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Health Care Trends and Consumerism University of PhoenixTeam A: Qualisia Clayton, Caleb Colon, and Jocelyn GarciaHCS465April 24,2013

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Article Introduction Understanding the perspective of the customer in relationships to problem sectioning, hypothesis formulation, literature review, data collection, analysis of the data, and drawing conclusions for research process is crucial.

Using this article to answer the objectives of the research process.Learning future trends in health care indicates that consumers are in control of health care. Consumers are active participants searching information based on quality, safety, cost, and value. Understanding the application of research techniques is vital. A consumer-driven system plays a significant role in shifting of the business that was controlled by payers and providers. A consumer-directed health care business can influence the success of an organization in the continuum of health care reform.

Understanding the research process from the perspective of the consumer in terms of problem selection, hypothesis formulation, literature review, data collection, analysis of the data, and drawing conclusions from the research performed provides you with the knowledge needed to succeed in a demanding health care market 2Objectives

Background Summarizing the article and how it applies consumerism What is the impact of research on consumers perspective on health care?Methodology Overview of the scope of the study, explaining data collection and where the data may be found. Describe the process that determine validity and reliability to support Evidence Based Practices (EBP).Results Differentiate the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the data in terms of descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, or both.Do you have enough information to make a decision on the effectiveness of the study that was done?ConclusionExplain ways to integrate the future trends of health care research and consumerism.Background Summarizes the article by explaining how the article applies to customer service or consumerism in health care. Answers the question: What is the impact of research on consumers perspective on health care?Methodology Provides an overview of the scope of the study in the chosen article by explaining data collection and where the data may be found. Describes the process used to determine validity and reliability of research findings to support Evidence Based Practices (EBP). ResultsDifferentiates between the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the data described in the article in terms of descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, or both. Answers the question: Do you have enough information to make a decision on the effectiveness of the study that was done?Conclusions Explains some ways to integrate the future trends of health care research and consumerism.

3Introduction Is modern culture bad for our health and well-being?Well-being is a complex, contestable and its perspective can be understood. People construct their social identity via their consumption and choices.Individuals can be spurred into debt in order to avoid shame.

By: Phil Hanlon and Sandra Carlisleinfluential theory -values of materialism, individualism and consumerismThis article reports on interviews with purposefully selected groups in Scotland

Participants in the study believed that cultural values do exert a damaging influence on well-beingThis article concludes that efforts to achieve material improvement (Hanlon & Carlisle, 2009)CalebEvidence is accumulating that well-being in high-income societies may be static or in decline. One influential theory argues that this is because modern societies are influenced by values of materialism, individualism and consumerism. Does this intellectual critique resonate with ordinary people? This article reports on interviews with purposefully selected groups in Scotland, where the relevance of the cultural critique was explored. Participants in the study believed that cultural values such as individualized consumerism do exert a damaging influence on well-being. They suggested that such values are given particular power in the context of widespread social change and increasing inequalities. Nevertheless, they also believed that individuals and communities possess the capacity to resist such trends. This article concludes that efforts to achieve material improvement for disadvantaged people may not suffice in redressing deep-seated inequalities, if the contribution of some subtle but pernicious effects of contemporary culture remains neglected. However, the research does suggest that positive responses are also possible. (Global Health Promotion, 2009; 16(4): pp. 2734)

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background(Global Health Promotion, 2009; 16(4): pp. 2734)Modern Culture in this article both affluent and ordinary people are affected by social pressures of spending. Modern culture/ society Values the lore of individualism, materialism and consumerism more so then well-being. This new trend is influence has spurred individuals into debt and help to mode our modern culture into a capitalist society. The new poor are stigmatized and the affluent suffer as well.

Background Summarizes the article by explaining how the article applies to customer service or consumerism in health care.

Answers the question: What is the impact of research on consumers perspective on health care?

Modern Culture in this article both affluent and ordinary people are affected by social pressures of spending. Modern culture/ society Values the lore of individualism, materialism and consumerism more so then well-being. This new trend is influence has spurred individuals into debt and help to mode our modern culture into a capitalist society.The new poor are stigmatized and the affluent suffer as well.

5What is the impact of research on consumers perspective on health care?

Qualisia 6Methodology 2 different kinds of groups:

community/professional

4 groups total

48 participants total

(Hanlon & Carlisle, 2009)2 different kinds of groups: comm/professional- 4 groups total- 48 participants totalComm CHG-Community Health Group- 20 participantsPro- Advocacy Group- 6 participantsProfessional HPG- Health Promotion Group- 10 participantsPHG- Public Health Group- 12 participants

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Analytical procedure- using a thematic template Evidence Based Practices (EBP) (Hanlon & Carlisle, 2009)JocelynThe study received ethical approval from the Medical Faculty Ethics Committee of Glasgow University: no vulnerable individuals were involved A purposive sampling technique was used to select groups familiar with thinking about health and well-being. Participants for this study were selected on the basis who have something to say on the topic, they were well-informed about general issues of health and well-being.

