Analyze the influence of cultural, socioeconomic, and behavioral factors on public health.

Student Success Criteria

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Scenario

As a public health nurse at a community clinic, your supervisor has asked you to research and examine childhood obesity in the community. You have been asked to create a visual concept map to be shared during a staff meeting to illustrate your findings on the cultural, socioeconomic, and behavioral factors that are contributing to childhood obesity as well as determining how the community clinic can promote healthy behaviors to address childhood obesity.

Instructions

Create a visual concept map on child obesity and the factors influencing childhood obesity that:

Identifies a specific community to research and provides statistical data on childhood obesity in the selected community.
Analyzes the cultural, socioeconomic, and behavioral factors that influence childhood obesity.
Illustrates the connection between childhood obesity, behavior, culture, and socioeconomic status.
Describes how the promotion of health behaviors will help to reduce and ultimately eliminate childhood obesity.
Explains ways the public health nurse can support healthy behaviors while responding to the diverse needs in the community.
Provides stated ideas with professional language and attribution for credible sources with correct APA citation, spelling, and grammar in the visual concept map.

Resources

Library Databases

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Database FAQ
Websites

Policy Map
Guides & FAQs

Concept Map FAQ
Policy Map Quick Start Video
APA Guide
Credible Sources FAQ
Nursing Guide
Rasmussen’s Answers/FAQs

Criteria

A-4-Mastery

B-3-Proficiency

C-2-Competence

F-1-No Pass

I-0-Not Submitted

Criterion 1

100%

Exemplary identification of specific community and provided comprehensive statistical data on childhood obesity.

75%

Accurate identification of specific community and provided sufficient statistical data on childhood obesity

50%

Basic identification of specific community and provided some statistical data on childhood obesity.

25%

Unclear identification of a specific community and attempted to provide minimal to no statistical data on childhood obesity

0%

Criterion 2

100%

Exemplary analysis of the factors that influence childhood obesity with comprehensive information on each factor: cultural factors, socioeconomic factors, and behavioral factors.

75%

Accurate analysis of the factors that influence childhood obesity with information on each factor: cultural factors, socioeconomic factors, and behavioral factors.

50%

Basic analysis of the factors that influence childhood obesity with minimal information on each factor: cultural factors, socioeconomic factors, and behavioral factors.

25%

Confusing or incomplete analysis of the factors that influence childhood obesity with information missing on each factor: cultural factors, socioeconomic factors, and behavioral factors.

0%

Criterion 3

100%

Exemplary illustration of the connection between childhood obesity, behavior, culture, and socioeconomic status with comprehensive example(s).

75%

Accurate illustration of the connection between childhood obesity, behavior, culture, and socioeconomic status with example.

50%

Basic attempt to illustrate the connection between childhood obesity, behavior, culture, and socioeconomic status, no example provided.

25%

Confusing or incomplete attempt to illustrate the connection between childhood obesity, behavior, culture, and socioeconomic status.

0%

Criterion 4

100%

Exemplary description of how the promotion of health behaviors will help to reduce and ultimately eliminate childhood obesity with comprehensive example(s).

75%

Accurate description of how the promotion of health behaviors will help to reduce and ultimately eliminate childhood obesity with example.

50%

Basic description of how the promotion of health behaviors will help to reduce and ultimately eliminate childhood obesity, no example provided.

25%

Confusing or incomplete description of how the promotion of health behaviors will help to reduce and ultimately eliminate childhood obesity.

0%

Criterion 5

100%

Exemplary explanation of ways the public health nurse can support healthy behaviors with comprehensive example(s) of response to the diverse needs in the community.

75%

Accurate explanation of ways the public health nurse can support healthy behaviors with example of response to the diverse needs in the community.

50%

Basic explanation of ways the public health nurse can support healthy behaviors while responding to the diverse needs in the community, no example provided.

25%

Confusing or incomplete explanation of ways the public health nurse can support healthy behaviors while responding to the diverse needs in the community.

0%

Criterion 6

100%

Provided stated ideas with professional language and attribution for credible sources with correct APA citation, spelling, and grammar in the visual concept map.

75%

Provided stated ideas with professional language and attribution for credible sources with minimal APA citation, spelling, and grammar errors in the visual concept map.

50%

Attempted to provide stated ideas with professional language and attribution for credible sources with some APA citation, spelling, and grammar errors in the visual concept map.

25%

Provided confusing ideas with an attempt at professional language and attribution for credible sources with numerous APA citation, spelling, and grammar errors in the visual concept map.

0%

Criterion 7

100% 

Completed all interactive learning activities in the module.

75% 

50% 

25% 

0%

Did not complete all interactive learning activities in the module.