Capstone Project Presentation
CAPSTONE PROJECT
HLTH/PUBH 4900
B.S. IN HEALTHCARE
MANAGEMENT
TITLE OF PROJECT
NAME; DATE; TERM
LEARNING OUTCOMES 1 AND 2
• Explain your topic and the rationale for your project.
• Provide a few researched facts about your chosen healthcare issue.
• Specifically discuss how it impacts the context and quality of healthcare delivery inside and
outside of the United States.
• How does this health issue transcend borders? In other words, explain how this issue
impacts the global society—not just your local community, state, or country.
• Make sure that all data and research are properly cited within your PowerPoint slides.
LEARNING OUTCOMES 1 AND 2 CONTINUED
• Explain your topic and the rationale for your project.
• Provide a few researched facts about your chosen healthcare issue.
• Specifically discuss how it impacts the context and quality of healthcare delivery inside and
outside of the United States.
• How does this health issue transcend borders? In other words, explain how this issue
impacts the global society—not just your local community, state, or country.
• Make sure that all data and research are properly cited within your PowerPoint slides.
LEARNING OUTCOME 3
• Explain how behavioral, demographic, and cultural factors impact your selected healthcare
issue.
• Which groups are most impacted?
• What are some of the cultural biases of this healthcare issue?
• Give at least 2 examples of culturally and linguistically appropriate health services to
avoid unequal treatment when delivering healthcare to your chosen group.
LEARNING OUTCOME 3 CONTINUED
• Explain how behavioral, demographic, and cultural factors impact your selected healthcare
issue.
• Which groups are most impacted?
• What are some of the cultural biases of this healthcare issue?
• Give at least 2 examples of culturally and linguistically appropriate health services to
avoid unequal treatment when delivering healthcare to your chosen group.
LEARNING OUTCOMES 5 AND 6
• Describe the critical issues in acute and long-term care from patient and provider perspectives
in order to reduce this problem, and give an example of how an inter-professional “team”
approach can be used to address this problem.
LEARNING OUTCOMES 5 AND 6 CONTINUED
• Describe the critical issues in acute and long-term care from patient and provider perspectives
in order to reduce this problem, and give an example how an inter-professional “team”
approach can be used to address this problem.
LEARNING OUTCOMES 4 AND 7
• Describe one technological, one legal, and one ethical issue related to your chosen
healthcare issue.
• Give an evidence-based example of how a healthcare organization’s performance, quality,
and safety can be improved to overcome the technological/legal/ethical issue.
LEARNING OUTCOMES 4 AND 7 CONTINUED
• Describe one technological, one legal, and one ethical issue related to your chosen
healthcare issue.
• Give an evidence-based example of how a healthcare organization’s performance, quality,
and safety can be improved to overcome the technological/legal/ethical issue.
LEARNING OUTCOMES 8 AND 10
• What are some of the healthcare costs, specific to economic evaluation and financial
management associated with this issue, and how do they impact the quality of health
service delivery?
• Give an example of how human resource methods of managing healthcare employees could
lead to cost-effective care and improved outcomes for patients.
LEARNING OUTCOMES 8 AND 10 CONTINUED
• What are some of the healthcare costs, specific to economic evaluation and financial
management associated with this issue, and how do they impact the quality of health
service delivery?
• Give an example of how human resource methods of managing healthcare employees could
lead to cost-effective care and improved outcomes for patients.
LEARNING OUTCOMES 8 AND 11
• Explain how your healthcare issue impacts, or is impacted by, insurance, reimbursement,
prospective payment, and value-based purchasing.
• Give evidence-based examples of how fraud and abuse impact delivery and access to
care.
LEARNING OUTCOMES 8 AND 11 CONTINUED
• Explain how your healthcare issue impacts, or is impacted by, insurance, reimbursement,
prospective payment, and value-based purchasing.
• Give evidence-based examples of how fraud and abuse impact delivery and access to
care.
LEARNING OUTCOMES 2 AND 9
• Research and list one healthcare organization addressing your health issue.
• Apply strategic planning methods by describing the organization’s mission, vision, and
values, and analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the healthcare
organization.
LEARNING OUTCOMES 2 AND 9 CONTINUED
• Research and list one healthcare organization addressing your health issue.
