IHP 200 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric Overview The final project for this course is the creation of a health issue paper (3 to 4 pages) with a presentation (5 to 10 slides)

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IHP 200 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

The final project for this course is the creation of a health issue paper (3 to 4 pages) with a presentation (5 to 10 slides).

In this course, you will explore the different aspects of health issues as they relate to age, gender, sex, and race, among other factors. Health issues are different for every age group and there are health conditions that may only be present at certain times in life. In the field, health professionals must be aware of these differences in order to provide informed and actionable options to individuals dealing with debilitating health issues. Health professionals must also be able to communicate their opinions and recommendations about these health issues to appropriate audiences in order to educate and garner support for their recommendations.

For the final project in this course, you will analyze a health issue from the perspective of an individual patient dealing with the health issue and the age-specific population that individual belongs to. Your analysis will include potential prevention options that might help the individual and the population prevent or mitigate the health issue. Finally, you will take this information and develop a short presentation directed to an audience that might be able to help prevent or mitigate the health issue.

The project is divided into two milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules Three and Five. You will be submitting your paper in Module Seven and your presentation in Module Eight.

Paper:

All critical elements listed under Section I: Health Issue Analysis
All critical elements listed under Section II: Prevention

Presentation

All critical elements listed under Section III: Presentation

In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:

Analyze individuals and populations with health issues at different points in the lifespan for their symptoms, root causes, and prevention options
Interpret basic health risk data and trends of age-specific populations and individuals with health issues at different points in the lifespan for informing potential prevention options
Determine prevention options for individuals and populations with health issues at different points in the lifespan based on best practices used in health education
Communicate potential prevention options that address health issues at different points in the lifespan to relevant audiences

Prompt

Select one of the provided profiles of individuals with an associated health issue:

Scenario One: Depression in an Adult: Charles is a 45-year-old accountant who is recently separated from his wife and is going through a bitter custody battle for his two children. Charles was also denied a promotion at work, which he believed he deserved due to his seniority with the company. He has been going to happy hour multiple times a week after work and indulges in several alcoholic beverages each time.

Scenario Two: Diabetes in the Elderly: Joe is a 75-year-old man who has struggled with diabetes all of his life. He enjoys the beer and candy bars that he consumes each day. He lives alone and has to take insulin on occasion when his sugar levels get out of order. His doctor has warned him about his unhealthy diet for years, but Joe is very hard-headed.

Scenario Three: Obesity in an Adolescent: Michelle is 15 years old and has always been the “big” girl in class. She is much taller than her fellow classmates and is also bigger in size. According to her doctor, she is in the morbidly obese category based on the body mass index (BMI) chart. Michelle gets her exercise from gym class, which she has every Wednesday afternoon. She does not eat breakfast but does eat the school lunches. When she gets home, she tends to fix a bowl of cereal to hold her over until dinner.

This individual belongs to an age-specific population that is affected by this health issue. You will write a health analysis paper in which you analyze both the individual and the age-specific population affected by the health issue for symptoms, causes, and data to inform potential prevention options. For example, if your profile describes a middle-aged individual dealing with high blood pressure, your analysis paper will consider both that specific individual and the entire population of middle-aged adults dealing with high blood pressure.

You will then develop a presentation directed at a particular audience that could enact some of these prevention options in the hopes of helping both the individual from the profile and the age-specific population in dealing with this health issue. For example, if your individual and population are middle-aged adults dealing with high blood pressure, you would cater your presentation to an audience that could help address the issue and potentially enact some of the prevention options you have recommended.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

