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Homework answers / question archive / MPH635 Assignment #2: Program Approach 15% of course grade / 30 points You will formulate and communicate a theory-based approach to your health program
MPH635 Assignment #2: Program Approach
15% of course grade / 30 points
You will formulate and communicate a theory-based approach to your health program. The approach must be grounded in existing knowledge about health promotion theory and known effective interventions, account for community priorities, and include clear and measurable goals and objectives. Use as wide a variety of resources as you can find to provide a complete explanation of your intended approach and justification.
The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate your ability to justify the approach you intend to take to your program and its likelihood of achieving a positive health effect.
Instructions:
Format:? Papers should be 3-5 pages long, double-spaced, 12-font and 1” margins all around. APA format should be followed throughout, including all cited references. References are not included in the 5-page limit, and should include all data sources. Quality of writing and APA is worth 5pts.
Contents: Please follow the below outline as a guide.?
Literature Review of potential effective solutions (5pts)
Summarize the known effective interventions for your health issue in your program’s target community. Provide at least 2 examples of health behavior theories that help explain why these interventions work. Provide a summary of potential solutions that have not been shown to be effective and should be avoided. Utilize evidence from both the peer reviewed literature, public health institutions, and resources that reflect community stakeholder views.
Logic Model of Change (Effect Theory) (5pts)
Construct a visual conceptual model of your theory of change and clearly identify your program’s health outcomes of interest, the intermediate behavioral and environmental change outcomes, and your programmatic objectives. Provide a written annotation to explain and justify its contents; objectives should clearly relate to Healthy People 2030 goals.
Note: Your effect theory model should NOT represent your overall organizational plan -- just the relationship between your interventions, intermediate outcomes, & health outcomes.
Program components (10pts)
Select a specific intervention approach that you will implement to address this issue in your target community and describe it in detail, including any theory on which it is based, and its components, scope, and sequence of activities. Justify how these activities will help create? change in your intermediate outcomes.
Peer Review (5pts): Provide a formal peer review of one classmate’s needs assessment using a? template provided by the instructor. I will assign you a peer to swap with and the template.
DUE DATE?: Papers should be uploaded via Engage by ?11:59 pm on Sunday of Week 5?. Peer Reviews due ?11:59 pm on Wednesday of Week 6.
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Grading criteria |
Excellent |
Competent |
Developing |
Weak |
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Literature Review 5pts
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Paper soundly summarizes the literature on effective interventions (4.5-5) |
Paper adequately summarizes the literature on effective interventions (4) |
Paper offers some evidence on effective interventions several areas need improvement. (3.5) |
Paper does not represent evidence on effective interventions (0.5-3) |
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Logic Model and Objectives 5pts |
A clear and concise logic model that clearly identifies key outcomes with sound justification (4.5-5) |
A sufficient logic model is provided that identifies outcomes but needs improvement for clarity (4) |
A logic model is offered but is lacking in clarity in some way (3.5) |
An insufficient or no logic model is provided (0.5-3) |
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Program Approach Summary 10pts |
The program approach is clearly and thoroughly described including activities that are well-justified in relationship to the outcomes and the plan is reasonable within the time and budget parameters of the RFP (9-10) |
The program approach is described including activities in relationship to the outcomes and the plan is possibly within the time and budget parameters of the RFP (8-8.5) |
The program approach is described but is not clearly linked to the outcomes and/or the plan is not realistic within the time and budget parameters of the RFP (7-7.5) |
The program approach is either not clearly described or is insufficient or completely out of scope for the RFP parameters. (0.5-6.5) |
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Academic writing quality and APA 5pts |
Excellent academic writing quality. Concise scholarly tone, well organized, uses appropriate vocabulary and standard English. Clear, logical, and coherent flow. Strong skill, proper APA. (4.5-5) |
Good writing quality. Professional tone, well organized and rarely strays from appropriate vocabulary or standard English. Clear and logical flow. (4) |
Acceptable writing quality. Communicates ideas, but lacks professional or academic tone. Organization, clarity, and flow need improvement. Strays from standard English and/or writing quality interferes with comprehension. (3.5) |
Inadequate writing quality. Inappropriately casual, not organized clearly or lacks clarity.. Strays from standard English. The writing quality is in the way of understanding the argument. (0.5-3) |
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Peer Review 5pts |
High quality, specific, and critical feedback offered that addresses all areas of the paper (4.5-5) |
Sufficient feedback offered that addresses the paper but may focus more on positive than constructive critique (4) |
Incomplete or inactionable feedback provided, or feedback does not indicate comprehension of the paper (3.5) |
Peer review is inadequate or missing entirely (0.5-3) |
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Total points earned (out of 30) |
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Late adjustment (-10% or 3pts for each day late unless other arrangements were made) |
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Final grade |
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A: 90-100% (27-30 points) / B: 80-89% (24-26 points) / C: 70-79% (21-23 points) / BC below 70% (20.5 points or below) |
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