• Apply strategic planning methods by describing the organization’s mission, vision, and
values, and analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the healthcare
organization.
LEARNING OUTCOMES AND WALDEN’S MISSION
• Provide 2–3 examples of what you’ve learned in your program to advance social change by
addressing this healthcare issue as an effective healthcare administrator as it relates to
the areas of strategic planning, budgeting and fiscal evaluation, management, human
resources, or leadership.
LEARNING OUTCOMES AND WALDEN’S MISSION
CONTINUED
• Provide 2–3 examples of what you’ve learned in your program to advance social change by
addressing this healthcare issue as an effective healthcare administrator as it relates to
the areas of strategic planning, budgeting and fiscal evaluation, management, human
resources, or leadership.
REFERENCES
• Make sure all of your references follow APA formatting.
• You may use additional slides for references as needed.
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Mini Literature Review: Alcohol Use in Adolescents
Annet Castillo
HLTH-4900
Walden University
November 6, 2022
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Mini Literature Review: Alcohol Use in Adolescents
Alcohol consumption continues to be a significant problem in the current societal wellbeing, especially among teenagers. Drinking alcohol early in life can lead to later-life issues such
as memory impairment and intellectual disabilities. Yet, it continues to be a drug of choice for
most teenagers. The rate of alcohol consumption among the group is still rising dramatically.
Smit et al. (2018) show that they begin at a very early age, as early as 12. In its survey, Smit et
al. (2018) found that teenagers from 12 to 20 years consume about 4% of the U.S. total alcohol.
This illustration calls for a significant intervention to save the yonder youths from developing
into heavy drinkers in the future, which holds severe health consequences. This literature review
presents various studies and articles to offer an insightful view of the issues and potential ways
scientists believe it can be controlled.
Mini Literature Review
Different studies offer diverse perspectives on how teenagers end up drinking alcohol at
such a tender age. However, the significant elements that most of the sources agree on revolve
around teenagers’ mental development process. for instance, Šumskas and Zaborskis (2017)
agree that Children experience significant physical, mental, and changes in lifestyle as they
become young adults. Alcohol and other substance usage have been linked to developmental
stages, including factors like puberty and growing independence.
Therefore, being a teenager may be a significant risk factor for beginning to drink and
excessive alcohol consumption. Schmengler et al. (2022) also show that an individual’s brain
continues to develop even after reaching 20 years. At this stage, however, it forms crucial
communication channels and sharpens its performance. The inclination of adolescents to seek
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out unique and possibly hazardous situations, for example, may be partly explained by this
prolonged maturation stage, according to Torikka et al. (2017). Some adolescent rush with
adrenaline and may also experiment with alcohol. A plausible physiological reason adolescents
behave impulsively and frequently fail to understand the repercussions of their actions, such as
drinking, may also be found in developmental processes.
The choice to start or keep consuming alcohol is one example of a complicated behavior
that results from the dynamic interaction of the environmental settings and genetic components.
For instance, Addolorato et al. (2018) add to the illustrations above, stating that biological and
psychological shifts that occur throughout puberty can encourage risk-taking behavior, which
might result in early alcohol testing. This behavior shapes the child’s surroundings as they select
peers and circumstances encouraging them to drink more. Drinking excessively can result in
physiological responses, including depression or anxiety problems, which can increase alcohol
consumption or dependency. In this approach, early drinking habits might signal the beginning
of advancement in the pathway, which might result in addiction and dependency. However, not
every young person who follows this course has the same results.
Some people engage in the action to leverage their personal issues and other mental
factors like stress and anxiety. In this light, Torikka et al. (2017) offer a viable insight into what
happens. Also, according to Ma et al. (2018), people who are depressed are approximately more
than two times higher likely than the regular populace to consume drugs or alcohol. Persistent
depression can result in drunkenness, necessitating teenage alcohol dependency treatment
interventions to focus on their mental well-being.
Parental guidance strategies can also lead teenagers to alcohol. Johannessen et al. (2017)
indicate that Heavy drinkers may offer less emotional support and care to their children, which
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raises the likelihood that adolescents may start drinking. Teenagers consequently continue to
look to their parents for comfort and support to cope with difficulties like managing interpersonal
conflict and for assistance in making crucial decisions about their future. Higher degrees of
parental nurturing have repeatedly been linked to decreased alcohol and drug use among
teenagers and high numbers of overall mental health and well-being. However, alcohol-abusing
parents often give their children less attention and care.
