Final Project One Submission: Country Profile

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IHP 501 Final Project One Guidelines and Rubric Country Profile

Overview As a healthcare professional driven to advocacy, you must be aware of disparities of healthcare systems within and across borders. This course has prepared you to critically analyze a variety of health issues in countries around the world and to assess the role healthcare professionals and institutions or organizations play in both the delivery and improvement (or detriment) of a system. Ultimately, as an advocate for population health and promotion of service delivery, you will craft an analysis of health issues that will lead you to make recommendations on how to effect positive change regarding healthcare access, equity, and outcomes in a country. Final Project One for this course is the creation of a country profile that provides a detailed assessment of the chosen population and its healthcare system. The final product represents an authentic demonstration of competency because by exploring healthcare across borders to better understand disparities and the impacts of economics, culture, and social factors on population health, you will gain a global view of healthcare necessary for impactful advocacy. 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 Two and Four. The final product will be submitted in Module Six. In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:

 Assess the impact of economic, social, and cultural factors on communities and healthcare organizations in the United States and internationally

 Determine the role and influence of key international organizations and stakeholders in promoting global health, service delivery, and healthcare policy

 Analyze data from global and local health organizations for informing health initiative recommendations

Prompt For this project, choose a country (other than the United States) and assess its population health and healthcare system. Your country profile should address the impacts of economics, culture, and social factors on population health. You will choose three areas of health study to examine in detail for your country. These areas must be approved by your instructor.

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Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Introduction A. State the purpose of the country profile and explain why you chose to write about this country in particular. B. Identify appropriate details needed for an analysis of the state of healthcare in your chosen country. Your discussion should include but is not

limited to population, type of government and the state of governmental affairs, geographic location, and climate.

II. General State of Healthcare A. Determine the main health-related issues in the country through an assessment of its recent history and current events for indicators of the

state of healthcare affairs in the country, using data from a reputable health organization as a starting point for your research. B. Evaluate the country’s current structure for providing healthcare to its populations to determine whether the existing structure is sufficient for

supporting healthcare improvements.

III. Health Study: Identify three major areas of health study within the country for your analysis. You should have a section for each topic in your country profile, and each section should address the following elements:

A. Explain the significance and impact of the issue within the country, using your research as support. B. Identify the populations impacted most by the issue and explain how they are impacted. Include a consideration of why these populations are

affected in your response. C. Assess the impact that social and cultural factors have on the populations vulnerable to the issue. Include in your assessment how these factors

may affect the populations’ vulnerability to the issue. D. Assess the impact that economic factors have on the populations affected by the issue. Include in your assessment how these factors may affect

the populations’ vulnerability to the issue. E. Assess the extent to which any current actions taken by organizations or governments are helping address the issue. If nothing is being done to

address the issue, explain why. F. Determine the influence of major stakeholders and organizations—national and international—that play a role in the healthcare environment of

the country. G. Recommend an intervention or improvement to an action and justify how it could help address the issue.

IV. Conclusions

A. Summarize the implications of each issue identified in your country profile and your overall recommendations for global health and health practitioners as related to the issues.

B. Synthesize how the three recommendations you made for the identified issues could be used to inform a larger, broader solution to both the chosen country’s overall health-related issues and the contributing factors of the country’s health challenges.

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Milestones Final Project One Milestone One: Introduction and General State of Healthcare In Module Two, you will develop a profile of your chosen country, beginning with your rationale for choosing the country. Examine the contextual details of the selected country, including demographic data. Next, describe the general state of healthcare. Identify three major health-related issues plaguing the country and briefly describe them. This milestone will be graded with the Final Project One Milestone One Rubric. Final Project Two Milestone Two: Summary of the Issues In Module Four, you will summarize the three major health issues identified in the country you selected, including the economic, social, and cultural factors influencing the health issue. Describe what the various stakeholders (government, other organizations, vulnerable populations, etc.) are currently doing to address the issues. Evaluate the current response to each issue as good, bad, or needing improvement, and then propose interventions for improving the health of a vulnerable population impacted by each issue. This milestone will be graded with the Final Project One Milestone Two Rubric. Final Project One Submission: Country Profile In Module Six, you will submit Final Project One. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final product. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course. This submission will be graded with the Final Project One Rubric.

Deliverables Milestone Deliverable Module Due Grading

One Introduction and General State of Healthcare Two Graded separately; Final Project One Milestone One Rubric

Two Summary of the Issues Four Graded separately; Final Project One Milestone Two Rubric

Final Submission: Country Profile Six Graded separately; Final Project One Rubric

Final Project One Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Your country profile should be 8 to 10 pages in length (not including title and reference pages) with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and adherence to the most recent APA standards for formatting and referencing. The paper should have a minimum of five peer-reviewed sources.

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Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Introduction: Purpose

Meets “Proficient” criteria and explanation provides keen insight into reasons for the choice of country

States the purpose of the paper and explains why the country was chosen

States the purpose of the paper, but statement is cursory, contains inaccuracies, or does not explain why the country was chosen

Does not state the purpose of the paper

2.73

Introduction: Details

Meets “Proficient” criteria and identification demonstrates advanced knowledge of details needed for analysis of a country’s state of healthcare

Identifies appropriate details needed for an analysis of the state of healthcare in the chosen country, including population, type of government and the state of governmental affairs, geographic location, and climate

Identifies details for an analysis of the state of healthcare in the chosen country but the identification is not appropriate, is missing key inclusions, or contains inaccuracies

Does not identify details for an analysis of the state of healthcare in the chosen country

2.73

General State of Healthcare:

Health-Related Issues

Meets “Proficient” criteria and the data used for the determination demonstrates keen insight into what is needed and appropriate for evaluating health indicators

