Assignment 4: Health Education and Hypertensive Disease Scenario
Linda Cervantes, of Puerto Rican ancestry, is a first generation HispanicAmerican who attends California State University, Northridge. During her
sixth semester as an accounting major she required emergency transportation
to the Student Health Center to address an episode of dizziness and severe
headaches.
During the examination it was uncovered that Linda had a blood pressure reading 145
mmHg over 110 mmHg. The attending physician wrote a prescription for an
antihypertensive medication and recommended that Linda immediately return to her
dorm room and that she spend the remaining portion of the day in bed. He further
suggested that Linda have blood drawn so that an evaluation of her health could be
further perused.
A few days latter a Student Health nurse emailed Linda with
a message that it was very important that she call the Student
Health Center as soon as she had some free time. Upon
calling the Center Linda learned that she had hypertensive
disease and that she needed to change her life style. Specifically, she was told that she
would have to make major modifications in her diet and exercise patterns. Linda was
referred to the Student Health Center’s Director of Health Education. Since final exams
and a number of term papers were due in the next two weeks Linda waited until after the
semester brake to make her first appoint with a health educator.
Linda’s visit with Jodi Watkins, a health educator, was pleasant and informative. She
received a pamphlet to help her plan out her new diet and an exercise scheduler that laid
out an activity program that would put Linda on what the health educator hoped would be
a sure path to good health. In combination with the prescribed medications Linda was
very optimistic that controlling her high blood pressure was only a matter of following
the advice provided by the Student Health Center. Unfortunately, nothing could be
further from the truth.
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By the middle of the following semester Linda suffered a much more serious episode of
dizziness and headaches landing her in Northridge Hospital for seven days.
Question
Given Linda’s experience, as a health educator, how would you design a health
education program that would have had a greater probability of succeeding?
Include the following specifics in a one to two page double spaced proposal; be sure
to provide references from the current health education professional literature to
support the details of your proposal (You must include an APA formatted Reference
Page – Not counted as part of the one to two pages):
1. Name and describe a health education model/theory that underlies your approach
2. A measureable health objective
3. A measureable health determinant objective
4. Select one of the following four venues for the delivery of your health education
program; school, worksite, hospital, or community, and provide explanation for
your selection and a description of the people who will be included
5. A public health mode of delivery (i.e. legislative, cognitive, behavioral,
attitudinal, etc.) and provide explanation for your selection
6. Name and provide a step by step health education methodology
7. Define the terms supports and barriers to a health education program and list what
those supports and barriers would be for your proposal
8. The category/categories of evaluation you would build into your program with a
description of how you would carryout the evaluation.
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Grading Rubric
Maximum
Points
100%
80%
65%
50%
Only
Only
demonstrates
Only names
describes a
an
a health
health
understanding
education
education
of what a
model/theory
model/theory
theory/model
is.
25%
1. Name and describe a health education
model/theory that underlies your approach
Names and
describes a
2 health
education
model/theory
2. A measureable health objective
Includes the
following items:
Description of
the behavior,
Includes
3 how it will be
three of the
measured,
four items
criteria for
success, and
time frame
Includes two Includes one
of the four
of the
items
foretimes
Includes
none of the
four items
3. A measureable health determinant objective
Includes the
following items:
Description of
the behavior,
Includes
3 how it will be
three of the
measured,
four items
criteria for
success, and
time frame
Includes two Includes one
of the four
of the four
items
items
Includes
none of the
four items
4. Describe and explain the need for an assessment
plan you would conduct to help create a successful
health education program
Includes the
following
Includes the
items:
following items:
Description of
Description of
the plan, the
the plan, the
need for the
2 need for the
plan, the data
plan, the data
collected, but
collected, and
not the
the method of
method of
data collection
data
collection
5. Select one of the following four venues for the
delivery of your health education program; school,
worksite, hospital, or community, and provide
explanation for your selection and a description of
the people who will be included
Includes the
following
items:
Description
of the plan,
the need for
the plan, but
not the data
collected,
and the
method of
data
collection
Selected a
venue, but
did not
Selected a
provide an
Selected a
venue,
explanation
venue,
provided an
for why that
provided an
explanation
venue was
explanation for for why that
chosen, and
why that venue venue was
did not
was chosen,
chosen, but
describe the
2 and a
did not
people who
description of describe the
will be
the people who people who
included,
will be
will be
literature
included, all
included,
references
with literature literature
were
references
references
included for
were included
why the
venue was
chosen
3
Either fails
to respond
or is
incorrect
Includes the
following
items:
Description of
the plan, but
Includes
not the need
none of the
for the plan,
four items
or the data
collected, or
the method of
data
collection
Selected a
venue, but
failed to
provide
literature
references to
support the
selection
Failed to
include a
response to
this item
6. A public health mode of delivery (i.e. legislative,
cognitive, behavioral, attitudinal, etc.) and provide
explanation for your selection with supportive
literature references
Selected a
Selected a
public health
public health
mode of
mode of
delivery,
delivery,
provided an
provided an
explanation
explanation for
2
for the
the selection
selection but
and supported
supported
both of the
one of the
above with
above two
literature
with literature
references
references
7. Name and provide a step by step health education
methodology
Named and
provided a
logical and
objective step
2
by step health
education
methodological
steps
8. Define the terms supports and barriers to a health
education program and list what those supports and
barriers would be for your proposal
9. Name and describe a category/categories of
evaluation you would build into your program with a
description of how you would carryout the evaluation.
Total Points Earned
Named and
provided a
logical and
objective
steps, but
some steps
were missing
and/or out of
order
Defined the
terms
supports and
barriers to a
health
education
program but
did not list
what those
supports and
barriers
would be for
the proposal
Described,
Named and
but did not
described one
name one or
or more of the
more of the
following
following
evaluation
evaluation
categories:
categories:
Diagnostic
Diagnostic
evaluation,
evaluation,
formative
2
formative
evaluation,
evaluation,
summative
summative
evaluation, and
evaluation,
included a
and included
description of
a description
how the
of how the
evaluation
evaluation
would be
would be
carried out
carried out
20
Defined the
terms supports
and barriers to
a health
education
2 program and
listed what
those supports
and barriers
would be for
the proposal
4
Selected a
public health
mode of
delivery, but
did not
provide an
explanation
for the
selection and
did not
support one
of the above
two with
literature
references
Failed to
include a
response to
this item
Named and
provided a
logical and
objective
Named an
steps, but
educational
some steps methodology
were missing
and/or out of
order
Failed to
include a
response to
this item
Selected a
public health
mode of
delivery,
provided an
explanation
for the
selection but
did not
support one
of the above
two with
literature
references
Failed to
define the
terms
supports and
barriers to a
health
education
program but
did list
supports and
barriers for
the proposal
Failed to
define the
terms
supports and
barriers to a
health
education
program but
listed only the
supports or
the barriers
for the
proposal
Failed to
include a
response to
this item
Named and
described
how the
evaluation
would be
carried out,
but did not
describe one
or more of
the following
evaluation
categories:
Diagnostic
evaluation,
formative
evaluation,
summative
evaluation
Named one or
more of the
following
evaluation
categories:
Diagnostic
evaluation,
formative
evaluation,
summative
evaluation,
Failed to
include a
response to
this item