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Assignment 1

Emergency planning includes a multitude of steps and considerations that we have only been able to skim in this course. For this forum assignment, please reflect on 1) your favorite part of the course and 2) how what you learned will help you professionally or even personally (EOC operations).

Responses should be no less than 250 words in length

Assignment 2

Should terminally ill individuals have the right to ask for "physician-assisted suicide"? Explain your answer.

Initial Response: Initial responses should be no less than 200 words in length not including your reference(s) and supported by at least two references.

Assignment 3

What do you think about the Public Health course?

Thank you for the time you spent in this course. Please share with your classmates and myself what some of the most surprising elements of this class were. What did you like? Was there any aspect that you did not like? Any other thoughts (ACA VS Medicare debate)?

Initial Response: Initial responses should be no less than 200 words in length not including your reference(s) and supported by at least two references (aside from the textbook).

Assignment 4

Select topic from below. Besides addressing the topic, try to include the following information (if applicable):

What is one major issue in the public health arena that you think merits more attention than it is currently getting from the healthcare establishment, the media or the community at large? Explain why you offer that issue and how you think it might be best addressed in the future.

1. Why is this topic important to Public Health?
2. Why did you select this topic? What is its importance?
3. How can we get involved?

Initial responses should be no less than 200 words in length not including your reference(s) and supported by at least two references (aside from the textbook).

Assignment 5

Write a post to achieve the following:

1. Define the "Incident Operational Period".
2. Who is responsible for establishing these periods, and why?
3. What transition does the initial response to the first Incident Operational Period signify for an incident?

Use the following supplemental readings to develop your answer:

Planning Process

Planning Process Part II

The Incident Command Process see 'Transitional Management Meeting

All Hazard Incidents - Setting Objectives and Strategies

Forum Requirements

APA cite and reference your sources in your post.

Your initial post must be a minimum of 300 words.