18 Oct Understanding Social Determinants of Health

Integrative Learning Experience (ILE) II and Applied Practice Experience (APE) II

Understanding Social Determinants of Health

As a public health professional, it will be imperative that you consider the social determinants of health when intervening for public health challenges.

 

Define and give examples of social determinants of health. Describe how social determinants of health can impact an individual’s personal health and the health of the community. In your personal life, which social determinant impacts you the most and why?

 

 

 

MPH620 Integrative Learning Experience (ILE) II and Applied Practice Experience (APE) II

 

Module 5 Discussion

 

Critically Analyzing Public Health Research

 

As a public health professional, you will have the opportunity to synthesize and critically analyze peer-reviewed literature (published research articles) and use this information to develop public health programs and interventions.

 

Use this article (available in the Chamberlain Library) for this week’s discussion:?

 

Rose, I. D, Sheremenko, G., Rasberry, C. N., Lesesne, C. A., & Hocevar Adkins, S. N. (2018). Sex Differences in School Safety and Bullying Experiences Among Sexual Minority Youth (Links to an external site.).?Journal of School Nursing, 34(4), 301-309. https://doi.org/10.1177/1059840518762536

 

Using the article, you will analyze the information presented in this scholarly work. In your discussion this week, answer the following questions:

 

What is the purpose of the study?

 

What are the demographic characteristics of the study sample?

 

What tools or instruments were used to collect data?

 

What were the main findings of the study?

 

What are the major strengths and weaknesses of this work?

 

How does this work contribute to our understanding of this topic?

 

Based on your reading of this article, what recommendations would you make to address this public health topic?

 

 

 

MPH620 Integrative Learning Experience (ILE) II and Applied Practice Experience (APE) II

 

Module 7 Discussion

 

Your Future Role in the Field of Public Health

 

Your future as an MPH professional is bright. As you embark on your MPH career path, think about ways in which you will contribute to the field of public health.

 

What does the future of public health look like to you? What public health trends or topics will emerge as important in the years to come?

 

What public health issues will you address in your future career?

 

How will your MPH degree allow you to impact your community?

 

 

 

MPH620 Integrative Learning Experience (ILE) II and Applied Practice Experience (APE) II

 

Module 8 Discussion

 

ILE Poster Presentation

 

The poster presentation should include the following components:

 

Introduction

 

General introduction and description of the public health topic

 

Include relevant statistics

 

Include a description of the target population

 

Background

 

Brief literature review

 

Description of theory

 

Program overview, including program components and SMART goals/objectives

 

Implementation setting

 

Methods

 

Detailed description of the methods that will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the program.

 

Sample data collection questions- Draft at least 5 survey or interview questions.

 

Results

 

Description of the results that you hope to achieve because of the program

 

Discussion

 

What recommendations would you make to address this public health topic?

 

How will you disseminate the findings to community stakeholders?

 

Conclusions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MPH620 Integrative Learning Experience (ILE) II and Applied Practice Experience (APE) II

 

Module 1 Reflection

 

Question 1Provide the URL to access your ePortfolio. Your instructor will test the link to ensure it is accessible. If the link is bad or broken, and the faculty instructor cannot access your ePortfolio, points will be deducted, and you will be asked to correct the error by contacting your faculty instructor directly to resolve the problem.

 

Question 2Select the level of ease you had in creating the ePortfolio link.

 

  Extremely Difficult

 

  Difficult

 

  Neutral

 

  Easy

 

  Extremely Easy

 

Question 3In the space below, indicate any questions you have or further guidance you are seeking in preparing the ePortfolio. If you do not have any questions, fill in the space as ‘N/A’.

 

 

 

MPH620 Integrative Learning Experience (ILE) II and Applied Practice Experience (APE) II

 

Module 2 Reflection

 

Question 1For this week’s Reflection Survey, you will use the following website to prepare your reflection:

 

Health People 2030 website (Links to an external site.)

