Primary Prevention of Stroke among African American adults ages 18-65 with Hypertensive and Diabetes” in urban areas (Newark,NJ)
Part C – Primary Prevention Paper Guidelines – Grading Criteria (Rubric)
This paper is designed to help you think about how you, as a nurse, can prevent a disease and
promote health within a specific patient population. You will design strategies for health
promotion/primary prevention that will reach a large group of people or a community (e.g. WPU
students; pregnant women in a certain borough, etc.).
Each student selects a health problem from any of the seminar presentations posted for the
semester and submits to instructor via BlackBoard for approval by end of module 3. Once
approved, student will develop a written paper (five-page maximum excluding references) and
include the following headings (Significance of health problem, Strategies for health
promotion/primary prevention, and Variables impacting health promotion/primary prevention):
I. Significance of health problem to health status
-Implications of age, gender, ethnicity if appropriate
-Incidence, prevalence, morbidity, mortality, cost implications
-Identify a population of focus – be specific _30%
2. Evidence based strategies for health promotion/primary prevention:
-Health teaching principles (how would you assess readiness to learn, subject
relevance, reading level, learner engagement, etc.)
-Health teaching approaches. Create an outline of the content of what would be taught. How long would the presentation be, where would the presentation
take place, and what format would the edcuation be taught in)_35%
3.Variables impacting health promotion/primary prevention goal
attainment relevant to health problem (cultural, legal, psycho-socio-economic, family variables) _25%
4.Organization, grammar, spelling, APA style of writing, meets page
requirements, and must have a minimum of three references (at least 2 current journal references.) _10%