Health Communications
HESC 2200: Health Communications
Fall 2020
Health Policy Assignment
Currently, there are not any policies in the Georgia Legislature, so we are going to focus on Healthy People 2030 (https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives).
For this assignment, you will pick one topic from Healthy People 2030 from one of the objectives: Health Conditions, Health Behaviors, Populations, Settings & Systems, & Social Determinants of Health. There are multiple objectives and topics that are very broad, so once you select the objective, you can narrow it down for your selected population that you chose.
- Select an objective from Healthy People 2030.
- Select a population to focus on from your objective:
- Can be age related or developmental stage related
- Can be certain ethnic group or cultural
- Can be subset of population
- Determine a SMART goal on how you will educate this group about the objective and topic you selected.
- Determine outcome objectives for your population.
- Develop a communication strategy to teach and make your population aware of your selected topic.
- Can be a Facebook Page, Instagram, Prezi, website, etc.
- If you complete one of these pages, it needs to able to be accessed by faculty and peers.
- Can do a video or other audio/visual presentation (needs to be at least 5 minutes)
- Can be a Facebook Page, Instagram, Prezi, website, etc.
- Post your communication strategy on D2L in the appropriate Dropbox by 11/21/2020 at 11:59 pm.
- Comment on at least 2 different peers and evaluate their strategy.
- Your comment should have at least 2 things they did well and 2 things that need improvement.
- Response due by 11/27/2020 at 11:59 pm.
- Write a 3-5 page paper that describes your processes above and why your topic is relevant.
- Paper is due by 11/21/2020 at 11:59 pm.
- Needs to include 5 scholarly references. Remember, scholarly references are from peer reviewed journals, and current (within the past 5 years). Your book is an acceptable source.
| Criteria | Exceeds Expectations
85-100 |
Meets Expectations
70-85 |
Below Expectations
<70 |
| Paper
(40%) |
APA paper that thoroughly discusses your selected Healthy People 2020 topic/objective and importance to designated population.
· Statistics are included to further show the significance of the issue. · SMART Goal is incorporated, and reason SMART goal was selected. · Three outcomes are included and reasoning behind outcomes. · Critical thinking is throughout the paper. Paper is 3-5 pages in length, excluding title page and references. Maximum page length of body is 5 pages. |
APA paper that discusses your selected Healthy People 2020 topic/objective and importance to designated population.
· Statistics are included but does not show significance · SMART Goal is incorporated · Two to three outcomes are included and partial reasoning behind outcomes. · Critical thinking is developing in the paper. Paper is 3-5 pages in length, excluding title page and references. Maximum page length of body is 5 pages. |
APA paper that discusses your selected Healthy People 2020 topic/objective
· Statistics are not included. · SMART Goal is not present. · Outcomes are not included. · Critical thinking is not present in the paper Paper is 3-5 pages in length, excluding title page and references. Maximum page length of body is 5 pages. |
| Communication Strategy & Creativity
(35%) |
Communication strategy is important to selected population. Appropriate use of references. Teaching tool is engaging. Excellent use of color, font, and application of communication strategy. Communication Strategy tool is creative, aesthetically pleasing. Tool is not overly busy or hard to understand. If audio/video- easy to hear, and well made. **Does not have to be professional grade, but does need to be well-thought out and engaging. Use your creativity. ** | Communication strategy is important to selected population. Appropriate use of references. Teaching tool is somewhat engaging. Good use of color, font, and application of communication strategy. Communication Strategy tool is creative, aesthetically pleasing. Tool is hard to understand. If audio/video- easy to hear, and well made. **Does not have to be professional grade, but does need to be well-thought out and engaging. Use your creativity. ** | Communication strategy is not important to selected population. Use of references is not appropriate. Teaching tool is not engaging or proper use of color, font, application of communication strategy. Communication strategy is not creative or aesthetically pleasing. Tool is busy and hard to understand. |
| Posting and Response to Peers
(10%) |
Communication tool is posted by designated time and date. Responded to 3 peers, including 2 things they did well, and 2 things they need to improve on. Posts by designated time and date. | Communication tool is posted by designated time and date. Responded to 1-2 peers, including 2 things they did well, and 2 things they need to improve on. Posts to peers are late. | Either communication tool or posts to peers are not done by designated time. |
| APA/Grammar
(10%) |
Excellent presentation of APA, grammar, and English syntax. Less than 4 APA, grammar, and/or spelling errors. | Good presentation of APA, grammar, and English syntax. Five to 10 APA, grammar, and/or spelling errors. | Poor presentation of APA, grammar, and English syntax. More than 10 APA, grammar, and/or spelling errors. |
| References
(5%) |
Utilizes at least 5 scholarly references that are current, peer-reviewed, and relevant to the topic. | Utilizes 3 scholarly references that are current, peer-reviewed, and relevant to the topic. | Scholarly articles are not used, current, or peer reviewed, or no references are used for the paper and teaching tool. |