Determines the main health- related issues in the country through an assessment of its recent history and current events for indicators of the state of healthcare affairs in the country, using data from a reputable health organization as support

Determines health-related issues in the country through an assessment of its recent history and current events for indicators of the state of healthcare affairs in the country, but determination is not focused or contains inaccuracies, assessment is cursory, or the data used is not from a reputable health organization or lacks support entirely

Does not determine health- related issues in the country

6.9

General State of Healthcare:

Structure

Meets “Proficient” criteria and evaluation demonstrates keen insight into the relationship between a country’s structure for providing healthcare and its ability to support improvements

Evaluates the country’s current structure for providing healthcare to its populations and determines whether the existing structure is sufficient for supporting healthcare improvements

Evaluates the country’s structure for providing healthcare to its populations and determines whether the existing structure is sufficient for supporting healthcare improvements, but the structure evaluated is out-of- date, the evaluation or determination is cursory, or response contains inaccuracies

Does not evaluate the country’s structure for providing healthcare to its populations

10.36

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Health Study: Three Major

Areas: Significance

Meets “Proficient” criteria and research used to support explanation clearly exemplifies the impact each issue has on the country

Explains the significance and impact of each issue within the country, supported with research

Explains the significance and impact of each issue within the country, but explanations are cursory or incomplete, contain inaccuracies, or lack support

Does not explain the significance and impact of each issue within the country

8.28

Health Study Three Major

Areas: Populations Impacted

Meets “Proficient” criteria and explanations provide keen insight into the relationship between the populations and the issues

Identifies the populations impacted most by the issues and explains how they are impacted, including a consideration of why the populations are affected

Identifies populations impacted by each issue and explains how they are impacted, but identifications neglect those most impacted, explanations are cursory or lack consideration of why the populations are affected, or response is incomplete or contains inaccuracies

Does not identify the populations impacted by each issue or explain how they are impacted

8.28

Health Study: Three Major

Areas: Social and Cultural Factors

Meets “Proficient” criteria and assessment provides keen insight into the relationship between social and cultural factors and vulnerable populations

Assesses the impact that social and cultural factors have on the populations vulnerable to each issue, including how the factors may affect the populations’ vulnerability to the issue

Assesses the impact that social and cultural factors have on the populations vulnerable to each issue, but assessments are cursory or missing how the factors may affect vulnerability or response is incomplete or contains inaccuracies

Does not assess the impact of social and cultural factors on the populations vulnerable to the issues

8.28

Health Study: Three Major

Areas: Economic Factors

Meets “Proficient” criteria and assessment provides keen insight into the relationship between economic factors and affected populations

Assesses the impact that economic factors have on the populations affected by each issue, including how the factors may affect the populations’ vulnerability to the issue

Assesses the impact that economic factors have on the populations affected by each issue, but assessments are cursory or missing how the factors may affect vulnerability or response is incomplete or contains inaccuracies

Does not assess the impact of economic factors on the populations affected by the issues

8.28

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Health Study: Three Major

Areas: Current Actions

Meets “Proficient” criteria and assessment or explanation demonstrates keen insight into the state of actions taken (or not taken) to address each issue

Assesses the extent to which any current actions taken by organizations or governments are helping address each issue; if nothing is being done to address the issues, explains why

Assesses the extent to which current actions taken by organizations or governments are helping address each issue; if nothing is being done to address the issues, explains why, but assessments or explanations are cursory, incomplete, or contain inaccuracies

Does not assess the extent to which current actions taken by organizations or governments are helping address each issue; if nothing is being done to address the issues, does not explain why

10.36

Health Study: Three Major

Areas: Influence

Meets “Proficient” criteria and determination demonstrates keen insight into the impact that internal and external stakeholders can have on the healthcare environment of a country

Determines the influence of major stakeholders and organizations—national and international—that play a role in the healthcare environment of the country

Determines the influence of major stakeholders and organizations that play a role in the healthcare environment of the country, but determination is incomplete or contains inaccuracies

Does not determine the influence of major stakeholders and organizations that play a role in the healthcare environment of the country

10.36

Health Study: Three Major

Areas: Intervention

Meets “Proficient” criteria and the justification for the recommendation provides keen insight into the needs required to address the issue

Recommends an intervention or improvement to an action and justifies how it could help address the issue

Recommends an intervention or improvement to an action, but recommendation is illogical, contains inaccuracies, or lacks a justification, or justification is cursory, illogical, or contains inaccuracies

Does not recommend an intervention or improvement to an action

6.90

Conclusions: Recommendations

Meets “Proficient” criteria and summary provides keen insight into the relationship between each issue and global health and health practitioners

Summarizes the implications of each issue identified in the country profile and overall recommendations for global health and health practitioners as related to the issues

Summarizes the implications of each issue identified in the country profile and overall recommendations for global health and health practitioners as related to the issues, but summary is cursory or incomplete or contains inaccuracies

Does not summarize the implications of each issue identified in the country profile and overall recommendations for global health and health practitioners as related to the issues

6.90

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Conclusions: Solution

Meets “Proficient” criteria and the synthesis demonstrates keen insight into how health solutions can be developed on a larger scale for the country, beginning with the recommendations

Synthesizes how the three recommendations made for the identified issues could be used to inform a larger, broader solution to both the chosen country’s overall health-related issues and the contributing factors of the country’s health challenges

Synthesizes how the three recommendations made for the identified issues could be used to inform a solution to both the chosen country’s overall health- related issues and the contributing factors of the country’s health challenges, but synthesis is cursory, illogical, or narrow in scope or contains inaccuracies

Does not synthesize how the three recommendations made for the identified issues could be used to inform a solution to both the chosen country’s overall health-related issues and the contributing factors of the country’s health challenges

6.90

Articulation of Response

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

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

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

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

2.74

Total 100%