Description
Draft the health issue analysis, Section I, for your final project. For this draft you will research the issue presented in your chosen scenario, and look at the issue from two perspectives: that of the individual affected and the larger age-specific population represented by this individual. You should also keep the audience you identified in Module Two in mind as you work.
Submitting a draft in this module allows you to obtain feedback from your instructor that you can incorporate into the final version of your project, which is due in Module Seven. Be sure to review the rubric in detail before you begin your analysis.
Submit your assignment here. Make sure you’ve included all the required elements by reviewing the guidelines and rubric.
SCENARIO CHOOSEN
Scenario Three: Obesity in an Adolescent
Michelle is 15 years old and has always been the “big” girl in class. She is much taller than her fellow classmates and is also bigger in size. According to
her doctor, she is in the morbidly obese category based on the body mass index (BMI) chart. Michelle gets her exercise from gym class, which she has
every Wednesday afternoon. She does not eat breakfast but does eat the school lunches. When she gets home, she tends to fix a bowl of cereal to hold
her over until dinner.
This individual belongs to an age-specific population that is affected by this health issue. You will write a health analysis paper in which you analyze both
the individual and the age-specific population affected by the health issue for symptoms, causes, and data to inform potential prevention options. For
example, if your profile describes a middle-aged individual dealing with high blood pressure, your analysis paper will consider both that specific
individual and the entire population of middle-aged adults dealing with high blood pressure.
You will then develop a presentation directed at a particular audience that could enact some of these prevention options in the hopes of helping both
the individual from the profile and the age-specific population in dealing with this health issue. For example, if your individual and population are
middle-aged adults dealing with high blood pressure, you would cater your presentation to an audience that could help address the issue and potentially
enact some of the prevention options you have recommended
Overview
For the final project in this course, you will analyze a health issue from the perspective of an individual patient dealing with the health issue and the age-specific population that individual belongs to. Your analysis will include potential prevention options that might help the individual and the population prevent or mitigate the health issue. Finally, you will take this information and develop a short presentation directed to an audience that might be able to help prevent or mitigate the health issue.
Prompt
In Module Three, you will submit your preliminary health issue analysis. Your draft should include the following critical elements, which relate to Section I of the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric. You should also keep in mind the audience you identified in Module Two as you work. Be sure to review the rubric below before you begin your analysis to understand what is expected of you.
Describe the health issue and the impacted age-specific population.
What is the prevalence of the health issue within that age-specific population? How does that inform your analysis?
Has the prevalence of the health issue changed over time? If so, how does that inform your analysis?
What are the symptoms of the health issue? Do the symptoms of the individual differ from those of the age-specific population? In what ways?
What are the potential causes of the health issue?
What are the implications of the data you have analyzed for the individual and the age-specific population regarding prevention options? Use examples and research to support your thoughts.
What typical prevention options are available for the health issue in terms of the age-specific population?