Some behavioral and physiological characteristics, such as tolerance to the effects of
alcohol, that interact to either enhance or reduce an individual’s chances for drinking issues may
have a hereditary component. For instance, Šumskas and Zaborskis (2017) posit that having
multiple alcoholic relatives or being the child of an addict increases a people’s likelihood of
developing alcoholism behavior. Da Cruz et al. (2017) also show that compared to children who
do not have any close relatives who consume alcohol, children of drinkers have a 4–10 times
higher chance of becoming alcoholics. Additionally, teenagers in this family where people are
drinkers are more likely to start drinking early and develop issues with alcohol more rapidly.
These studies also offer suggestions on potential ways to prevent the issue worth
considering. For instance, Johannessen et al. (2017) indicate that Understanding and preventing
underage drinking may be made easier by considering how drinking affects development. This
“whole system” method of avoiding alcohol intake among teenagers considers each teenager’s
specific risk and protective variables. That can include genetics, personality traits, and social
or environmental influences. When seen in this light, maturation takes into account the
teenagers’ innate vulnerability and resilience and the current circumstances that influence
their behavior.
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Children develop at varying speeds. According to Smit et al. (2018), that is considered in
developmental psychology or associated research. The article insists that which acknowledges
that throughout puberty, there are times of high growth and restructuring, contrasting with phases
of moderate or slow growth and system integration. The optimal times to target implementation
of therapies may be during rapid development when social or cultural influences have the
greatest impact on the biological response and behaviors of the teenager. Interventions that
concentrate on these crucial stages of development may change the trajectory of the child’s life,
possibly putting the baby on a route away from alcohol issues.
Schmengler et al. (2022) demonstrates that the goals of these interventions are to lessen
alcohol’s accessibility in society and on the market. They employ a range of tactics, such as
training servers and conducting periodic reviews in establishments that serve alcohol,
discouraging adults from buying alcohol for or giving it to minors, prohibiting underage drinking
parties, limiting getting drunk in public places, enforcing charges, or fines for those who offer
wrong id information to buy alcohol. In addition, Environmental treatments represent one of the
suggestions made in most of the research included in this review.
Conclusion
Alcohol is continually promoted by the current generation and is freely accessible.
Therefore, many still see drinking alcohol as typical for growing up. However, early alcohol
consumption increases the likelihood that a person may eventually experience severe alcohol
issues, including addiction. In addition, alcohol causes severe health problems, including poor
brain development, among other bad results. Finding the most susceptible teenagers can assist in
preventing issues before they arise. One suggested solution is intervening in alcohol use within
an adolescent developmental stage and changing their mindset from following desires that might
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expose them to alcohol use. Also, promoting environmental interventions can work as they
involve keeping parents alert to contribute to limiting children’s access to alcohol, among other
educative strategies.
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Gasbarrini, A. (2018). Binge drinking among adolescents is related to the development of
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Da Cruz, E. L. D., de Carvalho Martins, P. D., & Diniz, P. R. B. (2017). Factors related to the
association of social anxiety disorder and alcohol use among adolescents: a systematic
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Johannessen, E. L., Andersson, H. W., Bjørngaard, J. H., & Pape, K. (2017). Anxiety and
depression symptoms and alcohol use among adolescents-a cross-sectional study of
Norwegian secondary school students. BMC public health, 17(1), 1-9.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4389-2
Ma, C., Bovet, P., Yang, L., Zhao, M., Liang, Y., & Xi, B. (2018). Alcohol use among young
adolescents in low-income and middle-income countries: a population-based study. The
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Schmengler, H., Peeters, M., Kunst, A. E., Oldehinkel, A. J., & Vollebergh, W. A. (2022).
Educational level and alcohol use in adolescence and early adulthood—The role of social
causation and health-related selection—The TRAILS Study. PloS one, 17(1), e0261606.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261606
Smit, K., Voogt, C., Hiemstra, M., Kleinjan, M., Otten, R., & Kuntsche, E. (2018). Development
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Šumskas, L., & Zaborskis, A. (2017). Family Social Environment and Parenting Predictors of
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