Health Issue Analysis: In this section of your final project, you will conduct an analysis of the chosen individual and the age-specific population that they belong to for informing your future recommendations regarding potential prevention options.
1. Provide an overview of the health information present in the individual profile you have chosen, and identify the age-specific population that is affected by the health issue. In your response, consider what will be the most important information for your analysis.
2. Describe the prevalence of the health issue in the age-specific population based on the available data, and explain how it informs your analysis of the individual and the population. For example, if the health issue is high blood pressure, what is the national prevalence of this issue in the age-specific population? How would that information inform your analysis?
3. Describe whether the prevalence of the health issue has changed over time based on the available data, and explain how it informs your analysis of the individual and the population. For example, if the prevalence of high blood pressure in the age-specific population is different than it used to be, how does that influence your analysis?
4. Identify the typical symptoms of the health issue, and discuss how the symptoms differ between those of the individual profile and those of the age-specific population.
5. Determine potential causes of the health issue for the individual you have chosen and explain how these potential causes are similar or different from those of the age-specific population.
6. Explain what the implications of the basic health risk data for the age-specific population might be for the individual and the population in regard to appropriate prevention options. Be sure to justify your response with examples and appropriate resources.
7. Identify typical prevention options used to prevent or mitigate the health issue for the age-specific population. For example, when dealing with instances of high blood pressure, what are common options that are used to help prevent or mitigate the issue for middle-aged adults?

Prevention: In this section, you will use your analysis to determine potential prevention options appropriate for preventing or mitigating the health issue for your individual and his or her age-specific population. The potential prevention options may differ based on their health information.
1. Identify best practices of the field regarding prevention options that would be used for the age-specific population with this health issue. Be sure to support your response with examples.
2. Determine potential prevention options that could be recommended for the population and the individual, and explain why you chose the method(s). Be sure to support your response with appropriate resources and best practices in the field.
3. Explain how the age of an individual or a population influences the appropriate prevention options. In other words, how does age factor into deciding upon prevention recommendations?

Presentation: In this section, you will develop a presentation directed at an audience who would be able to address the health issue you have analyzed and potentially enact or implement some of the prevention options you have recommended. You will have to communicate the importance of the issue as well as how your prevention recommendations would be helpful. Throughout your presentation, you should be communicating with your audience appropriately, considering their existing knowledge of the health issue and their interests. Along with your presentation you should prepare accompanying speaker notes.
1. Describe the health issue, statistics, and population affected by the issue to your audience.
2. Communicate the importance of the issue to your audience. You could consider using the individual you have analyzed to support your response. Why is the issue important? How does it impact the population?
3. Explain how the prevention options you have identified would be helpful and appropriate for the population.
4. Explain to your audience what they could do to help address the issue. For example, how could they enact some of your prevention options?

Milestones

Milestone One: Health Issue Analysis

In Module Three, you will submit a draft of your health issue analysis. Your draft should include all of the critical elements identified in Section I above. You will submit your draft in your journal. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone One Rubric.

Milestone Two: Prevention

In Module Five, you will submit a draft of the prevention section of your health issue paper. Your draft should include all of the critical elements identified in Section II above. You will submit your draft in your journal. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone Two Rubric.

Final Submission: Health Issue Analysis Paper

In Module Seven, you will submit your health issue analysis paper. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of Sections I and II of the final project. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course. This submission will be graded with the Final Paper Rubric.

Final Submission: Health Issue Analysis Presentation

In Module Eight, you will submit health issue analysis presentation. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of Section III

of the final project. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course. This submission will be graded with the Final Presentation Rubric.

Deliverables

Milestone	Deliverable	Module Due	Grading
One	Health Issue Analysis	Three	Graded separately; Milestone One Rubric
Two	Prevention	Five	Graded separately; Milestone Two Rubric
	Final Submission: Paper	Seven	Graded separately; Final Paper Rubric
	Final Submission: Presentation	Eight	Graded separately; Final Presentation Rubric

Final Paper Rubric

Guidelines for Submission: Your health issue analysis paper must be 3 to 4 pages, in 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced. Your paper should utilize proper APA formatting when appropriate.

Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information, review these instructions .

