Healthy People 2020 Impact Paper

Assignment Guidelines and Grading Rubric
Purpose
The concepts of epidemiology provide the framework for the study of infectious and chronic diseases, which provides a rich source of data for the analysis of trends in disease and health. This assignment will offer the opportunity to explore the areas in need of preventative measures such as emerging infectious diseases, common chronic disease, environmental exposures, and emergency preparedness.

Course Outcomes
Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to:
CO 3: Identify appropriate outcome measures and study designs applicable to epidemiological subfields such as infectious disease, chronic disease, environmental exposures, reproductive health, and genetics.
CO 6: Identify important sources of epidemiological data.
Total Points Possible: 100 Points

Healthy People 2020 Impact Paper

Due Date: Submit your file(s) by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 1

Requirements
Criteria for Content
Select a topic of interest from Healthy People 2020. Provide an overview of the topic along with the Healthy People 2020 goal for the problem. Identify a program aimed at reducing morbidity and mortality for that problem on a city, county, or statewide level. In a one to two page summary, address the following.
a. Identify the problem
b. Provide an overview of the problem
c. Review of epidemiologic and demographic data on mortality/morbidity and risk
d. Present the goals and objectives of Healthy People 2020
e. Discuss identified program plan including activities and implementation strategies

Preparing the paper
Submission Requirements
1. Application: Use Microsoft Word 2013™ to create the written assessment.
2. Length: The paper (excluding the title page and reference page) is a maximum two pages.
3. A minimum of three (3) scholarly literature references must be used.

Healthy People 2020 Impact Paper

Best Practices in Preparing the Project
The following are best practices in preparing this project.
1. Review directions thoroughly.
2. Follow submission requirements.
3. Make sure all elements on the grading rubric are included.
4. Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are followed and consistent with formal, scientific writing.
5. Title page, running head, body of paper, and reference page must follow APA guidelines as found in the 6th edition of the manual. This includes the use of headings for each section of the paper except for the introduction where no heading is used.
6. Ideas and information that come from scholarly literature must be cited and referenced correctly.
7. A minimum of three (3) scholarly literature references must be used.
8. Abide by CCN academic integrity policy.

Healthy People 2020 Impact Paper

Category Points Description
Introduction of the problem or issue 10 Comprehensively identifies the problem or concern.
Discussion of Problem 20 Discussion – Overview of Problem
Background and significance of the problem (includes incidence or prevalence statistics).
Identification of Epidemiological Data 20 Epidemiological analysis (includes characteristics of the at-risk population and/or those affected by the disease and costs of the disease).
Screening and Diagnosis 20 Screening and diagnosis (includes review of current guidelines for screening and diagnosis of the disease. In-depth review of statistics one screening or diagnostic test provided)
Program Plan 20 Program plan including activities and implementation strategies aimed at decreasing incidence of problem / disease.
APA Format / Writing Mechanics 10 Title page, running head, body of paper, and reference page must follow APA guidelines as found in the 6th edition of the manual. This includes the use of headings for each section or topic of the paper (one deduction for each type of APA style error). Ideas and information that come from scholarly sources must be cited and referenced correctly. A minimum of three (3) scholarly references are used. Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are followed and consistent with formal written work as found in the 6th edition of the APA manual. For this assignment first person may be used. The paper (excluding the title page and reference page) is at maximum two (2) pages