https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2011.300372
Impact of Determinants on Health[WLOs: 1, 2] [CLOs: 2, 3]
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, please review Chapter 1 of the course textbook and read the A Collective Action to End Health DisparitiesLinks to an external site. article. Based on the table you created in the Levels of Determinants discussion forum, complete the following:
- Identify the two levels of determinants that you feel have the greatest impact on health (individual, household, community, etc.).
- Conduct research on your selected levels and discuss what factors associated with those levels support your claim that they have the most impact on
- Use scholarly research to support your
- Choose a health factor related to one of the determinants from one of your classmates’ discussion tables and assess the impact of that determinant on the nation’s health.
- For example, if your classmate chose age as the determinant under the Individual level, some health issues related to age are osteoporosis, vision, and hearing loss, Alzheimer’s disease, poor decision making, or juvenile diabetes.
- Use scholarly research to support your
- Propose a new initiative to address this health factor you
- Include information on your target audience, population size, predominant locations, and so on.
- Use scholarly research to support your
- Recommend two links or pathways between the levels of determinants that will be appropriate for your initiative given the target audience and location you identified.
- For example, if you chose Age as your health factor under the Individual level, then discussing Household and National initiatives could be
- Use scholarly research to support your reasoning for each link or pathway.
- Justify how the links you identified between the levels will better address the health factor you
- Use scholarly research to support your reasoning for each link/pathway.
The Impact of Determinants on Health paper
- Must be four to six double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. resource.
- Must include a separate title page with the following:
- Title of paper in bold font
- Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
- Student’s name
- Name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
- Course name and number
- Instructor’s name
- Due date
- Title of paper in bold font
- Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance.
- Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
- For assistance on writing Introductions & ConclusionsLinks to an external site. and Writing a Thesis StatementLinks to an external site., refer to the Writing Center resources.
- Must use at least four scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
- The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.
- To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view Quick and Easy Library ResearchLinks to an external site. tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
- Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site. guide.
- Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site. resource in the Writing Center for specifications.
Carefully review the Grading RubricLinks to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.