UMUC BEHS364 Full Course Latest 2019 JUNE (NO Quizzes)

BEHS364 Alcohol in U.S. Society

Week 1 Discussion

Describe
the economic burden of alcohol use and why it is problematic. Include at least
three concepts covered in the readings and how they apply to economic burden.
Include information from the perspective of someone impacted by alcohol use
burden and respond to two of your classmates’ postings.

BEHS364 Alcohol in U.S. Society

Week 2 Discussion

Identify
your state of residents and how your state defines blood alcohol concentration
level. What is the law for a first time DUI offense in your state and what is
the current documented DUI fatality rate in your state? Please respond to two
students from different states and look into their alcohol statistics and
identify a group most at risk for alcohol abuse/dependence in their respective
states.

BEHS364 Alcohol in U.S. Society

Week 3 Discussion

Several
treatment settings and treatment modalities such as outpatient, inpatient, AA,
group therapy, internet therapy, etc. are identified in Week 3’s literature.
Think about your social media campaign selected population and identify one
setting that would work best for your population of interest and state why based
on the literature.

Also,
respond to two students who have selected different treatment setting and
identify a strength for one setting and a weakness for another setting.

BEHS364 Alcohol in U.S. Society

Week 4 Discussion

According
to Rolando et al. (2012), “alcohol socialization is the process by which a
person approaches and familiarizes with alcohol learns about the values
connected to its use and about how, when and where s/he can or cannot drink.”

Based on
the focus group findings, describe what the first drink means in both Italy and
Finland, and what types of attitudes are connected with different types of
socialization processes. Respond to two posts identifying how positive values
can be connected to first memories of drinking.

BEHS364 Alcohol in U.S. Society

Week 5 Discussion

According
to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2016), Intimate Partner
Violence (IPV) is a serious, preventable public health problem that affects
millions of Americans. The term “intimate partner violence” describes
physical, sexual, or psychological harm by a current or former partner or
spouse. Nearly 38 percent of IPV
perpetrators have significant alcohol problems (NIAAA).

Using the
power and control wheel
http://www.ncdsv.org/images/powercontrolwheelnoshading.pdf select one topic and explain how alcohol use
can exacerbate intimate partner violence. Here is a link to a video of the
wheel of power and control. Please respond to two students who have selected
different topics under the power and control wheel and provide examples of the
topic that they have selected. **Please
note, the power and control wheel does include gender biases.** This is only one example of a power and
control wheel, but the concepts are consistent with other frameworks.

BEHS364 Alcohol in U.S. Society

Week 6 Discussion

According
to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4th edition Text
Revision (DSM-IV-TR), Alcohol Dependence is defined as a maladaptive pattern of
alcohol use, leading to clinical significant impairment or distress, as
manifested by tolerance and withdrawal occurring at any time in the same
12-months.

Identify
two elements of dependence from the Diagnosis of Substance Use Disorders:
Diagnostic Criteria article and explain how these two elements can lead to
psychosocial or environmental problems.
Also, respond to two posts providing an example of psychosocial or
environmental problem associated with an element of dependence identified by
two classmates.

Below is a
list of categories of Psychosocial or Environmental Problems:

•Problems
with primary support group

•Problems
related to the social environment

•Educational
problems

•Occupational
problems

•Housing
problems

BEHS364 Alcohol in U.S. Society

Week 7 Discussion

Mothers
Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is the nation’s largest non-profit working to
protect families from drunk driving, drugged driving, and underage drinking.
Briefly summarize why MADD was established and their mission. Also, visit
madd.org and identify a component of MADD that you would like to include in
your social media campaign.

Respond to
two students who have identified different components of MADD, and state how
the components would be either beneficial or ineffective among your population.

BEHS364 Alcohol in U.S. Society

Experiential Paper

Experiential
Paper (due end of Week 3): Compose a 750-1000 word paper detailing the
individual experience of administering 2 alcohol screening tools. The student
will conduct a mock interview with a friend or family member using two of the
following tools: Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test, T-ACE, and/or
Michigan Alcohol Screening Test.

Students
will briefly describe the tools and describe their experience administering
each tool.

Students
will identify strengths and weakness of each tool; identify difficult questions
to ask during the mock interview, and make suggestions for future versions of
the tool.

Late
submissions are subject to a reduction of 10% of the total assignment value per
day. After 5 days, the paper will not be graded

BEHS364 Alcohol in U.S. Society

Social Media Campaign Project on Alcohol abuse

Develop a
social media campaign to bring awareness to hazardous alcohol consumption
and/or alcohol abuse among a determined target population.

Define the
problem among the target population

Research
and gather data and statistics on alcohol use among the target population

Identify
evidence-based practices used for the target population http://adai.washington.edu/ebp/matrix.pdf

Identify a
social media platform for the campaign (ex. Facebook, Twitter, Youtube,
Instagram, etc) and describe the rationale for the platform

Develop
health promotional strategies targeted for the population

Describe
how you plan to monitor the success of your campaign.

References:

Start with
the learning resources in the classroom.

Locate 7-10
journal articles or book chapters related to your special population.

Use only
scholarly, objective sources for your project. Peer-reviewed articles found in
the UMUC Library databases are generally good sources. Web-based information
such as Wikipedia and About.com and popular news outlets such as Time or
Newsweek are NOT acceptable sources for this project.

If you are
unclear as to whether a source is acceptable, contact the instructor or visit
the UMUC Library’s page on locating and evaluating scholarly articles:
http://www.umuc.edu/library/database/articles.shtml#evaluatingcitations

Timeline
for research project:

End of Week
1: Identify a special population and post to the Week 1 Activities area under
the discussion entitled “Post your research topic here.”

End of Week
2: Post a working bibliography (list of references) using APA format into the
assignments folder with at least 4-5 scholarly sources. See note below about
acceptable sources. For each reference, write 2-3 sentences in your own words
that summarize the main point(s) of the source. Do not use quotations.
Summaries that are not in your own words will not be graded and may be reported
to the dean’s office for action if they appear to be plagiarized. (15 points)

End of Week
4: Post an outline of your social media campaign proposal paper. (10 points)

End of Week
6: Social media campaign proposal paper due. (75 points)