Topic: Epidemiology Paper Part Three: Implementation and Evaluation
The Epidemiology Paper is a practice immersion assignment designed to be completed in three sections. This is part three of the assignment. Learners are required to identify theories for implementation and evaluation of prevention and health promotion activities for an at risk population.
General Guidelines:
Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:
Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments.
This assignment requires that support your position by referencing at least six to eight scholarly resources. At least three of your supporting references must be from scholarly sources other than the assigned readings.
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Directions:
This assignment comprises the third and final part of the Epidemiology Paper. Write a 2,000-2,500 word paper that provides the following:
Identify a public health theory you will use to support the implementation of your prevention and health promotion activities. Provide evidence that supports the use of this theory within the program you designed.
Design evidenced-based prevention and health promotion activities that can be implemented to decrease the health risk among your previously identified population.
Identify the evaluation program you will use to determine the efficacy of your health promotion activities and in meeting the expected outcomes.
You are required to complete your assignment using real-world application. Real-world application requires the use of evidence-based data, contemporary theories, and concepts presented in the course. The culmination of your assignment must present a viable application in a current practice setting.
Study Materials
Review Chapter 8 and read Chapters 9 and 10.
URL: http://www.gcumedia.com/digital-resources/springer-publishing-company/2015/population-based-nursing_concepts-and-competencies-for-advanced-practice_ebook_2e.php
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011). Introduction to program evaluation for public health programs: A self-study guide. Atlanta, GA: Author.
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/eval/guide/CDCEvalManual.pdf
USAID. (2002). Using rapid appraisal methods.
URL: http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNABY209.pdf
Sheehan, C. (2011). Pender’s health promotion model. In Encyclopedia of nursing research.
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Pignone, M. P., Ammerman, A., Fernandez, L., Orleans, C. T., Pender, N., Woolf, S.,… Sutton, S. (2003). Counseling to promote a healthy diet in adults: A summary of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 24(1), 75-92.
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Sutton, S. (2007). Transtheoretical model of behavior change. In Cambridge handbook of psychology, health and medicine.
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Peterson, J. A. (2012). One theoretical framework for cardiovascular disease prevention in women. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 27(4), 295-302
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Ross, T., Ross, L., Rahman, A., & Cataldo, S. (2010). The bicycle helmet attitudes scale: Using the health belief model to predict helmet use among undergraduates. Journal of American College Health, 59(1), 29-36.
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Sheeran, P., & Abraham, C. (2007). The health belief model. In Cambridge handbook of psychology, health and medicine.
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Norcross, J. C., Krebs, P. M., & Prochaska, J. O. (2011). Stages of change. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 67(2), 143-154.
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