do you think nurse-managed centers and community health centers should provide in caring for vulnerable populations?

Explain the meaning of Verbal communication.

A 47-year-old man has morbid obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure. He seems to understand the regimen of medications the doctors have prescribed for him, and he seems to comply. However, he is having problems controlling his eating. He loves fast food,especially the triple cheeseburgers with bacon and chocolate milk-shakes from a local restaurant. What would be the appropriate tone to use with this patient? Explain your answer, providing examples.