Part 1

Health Care Programs

The development of diseases or the state of wellness and health are influenced by social, economic, environmental, and demographic factors of a population. As such, population statistics play a major role in determining the health status of a community or the distribution of diseases within that community.

You are the public health officer or health care administrator in charge of finding a prevention and intervention program to address public health issues in your community. You have been asked by your supervisor to create a report on the public health issue that you will be working for.

Based on your findings, express your views on the following:

What are the health problems or issues currently impacting your community?

What is the demographic data of your community as given on the U.S. Census Bureau website?

According to the data related to morbidity, mortality, and prevalence, what are the incidence rates of the diseases in your community?

What are the health care requirements of the community?

How do you plan to assist in the prevention and intervention programs of your community?

Please click here to access a CDC resource that may be helpful in completing this this assignment.

PART 2

Ethical Dilemma

Assume you are a manager of a large heavy equipment manufacturing company. Your company currently outsources the manufacturing of a specialized piece of equipment to a firm in another country. The outsourcing of this piece of equipment has saved your organization a considerable amount of money and has increased profits by 15%. A recent newspaper article has revealed that this firm is paying their employees only a few dollars a day and their employees often work long hours. While you are not the only company that uses this firm your company was specifically named in the newspaper article. You have been asked by your CEO to make a decision on whether or not to continue to do business with this firm.

Answers to the following questions in paragraph form (minimum of 500-600 words) to this Discussion Area. Be sure to incorporate your weekly readings, citing your sources using proper APA (including in-text citations and references).

In making this decision you will need to do the following:

Discuss the ethics of continuing to do business with this firm. In this discussion evaluate the economic, legal and ethical issues. Describe how a written code of ethics might impact your decision.

Describe any other factors you would consider in making a decision to continue or discontinue doing business with this organization.

State the process you would follow to make your decision, provide your decision, and explain the decision making style you have used.

Prepare A SWOT analysis of your decision using the following table: