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An article published in Reuters.com titled as ,” Trump rule on health insurance leaves immigrants, companies scrambling for answers’ on 31 October 2019. The authors of this news article Kristina and Mica pointed out some bitter realities of Trump’s policies on health. Long term-plans on the state insurance marketplaces are not accessible to immigrants till they have some legal status is a part of ACA requirement or eligibility criteria. Democratic President Barack Obama’s sign health care law. ‘The Trump administration has expanded short-term health plans and made them renewable, which experts say undermines the ACA”( Kristina and Mica,2019).

Theories and models developed by multidisciplinary teams with the involvement of social psychologists are useful for understanding the causes and possible responses to various problematic behaviors. In many cases, it is appropriate to apply the PRECEDE / PROCEED model. The final indicator of the model (phase 1) is the life of the people, their quality. It can be affected (phase 2) by both disease and traumatic events, which we consider here as an example. Further, the reasons for this (model 3 phase) include behavioral factors and environmental characteristics. In today's example, the killer's behavior was, of course, central. But the environment (including the structure and organization of the institution, entrances, security, etc.) made a difference (Gielen, McDonald, Gary & Bone, 2008). Further, in Phase 4, is the most interesting. The model assumes that problem behavior has at least three groups of causes. The above trump rule is linked with PRECEDE / PROCEED model.

The first group are the factors , which make a person ready, to bend behavior. This usually includes certain knowledge, attitudes, emotions. Probably, in the Kerch case two subgroups of factors need to be considered here. The first subgroup is knowledge of the events at Columbine School and its numerous followers. The second subgroup is the emotional problems of the killer himself. And this is where the greatest potential for preventive events lies. What can be done with aggression at the level of the individual, group, society, there is a lot to be found in the literature. What to do about potential causes, such as the same bulling, that is, bullying, of which both children and adults are victims, also many have already thought and tried to do. Given this, one can look for solutions for which the point of influence will be the educational institution, the teaching staff.

The second large group of influences are the factors that enable the person to do what the factors of the first group predispose him to. Reports said that the man began to issue a permit for weapons immediately after 18 years. The ability to obtain and use a weapon was certainly important. However, this factor does not determine everything further, since there may have been other ways to obtain murder tools. However, the instances that a person who wants to possess a weapon must go through should also become a point of influence, or a screening tool for people at increased risk.

The third group is the factors that determine the behavioral choices made. There may be different thoughts to include here. But I think that reports of bloody events in different schools in recent months and the focus on violence brought about after the annexation of Crimea have had a relevant impact. What society approves of and how it expresses intolerance, what constitutes a social norm, how this norm is perceived by people, all this reinforces some reactions and excludes others. (Porter, 2016).

Accordingly, the earlier the cause-and-effect chain is the phenomenon that management decisions seek to influence, the more likely the story will not reach the endpoint of that chain. They are likely to be less visual than the turnstiles at each entrance. But visibility is not always an attribute of efficiency.

References

Cooke, K., & Roosenberg, M. (2019, October 31). Trump Rule on Health Insurance Leaves

Immigrants, Companies Scrambling for Answers. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/10/31/us/politics/31reuters-usa-immigration-insurance.html.

Gielen, A. C., McDonald, E. M., Gary, T. L., & Bone, L. R. (2008). Using the precede-proceed

model to apply health behavior theories. Health behavior and health education: Theory, research, and practice, 4, 407-29.

Porter, C. M. (2016). Revisiting Precede–Proceed: A leading model for ecological and ethical

health promotion. Health Education Journal, 75(6), 753-764.