Introduction

Note: Please include Introduction and Conclusion.

Week 2 (3-page paper): Summarize the community and the health issue as identified in the Scholar-Practitioner Project—Community Health Assessment from Walden. If you did not create this Scholar-Practitioner Project, you may write your own summary based on the assessment posted by the New York State Department of Health as a training example: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/docs/waynecha.pdf.

Describe the primary health issue in the community and the type of evidence-based solution or intervention needed in that community.

Synthesize the data that support the need for intervention.

Application: Summary of a Community Health Assessment

By Day 7, submit a 3-page paper.

Write a summary of the Community Health Assessment project you may have previously created. If you did not create one, you may write a summary based on the 1999–2004 Wayne County Health Assessment in your Learning Resources posted by the New York State Department of Health as a training example .

Include the primary health issue in the community and the data that support, and justify the need for intervention.

Readings

Glanz, K., Rimer, B. K., & Viswanath, K. (Eds.). (2008). Health behavior and health education: Theory, research, and practice (4th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Chapter 1, “The Scope of Health Behavior and Health Education”

Guilamo-Ramos, V., Jaccard, J., Dittus, P., Gonzalez, B., Bouris, A., & Banspach, S. (2010). The Linking Lives health education program: A randomized clinical trial of a parent-based tobacco use prevention program for African American and Latino youths. American Journal of Public Health, 100(9), 1,641–1,648.

Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

New York State Department of Health. (1999). Wayne County 1999–2004 community health assessment. Retrieved from http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/docs/waynecha.pdf

CATEGORY EXCELLENT

Content

(70 possible points) Assignment demonstrates an excellent understanding of all of the concepts and key points presented in the text/s and Learning Resources. Assignment provides significant detail including multiple relevant examples, evidence from the readings and other sources, and discerning ideas.

(63–70 points)

Writing

(30 possible points) Assignment is well organized, uses scholarly tone, follows APA style, uses original writing and proper paraphrasing, contains very few or no writing and/or spelling errors, and is fully consistent with graduate level writing style. Assignment contains multiple, appropriate and exemplary sources expected/required for the assignment.

(27–30 points)

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