 

After navigating and investigating the website, one objective from the Health People 2030 website and respond to the following within the provided text box:

 

Properly cite (in APA format) the selected objective for which you chose to focus.

 

Provide a brief overview/summary of the selected objective. Your summary should be between 100-200 words. Use appropriate APA citation within the text if necessary. Reflect on the value of the Healthy People 2030 resource and describe how the resource can inform your professional practices in public health. 

 

 

 

MPH620 Integrative Learning Experience (ILE) II and Applied Practice Experience (APE) II

 

Module 4 Reflection

 

Question 1 What public health issue did you select?

 

Who is your target audience?

 

Question 2 Provide 3 relevant statistics retrieved from the selected surveillance system that provides evidence for the public health topic/issue that you have selected.

 

•          What does this data demonstrate? 

 

MPH620 Integrative Learning Experience (ILE) II and Applied Practice Experience (APE) II

 

Module 6 Reflection

 

Question 1 Think about what you want your future public health career to be. Share a brief overview of the populations that you would like to work with and the setting that you would like to work in. Why did you select this population and setting?

 

Question 2 Identify at least two positions that interest you and share how your MPH degree will allow you to fulfill the roles/responsibilities of the position.

 

 

 

MPH620 Integrative Learning Experience (ILE) II and Applied Practice Experience (APE) II

 

Module 2 Assignment

 

MPH Program Completion Survey

 

Purpose

 

The purpose of this assignment is for you to provide information to help document the program’s compliance with the Council on Education in Public Health’s (CEPH) accreditation standards as we seek to gain initial programmatic accreditation. Additionally, this assignment will help the MPH program faculty and leadership better understand your perceptions and experiences while enrolled in the MPH degree program. As a result, all information you provide will be used to improve the quality of the overall MPH curriculum and its resources for future students.

 

As part of this course, this is a required assignment. All responses are strictly confidential, and results will only be reported in aggregate.

 

Course Outcomes

 

CO2: Demonstrate application and synthesis of MPH foundational and concentration competencies.

 

CU MPH Concentration Competency Alignment

 

Practice self-reflection to evaluate beliefs, values, feelings or assumptions to identify and solve public health problems.

 

Requirements

 

The MPH Program Completion Survey is required. You will earn 100 points for completion of this activity.

 

The survey will take approximately 25-30 minutes of your time.

 

There is no grading rubric for this assessment.

 

 

 

MPH620 Integrative Learning Experience (ILE) II and Applied Practice Experience (APE) II

 

Module 4 Assignment  

 

ILE Program Plan Background and Methods

 

Purpose

 

The purpose of this assignment is to develop the background and methods portion of your ILE Program Plan.

 

Course Outcomes

 

This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following MPH620 course outcomes:

 

CO1:  Integrate public health theory, knowledge and skills in a community or public health practice setting.

 

CO2:  Demonstrate application and synthesis of MPH foundational and concentration competencies.   

 

CO3:  Identify appropriate quantitative and qualitative research methods to assess a public health issue. 

 

CO4:  Develop practice-based public health deliverables that evidence public health knowledge, skills and integrative abilities.

 

CO5:  Critically assess and communicate public health research findings.  

 

Requirements

 

The ILE Program Plan Background and Methods will be graded on quality of self-assessment, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria/rubric. This assignment is worth 150 points.

 

Create your manuscript using Microsoft Word, which is the required format for all Chamberlain College of Health Professions documents.

 

Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about this paper may be posted under the Q & A Forum.

 

There is no requirement for the page length for this assignment.

 

APA format is required with both a title page and reference page (no abstract is required). Use the required components of the review as Level 1 headers (upper and lower case, centered):

 

Note: Introduction – Write an introduction but do not use “Introduction” as a heading in accordance with the rules put forth in the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association

 

Preparing the Paper

 

For this assignment, you will need to complete the background and methods portions of your Program Plan. Here are the guidelines for these sections:

 

General Guidelines

 

Page numbering

 

Centered below bottom margin

 

Double-spaced throughout, with the exception of the references, and quotations of more than four lines or two or more sentences.

