Here's a nice overview of theories we are discussing in class. There is also a good preview of coming attractions regarding community organizing.
Health Education Theory Overview CLICK HERE
Monday, September 21, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
TAKE HOME ASSIGNMENT: DUE MONDAY SEP 21
This assignment is due Monday, September 21. It is in lieu of last week's in-class assessment. It will help us stay a bit caught up.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Review the following on-line document "What is Health Education"
What is Health Education
2. Address the following questions. Limit your answer to 1-2 sentences per question.
a. How does health education help achieve the larger goals of Public Health, as defined in class? (1 - 2 sentences)
b. Look at the last 'bullet' under "Where are Health Educators Employed".
Imagine that you are helping a community group to increase physical activity of 10-year-olds. Describe how you would address this goal? Use pp 12-13 of Chapter 1 in "Public Health" (Schneider) to guide your answers. (1 page)
3 Please type, 12 pt font, 1 inch margins, double space, etc.
4. Email me if you have questions.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Review the following on-line document "What is Health Education"
What is Health Education
2. Address the following questions. Limit your answer to 1-2 sentences per question.
a. How does health education help achieve the larger goals of Public Health, as defined in class? (1 - 2 sentences)
b. Look at the last 'bullet' under "Where are Health Educators Employed".
Imagine that you are helping a community group to increase physical activity of 10-year-olds. Describe how you would address this goal? Use pp 12-13 of Chapter 1 in "Public Health" (Schneider) to guide your answers. (1 page)
3 Please type, 12 pt font, 1 inch margins, double space, etc.
4. Email me if you have questions.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
ASSIGNMENT: Brief Report due October 5, 2009
Health 54
Brief Report
America’s Health
Objective: Use “America’s Health 2007” to demonstrate ability to read and interpret data on a single health issue. Research and update of the topic and summarize findings.
5 points Topic
15 points Describe and interpret data from the Report.
15 points Update with appropriate sources (minimum of 3)
10 points Describe implications for public health today
5 Conclusion
INSTRUCTIONS
1. State your topic.
Why did you choose it?
What is something new you hope to learn by doing this research?
2. Describe and interpret data from Healthy People 2010 and Health: US 2008
Be sure to spend plenty of time looking the data over to detect patterns, trends, and key ideas that stand out for you.
Be sure to use socioeconomic status to breakdown the data; as well as ethnicity, gender, and age (and other relevant status markers).
What does the data say about the health problem? Put this into your own words.
What is missing, in your opinion? Groups of people, aspects of health issues that are not described by the data.
3. Do further research to update the issue.
What is the current state of this public health issue?
Be sure to research into journals and articles that describe specific aspects of the issue and give us more insight to what is going on in those areas currently.
Try to “fill the gaps” that you identified with your research.
Use at least 3 sources, no more than 8, to update. Quality, not quantity.
Remember that literature reviews are great places to find leads for research.
4. What can public health do about the issue today?
Present your own ideas
Back them up with a few citations you described earlier.
5. Conclusion
What did you hope to learn (as stated in the Introduction)?
Did you learn it? Why or why not?
If you continued to research the topic, what are a few new areas about it that you’d like to explore?
GENERAL GUIDELINES
1. Printed, preferably in Word format
2. 1 inch margins
3. 12 point font
4. Courier or Times New Roman font (not Helvetica)
5. MLA bibliographic style
6. 5 to 8 pages (not including bibliography)
DUE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009
Brief Report
America’s Health
Objective: Use “America’s Health 2007” to demonstrate ability to read and interpret data on a single health issue. Research and update of the topic and summarize findings.
5 points Topic
15 points Describe and interpret data from the Report.
15 points Update with appropriate sources (minimum of 3)
10 points Describe implications for public health today
5 Conclusion
INSTRUCTIONS
1. State your topic.
Why did you choose it?
What is something new you hope to learn by doing this research?
2. Describe and interpret data from Healthy People 2010 and Health: US 2008
Be sure to spend plenty of time looking the data over to detect patterns, trends, and key ideas that stand out for you.
Be sure to use socioeconomic status to breakdown the data; as well as ethnicity, gender, and age (and other relevant status markers).
What does the data say about the health problem? Put this into your own words.
What is missing, in your opinion? Groups of people, aspects of health issues that are not described by the data.
3. Do further research to update the issue.
What is the current state of this public health issue?
Be sure to research into journals and articles that describe specific aspects of the issue and give us more insight to what is going on in those areas currently.
Try to “fill the gaps” that you identified with your research.
Use at least 3 sources, no more than 8, to update. Quality, not quantity.
Remember that literature reviews are great places to find leads for research.
4. What can public health do about the issue today?
Present your own ideas
Back them up with a few citations you described earlier.
5. Conclusion
What did you hope to learn (as stated in the Introduction)?
Did you learn it? Why or why not?
If you continued to research the topic, what are a few new areas about it that you’d like to explore?
GENERAL GUIDELINES
1. Printed, preferably in Word format
2. 1 inch margins
3. 12 point font
4. Courier or Times New Roman font (not Helvetica)
5. MLA bibliographic style
6. 5 to 8 pages (not including bibliography)
DUE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
Chapter 3: PH Organization
Here's the chapter I'd like everyone to read for the week of September 7, 2009 (no class Monday... Labor Day ENJOY!)
CHAPTER 3 CLICK HERE
BE PATIENT... IT'S A BIG FILE (SORRY...)
CHAPTER 3 CLICK HERE
BE PATIENT... IT'S A BIG FILE (SORRY...)
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Health United States Powerpoint Slide Set
CLICK HERE for slides shown in class
The slide set provides "highlights" of the Health: United States report. Use it for ideas for your brief report!
The slide set provides "highlights" of the Health: United States report. Use it for ideas for your brief report!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Healthy People 2010 -- Midcourse Review
This online document details progress toward Healthy People 2010 objectives. Note that baseline data for the 2010 goals is from 1998, midcourse data is from 2003...
CLICK HERE for Midcourse Report table of contents
CLICK HERE for Midcourse Report table of contents
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