Peer Review Evaluation Rubric For this week’s peer review activity, you will return to the week five “Rough Draft” board and choose two of your fellow students’ drafts to review. To ensure that each student in the class has the opportunity to receive a review on his or her work, you are asked to choose drafts that have either not yet been reviewed, or those which have no more than one review completed. Your peer review grade will be based on the quality and depth of the review you provide for each review. In addition to the rubrics provided below, please refer to the assignment criteria sheet. Speech Rubric Grading Criteria Meets or exceeds established assignment criteria. 8-10 minutes in length A clear thesis statement Evidence supporting claims presented Clearly presents well-reasoned ideas and concepts. Used 10 reputable sources Quality of Speech Academic and professional appearance Eye Contact, Body Language, Composure Communication and Enthusiasm Total Maximum Points 15 15 15 30 10 5 10 45 30 25 100 Presentation Rubric Grading Criteria Meets or exceeds established assignment criteria. 8-10 minutes in length A clear thesis statement Evidence supporting claims presented Clearly presents well-reasoned ideas and concepts. Used 10 reputable sources Quality of Presentation Academic and professional appearance Composure and Communication Clear Organization of Presentation Total Maximum Points 15 15 15 30 10 5 10 45 30 25 100 Paper Rubric Grading Criteria Meets or exceeds established assignment criteria. 5-7 pages (approximately 1000-1250 words) in length A clear thesis statement Body supports claims presented Clearly presents well-reasoned ideas and concepts. Used 10 reputable sources Quality of Writing Academic and professional appearance (APA formatting) Grammar and proofreading Total Maximum Points 15 15 15 30 15 10 45 30 25 100 Reginald Redmond GU 299 Dane Howard Introduction: Sunflower/ Humphrey County Progress helps families with very low income no income, unemployed, elderly and the handicap. I think this is interesting because there are various help agency in every town or communities that some people are unaware of its existence. These agencies help those that are in need and have no other choice of assistance. Su flower/ Humphrey County Progress are located In Indianola, Mississippi and it has several other locations within Sunflower and Humphrey County. It is operated through government funding such as grants. You have to go in person in order to receive assistance but you have to apply online through LIHEAP and giving an appoint to come in for orientation. Thesis: LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program) is an energy assistance program for low- income families where their goal is to assist families who are not able to pay their bills due to the lack of money. Some of the goals of the program are: Benefits for heating and cooling assistance combine, Households received energy assistance without differentiation between heating and cooling assistance, Winter cdsis assistance provided through information and referral to local community action agencies and/or local government entities, and Winter crisis assistance provided through an expedited or fast-track emergency system as part of the State's heating assistance program. LIHEAP is the assistance program that Sunflower/ Humphrey County Progress get funding from to help assist people with their bills. In order to receive assistance you have to attend orientation at the facility. During orientation you are given paperwork to fill out asking questions about income, housing needs, what type of programs are much needed in the area such as daycares, head start programs. You have to complete the questionnaire in its entirety and then once paper work is done you are giving a few papers to take to DHS to verify food stamps eligibility and child support payments. The program also requires that you be registered with the Win Job center to show that you are or have been looking for work. You are then given information on what assistance the program offer and what amount is allocated to each house hold. Once you have complete all the steps then you are given an appointment to come in with your bills that you need help with or rental agreements to show how much your rent is in order to receive assistance with your rent. Although LIHEAP is for low income families or families with no income, they will help others in the time of hardship. They have helped people who have jobs but were sick and couldn’t work and had no income during that time period. The also provides air conditioning during the summer and they assist during the winter with weatherizing home to help keep the elderly warm and safe. There are other counties that provide assistance through LIHEAP. Another good thing about LIHEAP is that they help working families file their income taxes for free. This service is offered to those that have received assistance from their program and can’t afford to pay a tax preparer fee. They help families in a lot of different ways because of the poverty rate here in Sunflower and Humphrey County. LIHEAP says that their partners are as diverse as the individuals they serve and their association works with a range of utility companies, community action agencies, and social impact organizations. Conclusion: I have learned that the Sunflower/ Humphrey County Progress offer financial assistance for certification for CDL’s, Phlebotomist, and Medical Assistant. This is just a few of the things the program offers as a way of helping people in the community to get back to work and have income that will fit their family’s need. Sunflower/ Humphrey County Progress serve two counties where there is a mild to moderate poverty level of income in those communities. I have researched other community based- programs in Mississippi that has some of the same opportunities as Sunflower/ Humphrey County Progress. These programs are Community Action partnership programs where the government help fund through grants and charity. These are a few counties in Mississippi that are funded through LIHEAP such as Bolivar County, Hinds County, Washington County, Sunflower County and Humphrey County. Every state has an agency that provides assistance but they all might not work under