Week 3: Discussion Board PostingSocial determinants affect access to health care, foster or interfere with the ability to practice health behaviors, affect physiology through influences on stress hormones, and result in ecological/epidemiological changes that can affect multiple generations. Culture and lifespan have a profound effect on designing a health promotion program.Discuss how health disparities can be reduced through the application health promotion research in a specific culture or population aggregate (such as an Ethnic Group, low socioeconomic community, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning or any population that has health disparities ).What are the advantages of using logic models when planning and evaluating health promotion programs?

Having read the novel, The Final Bet and the chapter from MoroccanNoir, you can see that there are several overlaid cultural conflicts playing out in this text: religion, justice, love and marriage, colonialism, economics, to name a few. Which one struck you most forcefully? Reflect on the issue, and drawing from your life experience, information learned in other courses, or research into the issue, elaborate the conflict as you see it. Reinforce your reflection with at least two quotes from the novel. You may also choose to cite information from the book chapter or another source (be sure to document the source). For your discussion post a 250-275 word reaction to the prompt.  Please note, you must first post your answer before you can see classmates’ posts. 

Complete the following:Review the assigned reading for this phase.Watch this video.Provide 3 examples of businesses that do something similar to what you hope to do, and include a response to each of the following questions:What is the business’ “why” for its venture?What is your “why” for your choice of business?Clearly articulate what your business will do, including the following:Explain your production–distribution chain.Identify your suppliers.Describe your ideal location, and explain why it is ideal (this will help to create your mission and vision statement for your business plan).ReferenceSinek, S. (2009, September). How great leaders inspire action [Video]. TED. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html

Imagine you’ve been asked to help a group of new elementary school teachers better understand the developmental changes from early childhood to middle childhood. Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper on the expected developmental changes children experience when transitioning between early and middle childhood. Your paper will be part of the training materials new elementary school teachers receive in the summer before they start teaching. Address the following: 

Describe early childhood. 
Describe middle childhood. 
Discuss the transition from early childhood to middle childhood in healthy developing children. Include a discussion and examples of the following: 
Physical changes 
Neurological changes 
Cognitive changes 
Moral changes 
Social changes 

-Weber’s conceptual framework for understanding race, class, gender, and sexuality outlines the way in which the politics of identity functions in our larger social order allowing for some to be privileged in terms of the American Dream and others denied based on race, class, gender, and sexuality. -Addressing each of Weber’s six common themes explaining how each connects the American Dream from a point of inclusion and exclusion. -Be sure to provide detailed examples (either from the readings or the real world) and explain their connection.Please address the readings and learning modules as part of your response. Avoid, phrases such as: “I think,” “to me,” “in my opinion,” and “I agree.” Simply present your argument with supporting material from the course.