Describe the importance of evidence-based public health.

Public health professionals must master the research skills to necessary to successfully find evidence-based initiatives. These initiatives include programs, policies, and interventions that have been scientifically evaluated and proved to work. Students will search for and report initiatives that are effective in reducing the problems associated with the Healthy Campus topic of their choice.

Technical Requirements:

12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced, 1 inch margins
Correct spelling, grammar, and sentence structure
Submit to the correct link in assignments. This uploads your paper to a plagiarism detection device. See plagiarism information under Institutional Policies.
Cite all sources using APA referencing style. See APA Style Citation Guide in Canvas (Links to an external site.).
Do not need to include APA formatting (for example, title page, running head, or abstract)
Use headings to separate information into required content as stated below. Click here to view example paper. Preview the documentView in a new window

Content Requirements:

Introduction paragraph

Define evidence-based public health.
Describe the importance of evidence-based public health.
Include how it relates to your topic.
For example: Effective programs decrease the rates of diabetes in at-risk populations.
Cite your source(s) for this information.

Initiatives recommended by a Professional Organization

Identify a professional organization that makes recommendations for effective prevention programing for your topic.
For example, the CDC recommends certain types of interventions that have been proven to be effective at preventing Diabetes. A report can be viewed athttp://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/pdf/PublicHealthCompedium.pdf (Links to an external site.).
Choose at least 3 types of programs/policies/initiatives that the organization recommends.
Describe each program/policy/intervention in a separate paragraph. Include:
A brief description of the type of intervention
Length: Minimum of at least 4 sentences for each paragraph

Initiatives found using your research method of choice

Identify how you usually find research-based information (USF Library search engine, Goggle Scholar, etc.). In 2-3 sentences describe your go-to search tool/engine and for what purposes you have used it in the past.
Use this search tool/engine to find at least 3 effective programs/policies/interventions. Only choose programs that:
Change behavior or overall health outcomes.
Do NOT include programs that change knowledge, attitudes, perceptions, and other non-behavioral outcomes.
An exception to this can be bystander intervention for topics such as suicide, rape, and violence.
Programs must DO something, not just study a topic.
Are effective in improving health outcomes. Don’t include ineffective programs.
Focus on the target population and NOT the general adult population. This can include college students, high school students, or young adults.
Describe each program/policy/intervention in a separate paragraph. Include:
A brief description of the program, including the components that made it effective
A brief explanation of the results. For example: This program improved (health outcome) by X%.
Length: Minimum of at least 4 sentences for each paragraph
At the end of this section BRIEFLY:
Out of all the search terms, indicate which search terms that were most effective in retrieving the information you needed.
Indicate how long it took to narrow your search terms enough that you could find the information you needed

Initiatives found using PubMed

In 2-3 sentences describe what PubMed is and explain for what purposes (if any) you have used it in the past.
Include if you have used filters in PubMed before this assignment
USE THESE SPECIFIC STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONSPreview the documentView in a new window, which will indicate specific filters to narrow your search results.
Use this search tool/engine to find at least 3 effective programs/policies/interventions. Only choose programs that:
Change behavior or overall health outcomes.
Do NOT include programs that change knowledge,attitudes, perceptions, and other non-behavioral outcomes.
An exception to this can be bystander intervention for topics such as suicide, rape, and violence.
Programs must DO something, not just study a topic.
Are effective in improving health outcomes. Don’t include ineffective programs.
Focus on the target population and NOT the general adult population. This can include college students, high school students, or young adults.
Describe each program/policy/intervention in a separate paragraph. Include:
A brief description of the program, including the components that made it effective
A brief explanation of the results. For example: This program improved (health outcome) by X%.
Length: Minimum of at least 4 sentences for each paragraph
At the end of this section BRIEFLY:
Out of all the search terms, indicate which search terms that were most effective in retrieving the information you needed.
Indicate how long it took to narrow your search terms enough that you could find the information you needed

Conclusion paragraph

Identify any common themes you discovered after researching effective public health initiatives for your topic.
State what you learned about the research process, including various search terms.
Explain which search tools, engines, and/or databases you preferred most and least. Explain why.

Rubric
Evidence-Based Interventions Paper Rubric
Evidence-Based Interventions Paper Rubric
Criteria Ratings Pts
Technical requirements (excluding spelling and grammar)

Adhered to all technical requirements
2 pts

Included 1 technical requirement error
1 pts

Included 2 or more technical requirement errors
0 pts

2 pts
Correct grammar, sentence structure, spelling, etc

Very few or no errors
2 pts

Some errors, but they do not interfere with communication
1 pts

Frequent errors (throughout paper), but do not interfere with communication
0.5 pts

Frequent errors that interfere with communication
0 pts

2 pts
Introduction paragraph

Define evidence-based public health, describe importance, relate to topic
4 pts

Failed to do 1: Define evidence-based public health, describe importance, relate to topic
2 pts

Failed to do 2-3: Define evidence-based public health, describe importance, relate to topic
0 pts

4 pts
APA style: In-text citations and reference page

APA style used correctly (only 1 type of error)
2 pts

Incorrect use of APA (at least 2 types of errors)
1 pts

No APA used for either in text citations OR reference page
0 pts

2 pts
Description of tools/engine and search terms

Included description of search tool/engine and search terms
2 pts

Missing description of search tool/engine OR search terms
1 pts

Missing description of search tool/engine and/or search terms for 2 or more
0 pts

2 pts
Initiative length

All meet minimum length of 4 sentences each
4 pts

1 initiative fails to meet 4 sentence length requirement
3 pts

2 initiative fails to meet 4 sentence length requirement
2 pts

3 or more initiative fails to meet 4 sentence length requirement
0 pts

4 pts
Professional oganization recommendations

Completely described 3 types of programs
6 pts

Completely described 2 types of programs
4 pts

Completely described 1-0 types of programs
0 pts

6 pts
PubMed and other search engine tool initiatives

All initiative included description, effective components or results
7 pts

1 initiative fails to include description, effective components or results
5 pts

2 initiatives fail to include description, effective components or results
3 pts

3 or more initiatives fail to include description, effective components or results
0 pts

7 pts
PubMed and other search engline tool initiative descriptions

All initiatives were programs that changed behaviors, were effective & focused on the target population
7 pts

1 program didn’t change behaviors, wasn’t effective, or didn’t focused on the target population
5 pts

2 or more programs didn’t change behaviors, wasn’t effective, or didn’t focused on the target population
0 pts

7 pts
Conclusion paragraph

Identified common themes, what was learned, and preferred search tools
4 pts

Failed to identify 1 of the following: common themes, what was learned, or preferred search tools
2 pts

Failed to identify 2 or more of the following: common themes, what was learned, or preferred search tools
0 pts

4 pts
Total Points: 40

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