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Health Promotion Visitation Assignments

undergraduate Students only

Health Promotion Visitation Paper

· Review these instructions before proceeding.

· You will visit ONE facility offering community health promotion programs for older adults. Examples include senior centers, outpatient hospital wellness programs, community centers. Inpatient facilities, skilled nursing, assisted living, hospice, etc. are not appropriate for this visitation.

· Health classes include such things as nutrition, exercise, medication management, falls prevention, diabetes management, brain fitness.

· Part of the assignment is locating health classes for older adults within the community; therefore the visit should not be at a place where you are already working or interning.

· Be sure to contact the facility by phone/email to set up an appointment and get approval to visit the class/program.

Paper Format

There is no specific page requirement for your paper – but you must make sure to address the questions in detail. Doing so typically requires more than three or four sentences per question answered. Answers that lack sufficiently detailed descriptions will result in lower scores. Please use 12 point font, double-spaced formatting. Section headings that clearly note each portion of the required content are highly recommended.

First Page Content: Place the following information on the first page of your paper:

YOUR NAME and the Course title:

Name of Health Promotion Class you visited and type of class

Content Information:

Complete the following questions in detail:

1. Describe the purpose of the class.

2. Describe the objectives of the class.

3. Describe the major health components covered in the program/class.

4. Describe activities and information covered in the class.

5. Does the health promotion class have patient/participant outcome measures?

6. Does the class/program provide participant evaluations? Why or why not?

7. What is the cost of the class? Is the cost appropriate? Why or why not?

8. What are the credentials of the program director or class instructor?

9. Would you recommend this class or program for older adults? Why or why not?

10. Other thoughts/comments.

Evaluation:

1. First page content (3 points)

2. Content information (14 points)

3. Grammar, formatting (APA preferred)(3 points)(more may be lost for poor performance)