public health

PHE 321 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric

Overview: For the final project, you will create a disease brief based on a chronic or infectious disease you select from a provided list. In your disease brief, you

will cover the etiology of the disease, research the incidence and prevalence of the disease, explore treatment and prevention, and consider how the ecological

model impacts this public health issue. In this milestone, you will identify your topic and some initial resources (journal articles, credible websites, etc.) for your

final project. Your initial research should provide you with both a strong direction for your final project topic and a collection of resources to guide the

development of your disease brief.

Prompt: After reviewing the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric document and the provided list of topics, select a disease that you would like to focus on in your

final project and conduct some initial research on the selected topic. Be sure to include the APA citation for each resource.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

 Selected Disease: Provide a brief overview of the disease you have selected.

 Identifying Resources: Identify three to four resources (journal articles, credible websites, etc.) related to your disease and summarize each resource.

 Using Resources: Explain how you might utilize each of the identified resources in your disease brief.

Rubric

Guidelines for Submission: Your milestone submission should be a Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch

margins, and sources cited in APA format.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Selected Disease Provides an overview of the

selected disease

Provides an overview of the

selected disease, but with gaps

in detail or clarity

Does not provide an overview

of the selected disease

30

Identifying

Resources

Identifies three to four

resources related to the

disease, summarizing each

Identifies three to four

resources related to the

disease, summarizing each, but

response has gaps in detail or

clarity

Does not identify three to four

resources related to the disease

or summarize each

30

Using Resources Explains how each identified

source can be used in the

disease brief

Explains how each identified

source can be used in the

disease brief, but with gaps in

detail or clarity

Does not explain how each

identified source can be used in

the disease brief

30

Articulation of

Response

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

10

Total 100%