Project Milestone One: Social and Behavioral Factors

PHE 525 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric Effective public health programs address myriad social and behavioral risk factors that may contribute to a higher likelihood for disease for a specific population. As a public health practitioner one of your job functions may be to assess the social and behavioral risk factors of your target population and implement a public health program that considers those unique characteristics. It is necessary to evaluate the measures (if any) the public health community has taken to address the public health issue, and analyze the successes and failures of each approach. Having this background data will allow you to effectively develop and implement a program that addresses the public health issue. For your final project, you will write an analysis paper. Just like practicing professionals, the first step for you to take is to choose a public health issue and provide some background on the issue and why you chose it—this is your task in Milestone One. Prompt: Write a short paper that describes a public health issue and the public health programs that have been implemented to address this specific issue. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

 Describe the public health issue, including the affected population, and the social and behavioral risk factors that are associated with the issue

 Delineate between social and behavioral risk factors that contribute to disease, and diseases that contribute to social and behavioral risk factors

 Describe the public health programs implemented to address this issue, and determine how these programs addressed the social and behavioral risk factors associated with the disease

 Determine the successes and failures of these programs, and clearly explain why you have determined them successes and failures

 Select a program that you will examine for your final project, and provide the rationale for your choice

 Substantiate your work with data and references from peer-reviewed academic journals Guidelines for Submission: Your paper should be 3 pages in length. It should be double-spaced and formatted with 12-point Times New Roman font and one- inch margins. At least three sources from peer-reviewed academic journals must be cited in APA format. Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information, review these instructions.

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value Public Health Issue Meets “Proficient” criteria and

substantiates with real-world examples and research

Clearly identifies a public health issue and describes the social and behavioral risk factors associated with the issue

Identifies a public health issue but description of the social and behavioral risk factors associated with the issue is not clear

Does not identify a public health issue and fails to describe the social and behavioral risk factors associated with the issue

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Social and Behavioral Risk

Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides examples from the literature to demonstrate the myriad ways risk factors can contribute to disease, and disease can contribute to risk factors

Clearly and succinctly delineates between the risk factors that contribute to disease and the risk factors that stem from disease, and provides ample relevant detail

Delineates between the risk factors that contribute to disease and the risk factors that stem from disease, but answer lacks clarity detail

Does not delineate between the risk factors that contribute to disease and the risk factors that stem from disease

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Public Health Programs

Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides specific examples from each program about how social and behavioral risk factors were addressed in the programs

Accurately describes the programs implemented, and analyzes the programs to determine the social and behavioral risk factors addressed by the programs

Describes the programs implemented but does not fully explain the social and behavioral risk factors that were addressed by the programs

Does not describe the programs implemented and does not determine the social and behavioral risk factors that were addressed by the programs

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Successes and Failures

Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates a keen insight into why the programs succeeded or failed

Thoroughly examines the successes and failures of each program and provides a concise argument for these determinations

Examines the successes and failures of the programs but fails to clearly explain the reasons for this determination

Fails to examine the successes and failures of the programs

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Rationale Meets “Proficient” criteria and supports response with research

Provides a solid argument to justify choice of public health issue and uses ample, relevant detail

Provides an argument to justify choice of public health issue, but response lacks logic and detail

Does not provide a rationale 5

Peer-Reviewed Journals

Meets “Proficient” criteria and synthesizes several literature sources that inform this public health issue

Uses appropriate and relevant data and references from peer- reviewed academic journals to substantiate claims

Uses data and references but some sources are not from peer-reviewed academic journals or relevant

Does not use evidence from peer-reviewed academic journals

5

Articulation of Response

(APA/Mechanics)

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

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

5

Total 100%