 

Content Guidelines

 

Literature review

 

The literature review should include a minimum of 8 scholarly articles, published within the past 10 years.

 

Theory

 

Theoretical foundation of the research topic

 

How does theory help you better understand and address this public health topic?

 

Program Overview

 

Describe the You must select at least one goal for your proposed program plan.

 

Describe at least 4 objectives of your proposed program. . You can consult your grant proposal assignment from your MPH507 course for more details on how to write SMART goals and objectives.

 

Description of the program

 

Implementation Setting- Describe the setting in which your program will be implemented

 

Methods    Description of the quantitative and/or qualitative methods that will be used and the benefits of using these methods (For example, will you use a survey, conduct interviews or focus groups, etc. to assess the effectiveness of your program?)

 

Description of your study sample? Who are you going to collect data from?

 

Sample data collection questions- Draft at least 5 survey or interview/focus group questions

 

 

 

MPH620 Integrative Learning Experience (ILE) II and Applied Practice Experience (APE) II

 

Module 7 Assignment  

 

ILE Program Plan

 

Purpose

 

The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate the ability to define a public health problem, use appropriate methodology for understanding the problem, analyze the findings, describe the significance of the findings and offer appropriate recommendations in the form of a program plan

 

Course Outcomes

 

This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following MPH601 course outcomes:

 

CO1:  Integrate public health theory, knowledge and skills in a community or public health practice setting.

 

CO2:  Demonstrate application and synthesis of MPH foundational and concentration competencies.   

 

CO3:  Identify appropriate quantitative and qualitative research methods to assess a public health issue. 

 

CO4:  Develop practice-based public health deliverables that evidence public health knowledge, skills and integrative abilities.

 

CO5:  Critically assess and communicate public health research findings.  

 

Requirements

 

The ILE Program Plan will be graded on quality of self-assessment, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria/rubric. This assignment is worth 250 points.

 

Create your manuscript using Microsoft Word, which is the required format for all Chamberlain College of Health Professions documents.

 

Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about this paper may be posted under the Q & A Forum.

 

There is no page length requirement for this assignment.

 

APA format is required with both a title page and reference page (no abstract is required). Use the required components of the review as Level 1 headers (upper and lower case, centered):

 

Note: Introduction – Write an introduction but do not use “Introduction” as a heading in accordance with the rules put forth in the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association.

 

Guidelines for the ILE Program Plan

 

A program plan is a written report that will follow standard scientific format. Each student will select a public health scenario (Links to an external site.) from the list provided. There is no page limit and the goal is to adequately describe certain aspects of the program listed below and demonstrate the student’s attainment of the selected MPH concentration competencies (found in your course Syllabus). Each student will select at least 4 competencies to demonstrate.

 

General Guidelines

 

Page numbering

 

Centered below bottom margin

 

Font

 

Times New Roman 12 point is recommended.

 

Spacing

 

Double-spaced throughout, with the exception of the references, and quotations of more than four lines or two or more sentences.

 

Content Guidelines

 

Title page

 

Name of the University

 

Name of the College

 

Name of the Program

 

Title of the program plan

 

Student’s name

 

Acknowledgments

 

This page is to thank those who have helped in the process of obtaining the graduate degree and provided guidance for the Integrative Learning Experience.

 

Competency Reflection

 

Each student selects 4 competencies to demonstrate in their program plan. You will identify those 4 competencies and then share how the development of your program plan allowed you to demonstrate and apply the selected competency.

 

Abstract

 

Short summary of the work presented in the program plan.

 

Not to exceed one page.

 

Text of the Program Plan

 

Text of the program plan will consist of five major sections. These are Introduction, Background, Methods, Results and Discussion. These sections are detailed below.

 

Introduction

 

General introduction and description of the public health topic.

 

Include relevant statistics.

 

Include a description of the target population.

 

Background

 

Literature review

 

Literature contributions to the topic.

 

Should include a minimum of 8 scholarly articles, published within the past 10 years.

