Research the health-promotion resources available in your community.

Research the health-promotion resources available in your community.

Research the health-promotion resources available in your community.

(NUR335) In this writing assignment, you will research the health-promotion resources available in your community.

Step 1 Research the top 5 causes of mortality for adults or children in your state.

Select one of the top 5 causes that is partially or fully preventable (heart disease, car crashes, homicide etc. )

Step 2 Write a paper that focuses on resources. Submit a 3-4 page paper that summarizes the health promotion resources available in your community (city, town or county) to address your selected cause of death and recommendations for future programs. The focus of the programs should be on prevention and health promotion, not treatment

In your paper, discuss the following prompts:

Describe the programs that promote health promotion on the selected topic in your community.

Include the level of community participation in the programs (number of participants, number of included schools etc.)

Identify the target population (age, sex, location etc.)

Explain the specific health-promotion activities offered, and the level of prevention that is addressed by the activities

Include any impact data or improved health outcomes that you can find on the programs

Discuss your assessment of available resources in your community: Is the amount of health promotion programs adequate to meet the needs? Are the activities offered effective?

Recommend a health-promotion idea or ideas that could be developed into a health-promotion program or programs in your community.

Identify the targeted populations with rationale to support the choice.

Cite any sources in APA format.

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.