Overview
For the final project in this course, you will analyze a health issue from the perspective of an individual patient dealing with the health issue and the age-specific population that individual belongs to. You will deliver your analysis in two parts:
Develop a 3- to 4-page health issue paper that includes potential prevention options that might help the individual and the population prevent or mitigate the health issue.
Use your analysis to create a presentation directed to an audience that might be able to help prevent or mitigate the health issue.
Prompt
In Module Five, you will work on prevention, which is Section II of your final project. As you are evaluating prevention strategies for your scenario, you must consider the individual as well as the larger age-specific population that you identified in Milestone One. Before you begin, be sure to review the rubric below to understand what is expected of you.
Specifically, you must address the following critical elements:
Prevention: In this milestone, you will use your analysis to determine potential prevention options appropriate for preventing or mitigating the health issue for your individual and his or her age-specific population. The potential prevention options may differ based on their health information.
Identify best practices of the field regarding prevention options that would be used for the age-specific population with this health issue. Be sure to support your response with examples.
Determine potential prevention options that could be recommended for the population and the individual and explain why you chose the method(s). Be sure to support your response with appropriate resources and best practices in the field.
Explain how the age of an individual or a population influences the appropriate prevention options. In other words, how does age factor into deciding upon prevention recommendations?
What to Submit
Your Milestone Two journal be between 4 and 5 paragraphs in length. You must support your claims with scholarly sources referenced in the most recent APA format.
Chosen Scenario: Scenario Three: Obesity in an Adolescent
Michelle is 15 years old and has always been the “big” girl in class. She is much taller than her fellow classmates and is also bigger in size. According to her doctor, she is in the morbidly obese category based on the body mass index (BMI) chart. Michelle gets her exercise from gym class every Wednesday afternoon. She does not eat breakfast but does eat the school lunches. She is part of the free and reduced lunch program but is embarrassed to use it in front of her friends.
