Competencies
- Evaluate public health issues that impact specific communities.
- Defend a community’s need for a particular public health initiative.
- Determine health education strategies appropriate for targeted audiences.
- Evaluate evidence-based advocacy practices that promote wellness and manage disease among diverse populations.
- Design a public health initiative implementation and evaluation plan.
- Present a public health initiative using a variety of communication methods.
Scenario
You are the Health Promotion Educator at the local health department. One of your responsibilities involves training staff on public health initiatives. Your objective is to create training material for the health department staff to help them inform the community about specific public health initiatives.
Instructions
Prepare training material for your staff on one of the following public health initiative topics: child and adolescent water safety, Alzheimer’s disease, or antibiotic-resistant bacteria education. Your training material should guide your staff to educate the community on the specific public health issue and initiative. You may use PowerPoint, Prezi, or a similar presentation application of your choice.
Create at least two slides per bullet point below:
- Create the dialog that would occur between yourself and a patient explaining to them the public health initiative you chose.
- Present the treatment options or plan of action for the public health initiative and how you would verbally and visually explain it to your patient. Be sure to include other medical or community individuals that the patient may need contact. Images and videos are encouraged.
- Construct an FAQ on your chosen public health initiative that you would provide to your patient to assist them with the best care and treatment options/plan available.
- Research and provide information on five populations that are prone to your chosen public health initiative and discuss. Images and videos are encouraged.
- Provide 2-3 community resources that you would be able to provide to patients to assist them with your chosen public health initiative. Provide contact information and background on each resource.
Grading Rubric
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Either the selected topic is not appropriate, or fewer than two slides are presented for most or all required sections. |
An appropriate topic has been selected, and the presentation includes two slides for most required sections. |
An appropriate topic has been selected, and the presentation includes two slides for each required section. |
An appropriate topic has been selected with more than two applicable slides for each required section. |
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The presented dialogue is irrelevant or inaccurate regarding the selected topic. |
The presented dialogue addresses the selected topic, but in a cursory or incomplete way. |
The presented dialogue addresses the selected topic factually and clearly with some reliance on technical language. |
The presented dialogue addresses the selected topic in an effective way understandable to the general public and non-medical personnel. |
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Treatment options are poorly or incorrectly explained with no reference to other medical or community individuals. |
Treatment options are explained either verbally or visually, but not both. Cursory reference is made to other medical or community individuals. |
Treatment options are explained both verbally and visually, with clear reference to other medical or community individuals. |
Treatment options are fully explained both verbally and visually with clear language understandable to non-medical personnel. Reference to other medical or community individuals is clearly made. |
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The provided FAQ answers only minor or irrelevant questions or does not provide care and treatment options. |
The provided FAQ answers only basic questions and provides only one care and treatment option. |
The provided FAQ answers important questions and suggests multiple care |
The provided FAQ answers important questions fully and in ways understandable to a non-medical audience. Multiple care |
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Research and information on fewer than five at-risk populations are included. |
Research and information on five at-risk populations are included with no images or video. |
Research and information on five at-risk populations are included with either images or video. |
Research and information on five at-risk populations are included with images and video. |
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Accurate contact information and background is |
Accurate contact information and background is |
Accurate contact information and background is |
Accurate contact information and background is |
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