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Assignment - Analyzing Evidence-Based Public Health Interventions
Professional Context - Every public health leader and worker needs to understand the importance of evidence-based practice (EBP). Budget cutbacks and the need for timely and proven interventions are the norm in most public health settings. This assignment provides an opportunity for you to investigate a public health problem that is a concern in your community and identify an evidence-based intervention that can be adapted to meet the community's needs.
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assignment criteria:
Competency 2: Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy, or practice.
Describe how selected successful evidence-based interventions were evaluated.
Adapt a successful evidence-based intervention to the specific needs of a community.
Competency 3: Apply key theoretical constructs to social and behavioral sciences research and the dissemination of research findings.
Apply ethical principles to the adaptation of a selected evidence-based intervention.
Competency 5: Communicate audience-appropriate public health content in a logically structured and concise manner, writing clearly with correct use of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and APA style.
Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.
Scenario - A local community action agency outreach committee in your community has decided to address an important public health concern. As a public health outreach worker, the committee has asked for your help to investigate the problem and recommend an appropriate evidence-based intervention.
Instructions -
1. Choose a public health problem to investigate that is a concern in your community. Describe your community in terms of the overall population figure; demographic breakdown (male, female, race and culture), and socio-economic status.
2. Analyze five successful evidence-based interventions in the literature that have been used to address that public health problem.
3. Recommend an intervention that can be adapted to meet the needs of your community.
4. Submit the results of your investigation and your recommendations in a written report to the committee.
Document Format and Length - Format your report using APA style. Be sure to include: A title page and references page. An abstract is not required. A running head on all pages. And Appropriate section headings.
Your report should be 7 pages in length, not including the title page and references page.
Supporting Evidence - Provide an APA citation for each intervention that you identified.
Analysis and Recommendations Requirements
The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the Analyzing Evidence-Based Public Health Interventions Scoring Guide, so be sure to address each point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.
Describe how the successful evidence-based interventions were evaluated. Briefly summarize each intervention.
Adapt one of the interventions to the specific needs of your community. Provide the rationale for changes that would be needed if the intervention were to be successful in your community.
Apply ethical principles to the adaptation of your selected evidence-based intervention.
Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style. Adhere to scholarly and disciplinary writing standards and APA formatting o requirements. References of SIX above 2013.
Attachment:- Assignment File.rar