To conduct a community assessment, you will need to consult directly with different stakeholders in your chosen community to get their input on what they believe is needed to bring about transformative change. Collaborate with your community to identify one or two community problems, and provide an example of what needs to change in order for transformation to take place in at least one of the social determinants of health. Remember: the issue you identify might seem obvious to you, but all of its social determinants might be less transparent. In addressing the determinants, keep in mind that there could be broader social factors that need deeper probing before you see where they originate. Be sure that the issue(s) you select for action are modifiable factors that you and your community can influence.
NOTE: this is not a Research paper, but an application of the course learning to a real-word situation. As such, you must include several references to course reading materials. You are welcome to bring in outside resources from researching the topic to support your discussion.
Describe the process and results of your community assessment in a paper of no more than 2500 words (about 10 double-spaced pages, excluding appendices), using Times New Roman 12 point font. Use the APA Style Guide to format your paper, and be sure to include citations and a reference list.
Address the following points in your paper, and where warranted, include research evidence (citations) to support your answers.
Quality | Content Criteria (25%) |
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Excellent (23-25) | Critically assesses and clearly addresses the requirements and purpose of the assignment. |
Integrates new knowledge gained through the course. | |
Sharply focused statements with a highly advanced, logical, convincing, and coherent argument/presentation. | |
Argument/position is well researched and insightfully supported. | |
Very Good (20-22) | Clearly addresses the requirements and purpose of the assignment. |
Demonstrates new knowledge gained through the course. | |
Demonstrates an advanced, logical and convincing argument/presentation. | |
Argument/position is well researched and supported. | |
Good (17-19) | Addresses most of the requirements and purpose of the assignment in a straightforward manner. |
Demonstrates some new knowledge gained through the course. | |
Logical and convincing argument, but not well integrated throughout the entire paper. | |
Argument/position is adequately researched and supported. | |
Fair (14-16) | Response to the requirements and purpose of the assignment is limited and simplistic. |
New knowledge not clearly demonstrated or not apparent. | |
Argument is not well integrated throughout the paper. | |
Argument/position is poorly researched and not well supported. | |
Poor (0-13) | Work lacks depth, clarity, focus, and consistency. |
Argument does not support the question posed. | |
Argument/position is poorly researched and not well supported. | |
Quality | Organization/ Presentation (5%) |
Excellent (5) | Ideas are clearly articulated and well connected. |
Writing is free of spelling, grammatical and sentence structure errors. | |
Sentences are effective and varied. | |
Formatting and referencing adheres to requirements in the APA standards. | |
Very Good (4) | Ideas are very well communicated and appropriately connected. |
Writing has few spelling, grammatical, and sentence structure errors. | |
Sentences are generally effective and varied. | |
Formatting and referencing mostly adheres to requirements in the APA standards. | |
Good (3) | Ideas are reasonably well communicated and organized. |
Good transition and flow from paragraph to paragraph. | |
Writing has some spelling, grammatical, and sentence structure errors. | |
Sentences may be varied and/or effective. | |
Formatting and referencing at times adheres to the requirements in the APA standards. | |
Fair (2) | Ideas are not coherently expressed. |
Poor transition, uneven flow, difficult to read. | |
Writing has significant spelling, grammatical, punctuation or APA style errors. | |
Sentences are generally straightforward but generally ineffective. | |
Formatting and referencing rarely adheres to requirements in the APA standards. | |
Poor (0-1) | Ideas are incoherent and unclear. |
Lacks flow and is difficult to read. | |
Writing has frequent spelling, grammatical, and sentence structure errors. | |
Sentences are confusing. | |
References are not used or formatting style does not adhere to the requirements in the APA standards. |
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