Homework: Intervention Mapping
Topic: Childhood Obesity in Maryland (USA)
Overview
This homework will enable you to better understand and use IM for your final case study.
Preparation
You have already chosen a local public health issue from your own community. You have also found an intervention that will help you address the issue you chose. Now, you need to complete the process by understanding how IM is used in public health to assess the strengths and weaknesses of EBPs. This homework will help you continue to build your final case study.
Take on the role of a local public health outreach worker who has been assigned by the superior to prepare a recommendation for a strategic intervention dealing with a public health issue.
Review the following articles from the unit readings:
a. Voogt et al.'s 2014 article, "The Development of a Web-Based Brief Alcohol Intervention in Reducing Heavy Drinking Among College Students: An Intervention Mapping Approach."
b. Corbie-Smith, Akers, and Bluementhal's 2010 article, "Intervention Mapping As a Participatory Approach to Developing an HIV Prevention Intervention in Rural African American Communities."
Instructions
Problem Statement Summary
In a paragraph, summarize your community public health problem statement and justification from the Unit 3 homework.
Analysis of Intervention Mapping Approach
For this section, compare and contrast two articles provided that discuss IM.
A. Write a summary of both articles that contains the following elements:
a. A description of how IM was used in these two articles.
b. The identification and analysis of the similarities and differences between the two different issues (drinking and HIV) involved.
c. A description of how IM is used as an advocacy strategy.
d. An assessment of the strengths and weaknesses you found in the IM approach. Support your reasoning with scholarly resources.
B. Offer one suggestion on how one could improve the IM process.
Review the Intervention Mapping Scoring Guide carefully to fully understand how this homework will be graded.
Task
In this course, each homework leads into the next homework. As you prepare to submit this homework, ask yourself the following questions:
a. What do I know now about IM that I did not know before?
b. How will my understanding of IM help me complete my final case study homework?
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.