For this assignment:
- Select a population with a health disparity in your community.
- Describe the factors that contribute to the disparity: social, racial, cultural, environmental, religious, etc.
- What systems are in place to remedy this situation?
- Design a health promotion program that addresses solutions to the disparity in a culturally competent way.
- What barriers will be faced by the population? What barriers will be faced by the public health professionals?
- What systems will need to be in place to ensure appropriate utilization of the program resources in order to achieve improvement in health equity within the community?
- Your paper should be five to seven pages in length (excluding cover page and reference page).
- Use APA (6th ed.) format to style your paper and to cite your sources. Integrate your sources into the paragraphs and use internal citations pointing to evidence in the literature and supporting your ideas. You will need to include a reference page listing those sources.
See the rubric for specific grading criteria.
Exceeds Expectations | Meets Expectations | Approaches Expectations | Does Not Meet Expectations | |
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Discussion of the Importance of Health Promotion in Addressing Health Disparities |
Points Range:54 (27.00%) – 60 (30.00%) Identifies and demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of how to effectively identify a vulnerable population and the health disparities associated with it. |
Points Range:49.8 (24.90%) – 53.4 (26.70%) Identifies and demonstrates an accomplished understanding of how to effectively identify a vulnerable population and the health disparities associated with it. |
Points Range:43.8 (21.90%) – 49.2 (24.60%) Identifies and demonstrates little understanding of how to effectively identify a vulnerable population and the health disparities associated with it. |
Points Range:0 (0.00%) – 43.2 (21.60%) Does not demonstrate an acceptable understanding of how to effectively identify a vulnerable population and the health disparities associated with it. |
Creating a Health Promotion Program to Address a Population’s Health Disparity |
Points Range:72 (36.00%) – 80 (40.00%) Presents an insightful and thorough analysis of the steps necessary to identify a population’s health disparity and create a public health program to address it. Demonstrates a high-level of understanding of the topic. |
Points Range:66.4 (33.20%) – 71.2 (35.60%) Presents a thorough analysis of the steps necessary to identify a population’s health disparity and create a public health program to address it. Demonstrates a strong level of understanding of the topic. Some necessary elements are missing for a full analysis of topic. |
Points Range:58.4 (29.20%) – 65.6 (32.80%) Presents a limited analysis of the steps necessary to identify a population’s health disparity and create a public health program to address it. Demonstrates some understanding of the topic. Key elements are missing for a full analysis of topic. |
Points Range:0 (0.00%) – 57.6 (28.80%) Presents a superficial or incomplete analysis of the steps necessary to identify a population’s health disparity and create a public health program to address it. Does not demonstrate a level of understanding of the topic. Key information is omitted. |
Relevance and Connection to Program Learning Outcomes |
Points Range:18 (9.00%) – 20 (10.00%) The student supports the rationale and opinions with strong arguments and well-documented evidence, and presents a balanced and critical view. The interpretation is both reasonable and objective. |
Points Range:16.6 (8.30%) – 17.8 (8.90%) The student supports the rationale and opinions with some evidence and presents a somewhat balanced viewpoint. The interpretation is reasonable. |
Points Range:14.6 (7.30%) – 16.4 (8.20%) The student supports the rationale and opinions with limited reasoning and evidence, presents a somewhat one-sided argument, and demonstrates little engagement with ideas that are presented. |
Points Range:0 (0.00%) – 14.4 (7.20%) The student presents no rationale and opinions and demonstrates no engagement with ideas that are presented. |
Writing and Mechanics |
Points Range:18 (9.00%) – 20 (10.00%) Writing demonstrates a sophisticated clarity, conciseness, and correctness; includes thorough details, relevant data, and information; and is extremely well-organized. Punctuation, spelling, and capitalization are all correct, and there are no errors (0 errors). |
Points Range:16.6 (8.30%) – 17.8 (8.90%) Writing is accomplished in terms of clarity and conciseness and contains only a few errors; includes sufficient details, relevant data, and information; and is well-organized. Punctuation, spelling, and capitalization are generally correct with few errors (1–2 errors). |
Points Range:14.6 (7.30%) – 16.4 (8.20%) Writing lacks clarity or conciseness and contains numerous errors; provides insufficient detail, relevant data, and information; and lacks organization. Errors in punctuation, spelling, and capitalization detract from the readability of the paper (3–4 errors). |
Points Range:0 (0.00%) – 14.4 (7.20%) Writing is unfocused, rambling, or contains serious errors; lacks detail, relevant data, and information; and is poorly organized. There are many distracting errors in punctuation, spelling, and capitalization (>4 errors). |
APA Formatting |
Points Range:18 (9.00%) – 20 (10.00%) Uses APA guidelines accurately and consistently to cite sources (0 errors). Sources are peer-reviewed and relevant and expertly used and cited. |
Points Range:16.6 (8.30%) – 17.8 (8.90%) Uses APA guidelines with minor violations to cite sources (1–2 errors). Sources are somewhat relevant but may be limited in scholarly nature. |
Points Range:14.6 (7.30%) – 16.4 (8.20%) Reflects incomplete knowledge of APA guidelines (3–4 errors). Sources are not cited or cited with many errors. Sources are not scholarly in nature. |
Points Range:0 (0.00%) – 14.4 (7.20%) Does not use APA guidelines. No scholarly research is evident, and does not meet the required number of sources. |
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