Mandating HPV
Read Smith, pp. 74-80.
a. What factors need to be discussed when a patient/ parent asks you for information regarding the HPV vaccine? Practice describing the pros and cons of the vaccine out loud with a colleague.
b. What options does your state allow for parents who choose not to immunize their children?
c. Read Genesis 1:27-31, 2:24; Matthew 19:5; 1 Corinthians 6:16; Ephesians 5:31-33, Revelation 19:7-9. What are God's purposes and plan for sexual intimacy?
d. Read Ephesians 5:1-13; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8. What do these verses say about sexual impurity? Why do you think God designed sex only for marriage?

Educators and Students
Read Pesut and Oliver, pp. 92-96 and 97-99.
a. What student or educator made a significant impact on your life? Describe the situation.
b. How does an educator become a person of influence? What are the dangers of this relationship? What are the rewards?
c. In what ways was (or is) faith integrated in your classroom setting?

The Plea of the Needy:
Read Salladay, et. al., p. 51.
a. Discuss the question:"How healthy is America's public health system?"
b. What public health services are available in your area? What can you do to assist patients without insurance?

Healthcare Missions
Read Stanley and Stanley, pp. 87-91.
a. Describe a bottom-up, capacity-building approach to disease prevention and health promotion.
b. On what must the goal of integrating health initiatives into rural village life be based?
c. What factors make changing healthcare behaviors difficult in a cross-cultural setting?
d. Discuss how you think biblical concepts are reflected in the Ten Commandments of Health (i.e., Leviticus 5:2-3, 11:28).

Healthcare Today
Read Peterson, pp. 83-86.
a. How have you become wrapped up in the "whys" and "hows" of an illness or injury rather than caring for the hurting patient?
b. Outline your ministry of health.What has influenced your philosophy? What tweaks may be needed to better meet the needs of your patients?
c. Read another biblical account of healing. Using the interpretation concepts described by Peterson, record your findings.