NUR 703 Assignment 7.1: Public Service Announcement (PSA)
NUR 703 Assignment 7.1: Public Service Announcement (PSA)
Value: 25 points
Assignment Guidelines
- Develop an educational poster (one page in Word document or PowerPoint slide) on the prevention of mental health or substance use disorder utilizing the IOM (now named the HDM) Model of Prevention Framework category of Universal Prevention.
- Examples:
- Refer to page 248 in your Public / Community Health and Nursing Practice: Caring for Populations textbook.
- SAMHSA’s Print and Poster PSA’s (Links to an external site.)
- World Health Organization’s Depression Let’s Talk toolkit (Links to an external site.)
- CDC’s Division of Community Health (Links to an external site.)
- Address the following in 1-2 pages on a separate document in APA format:
- How your PSA poster targets the vulnerable population
- The burden of the disorder on the health of the population using epidemiological data.
- Any cultural or stigma considerations.
- References
Submission
Submit your assignment and review full grading criteria on the Assignment 7.1: Public Service Announcement (PSA) page.
Week 7: Mental Health and Substance Use
This week you will understand how mental health and substance abuse are interconnected, which will help you to identify vulnerable and at-risk individuals. Prevention of mental health and substance abuse disorders and promotion of interventions to build healthy communities through policies and programs are key components to optimize public health.
You will be developing a Public Service Announcement poster to promote education of mental health or substance abuse. Keep it simple with a powerful message. Also, the third part of your mini-grant project is due at the end of the week, so be sure to review the provided presentation to better understand the details of what is required. I look forward to reading your final proposals.
Lesson 1: Mental Health and Substance Use
Introduction
Mental health and substance abuse are interconnected, therefore, identifying vulnerable and at-risk individuals and populations through screening tools and implementation of effective health promotion strategies can help optimize public health.
Public Service Announcement Rubric | ||
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Criteria | Ratings | Pts |
Content (10 points) | 10 / 10 pts | |
Poster (10 points) | 10 / 10 pts | |
APA Formatting and Professionalism (5 points) | 5 / 5 pts | |
Total Points: 25 |
APA Writing Checklist
Use this document as a checklist for each paper you will write throughout your GCU graduate program. Follow specific instructions indicated in the assignment and use this checklist to help ensure correct grammar and APA formatting. Refer to the APA resources available in the GCU Library and Student Success Center.
☐ APA paper template (located in the Student Success Center/Writing Center) is utilized for the correct format of the paper. APA style is applied, and format is correct throughout.
☐ The title page is present. APA format is applied correctly. There are no errors.
☐ The introduction is present. APA format is applied correctly. There are no errors.
☐ Topic is well defined.
☐ Strong thesis statement is included in the introduction of the paper.
☐ The thesis statement is consistently threaded throughout the paper and included in the conclusion.
☐ Paragraph development: Each paragraph has an introductory statement, two or three sentences as the body of the paragraph, and a transition sentence to facilitate the flow of information. The sections of the main body are organized to reflect the main points of the author. APA format is applied correctly. There are no errors.
☐ All sources are cited. APA style and format are correctly applied and are free from error.
☐ Sources are completely and correctly documented on a References page, as appropriate to assignment and APA style, and format is free of error.
Scholarly Resources: Scholarly resources are written with a focus on a specific subject discipline and usually written by an expert in the same subject field. Scholarly resources are written for an academic audience.
Examples of Scholarly Resources include: Academic journals, books written by experts in a field, and formally published encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Peer-Reviewed Journals: Peer-reviewed journals are evaluated prior to publication by experts in the journal’s subject discipline. This process ensures that the articles published within the journal are academically rigorous and meet the required expectations of an article in that subject discipline.
Empirical Journal Article: This type of scholarly resource is a subset of scholarly articles that reports the original finding of an observational or experimental research study. Common aspects found within an empirical article include: literature review, methodology, results, and discussion.
Adapted from “Evaluating Resources: Defining Scholarly Resources,” located in Research Guides in the GCU Library.
☐ The writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English. Utilize writing resources such as Grammarly, LopesWrite report, and ThinkingStorm to check your writing.