This review will focus on either Solid Waste Management OR Occupational Health. As in the previous article reviews, you are required to do a literature search in peer-review journals and follow assignments prompts in the review guide. Please note that NEWS items are not allowed.

Article Review 5 – Solid Waste Management or Occupational Health

A. Introduction 

The purpose of the article review series is to get you think critically about the environmental and occupational exposure and health effects in secondary literature, that is either a peer-review article or professional paper. No news items are allowed. You are expected to choose your own article to review. Make sure to go over the review expectations (itemized in the “Task to Complete” below) before you decide on the choice of the article. When choosing your article, ensure your search includes some key words likely to help you narrow to the need of the assignment. For example: the review title – e.g. ‘solid waste management’, ‘occupational health’; ‘injuries’; ‘vermin’, solid waste vs. ambient air pollution’, ‘fall in the elderly’, ‘exposure’; ‘outcome’; ‘prevention’; ‘control’; or other technical words or phrases that will help you to discuss the points highlighted in the instruction below. Please visit the WKU Libraries for guidance. You are also advised to use the libraries’ search engines (https://libguides.wku.edu/publichealth) for peer-review articles that are already purchased by the university. 

This Article Review is focus on either Solid Waste Management OR Occupational Health. You have to decide and focus on one. You SHOULD NOT DO both solid waste management and occupational health. 

B. Task to Complete:

I will be looking for three (3) things when I grade the paper:

1. Bibliographic information 

· Make this the title of your review. The title structure will vary slightly based on the article format chosen. Please refer to the following examples for guidance.  

i. Peer-review Article: Last Name, First Name. (Year). “Title of Article”. Title of Journal. Volume (Number): Page spread (e.g. 15-26).

ii. Technical Report: Name of Agency. (Year). “Title of Article”. Name of publisher. 

iii. Book Chapter: Last Name, First Name. (Year). “Title of Chapter”. Title of Book. Editor First Name Last Name. City of Publication: Page spread (e.g. 15-26).

2. Brief summary of the article. Summarize the main points the author(s) discussed. Be sure to briefly answer the following questions. A sentence or two each will often be adequate. 

· What factors affect poor solid waste management, or how does poorly managed solid waste contribute to ambient air pollution, etc. On occupational health, what are the major occupational health injuries and illnesses; which industries or sectors carries the numbers? Be sure to name a at least one condition or disease. 

· How can the population be exposed to such contaminants/pollutants or affected by the hazards? 

· How can the effect on the population (or affected individuals) be controlled or minimized?

3. Detail analysis of the article. This is the most important part of the exercise and most of the mark will be allocated to this section. 

· You need to expand on the points discussed in 2 above but in a rather more detail fashion. 

· You need to show that you have critically think about the article by arguing out the strengths and limitations of the article. 

· Detail analysis of the population effects especially to children/vulnerable population/minority (where applicable) 

· Discuss the prevention strategies – poor solid waste management or occupational hazards, and at population levels. 

C. Final Product

The final product for this exercise is one (1) page written Word document that addressing the points in the ‘Tasks to Complete’, above. Please turn your work through the Article Review 5- link in Blackboard.

 

An elderly widow who just lost her spouse. 

Subjective: A patient presents to your primary care office today with chief complaint of insomnia. Patient is 75 YO with PMH of DM, HTN, and MDD. Her husband of 41 years passed away 10 months ago. Since then, she states her depression has gotten worse as well as her sleep habits. The patient has no previous history of depression prior to her husband’s death. She is awake, alert, and oriented x3. Patient normally sees PCP once or twice a year. Patient denies any suicidal ideations. Patient arrived at the office today by private vehicle. Patient currently takes the following medications: 

• Metformin 500mg BID 
• Januvia 100mg daily 
• Losartan 100mg daily 
• HCTZ 25mg daily 
• Sertraline 100mg daily 

Current weight: 88 kg

Current height: 64 inches

Temp: 98.6 degrees F

BP: 132/86 

By Day 3 of Week 7

Post a response to each of the following:

• List three questions you might ask the patient if she were in your office. Provide a rationale for why you might ask these questions. 
• Identify people in the patient’s life you would need to speak to or get feedback from to further assess the patient’s situation. Include specific questions you might ask these people and why. 
• Explain what, if any, physical exams, and diagnostic tests would be appropriate for the patient and how the results would be used. 
• List a differential diagnosis for the patient. Identify the one that you think is most likely and explain why. 
• List two pharmacologic agents and their dosing that would be appropriate for the patient’s antidepressant therapy based on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. From a mechanism of action perspective, provide a rationale for why you might choose one agent over the other. 
• For the drug therapy you select, identify any contraindications to use or alterations in dosing that may need to be considered based on the client’s ethnicity. Discuss why the contraindication/alteration you identify exists. That is, what would be problematic with the use of this drug in individuals of other ethnicities?
•  indicate any therapeutic changes that you might make based on possible outcomes that may happen given your treatment options chosen. 

In a Microsoft Word document of 5-6 pages formatted in APA style conduct in-depth analysis of a pertinent topic related to aging. Include the following in your analysis:

• Define the problem.
• Identify the specific population affected.
• Describe cultural implications.
• Describe financial/legal/ethical implications for the population related to the problem.
• Describe 2-3 interventions that can be used to improve the problem.
• Describe resources available to improve the problem.
• Describe costs associated with the interventions identified.
• Discussed sustainability of the interventions.

Support your responses with examples.

On a separate references page, cite all sources using APA format.

USING APA FORMAT…. MY PRESENTATION IS ABOUT CONVERTING FROM MANUAL CHARTING SYSTEM  TO ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD

Discuss what training programs are needed for the technology required for your final presentation topic. Consider what training to provide to new employees and what on-going training may be necessary.

Your initial posting should be at least 400 words in length.