 

Theory

 

Theoretical foundation of the research topic.

 

How does theory help you better understand and address this public health topic?

 

Program Overview

 

Describe the goals of your proposed program. You must select at least one goal for your proposed program plan.

 

Describe at least 4 objectives of your proposed program. Be sure to write SMART objectives. You can consult your grant proposal assignment from your MPH507 course for more details on how to write SMART goals and objectives.

 

Description of the program components (e.g., description of lesson topics, workshops, etc.); essentially, you will describe the aspects of your plan. How will your target population receive the proposed plan?

 

Implementation Setting- Describe the setting in which your program will be implemented.

 

Methods

 

Detailed description of the methods that will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the program.

 

Description of the quantitative and/or qualitative methods that will be used and the benefits of using these methods. (e.g., will you use a survey, conduct interviews or focus groups, etc. to assess the effectiveness of your program?).

 

Description of your study sample? Who are you going to collect data from?

 

Sample data collection questions- Draft at least 5 survey or interview/focus group questions.

 

Results

 

Description of the results that you hope to achieve as a result of the program.

 

Discussion

 

Discussion of the meaning of the results in terms of your study and literature.

 

What recommendations would you make to address this public health topic?

 

How will you disseminate the findings to community stakeholders?

 

Conclusions.

 

 

 

MPH620 Integrative Learning Experience (ILE) II and Applied Practice Experience (APE) II

 

Module 8 Assignment  

 

ePortfolio

 

Purpose

 

The purpose of this assessment is to provide the student an opportunity to document selected MPH competencies acquired through MPH Degree Program.

 

Course Outcomes

 

This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:

 

CO1: Integrate public health theory, knowledge and skills in a community or public health practice setting.

 

CO2: Demonstrate application and synthesis of MPH foundational and concentration competencies.

 

CO3: Identify appropriate quantitative and qualitative research methods to assess a public health issue.

 

CO4: Develop practice-based public health deliverables that evidence public health knowledge, skills, and integrative abilities.

 

CO5: Critically assess and communicate public health research findings.

 

Due Date

 

Submit your completed assignment by Saturday, 11:59 p.m. MT, of Week 8 as directed.

 

Requirements

 

To complete the MPH Professional ePortfolio, you will need to access your Canvas course shell.

 

Canvas provides a link under which you will enter all your MPH Professional ePortfolio artifacts, which will allow for faculty review and grading. Your ePortfolio will also be the location where you save your two Applied Practice Experience (APE) products that you develop during your final courses (APE/ILE) courses. You should also save your documents in a separate personal file on your own computer so that you have a back-up of all your ePortfolio artifacts.

 

Closely follow the MPH Degree Program ePortfolio instructions as well as the directions and grading criteria identified below. Any questions about your MPH Professional ePortfolio may be posted under the Q & A Forum.

 

The MPH Professional ePortfolio is worth 200 points and will be evaluated on quality of information, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria/rubric.

 

For this assignment, you will be providing the URL to your public ePortfolio page.

 

Download these MPH ePortfolio assignment guidelines. (Links to an external site.)

 

Post questions about this assessment in the Q & A Forum.

 

Preparing the Assignment

 

Although each ePortfolio is customizable, all ePortfolios are based upon a standardized template, which has the following structure.

 

You are free to expand beyond the structure in any way that will make your portfolio more relevant to your interests.

 

Introduction

 

Personal Professional Mission and Vision Statement

 

Resume

 

Competencies in Public Health aligned to APE Products

 

CEPH MPH Foundational Competencies

 

Chamberlain University MPH Concentration Competencies

 

ILE High-Quality Written Product

 

Program Plan or other written product

 

ILE Poster Presentation

 

APE Fieldwork and Products

 

CITI Training Certificate

 

Student Learning Agreement

 

APE Hours Log

 

Evidence of TWO projects/products from field experience

 

Please follow the requirements outlined in these instructions.

