Locating Resources. The ability to locate and utilize information relative to Health and Human Services is an important component of many health and human service jobs. Some of the areas included in HHS programs are:\t\u00a7 Legal\/illegal immigration\t\u00a7 Poverty\t\u00a7 Violence in the Media\t\u00a7 Unemployment\t\u00a7 Alcoholism\t\u00a7 Gambling\t\u00a7 Sexual Harassment\t\u00a7 Criminal Justice\t\u00a7 Hunger \/ Homelessness\t\u00a7 Mental Illness\t\u00a7 Health\tAs an example, the area of “poverty”\ufffd was selected from the above list to locate information and relevant reports. To accomplish this, the following was entered into a search engine (such as Google or MSN): “Health and human services and programs dealing with poverty.”\ufffd One of the 1, 490,000 “hits”\ufffd was titled: “Poverty Guidelines, Research and Measurement.”\ufffd Upon searching this website, an elaborate set of focus subtitles was found. Under the heading “Poverty Research Centers”\ufffd six more references were discovered. As the interest was focused on discovering what information was available, the search centered on “The National Poverty Center.”\ufffd An examination on this site under that heading yielded numerous areas regarding new research opportunities, informing the policy community, and training for young researchers. Your specific assignment follows. Start with an exploration of what can be found in several of the areas listed above. Then, identify one area and prepare a descriptive post outlining the information in this site. You may want to experiment with various areas in order to understand the unusually large number of resources \/ programs, but also the kinds of information. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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