Identify a health problem or need for health promotion for a particular stage 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.
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 Assignment-section for Unit 2 under “Web Links).
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.
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.”
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.
****** please please this is the grading criteria
Articles and
Turn It In
Submission
5 5%
A minimum of three (3) scholarly articles is used as sources.
Articles meet criteria of being from scholarly journals and include health
promotion and wellness content. Students will select at least one article
specifically related to the cultural focus for this assignment.
Submitted paper to TurnItIn; Necessary/Appropriate revisions made based on
originality report.
Introduction
and Conclusion 15 15% Establish the purpose of the paper
Create an effective conclusion that identifies the main ideas and major support
points from the body of your report. Minor details are left out.
Relate Topic to
Target
Population
25 25% Description of topic and targeted cultural population.
Relationship to the Healthy People 2020 topic area.
Statistics to support the significance of the topic.
Summary of
Articles 20 20%
Summary of articles include:
Key points and findings of the article.
Discussion of how information from the articles is used in your Health Promotion
Project (give specific examples).
Health
Promotion
Project
Discussion
25 25%
Description of approaches to educate the target cultural population about the
topic
Specify a culturally sensitive approach to promote lifestyle changes within the
specified population.
APA Style and
Format
10 10%
APA Style (Writing)
Correct use of Standard English grammar and sentence structure.
No spelling or typographical errors.
Organized around required components.
Information flows in a logical sequence that is easy for the audience to follow.
APA Format
All information taken from another source, even if summarized, must be cited and
listed on the Reference page using (APA 6th ed.)
Document setup: Title and Reference pages; Margins; Spacing; Use of Headers
Citations in the text and reference page.