 

Introduction (Home Page) (100-150 words)

 

This is the first page people will see when they arrive at your site. It is an opportunity for people to get to know you and what you’re about. In creating the introduction, think about the connections that run in your professional and, perhaps, personal life. Are you focused on one issue? Are you more interested in strategies and policies? Does a theoretical foundation drive you? This section should be brief but descriptive. It should set the tone for your site and provide users with a quick view into the content/philosophy of your public health work.

 

Professional Mission and Vision Statement (50-75 words)

 

This mission and vision statement should be concise and direct and should be connected to your introduction in some manner.

 

Resume

 

In this section, copy in and/or attach your resume and feel free to include any relevant information you want to emphasize, such as contact details, awards, and so forth. You should include but are not limited to selected academic papers and presentations, civic engagement activities, and personal strengths and abilities. You may also want to link directly to your Linked-in profile, or any other professional sites.

 

Competencies in Public Health aligned to APE Products

 

CEPH MPH Foundational Competencies

 

Upload evidence of assessments from your curriculum for each of the 22 CEPH MPH foundational competencies identified in the table (Appendix A) aligned to demonstrate achievement. Be sure to include a Reflective Statement (50 – 100 words) for each artifact on your own understanding of the competency domain – what it is, how it’s used, and its role/value in the field. The statement should illustrate your personal understanding of a competency and perhaps your deeper philosophy of that competency.

 

CU MPH Concentration Competencies

 

Upload evidence of assessments from your curriculum for each of the five CU MPH concentration competencies identified in the table (Appendix B) aligned to demonstrate achievement. Be sure to include a Reflective Statement (50 – 100 words) for each artifact on your own understanding of the competency domain – what it is, how it’s used, and its role/value in the field. The statement should illustrate your personal understanding of a competency and perhaps your deeper philosophy of that competency.

 

ILE High-Quality Written Product

 

Present an overview, two or three sentences that describe the scope or scenario which represents the high-quality written product. Then, upload copies of the assessments as evidence of competency achievement.

 

Upload a copy of the completed program plan or other written product developed which demonstrates synthesis of learning.

 

Upload a copy of the ILE Poster Presentation

 

Applied Practice Experience Projects

 

Upload a copy of the following artifacts in this section:

 

CITI Training Certificate

 

Student Learning Agreement

 

APE Hours Log

 

Evidence of TWO projects/products,

 

Upload evidence of the two (2) products from your Applied Practice Experience coursework to highlight within your portfolio and specify the competencies each represents.(Remember your two products must represent at least 5 competencies of which 3 must be foundational and the others must represent the Chamberlain University MPH-generalist concentration competencies).

 

Be sure to explicitly connect your evidence to your field work and student learning agreement. That is, describe how the project is connected to show the integration of practice. Be sure to include all relevant documents in your evidence sections. You will attach these documents so that they will appear at the bottom or sidebar of each competency.

 

For each of the two products developed during APE, there are two main sections within each of the five selected competencies that you will need to compose: “Reflective Statement” (about the competency) and “Evidence of Competence”.

 

Reflective Statement (50-100 words)

 

The reflective statement should be a reflection on your own understanding of a particular competency domain—what it is, how it’s used, and its role/value in the field. The statement should illustrate your personal understanding of a competency and perhaps your deeper philosophy of that competency. For instance, if community participation drives your program planning work, use this space as an opportunity to describe that belief, how it applies to program planning and what its value is to public health. Keep in mind that this section can and in fact should be brief. A single very well written paragraph is fine.

 

Evidence of Competence (150-300 words)

 

Use this section to connect your reflection to your practical experience in the competency. Write a brief description (or executive summary) of work you have done in an area (community assessment, program planning, and so on). This section should describe each project in brief form. When appropriate, the evidence of competence section should include the following headings:

 

Background/Overview of Project related to achieved competency

 

Methods

 

Findings

 

Recommendations

 

Next Steps (if applicable): For your community assessment, this section could mention the program plan that was developed based upon the assessment, with a link to program plan section.