W03 Root Cause Analysis
Doctrine and Covenants Section 6
33 aFear not to do bgood, my sons, for whatsoever ye csow, that shall ye also reap; therefore, if ye sow dgood ye shall also reap good for your ereward. 34 Therefore, fear not, little aflock; do good; let earth and hell combine against you, for if ye are bbuilt upon my rock, they cannot prevail.
The gospel and social innovation are powerful and effective tools. In order to more effectively design and implement a social solution, I need to first focus on how to consider the problems through two constraints: One, that the solution must address a legitimate social issue and two, that the solution is determined by root cause analysis.
In this week's course material "Root Cause Analysis
Tracing a Problem to its Origins" an example shared brought the concept into tangible view and sparked my interest, "In medicine, it's easy to understand the difference between
treating the symptoms and curing the condition. A broken
wrist, for example, really hurts! But painkillers will only take
away the symptoms; you'll need a different treatment to help
your bones heal properly". Thankfully I have never had a broken bone, but I have taken medication for a symptom only a few hours later to have them re-surface.
This week I selected the social issue of obesity as my focus for the upcoming application assignment. I can't say that there is a lot I am looking forward to in regard to studying this social issue. Obesity rates are increasing at an alarming speed in every age range. Obesity in adults is associated with poor health such as disease, sedentary lifestyle, and misinformation. Obesity in children and youth increases with environmental factors such media influences. Prevention efforts to address the known causes of obesity in all segments of society are minimal. Product preferences affect purchase decisions. I am concerned that as I dive deeper into the topic that I may be even more discouraged about studying obesity, yet by approaching it through the root cause and analysis, "fishbone' has broadened my view and helped me to process the issues I am reading about in this week's reading material.
As I type my heart is heavy over a different type of problem, the incurable cancer that will soon take the life of my 12 year old nephew. I am still learning exactly how, but it does seem that both the fishbone analysis method and the 5-Why's method would be helpful to researchers as they document problems and solutions in fighting cancer.
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