Assignment 1 PUBH-520
In this assignment, you will be expected to apply the socio-ecological model to identify the various determinants or predictors of breast cancer screening. Please complete the following worksheet and submit it in the Discussion Board for peer reflection: SEM table_Breast Cancer Screening x
In the worksheet, you will specify individual, interpersonal, organizational/institutional, community/environmental, and societal/public policy level determinants that would make someone more likely to engage in breast cancer screening in a rural setting. Please be sure to cite your sources (both textbook and outside sources) in APA format. For more information on how to cite sources using APA format, please visit this website:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ (Links to an external site.)
ParticipationDiscussion Board Assignment Grading Rubric
(Total # of points: 10)
Levels of Achievement
Criteria Exceeds
expectations
Proficient Competent Needs
Improvement
Initial discussion
posting (40%)
4 points
Provided
correct and
comprehensive
responses to
assignment
questions.
3 points
Provided
mostly
correct or
adequate
responses to
assignment
questions.
2 points
Provided
somewhat
correct or
somewhat
adequate
responses
to
assignment
questions.
1 point
Did not
address all
assignment
questions at
all.
Quality of reply to
classmates’ posting
(30%)
3 points
Elaborates on
an existing
post with
further
comment or
observation,
using multiple
examples from
the following
sources:
student’s
personal or
professional
context;
textbook
reading;
course lecture
material;
supplemental
reading;
current events.
Response
demonstrated
analysis of
others’ posts.
2.5 points
Elaborates
on an
existing post
with further
comment or
observation,
using one
example from
the following
sources:
student’s
personal or
professional
context;
textbook
reading;
course
lecture
material;
supplemental
reading;
current
events.
Response
demonstrated
1.5 points
Posts are a
shallow
contribution
to the
discussion (I
agree or
disagree, I
like your
comment).
0.5 point
Posts no
follow-up
responses to
others or
response is
not relevant
to original
posting.
review of
others’ posts.
Timeliness (10%) 1 point
Post of initial
discussion
post and
response to
classmates’
posts are both
within the
required time
frames.
0.75 point
Either the
initial or
response
postings is
after the
required time
frame.
0.5 point
The initial
and
response
postings are
both after
the required
time frames.
0.25 point
Either the
initial posting
or response
posting has
not been
submitted at
all.
Writing mechanics
(10%)
1 point
Consistently
used good
spelling and
grammar in the
paper.
0.75 point
Made 1-2
errors in
grammar or
spelling that
distract the
reader from
the content.
0.5 point
Made 3-4
errors in
grammar or
spelling that
distract the
reader from
the content.
0.25 point
Made more
than 4 errors
in grammar or
spelling that
distract the
reader from
the content.
Sources/citations
(10%)
1 point
Cited all
sources (e.g.
textbook,
supplemental
reading,
outside
sources,
lecture
material) using
correct APA
format.
0.75 point
Cited most
sources
using correct
APA format.
0.5 point
Cited
sources, but
did not use
APA format
at all.
0 point
Did not cite
any sources.
Assignment 1: Socio-Ecological Model Table
Population: Rural setting (e.g. Big Rapids)
Health behavior: Breast cancer screening
Ecological Level |
Determinants of Breast Cancer Screening |
Individual |
|
Interpersonal |
|
Organizational/institutional |
|
Community/environmental |
|
Societal/public policy |