Critical Elements	Exemplary (100%)	Proficient (85%)	Needs Improvement (55%)	Not Evident (0%)	Value
Health Issue Analysis: Health Information	Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates keen insight into the important health information provided in the individual profile	Provides an overview of the health information presented in the individual profile, identifying the age-specific population	Provides an overview of the health information presented in the individual profile, identifying the age-specific population, but overview omits key information or is illogical	Does not provide an overview of the health information presented in the individual profile, and does not identify the age-specific population	7.68
Health Issue Analysis: Prevalence	Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates a sophisticated awareness of how basic health risk data informs analysis of the individual and the population	Describes the prevalence of the issue based on the available data, explaining how that informs the analysis of the individual and the population	Describes the prevalence of the issue based on the available data, explaining how that informs the analysis of the individual and the population, but description is cursory or inaccurate or explanation is cursory or illogical	Does not describe the prevalence of the issue based on the available data, and does not explain how that informs the analysis of the individual and the population	10.25
Health Issue Analysis: Changed Over Time	Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates a sophisticated awareness of how basic health risk trends inform analysis of the individual and the population	Describes whether the prevalence of the issue has changed over time based on the available data, explaining how that informs the analysis of the individual and the population	Describes whether the prevalence of the issue has changed over time based on the available data, explaining how that informs the analysis of the individual and the population, but description is cursory or inaccurate or explanation is cursory or illogical	Does not describe whether the prevalence of the issue has changed over time based on the available data, and does not explain how that informs analysis of the individual and the population	10.25

Health Issue Analysis: Symptoms	Meets “Proficient” criteria and discussion demonstrates a sophisticated awareness of how the symptoms of the individual and the typical symptoms of the age-specific population differ from each other	Identifies the typical symptoms of the health issue in the agespecific population, discussing how the symptoms differ between those of the individual and those of the population	Identifies the typical symptoms of the health issue in the agespecific population, discussing how the symptoms differ between those of the individual and those of the population, but identification is inaccurate or discussion is cursory or illogical	Does not identify the typical symptoms of the health issue in the age-specific population, and does not discuss how the symptoms differ between those of the individual and those of the population	7.68
Health Issue Analysis: Causes	Meets “Proficient” criteria and discussion demonstrates a sophisticated awareness of how the potential causes of the health issue for the individual and the age-specific population are similar and different	Determines potential causes of the health issue for the individual you have chosen, explaining how these potential causes are similar or different from those of the age-specific population	Determines potential causes of the health issue for the individual you have chosen, explaining how these potential causes are similar or different from those of the age-specific population, but determinations are inappropriate or explanation is cursory or illogical	Does not determine potential causes of the health issue for the individual you have chosen, and does not explain how these potential causes are similar or different from those of the agespecific population	7.68
Health Issue Analysis: Implications	Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates a sophisticated awareness of how basic health risk data informs appropriate prevention options for the individual and the population	Explains the implications of the basic health risk data for the individual and the population in regards to which prevention options would be appropriate, justifying response with examples and appropriate resources	Explains the implications of the basic health risk data for the individual and the population in regards to which prevention options would be appropriate, justifying response with examples and appropriate resources, but explanation is cursory or illogical or justification is cursory or not supported	Does not explain the implications of the basic health risk data for the individual, and the population in regards to which prevention options would be appropriate and does not justify the response	10.25
Health Issue Analysis: Prevention Options	Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates a sophisticated awareness of how symptoms and causes of health issues inform prevention options	Identifies the typical prevention options for the health issue, justifying identifications with examples	Identifies the typical prevention options for the health issue, justifying identifications with examples, but identification is inaccurate or justification is cursory or not supported	Does not identify the typical prevention options for the health issue, and does not justify identifications with examples	7.68
Prevention: Best Practices	Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates a sophisticated awareness of best practices for prevention options based on the age-specific population	Identifies the best practices of the field regarding prevention options for this health issue that would be used for the agespecific population, supporting response with examples	Identifies the best practices of the field regarding prevention options for this health issue that would be used for the agespecific population, supporting response with examples, but identification is cursory or inappropriate for the population or the individual with the health issue or supporting examples are inappropriate	Does not identify the best practices of the field regarding prevention options for this health issue that would be used for the age-specific population, and does not support response with examples	10.25
Prevention: Prevention Options	Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates keen insight into potential prevention options that would be appropriate for the individual and the population based on prior analysis and best practices in the field	Recommends potential prevention options for the population and the individual, explaining why the methods were chosen and supporting response with appropriate resources and best practices in the field	Recommends potential prevention options for the population and the individual, explaining why the methods were chosen and supporting response with appropriate resources and best practices, but recommendations are inappropriate or explanation is cursory, illogical, or not supported by resources and best practices in the field	Does not recommend potential prevention options for the population and the individual and does not explain why the methods were chosen	10.25
Prevention: Age	Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates keen insight into how the age of the individual or population influences the prevention options that would be appropriate in preventing or mitigating the health issue	Explains how the age of an individual or a population influences appropriate prevention options	Explains how the age of an individual or a population influences appropriate prevention options, but explanation is cursory or illogical	Does not explain how the age of an individual or a population influences appropriate prevention options	10.25
Articulation of Response	Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to-read format	Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization	Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas	Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas	7.78
Total					100%

