CASE: “I don’t know why it’s High”
Mario Cruz, a 52-year-old male plant manager presently residing at 18 Simon
Street Acacia, Malabon, due to elevated blood pressure. He initially sought consult at
the plant clinic due to episodes of headache and nape pain. It was there that his blood
the pressure was noted to be 150/90 by the company nurse. He claims that his parents
were both hypertensives, as well as 2 of his siblings. He is a smoker and consumes
about 1 pack per day. He prefers salty food.
BP: 140/90mmHg HR: 87/min RR: 14/min WT: 68kg
Questions:
1. What is your diagnosis?
2. What are the different categories in the Classification of Hypertension on the
basis of Blood Pressure?
3. What different drug groups can be considered for use in Mario’s case?
4. What are the mechanisms of action of the 4 drug groups in lowering blood
pressure?
5. What drug will you prescribe for Mario’s case?

A nurse was working in a Hispanic populated underserved high school helping to design a weight loss program for overweight female teens. She wanted to involve teens, parents, and school personnel in designing and implementing the program to ensure it would be supported by the community. The nurse believed that change is best designed by the community that will benefit from the health promotion program. She had a small grant to hire school personnel to help with data collection and dissemination of the study results. Which type of ethical theory could she use in her grant and in the publications that are consistent with her assumptions and approach?

Conflict theory holds that dominance and power, not conformity and consensus, maintain social order.Conflict theory says that those in power and wealth try to keep it by any means they can, mostly by suppressing the poor and powerless.Conflict theory is based on the idea that people and groups in society will work together to try to get as much power and wealth as possible for themselves. What are the Conflict Theory Assumptions?

Compare and contrast the challenges facing stage 3 and stage 4 countries in the Demographic Transition Model, with reference to a specific country that is an example of each of these stages. Select one of your example countries and consider a challenge that is characteristic of this country’s demographic stage. Explain the principles and guidelines that are important for policymakers to consider as they address this challenge. Analyze one specific program in the context of the principles and guidelines you explained in Part 2.

As advocated for by Habermas, the concept of deliberative democracy suggests that public debate increases both the rationality and legitimacy of decision? i need to disprove this.

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Deliberative Democracy An offshoot of the idea of democratic participation is deliberative democracy (Bassett, 1994; Dryzek, 2000). Heavily influenced by the ideas of Jürgen Habermas, this model suggests that it is not enough for voters to have an opportunity to exercise a political choice: “True” democracy must allow for choices to be developed through discussion and reflection. Supporters maintain that the process of public debate and argument increases both the rationality and the legitimacy of the decisions that are made. This means that political choices are never set in stone. As Cunningham (2002, p. 165) points out, “democracy on the deliberative conception should be more than voting, and it should serve some purpose other than simply registering preferences.” To describe deliberative democracy as another version of direct participatory democracy would be a mistake. In fact, its advocates are skeptical about the possibilities of direct democracy in large-scale modern societies. They may also doubt whether direct democracy can necessarily produce the kind of reflective deliberation they seek. David Held, for example, argues that the quality of participation may be more important than its quantity (Held, 2006, pp. 236-237). One suggestion for putting deliberative democracy into practice is through deliberative polling in which a small group of people would be polled for their views on certain issues before engaging in debates about them. Then, after the deliberation, they would be polled again to see if their views had changed; the results would then be disseminated to a wider audience (Held, 2006, pp. 247-248). Supporters of deliberative democracy see it as a way of promoting altruism in liberal democracies that are currently dominated by private interests. They expect it to increase toleration of other people’s views in divided societies and lead to greater consensus. Moreover, decisions made following deliberation are more likely to be rational (because they were not made in haste) and to be considered legitimate. The downside is that real, substantive deliberation on important issues takes a lot of time. Extensive debate on an issue such as free trade with China or an oil pipeline from Alberta to Texas may result in delays, or even paralysis, in decision-making. In addition, the theory has been criticized for exaggerating the degree of consensus that can be reached as a result of deliberation (Cunningham, 2002, p. 166).