FALL 2023 ALLEN ENGH 302 ANALYZING A PROFESSIONAL TRADE SOURCE WORKSHEET

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ENGH 302/WEEK 2 HOMEWORK Analyzing a Professional Trade Source - Worksheet Name: Rohey Jobe Major/Discipline Area: Community Health/Maternal Health (2 pages/7 questions/worth 35 total homework points) In this activity, you will begin to apply some of the concepts you learned in the readings, and you will use some of the key terms you have reviewed. Choose one article you found in a professional organization's or advocacy group’s webpage that discusses the topic you are researching this semester. You may include the article in your research log. The library subject guides should help you find organizations and open Google searches can also help you find groups that organize around issues in your field or discipline. 1. Please provide a link to the article here: https://tcf.org/content/commentary/testimony-recommendations-senate-addressing- americas-maternal-health-crisis/#easy-footnote-bottom-20 2. From what professional organization or advocacy group does this source come from? Look on the site, find the mission/central purpose of the organization/group, and summarize it here (just a sentence or two). Often this will be listed on the home page under a link called “About Us” or “Mission.” The Century Foundation is a public policy research institute that pursue economic, racial, gender, and disability equity in education, health care, and workplaces. 3. Where does the author establish a purpose for the article? If you can, paste the sentence where you think purpose is being established and describe why you think that sentence is establishing purpose. The author established the purpose towards the end of the first section. “Below is a presentation of rich information and policy proposals geared toward addressing racial disparities in maternal health and ensuring better health care access and outcomes for pregnant women and new mothers.” The author states what she will be discussing in the article. 4. Where does the article establish an exigence? If you can, paste the sentence where you think the exigence is being established, and describe why you think that sentence establishes the exigence. 1
The author established the exigence at the beginning of the article. “What lies at the heart of America’s maternal health crisis is a woefully unequal health care system that perpetuates vast racial disparities in maternal mortality and morbidity. ” It is informing the reader that maternal mortality is an issues and that our healthcare system is contributing to it. 5. Does the article establish a new offering? If so, paste the sentence where you think the new offering is being established, and describe why you think that sentence indicates the new offering the article makes to the stakeholder (audience). “Address bias and racism in the health care system by supporting the Maternal CARE Act.” The author is addressing the Senate and trying to get them to look into bias and racism in healthcare to help address maternal health outcomes. 6. Who are the stakeholders (audience) who can act to address the exigence or who can use the new offering? How do you know that? If there is a sentence that addresses stakeholders directly, you may paste it here. The stakeholders are the Senate. It is written at the end of the article and in the title “ In conclusion, it is my hope that you find these policy proposals and rich information valuable as you consider how the Senate Finance Committee can play a role in helping to address America’s maternal health crisis.” 7. Briefly note any appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos that the article makes. Provide examples from the article. The author mostly appealed to logos by using logic, statistics, and evidence. “ The survey also examined racial disparities in treatment practices. Black women (over 40 percent) were more likely than white women (29 percent) to be given a caesarean section. Black women also reported higher rates of depression and lack of emotional support from their providers. 20 Ethos was shown when the author spoke about her work “ I serve as the Director of Health Care Reform and Senior Fellow for the Century Foundation—a 100-year-old progressive, nonpartisan think tank that seeks to foster opportunity, reduce inequality, and promote security at home and abroad. # # # 2
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