Final Presentation Rubric

Guidelines for Submission: Your presentation must be 5 to 10 slides in standard presentation software (e.g., PowerPoint, Prezi, Google Slides, etc.) with accompanying speaker notes. Your presentation should utilize proper APA formatting when appropriate.

Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information, review these instructions .

Critical Elements	Exemplary (100%)	Proficient (85%)	Needs Improvement (55%)	Not Evident (0%)	Value
Presentation: Health Issue	Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates a sophisticated awareness of how to properly communicate with the chosen audience given their knowledge of the health issue and their interests	Describes the health issue, relevant statistics, and population to the audience, communicating the information appropriately for the selected audience	Describes the health issue, relevant statistics, and population to the audience, communicating the information appropriately for the selected audience, but description is cursory, illogical, or not communicated appropriately to the selected audience	Does not describe the health issue, relevant statistics, and population to the audience, communicating the information appropriately for the selected audience	22
Presentation: Importance	Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates a sophisticated awareness of how to properly communicate with the chosen audience given their knowledge of the health issue and their interests	Communicates the importance of the issue appropriately to the audience you have chosen	Communicates the importance of the issue to the audience you have chosen, but communication is cursory, illogical, or not appropriate for the selected audience	Does not communicate the importance of the issue to the audience you have chosen	22
Presentation: Prevention Options	Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates a sophisticated awareness of how to properly communicate with the chosen audience given their knowledge of the health issue and their interests	Explains how the prevention options that have been identified would be helpful and appropriate for the population if implemented, communicating the information appropriately for the selected audience	Explains how the prevention options that have been identified would be helpful and appropriate for the population if implemented, communicating the information appropriately for the selected audience, but explanation is cursory or illogical or information is not communicated appropriately for the selected audience	Does not explain how the prevention options that have been identified would be helpful and appropriate for the population if implemented	22

Presentation:

Audience

Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates keen insight into the different ways that the audience could help address the

health issue

Explains to audience what they could do to help address the health issue for the population

Explains to audience what they could do to help address the health issue for the population, but explanation is cursory or illogical

Does not explain to audience what they could do to help address the health issue for the population

22

Articulation of Response

Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to-read

format

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

12

Total

100%

Prompt: Reflect on the work you have accomplished throughout the course on your final project.

Reconsider the audience (Healthcare Professions) you identified in Module Two. Remember that this audience should have the ability to help effect necessary change in regard to your topic. Do you believe that your identified audience needs to be adjusted? Explain the rationale for this audience.

Review the feedback you have received throughout the course. Do you have questions regarding the feedback? Do you feel comfortable incorporating the feedback into your final paper? There was no feedback other than "Great job"

Are there any gaps in your research? Do you need to do additional research to round out and finalize your paper? If so, explain what you still need.

Are there any aspects of your scenario issue that you do not understand? If so, what are they? Have you addressed all critical elements of Sections I and II, and does your paper meet the details described in the rubric? Rubic attached reference