Overview: Journal Analysis
You have maintained a journal for four weeks, recording four entries per week that reflect the issue you selected for your Health Promotion Contract. Now you will review those entries and analyze the effect the journaling experience had on you and your progress toward goals.
Answer the questions in complete sentences, referencing what you learned in the course, citing specific examples from your journal entries, and reflecting upon the role of journaling in health promotion.
Objective:
•    Discuss the purpose and efficacy of journaling for health promotion.

Rubric
Use this rubric to guide your work on the assignment, “Journal Analysis.”
Task    Accomplished    Proficient    Needs Improvement
Description of Health Promotion Contract issue
(Total 5 points)    Specific description of issue
(5 points)    General description of issue
(3 points)     No description of issue
(0 points)
Explanation of “Stage of Change” at conclusion of journaling
(Total 20 points)    Explanation of specific stage of change, including examples that align with the characteristics described in the Reading
(20 points)    Statement of stage of change with some description of characteristics
(15 points)    Little or no description of characteristics of stage of change
(0-5 points)
Description of most significant Motivator
(Total 15 points)    Description of Motivator, including specific examples from journal entries showing Motivator’s impact on progress toward goal
(15 points)    Description of Motivator with general examples or rationale
(10 points)    No description of Motivator
(0 points)
Description of most significant Stumbling Block
(15 points)    Description of Stumbling Block, including specific examples from journal entries showing Stumbling Block’s impact on progress toward goal
(15 points)    Description of Stumbling Block with general examples or rationale
(10 points)    No description of Stumbling Block
(0 points)
Role of journaling in maintaining focus on health issue
(10 points)    Explanation of how journaling did/did not help maintain focus on issue, including specific examples from journal entries
(10 points)    Explanation of how journaling did/did not help maintain focus on issue, including general examples or rationale
(8 points)    No specific explanation of role of journaling in maintaining focus on issue
(0 points)
Analysis of journal topics
(5 points)    Description of journaling topic(s)
(5 points)    Answer of “yes” or “no” with no details
(3 points)    No response
(0 points)
Description of self-talk
(10 points)    Examples of dialogue with self, and description of characteristics of talk
(10 points)    General description of self-talk
(8 points)    No description of self-talk, or self-talk unrelated to issue
(0-5 points)
Impact of JAMA article on future journaling
(10 points)    Statement of impact with specific examples and/or description of anticipation of future outcomes or rationale
(10 points)    Statement of impact with general rationale and/or support
(8 points)    Statement of impact with little or no rationale to support statement
(0-5 points)
Comparison of journaling and medication
(10 points)    Statement of position with specific supportive rationale
(10 points)    Statement of position with some rationale
(8 points)    Statement of position
(2 points)

Analysis Questions

1. Describe the health issue you chose to work on during this course as listed in your Health Promotion Contract. (5 points)

2. For your issue, at what stage of the “Stages of Change” Model were you by the last week of the course? Explain. (20 points)

3. What was your most significant Motivator? (15 points)

4. What was your most significant Stumbling Block? (15 points)

5. Did your journaling help you stay focused on the issue on which you were working? Explain why or why not. (10 points)

6. Did you find yourself journaling on topics other than your issue? (5 points)

7. If you failed to reach a goal (intermediate or end-goal), what was your self-talk? (Self-talk is defined as your ongoing internal dialogue with yourself. Self-talk can be accurate, positive and supportive or exaggerated and negative.) (10 points)

8. Will the results of the JAMA article (discussed in class and readings), as to the efficacy of journaling, influence you to continue to journal? Why or why not? (Be honest with yourself in answering this.) (10 points)

9. Would you take a medication that purported to have similar health improvement benefits as journaling? Why or why not? (10 points)