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IHP 501 Project Guidelines and Rubric

Competencies

In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competencies:

Analyze the determinants of health in populations facing global health challenges

Evaluate how systems and policies impact global health challenges

Recommend socioculturally and politically relevant interventions and advocacy strategies to reduce the burden of global health challenges

Scenario

In an increasingly interconnected age, it is now more possible—and pressing—than ever to engage with global health issues. Healthcare professionals play critical roles in making the world a

healthier and more equitable place. In this project, you have the opportunity to share your own perspectives on global health and diversity by researching and proposing a humanitarian aid

trip.

Imagine that you volunteer for an interdisciplinary health team whose mission is to improve global health outcomes. The SNHU Humanitarian Aid Foundation has offered your team a grant of

$100,000 for a humanitarian aid trip pending their approval.

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Your task is to propose a humanitarian aid trip (approximately 2 weeks in length) addressing a particular health challenge for a targeted population.

First, select an option from the list below that you are most interested in researching. If you choose options 2, 3, or 4, you should focus your research on a speci�c country within the region

mentioned:

Option 1 is traveling to Zambia to address the health challenge of malaria within that country. Your attention was drawn to this health issue after reading the scholarly article, Modeling

Malaria Reduction.

Option 2 is traveling to West Africa to address the health challenge of Ebola. Your attention was drawn to this health issue after reading this Ebola outbreak report from the World

Health Organization.

Option 3 is traveling to a location in East Asia or the Paci�c to address the health challenge of malnutrition among women, infants, children, and adolescents. Your attention was drawn to

this health issue after reading the scholarly paper, Trip Trouble.

Option 4 is traveling to a location in South America to establish an immunization clinic to provide local residents with COVID-19 vaccination. Your attention was drawn to this health

issue after reading the scholarly paper, Public Health Matters, on the subject.

Based on your selection, you will investigate current, scholarly evidence to learn about the population and health issue. You must analyze their determinants of health, evaluate the broader

social and political context, and recommend speci�c interventions for improving the population’s health outcomes. Ultimately, you will present your �ndings and recommendations in a

research paper designed to persuade your sponsor to award you grant funding for your proposed trip.

Directions

Note that all the claims in your research paper should be evidence-based. Your citations should be from your independent research (not from the scenario or textbook) of credible sources and

be current within the last �ve years. You are required to cite a minimum of ten sources overall. Refer to the Shapiro Library Guide: Nursing—Graduate located in the Start Here section of the

course for additional support.

To complete your research paper, be sure to include the following elements:

1. Introduction: Begin by introducing your audience to the selected location and health challenge. Speci�cally, address the following:

A. Overview: Provide a brief, evidence-based overview, including a description of the chosen country, its socioeconomic and demographic pro�le, and the prevalent health concerns

within the population.

B. Purpose and Value: Clearly state the goal of this trip, including a general identi�cation of the intervention that will be proposed. Defend the proposed value of this venture by

discussing the extent to which this humanitarian aid trip will promote health equity, human rights, and social justice.

2. Analysis: In this next section of your research paper, analyze the speci�c determinants of health that drive the population’s health outcomes. Speci�cally, address the following:

A. Resource Availability: Evaluate the impact of resource availability (including water, sanitation, food, and air) as a determinant of health for the population. Provide speci�c evidence

to support your claims.

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B. Access to Care and Quality of Health Services: Analyze the impacts of access to care and quality of health services on morbidity and mortality for the population. Provide speci�c

evidence to support your claims.

C. Cultural Context: Describe how the speci�c cultural context in�uences their perceptions of health and disease. How do these perceptions impact health issues and outcomes for

the population? Provide speci�c evidence to support your claims.

D. Other Determinants: Identify any other environmental, biological, or social determinants of health relevant for the population. Provide speci�c evidence to support your claims.

3. Evaluation: Building on your analysis, shift your focus to the larger systems and policy landscape. What are the organizational mechanisms that can be leveraged to address the

determinants identi�ed in your analysis section? Speci�cally, address the following:

A. Policies: Assess the impact of relevant health and non-health policies on healthcare access, equity, and social justice. How are the existing policies contributing to negative health

outcomes or disparities for the target population? Provide speci�c evidence to support your claims.

B. Systems: Evaluate the impacts of the healthcare infrastructure and systems on healthcare access, equity, and social justice. How are the existing systems contributing to negative

health outcomes or disparities for the target population? Provide speci�c evidence to support your claims.

4. Recommendations: Synthesize your analysis and evaluation to develop speci�c, feasible interventions that could be delivered in a humanitarian aid trip. At this stage, you should focus on

your strategy and methods rather than your budget, but know that your funding source is limited. The budget details will be worked out at a later stage upon approval of the concept. Be

sure to address the following:

A. Intervention: Explain the nature and requirements of your intervention. What, speci�cally, do you propose to do and how would you implement your intervention within the

context of a humanitarian aid trip? You do not need a line-item budget for the $100,000 grant, but you should include considerations of overall cost. Be sure to address the following

aspects:

i. How does your intervention address the environmental, biological, and sociocultural aspects discussed in your analysis section? Draw speci�c connections between your

research and your proposed intervention.

ii. How does your intervention address the political and systemic aspects discussed in your evaluation section? Draw speci�c connections between your research and your

proposed intervention.

B. Social Justice: Defend your recommendation in terms of the extent to which your plan applies social justice and human rights principles. Provide speci�c evidence to support your

claims.

