Health Promotion Program/Intervention presentation

Students will work develop plans for a health promotion program/intervention targeting
a specific health problem and developmental age group. The student(s) will prepare a
5-minute slideshow to the class about the proposed health promotion intervention.
Grades will be based on the quality of the delivery of the presentation to the class.

The presentation will:

• Describe the health issue or health risk your project will address and why you
selected this issue as the focus of your project.
• Identify and describe the target population of your project and why this
population has been selected.
o Example: our research revealed that (adolescents, older adults, etc.) are
at particular risk for (health issue).
• Identify and describe health behavior change you are using to frame your
intervention.
• You can discuss an existing program/intervention and propose an
expansion/modification to adapt to a specific population, different health issue,
etc. You can also tailor your own intervention/program.
• Learning outcomes/objectives you hope to achieve. What is the desired impact
of your project on your target population? You can refer to Healthy People
2020/2030 objective as a guide to establish your objectives.
o Example: as a result of participating in this intervention participants will
be able to…
Rubric

Category Good Satisfactory Needs work

(15-20) (9-14) (0-8)

Introduction- Introduction is Health issue, disease Definitions and

Description of health attention and/or risk is justification are
issue or health risk getting, clearly defined. Selection is lacking and/or
your project will defines the justified. vague.
address and why problem (health
you selected this issue, disease,
issue as the focus of or risk) and
your project. reasons for
selection.
(20 points)
Establishes a
framework for
the rest of the
presentation.

Target Population- Target Target population Target population

Identify and population is defined; rationale and/or rationale are
describe the target clearly defined. discussed. Data vague.
population of your Rationale for provided.
project and why this population
population has been selected given
selected. (e.g., this
population is
(20 points)
targeted due to
high rates
among…).
Data/Statistics
are provided.

Health behavior Health behavior Health behavior Health behavior

change and and/or risk you and/or risk targeted and/or risk .
intervention. are targeting to is defined. Description of
change is
(20 points) defined and Intervention is intervention is vague
justified (e.g., described. or lacking.
this behavior
results in high
rates of…)
Description of
intervention;
what does your
intervention
look like? How
are you
changing
behavior?

Learning What is the Goals and outcomes Goals and outcomes

outcomes/objectives desired impact are discussed. are vague.
you hope to achieve. of your project
on your target
(20 points)
population?
Goals/outcomes
are clearly
defined.(Think
measurable)

Cohesiveness, flow, Is material Limited Excessive

grammar (20 points) presented in a spelling/grammatical spelling/grammatical
logical and errors. Flow errors. Lack of
cohesive consistent. Citations citations.
manner? provided.
Excellent
organization,
clarity, flow; no
spelling or
grammatical
errors. Citations
are provided.