REQUIRED UNIFORM ASSIGNMENT: HEALTH PROMOTION PROJECT
PURPOSE
To apply concepts you have learned about health promotion concepts and strategies, enhance your written
communication skills, and demonstrate a beginning understanding of cultural competency.
COURSE OUTCOMES This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes.
CO #1 Discuss the professional nurse’s role in health promotion activities. (PO #1 & 2)
CO #3 Discuss health promotion, illness prevention, health maintenance, health restoration, and
rehabilitation in relation to the nurse’s role in working with various populations. (PO #1 & 2)
CO #7 Identify health promotion strategiesthroughout the life span. (PO #1 & 2)
DUE DATE
The Health Promotion Project (RUA) is due in Unit 5. However, refer to the Course Calendar for variations in
campus requirements and details. The Late Assignment Policy applies to this assignment.
TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE 100 Points
REQUIREMENTS
- Identify a health problem or need for health promotion for a particularstage in the life span of a population
from a specific culture in your area (this might include age and gender population as well). Choose one of the
Leading Health Indicators(LHI) priorities from Healthy People 2020 (see the Healthy People.gov 2020 Leading
Health Indicators website link in the Assignment section for Unit 2 under “Web Links). Studentsin a cultural
concentration will use that specific cultural focus to complete this assignment. - Research a topic related to health and wellness associated with one of the Healthy People 2020 topic areas.
Studentsin a cultural concentration will use that specific cultural focus to complete this assignment. - Submit your topic to the instructor for approval at least 2 weeks prior to the assignment (during Unit 3) but
earlier if desired. All topics must be approved. - You will develop an educational health promotion project addressing the population/culture in your area. For
or example, if you are in the Hispanic concentration, your project might be educational interventionsto
address how food choices are related to the high rates of diabetes among Latinos; or, a community project
that addressesthe statistic that Hispanics experience new HIV infections at more than twice the rate of whites;
or, finding opportunitiesto intervene with Puerto Ricans, a Hispanic subculture, who suffer asthma at twice
the rate of the general population (2020 LHI Topic Three: Environmental Quality: (see the Healthy People.gov
2020 Leading Health Indicators website link in the Assignmentsection for Unit 2 under “Web Links). - General expectations
All articles must be from nursing or scholarly journals and should include health promotion and wellness
content. Articles must be published within the last five (5) years. If you are unsure whether the article is
appropriate, ask your instructor. You could lose significant points if the article is not from a scholarly
source and/or appropriate to the topic.
Please ask questionsif you need clarification.
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PREPARING THE ASSIGNMENT - Writing the Paper: You will explore the topic and explain the information in writing a 3‐4 page APA formatted
paper.
a. Select a minimum of three (3) scholarly nursing or research article (published within the last 5 years) related
to your topic that include health promotion and wellness content. Studentsin a cultural concentration will
select at least one article specifically related to the cultural focus for this assignment. You may need to
evaluate several articles before you find appropriate selections. For more information on how to choose a
scholarly article, open the “Course Resources” tab under the “Course Home” Menu to the left of your
Learning Studio (eCollege) course page and open “What Is a Scholarly Source.”
b. Write a 3‐4 page paper (excluding the title and reference pages) using the following guidelines:
Write brief introduction of the topic and describe why it is important to health promotion in the
specific cultural population in your area.
Include a description of the topic and the targeted sub culture or population (include statistics).
Explain how the project relates to the Healthy People 2020 topic area you have chosen.
Summarize the articles; include key points or findings from the articles.
Discuss how you used the information from the articles for your Health Promotion Project. Provide
specific examples.
Describe the approach/approaches you developed to educate the target population about the topic.
Include specific ways to promote lifestyle changes within the specified population relative to your
specific culture. The approach should be appropriate for your cultural concentration.
Write your conclusion and summary.
c. Your paper must follow APA format. Include a title page and a reference page. Use 12‐point Times New
Roman font and include in‐text citations (use citations whenever paraphrasing, using statistics, or quoting
from the article). Please refer to your APA manual as a guide for in‐text citations and sample reference
pages.
d. Use TurnItIn in time to make any edits that might be necessary based on the Similarity Index prior to
submitting your paper to your instructor. Consult with your instructor about the acceptable Similarity
Index for this paper.