Question -

Theme 1: It is a challenging job to be a student. All students juggle multiple priorities and responsibilities trying to gain the highest grades at the same time. Please offer your strategies on time management and study skills to your peers. Provide minimum three of the most helpful tools and/or strategies that you use to a high degree of success. Tell us how you apply those tools or skills by sharing an example. Discuss the tips offered by your peers and reflect how or if they will work for you. Some of the additional information could be found in Helpful Tips overview.

Theme 2 - answer separately for each:

Science

Discussion 1: Healthy People 2020 covers considerable public health topics of concern to health and healthcare policy matters. For this weeks' discussion, students should utilize one of UMUC's library of scholarly sources (i.e. journals) and select a public health or health care concern addressed in HP 2020's list of topics and write two paragraphs on the following:

Topic - The Roles of Healthcare Professionals in Implementing Clinical Prevention and Population Health.

1) Identify an HP2020 objective

2) Background information about the extent of the problem. You may include health statistics

3) Cite the journal article you used in APA format

Application

Discussion 2: Using the problem you selected above, determine if the topic selected has been addressed through public policy efforts. In one paragraph, describe the following:

1) Identify where the issue falls in the policymaking cycle.

2) Conduct policy research on your selected issue using UMUC's library resources. Briefly discuss in what ways public policy addressed this issue (i.e. policy proposed, a policy implemented, etc.