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JournalAnalysisSu20.docxN3335 Promoting Healthy Lifestyles
Journal Analysis
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Overview: Journal Analysis
You have maintained a journal for four weeks, recording four entries per week that reflect the issue you selected for your Health Promotion Contract. Now you will review those entries and analyze the effect the journaling experience had on you and your progress toward goals.
Answer all of the questions thoroughly in 3-4 complete sentences, referencing what you learned in the course and reflecting upon the role of journaling in health promotion.
Objective:
· Discuss the purpose and efficacy of journaling for health promotion.
Rubric
Use this rubric to guide your work on the assignment, “Journal Analysis.”
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Task |
Accomplished |
Competent |
Needs Improvement |
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Description of Health Promotion Contract issue (Total 5 points) |
Specific, detailed description of issue (5 points) |
General description of issue (3 points) |
No description of issue (0 points) |
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Explanation of “Stage of Change” at conclusion of journaling (Total 20 points) |
Detailed explanation of specific stage of change, including examples that align with the characteristics described in the article (20 points) |
Statement of stage of change with some description of characteristics (15 points) |
Little or no description of characteristics of stage of change (0 points) |
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Description of most significant motivator (Total 15 points) |
Detailed description of motivator, including two specific examples showing motivator’s impact on progress toward goal (15 points) |
General description of motivator with one example or rationale (10 points) |
No description of motivator OR no examples (0 points) |
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Description of most significant stumbling block (15 points) |
Detailed description of stumbling block, including two specific examples showing stumbling block’s impact on progress toward goal (15 points) |
General description of stumbling block with one example or rationale (10 points) |
No description of stumbling block OR no examples (0 points) |
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Role of journaling in maintaining focus on health issue (10 points) |
Detailed explanation of how journaling did/did not help maintain focus on issue, including two specific examples (10 points)
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General explanation of how journaling did/did not help maintain focus on issue, including one example or rationale (5 points) |
No specific explanation of role of journaling in maintaining focus on issue OR no examples (0 points) |
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Analysis of journal topics (5 points) |
Detailed description of journaling topic(s) (5 points) |
Answer of “yes” or “no” with no details (3 points) |
No response (0 points) |
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Description of self-talk (10 points) |
Two examples with detailed description of dialogue with self, and description of characteristics of talk (10 points) |
One example with general description of self-talk (5 points) |
No description and/or examples of self-talk OR self-talk unrelated to issue (0 points) |
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Impact of JAMA article on future journaling (10 points) |
Detailed statement of impact with specific examples and/or description of anticipation of future outcomes or rationale (10 points) |
Statement of impact with general rationale and/or support (5 points) |
Statement of impact with little or no rationale to support statement OR no statement or rationale (0 points) |
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Comparison of journaling and medication (10 points) |
Statement of position with specific supportive rationale (10 points) |
Statement of position with some rationale (5 points) |
Statement of position with no rationale OR no statement of position (0 points) |
Analysis Questions
1. Thoroughly describe the health issue you chose to work on during this course as listed in your Health Promotion Contract. (5 points)
2. For your issue, at what stage of the “Stages of Change” Model (in Week 1 Readings and Media section) were you in by the last week of the course? Thoroughly describe below. (20 points)
3. What was your most significant motivator in meeting your Health PromotionContract goal? Thoroughly describe below and include two examples. (15 points)
4. What was your most significant stumbling block in meeting your Health Promotion Contract goal? Thoroughly describe below and include two examples. (15 points)
5. Did your journaling help you stay focused on the issue on which you were working? Thoroughly describe below, explaining why or why not, and give two examples. (10 points)
6. Did you find yourself journaling on topics other than your issue? Thoroughly describe below. (5 points)
7. In your attempts to reach a goal (intermediate or end-goal), what was your self-talk? (Self-talk is defined as your ongoing internal dialogue with yourself. Self-talk can be accurate, positive and supportive, or exaggerated and negative.) Give two examples of your self-talk and thoroughly describe below. (10 points)
8. Will the results of the JAMA article (in Week 1 Readings and Media), as to the efficacy of journaling, influence you to continue to journal? Why or why not? (Be honest with yourself in answering this.) Thoroughly describe below. (10 points)
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9. Would you take a medication that purported to have similar health improvement benefits as journaling? Why or why not? Thoroughly describe below. (10 points)
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