Problem statement

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Rubric

Prompt. Students will focus on “setting the stage” for planning emergency management programs in Puerto Rico. The local agency who will be implementing these programs, SiSePuede, is a medium-sized non-profit organization that has been contracted by Puerto Rico’s Department of Health.

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a. Problem statement. Information on disasters in Puerto Rico framed

i. In terms of a specific priority population? (0.50 point)

ii. In terms of a frequency, severity, cost, or equity argument for the long-term outcome of interest?

1. Long-term outcome clearly identifiable? (0.50 point)

2. Only one argument made – i.e., no credit if students provide information for multiple arguments (e.g., frequency and severity; cost and equity)? (0.50 point)

iii. In terms of why their short-term outcome has important implications for long-term outcomes?

1. Short-term outcome clearly identifiable? (0.50 point)

2. Literature that provides evidence for relationships between short-term and long-term outcomes? (0.50 point)

b. Conceptual Framework

i. Does Figure depict

1. Determinants

a. From the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) (0.25 point)?

b. From the Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) (0.25 point)?

c. Related to Neighborhood Access to Resources (0.25 point)?

2. Causal relationships

a. Between determinants to short-term and long-term outcomes described in 1a-c? (0.10 point)?

b. Between determinants? (0.15 point)?

ii. Do students provide justification regarding why the framework

1. Is logical?

a. Info on constructs? (0.10 point)

b. Info on relationships (to outcomes? between determinants?) (0.40 point)

2. Is parsimonious and useful?

a. Literature provided for each construct? (1 point)

b. Literature provided for each relationship? (1 point)

3. Fits within the local context?