The NASW Code of Ethics provides social workers with guidelines and standards for interacting with clients, colleagues, communities, and society, as a whole. These standards govern interactions and professional behavior of social work practitioners. The NASW has also developed specific standards, which are published in the NASW Standards for Social Work Practice With Clients With Substance Use Disorders. These standards emphasize the importance of the competence of social workers. The standards indicate that social workers should be knowledgeable of evidence-based interventions for substance disorders. The confidentiality standard becomes essential as social workers must be informed and comply with federal, state, and local laws about substance use, as well as third-party payee regulations.

For this Discussion, review this weeks resources, including the case Working with Clients with Dual Diagnosis: The Case of Joe,and consider how social policies

Zastrow and Kirst-Ashman (2016) stated, "We need theories to guide our thinking and our work so that we may undertake research-informed practice" (p. 127-128). At the same time, the authors asserted, "No theory will be perfectly applicable. Perhaps you will decide that only one or two concepts make any sense to you in terms of working with clients" (p. 128). Though you may be able to apply only a few concepts in a particular theory to your work with clients, as a social worker, you should be applying evidence-based research to your work. Empirically-based developmental theories may guide you as you assess clients and their presenting problems. You may also apply developmental theories to your treatment decisions.

For this Assignment, you discuss theories of life-span development by evaluating a theory that seems especially relevant to you and your role as a social worker. Select a theory of life-span development to address in this Discussion. This may be a theory

Maryland Department Health (Cancer and Chronic Disease Bureau)

Rotating among 4 programs at the department. Programs like Cancer, chronic Disease, Oral health and Tobacco. 

Updating Inventory database for lifestyle program and Diabetes Prevention Program. The Inventory database will be integrated into Maryland Department of Health website.  This is a 5 part seperate paper assignment. They are Annotated bibliography, Introductions, methods, results and a 20 page paper. The Introduction, methods and results  will all be peer reviewed by a classmate and I will posting those review to help write the 20 page paper which is due feb 25

 The first step in doing any research (including your dissertation) is coming up with an idea or topic to research. The topic should be significant enough to research but focused on one specific area of the content domain.  In this assignment, write a 250-500 word abstract to propose a research topic that you would like to pursue in this course. The topic MUST pertain to information technology in the global economy.  Use page 6 in the Dissertation Handbook to provide guidelines in helping you choose a topic 

Prepare for this Discussion:

• Review Chapter 6 in the McKenzie et al. text. Consider the importance of long- and short-term objectives in planning public health programs.
• Think about your own experience creating objectives to meet personal or professional goals.
• Consider how you might create and apply long-term and short-term objectives in planning for your own public health program.
  

Day 4

Post a brief description of experiences you have had creating long-term and short-term objectives in your own life. Explain the importance of each type of objective and how it helped you reach goals. Finally, explain how you might use long-term and short-term objectives in planning your public health program. Support your responses using the Learning Resources and current literature.

Note: Initial postings must be 250350 words (not including re

Public policy can make a significant impact on the economy.  For example, raising the minimum wage can increase operating expenses for some small businesses.  Select a recent news article describing a public policy and using at least 300 words, write a paper describing how the public policy can impact Information Technology from a business standpoint. Please provide at least three (3) examples of impact. 

Your document should be a Word document. To receive full credit for this individual project, you must include at least two references (APA) from academic resources (i.e. the ebook, etc.). The research paper must be free of spelling and grammatical errors. References must be cited correctly using APA style.