Prior to beginning work on this assignment, please read the A National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities in The United States (Links to an external site.) article. Based on the table you created in the Levels of Determinants discussion forum:
Identify the two levels of determinants that you feel have the most impact on health (individual, household, community, etc.).
Once you have selected your levels, conduct your own research and discuss what factors associated with those levels support your claim that they have the most impact on health.
Use scholarly research to support your reasoning.
Next, choose a health factor related to one of the determinants from one of your classmates’ tables and assess the impact of that determinant on the nation’s health.
For example, if your classmate chose age as the determinant under the Individual level, some health issues related to age are osteoporosis, vision, and hearing loss, Alzheimer’s disease, poor decision making, or juvenile diabetes.
Use scholarly research to support your assessment.
Propose a new initiative to address this health factor you chose.
Include information on your target audience, population size, predominant locations, etc.
Use scholarly research to support your reasoning.
Recommend two links or pathways between the levels of determinants that will be appropriate for your initiative given the target audience and location you identified.
For example; if you chose Age as your health factor under the Individual level, then discussing Household and National initiatives could be appropriate.
Use scholarly research to support your reasoning for each link/pathway.
Justify how the links you identified between the levels will better address the health factor you researched.
Use scholarly research to support your reasoning for each link/pathway.
The Impact of Determinants on Health paper
Must be four to six double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.)
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.).
Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Ashford Writing Center resources.
Must use at least four scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view this Ashford University Library Quick ‘n’ Dirty (Links to an external site.) tutorial, which introduces the Ashford University Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.)
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