C. Strengthen Communities and Reduce Health Disparities: Defend your recommendation in terms of the extent to which your plan will strengthen communities and reduce health

disparities for marginalized and vulnerable populations. Provide speci�c evidence to support your claims.

D. Effectiveness and Sustainability: Defend your recommendation in terms of the evidence that supports the effectiveness and sustainability of your plan for the target population.

Provide speci�c evidence to support your claims.

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What to Submit

To complete this project, you must submit the following:

Your research paper should be an 8- to 10-page Word document, not including the title page and references. Use 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins.

Sources should be cited according to APA style.

Project Rubric

Criteria Exemplary (100%) Pro�cient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Introduction: Overview Exceeds pro�ciency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner, using

industry-speci�c language

Provides a brief, evidence-

based overview, including the

country’s socioeconomic and

demographic pro�le, and

prevalent health concerns

Shows progress toward

pro�ciency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not attempt criterion 6

Introduction: Purpose and

Value

Exceeds pro�ciency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner, using

industry-speci�c language

Articulates the purpose and

value of the proposed trip,

including the extent to which it

will promote health equity,

human rights, and social justice

Shows progress toward

pro�ciency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not attempt criterion 7

Analysis: Resource

Availability

Exceeds pro�ciency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner, using

industry-speci�c language

Evaluates the impact of

resource availability (including

water, sanitation, food, and air)

as a determinant of health for

the population, and supports

claims with speci�c evidence

Shows progress toward

pro�ciency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not attempt criterion 7

Analysis: Access to Care and

Quality of Health Services

Exceeds pro�ciency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner, using

industry-speci�c language

Analyzes the impacts of access

to care and quality of health

services on morbidity and

mortality for the population,

and supports claims with

speci�c evidence

Shows progress toward

pro�ciency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not attempt criterion 7

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Criteria Exemplary (100%) Pro�cient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Analysis: Cultural Context Exceeds pro�ciency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner, using

industry-speci�c language

Describes how the cultural

context in�uences perceptions

of health and disease and its

impacts on health outcomes,

and supports claims with

speci�c evidence

Shows progress toward

pro�ciency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not attempt criterion 7

Analysis: Other

Determinants

Exceeds pro�ciency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner, using

industry-speci�c language

Identi�es other environmental,

biological, or social

determinants of health relevant

for the population, and

supports claims with speci�c

evidence

Shows progress toward

pro�ciency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not attempt criterion 7

Evaluation: Policies Exceeds pro�ciency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner, using

industry-speci�c language

Assesses the impact of relevant

health and non-health policies

on healthcare access, equity,

and social justice for the target

population, and supports claims

with speci�c evidence

Shows progress toward

pro�ciency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not attempt criterion 7

Evaluation: Systems Exceeds pro�ciency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner, using

industry-speci�c language

Evaluates the impacts of

healthcare infrastructure and

systems on healthcare access,

equity, and social justice for the

target population, and supports

claims with speci�c evidence

Shows progress toward

pro�ciency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not attempt criterion 7

Recommendations:

Intervention

Exceeds pro�ciency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner, using

industry-speci�c language

Explains the nature and

requirements of the

intervention within the context

of a humanitarian aid trip,

including how it addresses the

issues identi�ed in the analysis

and evaluation sections with

speci�c connections drawn to

prior research

Shows progress toward

pro�ciency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not attempt criterion 7

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Criteria Exemplary (100%) Pro�cient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Recommendations: Social

Justice

Exceeds pro�ciency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner, using

industry-speci�c language

Defends the recommendation

in terms of its application of

social justice and human rights

principles, and supports claims

with speci�c evidence

Shows progress toward

pro�ciency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not attempt criterion 7

Recommendations:

Strengthen Communities and

Reduce Health Disparities

Exceeds pro�ciency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner, using

industry-speci�c language

Defends the recommendation

in terms of its potential to

strengthen communities and

reduce health disparities, and

supports claims with speci�c

evidence

Shows progress toward

pro�ciency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not attempt criterion 7

Recommendations:

Effectiveness and

Sustainability

Exceeds pro�ciency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner, using

industry-speci�c language

Defends their recommendation

in terms of its likely

effectiveness and sustainability,

and supports claims with

speci�c evidence

Shows progress toward

pro�ciency, but with errors or

omissions

Does not attempt criterion 7

Articulation of Response Exceeds pro�ciency in an

exceptionally clear and

insightful manner

Clearly conveys meaning with

correct grammar, sentence

structure, and spelling,

demonstrating an

understanding of audience and

purpose

Shows progress toward

pro�ciency, but with errors in

grammar, sentence structure,

and spelling, negatively

impacting readability

Submission has critical errors in

grammar, sentence structure,

and spelling, preventing

understanding of ideas

5

Scholarly Sources Incorporates more than ten

scholarly, current (within the

last �ve years) sources or use of

sources is exceptionally

insightful

Incorporates at least ten

scholarly, current (within the

last �ve years) sources that

support their claims

Incorporates fewer than ten

scholarly, current (within the

last �ve years) sources or not

all sources support their claims

Does not incorporate sources 7

APA Style Formats in-text citations and

reference list according to APA

style with no errors

Formats in-text citations and

reference list according to APA

style with fewer than �ve

errors

Formats in-text citations and

reference list according to APA

style with �ve or more errors

Does not format in-text

citations and reference list

according to APA style

5

Total: 100%