Discusses how information from the articles is used in the Health Promotion Project, including specific examples.

Reducing Obesity among Adults

Nutrition and weight status

NWS-9: Reduce the proportion of adults who are obese.

(Important point: Just reminder to look at the data for this objective and identify a population at risk)

Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment.

• Develop an educational health promotion project addressing the population/culture in your area.
• Write a 3-5 page paper and include the following sections (detailed criteria listed below and in the Grading Rubric): I suggest you use the following as headers for and write a five (or 7 if you want a paragraph for each article) paragraph essay with references.

1. Title of Paper (Introduction paragraph) – 7.5 points (7.5%)

• • Introduction establishes the purpose of the paper and describes why topic is important to health promotion in the target population in your area.
  • Introduction stimulates the reader’s interest.

2. Relate Topic to Target Population– 25 points/25%

• • • Describes the topic and target cultural population.
    • Includes statistics to support significance of the topic.
    • Explains how the project relates to the selected Healthy People 2020 topic area.
    • Applies health promotion concepts.

3. Summary of Articles – 25 points/25%

• • A minimum of three (3) scholarly articles, from the last 5 years, are used as sources.
  • Articles meet criteria of being from scholarly journals and include health promotion and wellness content.
  • At least one article is related to the chosen cultural group.
  • Summarizes all key points and findings from the articles.
  • Includes statistics to support significance of the topic.

• • Discusses how information from the articles is used in the Health Promotion Project, including specific examples.

4. Health Promotion Discussion– 25 points/25%

• • Describes approaches to educate the target population about the topic.
  • The approaches are appropriate for the cultural target population.
  • Identifies specific ways to promote lifestyle changes within the target population.
  • Applies health promotion strategies.

5. Conclusion –5 points / 7.5%

• • Conclusion includes the main ideas from the body of the paper.
  • Conclusion includes the major support points from the body of the paper.

Subject: Health & Medical

Pages: 4 | Double spacing

The Leading Health Indicator (LHI) for this assignment is reduce the proportion of adults who are obese. Instructor want us to chose the topic that have LHI. Also, please remember to look at the data for this objective and identify a population at risk. Please reference the rubric because that the grading scale. Thanks for your help. Attached here is the screen shot of how it look like on healthy people 2020 website.

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