Can you help me start this week off?
IHP_501_Module_Two_Activity_Guidelines_and_Rubric.html
Overview
Letters to the editor can be a platform for experts in their fields to share perspectives on debated issues of the day. As a healthcare professional, you are uniquely positioned to compare the United States to other health systems around the globe. Despite the high expenditures in the United States, outcomes are still poor compared to other nations. Why is there a mismatch between healthcare spending and outcomes in the United States? How does the United States compare to other developed and developing countries?
Prompt
You have been invited to provide a letter to the editor of a scholarly health journal. The editor has requested that you identify the financial impacts of health and non-health policies in developed and developing countries. Specifically, how do these policies impact cost expenditures in the United States? Be sure to include specific points evaluating healthcare infrastructure, political barriers, and social inequities impacting health outcomes in developed and developing societies.
Note that you should cite at least three scholarly sources from your investigation. The evidence should not be older than five years. To access the Shapiro Library Guide: Nursing—Graduate, go to the Start Here section of the course.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Healthcare Costs: Explain the causes of high healthcare spending in the United States compared to other developed and developing countries.
Structural Causes: Describe the healthcare infrastructure of the United States and compare it to those of other countries. In what ways do these structural components drive up healthcare spending in the United States?
Political Causes: Analyze health and non-health policies in the United States and compare them to those of other countries. In what ways do these political factors drive up healthcare spending in the United States?
Healthcare Outcomes: Explain the results of high healthcare spending in the United States compared to other developed and developing countries.
Effectiveness: Evaluate the healthcare outcomes of the United States considering its spending. To what extent does the United States benefit from its high healthcare spending compared to other nations?
Inequities: Evaluate the inequities generated by healthcare costs in the United States as compared to other countries. To what extent do healthcare outcomes differ amongst various groups in the United States?
Guidelines for Submission
Your submission should be a 2- to 3-page Word document. You must also include an APA-style title page. Use 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style. Keep in mind that the letters to the editor of professional journals should be clear and concise and written in the third person.
Criteria
Exemplary (100%)
Proficient (90%)
Needs Improvement (70%)
Not Evident (0%)
Value
Healthcare Costs: Structural Causes
Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner
Describes the healthcare infrastructure of the United States by comparing it to other countries and describes ways these structural components drive up spending in the United States
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
Does not attempt criterion
20
Healthcare Costs: Political Causes
Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner
Analyzes health and non-health policies in the United States, compares to another country, and describes ways political factors drive up healthcare spending in the United States
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
Does not attempt criterion
20
Healthcare Outcomes: Effectiveness
Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner
Analyzes U.S. health outcomes and the extent to which the United States benefits from its high healthcare spending compared to other nations
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
Does not attempt criterion
20
Healthcare Outcomes: Inequities
Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner
Evaluates inequities found in the United States generated by high healthcare costs and how inequities differ among various groups in the United States
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
Does not attempt criterion
20
Articulation of Response
Exceeds proficiency 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 proficiency, 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 three scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources, or use of sources is exceptionally insightful
Incorporates three scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources that support claims
Incorporates fewer than three scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources, or not all sources support claims
Does not incorporate sources
10
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 five errors
Formats in-text citations and reference list according to APA style with five or more errors
Does not format in-text citations and reference list according to APA style
5
Total:
100%
Module Two Activity Rubric
IHP_501_Module_Two_Project_Preparation_Guidelines_and_Rubric.html
Overview
Stakeholder support is critical for the success of short-term volunteer aid trips. Working responsibly and effectively with host staff is particularly important, but there are other potential stakeholders to consider. These stakeholders might be from other not-for-profits, NGOs, philanthropists, academic institutions, government agencies, lobbyists, or other interested groups. Investigating potential stakeholder support is a critical step in developing humanitarian aid interventions. It allows you to answer the questions: Who will implement the intervention strategies? How will you leverage and strengthen existing community resources? Who will ensure accountability and measure success?
Prompt
In your reading, you reviewed an example stakeholder identification table for a sexually transmitted diseases program evaluation. For this assignment, you will craft a short paper to identify similar lists of potential stakeholders that could support your humanitarian aid trip. Your stakeholder lists can overlap, but you should have at least eight stakeholders or stakeholder groups identified in total.
You should cite at least three sources from your own investigation, which may include scholarly and non-scholarly sources. The evidence should not be older than five years. To access the Shapiro Library Guide: Nursing—Graduate, go to the Start Here section of the course.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Implementers: Identify a list of at least two to four stakeholders or stakeholder groups that could serve as potential implementers for your humanitarian aid trip. For each person or group, provide a brief description and indicate why you believe they are appropriate for this task based on their mission and capabilities.
Decision Makers: Identify a list of at least two to four stakeholders or stakeholder groups that could serve as potential decision makers for your humanitarian aid trip. For each person or group, provide a brief description and indicate why you believe they are appropriate for this task based on their mission and capabilities.
Participants: Identify a list of at least two to four stakeholders or stakeholder groups that could serve as potential participants for your humanitarian aid trip. For each person or group, provide a brief description and indicate why you believe they are appropriate for this task based on their mission and capabilities.
Partners: Identify a list of at least two to four stakeholders or stakeholder groups that could serve as potential partners for your humanitarian aid trip. For each person or group, provide a brief description and indicate why you believe they are appropriate for this task based on their mission and capabilities.
Guidelines for Submission
Your short paper must be a 1- to 2-page Word document, not including the title page and references. It must be written in APA format. You may also include bullet lists. Use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. All references must be cited in APA format.
Criteria
Exemplary (100%)
Proficient (90%)
Needs Improvement (70%)
Not Evident (0%)
Value
Implementers
Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear and insightful manner, using industry-specific language
Identifies a list of at least two stakeholders or stakeholder groups for this category and provides a brief description and rationale based on their mission and capabilities
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
Does not attempt criterion
20
Decision Makers
Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear and insightful manner, using industry-specific language
Identifies a list of at least two stakeholders or stakeholder groups for this category and provides a brief description and rationale based on their mission and capabilities
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
Does not attempt criterion
20
Participants
Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear and insightful manner, using industry-specific language
Identifies a list of at least two stakeholders or stakeholder groups for this category and provides a brief description and rationale based on their mission and capabilities
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
Does not attempt criterion
20
Partners
Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear and insightful manner, using industry-specific language
Identifies a list of at least two stakeholders or stakeholder groups for this category and provides a brief description and rationale based on their mission and capabilities
Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions
Does not attempt criterion
20
Articulation of Response
Exceeds proficiency 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 proficiency, 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
10
Sources
Incorporates more than three current (within the last five years) sources, or use of sources is exceptionally insightful
Incorporates three current (within the last five years) sources that support claims
Incorporates fewer than three current (within the last five years) sources, or not all sources support claims
Does not incorporate sources
5
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 five errors
Formats in-text citations and reference list according to APA style with five or more errors
Does not format in-text citations and reference list according to APA style
5
Total:
100%
Module Two Project Preparation Rubric