Each student selects a health problem from any of the seminar presentations posted for the
semester and submits to instructor via BlackBoard for approval by end of module 3. Once
approved, student will develop a written paper (five-page maximum excluding references) and
include the following headings (Significance of health problem, Strategies for health
promotion/primary prevention, and Variables impacting health promotion/primary prevention):
I. Significance of health problem to health status 30%
1. Implications of age, gender, ethnicity if appropriate
2. Incidence, prevalence, morbidity, mortality, cost implications
3. Identify a population of focus – be specifiC.
II. Evidence based strategies for health promotion/primary prevention
35%
1. Health teaching principles (how would you assess readiness to learn, subject
relevance, reading level, learner engagement, etc.)
2. Health teaching approaches. Create an outline of the content of what would be
taught. How long would the presentation be, where would the presentation take
place, and what format would the edcuation be taught in)
III. Variables impacting health promotion/primary prevention goal attainment 25%
relevant to health problem (cultural, legal, psycho-socio-economic, family variables)
IV. Organization, grammar, spelling, APA style of writing, meets page 10%
requirements, and must have a minimum of three references (at least 2 current journal
references.) 100%
This paper must be submitted to Safe Assign prior to submission deadline. The similarity should
not exceed more than 20%. To avoid high similarities result, be very careful about quotes and
using other people’s material. Avoid the overuse of direct quotations, especially long ones.
Paraphrasing is usually more efficient and makes it easier to avoid extraneous details