BU Alumni in the News & AZ Local? Amazing!

Sheriff Mark D. Napier Newly sworn in 34th Sheriff of Pima County. Arizona

Mark Napier, the 34th elected sheriff of Pima County in Arizona is also a graduate of Boston University’s Metropolitan College.

The Sheriff has been a Lead Facilitator for BU’s Master of Criminal Justice online program since 2004!

Napier has attributed past law-enforcement promotions to be the “direct result” of the MCJ Degree he earned online at Boston University.

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HealthComm’s Role Advancing Health Equity

What we've learned from the health impact pyramid is that by directing our efforts on community-wide health plans, we'll have a better chance at generating more impactful and long-term outcomes on the health of people.

So, the base is representative of public health strategies directed at changing and enhancing the health of an entire population. This is where we would see the kinds of interventions that make the greatest impression on society's health. That's because these interventions are designed to reach a lot of people all at once, instead of one person at a time. Also, these responses ask for minimal effort from people as individuals.

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The pyramid portrays the impact of various public health interventions.

As we move up towards the top of the pyramid, the interventions have less impact because they're mostly based on interventions that reach people on an individual basis, as opposed to the community as a whole.

Also, these interruptions (ahem, I mean interventions) require more effort on behalf of the individual.

In the middle, there's a third level of the pyramid, which Frieden explains "represents 1-time or infrequent protective interventions." [i]

That section reminds me specifically of the Theory Picker tool that we used in the last lecture. There’s a part where you identify whether the behavior you're looking to change is a "Just a 1-time thing, not something that must be done over and over to benefit health or avoid a health risk." [ii]

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Step 1 – create a Google site

Homework # 2:

An Introduction to Online Advertising and Analytics

For our second assignment, we are to master Ad Words, Analytics and HootSuite.

In order to dive deeply into the assignment, I thought about creating a website and start from zero.

  • I want to learn by practice. 
  • I want to see these 3 tools in action. 
  • Discover what they hype is about.
  • Determine their usefulness and measure their value. 
  • I want to ace this!

Putting myself in the shoes of my pretend client, I'll determine how these platforms benefit the plan.

Here we go...