LIHEAP. References: http://www.needhelppayingbills.com/html/humphreys__sunflower_county_as.html https://www.liheap.org/ http://wwiscaa.com/ http://bccaainc.org/ http://hchra.org/ Josh Waddell GU 299 09-05-2017 Saving America’s Youth Josh Waddell GU 299 09-05-2017 Do you feel it’s important for communities to help struggling parents be able to feed and take care of their newborn children? The men and women volunteering at Miami Valley Women’s Center certainly do. The topic of my project will be focused around this support organization located in the greater area of Dayton, Ohio. MVWC is a Christian, volunteer, and donation based organization whose goal is to help men and women facing the challenges of unplanned pregnancy and assisting parents in need that cannot adequately provide for their newborn children or struggle to do so. Miami Valley Women’s Center has become a highly recognized, inspirational organization that helps thousands of men, women, and children every year. Created in 1982 by two Christian women who felt the strong desire to help women struggling with the burden of unplanned pregnancy, Miami Valley Women’s Center was founded. Originally, maternal assistance and pregnancy tests were all Jo Anne Rohrer and Debi Sayer (founders) were able to do at the beginning. Since then, MVWC now provides many more services now compared to when it was originally created. Due to the very high number of people seeking the type of help that this women’s center provides, MVWC has opened up three local locations to further maximize relief efforts to those needing assistance. Due to the support need being so high in the Dayton area alone, it makes me wonder how necessary these types of community women’s centers are needed throughout the entire United States? Many people may be unaware, but the need for financial aid to parents who are expecting a baby is very high in the United States. According to research conducted, “Nationally, 48% of all U.S. births in 2008 were paid for by public insurance through Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program and the Indian Health Service.”(1) “In the absence of the publicly funded Josh Waddell GU 299 09-05-2017 family planning effort, the annual public costs of births from unintended pregnancy would have been twice as high - $25 billion, rather than the $12.5 billion estimated in this report.”(1) I knew going into this project that many people are in need of financial aid due to pregnancy related costs, but I was shocked to see public funding cut the cost in half by billions of dollars. In the course of a decade, costs to provide proper medical treatment and care for mothers and their newborn children are literally in the hundreds of billions of dollars in the United States alone. One unplanned pregnancy can be financially taxing and emotionally stressful for unprepared parents and single mothers. To take measures of preventing another unplanned pregnancy from happening again, long lasting reversible contraception are being implemented now more than ever before, and save billions of dollars that would otherwise be attributed to costs of labored births. These long lasting contraceptives greatly improve the chances of not getting pregnant compared to oral contraceptives. Financial research shows that “annual medical costs of UP (unplanned pregnancies) in the United States were estimated to be $4.6 billion, and 53% of these were attributed to imperfect contraceptive adherence. If 10% of women aged 20–29 years switched from oral contraception to LARC, total costs would be reduced by $288 million per year.”(2) Miami Valley Women’s Center collaborates with local medical clinics that can aid women in obtaining these long lasting contraceptives to prevent future unplanned pregnancies. Helping to prevent further unplanned pregnancies is one of MVWC’s top goals to achieve aside from providing aid to those already expecting a child. Even with publicly funded assistance, studies show that the costs associated with pregnancy and childbirth are still too high for most lower and some middle income families to afford. “Households pay too great a share of the costs of maternal health services, or do not seek care because they cannot afford the costs. Available evidence creates a strong case for removal Josh Waddell GU 299 09-05-2017 of user fees and provision of universal coverage for pregnant women, particularly for delivery care.”(3) How can lower income and even some average income families be excited about starting a family with a newborn baby if the thought of financial ruin and hardship will inevitably be waiting for them every step of the way? Pregnancy and giving birth to a child should be a joyous experience, not a stressful headache due to lack of money and resources and the wonder of how they will be able to provide for their newborn. My strong opinion is those that cannot afford to pay for medical expenses (whatever the household annual income limit may be) then those individuals should receive majority if not all coverage to cover expense costs such as medical procedure bills and doctor visit bills. A big resource of aid that Miami Valley Women’s Center offers pregnant moms and even future dads is food resources for healthy nutrition. Poor nutritional foods that are often purchased by low income families have been linked to mental health disorders in pregnant mothers. An article on nutrition.org states: about pregnant women: “The overall prevalence of depression was 9.3%, ranging from 6.7% among SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) nonparticipants to 12.8% among SNAP participants. For every depressive symptom, there was a dose-response relation, such that a higher prevalence was observed with worsening food insecurity.”(4) A study involving Women Infant Children (WIC) approved foods took place in 2009, the goal being to see any and all beneficial changes the food packages had on expecting mothers and their infant children. The results of this study concluded “The 2009 introduction of the revised WIC food packages has significantly improved availability and variety of healthy foods in WIC-authorized and (to a smaller degree) non-WIC convenience and grocery stores. The increase in the composite score of healthy food supply varied from 16% in WIC convenience and grocery stores in higher-income neighborhoods to 39% in lower-income areas. Josh Waddell GU 299 09-05-2017 Improved availability and variety of whole-grain products were responsible for most of the increase in the composite score of healthy food supply.”