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Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment. Speak with your faculty member if you have questions.  

1) Identify a health problem or need for health promotion for a particular stage in the life span of a population from a specific culture in your area. 

2) Choose one of the Leading Health Indicators (LHI) priorities from Healthy People 2020: https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/Leading-Health-Indicators  3) Research a topic related to health and wellness associated with one of the Healthy People 2020 topic areas.   4) Include the following sections (detailed criteria listed below and in the Grading Rubric):  a. Introduction and Conclusion – 15 points/15% • 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. 

Conclusion includes the main ideas from the body of the paper. • Conclusion includes the major support points from the body of the paper.  b. 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.  c. 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.  d. 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.  e. APA Style and Organization – 10 points/10% • TurnItIn is used prior to submitting paper for grading. • Revisions are made based on TurnItIn originality report. • References are submitted with assignment.

 Uses current APA format and is free of errors. • Grammar and mechanics are free of errors. 

Paper is 3-4 pages, excluding title and reference pages. • Information is organized around required components and flows in a logical sequence.