Thematic template: development of coding template-pre-identifies to categories

1st stage: pre-identified- Materialism, consumerism, individualism 2nd stage: re-coding: narrow focus- perceived multiple loss, cultural exposure, possibility of resistance

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Results Quantitative- data evidence in the form of numbers.

Qualitative- data evidence in the form of visual images, words, or sounds.

descriptive statistics or inferential statistics

(Neutens & Robinson, 2010)Cartoon Image : LAURENPSYCHOLOGY( November 25, 2011) qualitative methods picture. Retried on April 24, 2013 from: http://laurenpsychology.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/qualitative-methods-pitureeeeeee2.gif Losses the first themes were understood as compound in their effect on individual and social wellbeing. Exposure to particular cultural trends the second theme was believed to lead to unhelpful desires for social status by most people, and to financial debt and/or exclusion for the most disadvantaged.9Do you have enough information to make a decision on the effectiveness of the study that was done?

(NSTTAC, 2013) It is possible that achieving material improvements for disadvantaged people may not suffice if some of the subtle but pernicious effects of contemporary culture discussed here are neglected.no:48 people total is not enough evidence to make a decision But:The analyses in both the introductory and findings sections of this article do not necessarily imply that modern life is uniformly harmful to well-being.

The article also articulated the belief that the values underpinning such trends helped widen existing gaps between affluent and poor

good mental health is probably a necessary component of the capacity to cope with modern life

It is possible that achieving material improvements for disadvantaged people may not suffice if some of the subtle but pernicious effects of contemporary culture discussed here are neglected.

National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center.(2013) NSTTAC's Definitions of Evidence-Based Practices. Retrieved on April 24, 2013 from: www.nsttac.org

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Conclusion Describes and show evidence may not be enough to cure their inequalities. Modern culture is base on a disposable economy influenced by the peer pressure of a materialism and consumerism.The New Poor is what our global economy propels on. Well-being is the power to make choice that will not effect our healthDue to economical choices or a live style that can not be maintained.(Hanlon & Carlisle, 2009 ) Conclusion:The economy depends on you being unhappy because you havent got these things, so you have to work to buy them to be happy. If it wasnt for you being unhappy because of this, the economy wouldnt work . The participants accounts suggest that many people, particularly from disadvantaged social groups or locations, are powerless in the face of combined social change and cultural pressure, and perhaps an absence of alternative sources of value. participants accounts suggest that many people, particularly from disadvantaged social groups or locations, are powerless in the face of combined social change and cultural pressure, and perhaps an absence of alternative sources of value.The article modern Culture bad for our health and well-being. Describes and show evidence, that efforts to achieve consumerism and improvement for people in disadvantage situations in many cases may not be enough to cure their inequalities. Modern culture is base on a disposable economy and in this case, influenced by the peer pressure of a materialism and consumerism.The New Poor is what our global economy propels on. Well-being is the power to make choice that will not effect our health, due to economical choices or a live style that can not be maintained.

11Final Conclusion Those who are working to promote health might benefit from an increased awareness of this complex field. It is possible that achieving material improvements for disadvantaged people may not suffice if, some of the subtle but pernicious effects of contemporary culture discussed here are neglected.

(Hanlon & Carlisle, 2009 p.33)

Those who are working to promote health might benefit from an increased awareness of this complex field. it is possible that achieving material improvements for disadvantaged people may not suffice if some of the subtle but pernicious effects of contemporary culture discussed here are neglected future trends in health care point out that patients are in control of health care. Customers are active contributors searching evidence centered on quality, safety, cost, and value. Understanding the use of research techniques is very important. A consumer-driven system plays a significant role in shifting of the business that was controlled by clients and providers. A consumer-directed health care business can influence the success of an organization in the continuum of health care reform.

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13References Hanlon, P., & Carlisle, S. (2009). Is 'modern culture' bad for out health and well-being? IUHPE-Global Health Promotions, 16(4), 27-34. doi:10.1177/1757975909348113Laurenpsychology ( 2011, November 25) qualitative methods picture. Retried on April 24, 2013 from: http://laurenpsychology.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/qualitative-methods-pitureeeeeee2.gif National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center.(2013) NSTTAC's Definitions of Evidence-Based Practices. Retrieved on April 24, 2013 from: www.nsttac.org Neutens, J. J. & Rubinson, L. (2010). Research techniques (4th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Pearson Benjamin Cummings.14