(5) These studies show a clear relationship between non-nutritional foods and pregnant women and how they can be severally negatively impacted by the continuous consumption of them. Wouldn’t you agree that a pregnant mother deserves to be eating healthy food that will be more nutritious the growing baby inside of her? Studies have shown overwhelming evidence to support that most low and middle income families simply cannot afford the costs associated with unplanned pregnancy, and that millions of people each year require the assistance of publicly funded organizations and centers like MVWC. Poor diet has been linked to depression and other mental disorders in pregnant mothers that simply cannot afford the proper nutritious foods they require while carrying a baby. The use of LARC’s have been proven to drastically decrease the chance of accidental or unplanned pregnancies. So what does all of this information mean, and how does it relate to one another? While MVWC would certainly like to be less busy or even “out of business”, the fact of the matter is that the need for thousands of struggling parents annually to receive financial and material assistance for their newborn children will more than likely always be a problem here in the United States. MVWC recognizes that poor diet can lead to depression and other mental disorders in pregnant mothers, therefore the food pantries they work with try to provide those in need with as little junk food as possible. MVWC also recognizes that the high rate of unplanned pregnancies can be reduced (even by a little bit) if more sexually active women used devices such as LARC’s. Therefore, they actively distribute information pertaining to the pros of such devices around the local Dayton area to try and prevent as many unplanned pregnancies as Josh Waddell GU 299 09-05-2017 possible. According to founder Jo Anne Rohrer who I spoke to in person, approximately 90% of the assistance needed by people who come to their centers are due to lack of sufficient financial resources. Many expecting parents simply cannot afford to pay for the medical expenses and costs associated with pregnancy and having a newborn child. There are many ways that communities can assist expecting parents in need. Local community food banks can assist women’s centers by donating healthy foods, all that they can spare. Doctors’ offices can support by donating medications, providing treatment options and screenings such as ultrasounds and prenatal exams at little to no cost. Individuals and corporations dedicated to helping people in need can donate financially to help women’s centers purchase formula, toys, diapers, and other necessities new moms will require for their children. Miami Valley Women’s Center has become a highly recognized, inspirational organization that helps thousands of men, women, and children every year. It’s important to remember that health care premiums continue to increase, making those struggling to pay medical bills even less likely to be able to afford to pay them. It’s also important to remember that healthy foods, regular doctor check-ups and screenings, and medications are very important to the successful birth to a healthy baby. We all need to be aware of the struggles facing parents dealing with unplanned pregnancy as well as those that are having a tough time making ends meet to be able to provide for their current or future newborn baby. Hopefully with the right exposure, more and more able bodied individuals and organizations will be willing to help so many people struggling with the financial battle of having a newborn, and in turn will help save more and more lives of America’s youth. Josh Waddell GU 299 09-05-2017 References 1. Sonfield, A. (2013, October). Public Costs of Unintended Pregnancies | Guttmacher Institute. Retrieved from https://www.guttmacher.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/pubs/public-costsof-UP 2. Trussell, J. (2013, February). Burden of unintended pregnancy in the United States. Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010782412007238 3. Borghi, J. (n.d.). Mobilising financial resources for maternal health. Retrieved from www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(06)69383-5/fulltext 4. Leung, C. (2014, December). Household Food Insecurity Is Positively Associated with Depression among Low-Income Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participants and Income-Eligible Nonparticipants. Retrieved from http://jn.nutrition.org/content/145/3/622.short 5. Andreyeva, T. (2012, June). Positive Influence of the Revised Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children Food Packages on Access to Healthy Foods - ScienceDirect. Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212267212002869 6. Finer, L. B., PhD. (2016, March 3). Declines in Unintended Pregnancy in the United States, 2008–2011 — NEJM. Retrieved September 05, 2017, from http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1506575#t=article 7. S, S., & JE, D. (2012, June 28). Adding it up: Costs and benefits of contraceptive services. Estimates for 2012. Retrieved September 05, 2017, from https://www.popline.org/node/536252 8. Moving Forward: Family Planning in the Era of Health Reform. (2016, April 01). Retrieved September 05, 2017, from https://www.guttmacher.org/report/moving-forward-familyplanning-era-health-reform 9. Hall, J., Barrett, G., Mbwana, N., Copas, A., Malata, A., & Stephenson, J. (2013, November 05). Understanding pregnancy planning in a low-income country setting: validation of the London measure of unplanned pregnancy in Malawi. Retrieved September 05, 2017, from https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2393-13-200 10. Gomez, A. M., Fuentes, L., & Allina, A. (2014, September). Women or LARC First? Reproductive Autonomy and the Promotion of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Methods. Retrieved September 05, 2017, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4167937/ 
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