4-2 Journal: Health Trends
Instructions
For your journal assignment, address the following:
Identify historical, current, or future trends associated with your chosen final project topic.
What public health theories do you feel were used or could be used to effectively predict the trends you identified?
How could predicting environmental health trends help to inform the development of proactive solutions to your chosen topic?
This activity relates directly to content in your final project, so consider your instructor’s feedback carefully.
For additional details, please refer to the Module Four Journal Guidelines and Rubric PDF document.
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Rubric Name: Four Journal Rubric
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This table lists criteria and criteria group names in the first column. The first row lists level names and includes scores if the rubric uses a numeric scoring method. You can give feedback on each criterion by tabbing to the add feedback buttons in the table.
Criteria
Exemplary
Proficient
Needs Improvement
Not Evident
Criterion Score
Associated Trends
30 points
Meets “Proficient” criteria and the historical, current, or future trends associated with the chosen final project topic are substantiated by scholarly evidence
27 points
Identifies the historical, current, or future trends associated with the chosen final project topic
21 points
Identifies the historical, current, or future trends associated with the chosen final project topic but with gaps in logic or required detail
0 points
Does not identify the historical, current, or future trends associated with the chosen final project topic
Score of Associated Trends, / 30
Public Health Theories
30 points
Meets “Proficient” criteria and the possible public health theories that are used or could be used are relevant and essential in predicting the trends identified
27 points
Identifies possible public health theories that are used or could be used to effectively predict the trends identified
21 points
Identifies possible public health theories that are used or could be used to effectively predict the trends identified, but with gaps in logic or required detail
0 points
Does not identify possible public health theories that are used or could be used to effectively predict the trends identified
Score of Public Health Theories, / 30
Proactive Solutions
30 points
Meets “Proficient” criteria and the predictions are relevant and substantiated by scholarly sources
27 points
Explains how predicting environmental health trends could help to inform the development of proactive solutions to the chosen topic
21 points
Explains how predicting environmental health trends could help to inform the development of proactive solutions to the chosen topic, but with gaps in logic or required detail
0 points
Does not explain how predicting environmental health trends could help to inform the development of proactive solutions to the chosen topic
Score of Proactive Solutions, / 30
Articulation of Response
10 points
Assignment is free of errors in organization and grammar
9 points
Assignment is mostly free of errors of organization and grammar; errors are marginal and rarely interrupt the flow
7 points
Assignment contains errors of organization and grammar, but errors are limited enough so that assignment can be understood
0 points
Assignment contains errors of organization and grammar making the assignment difficult to understand
Score of Articulation of Response, / 10
Rubric Total Score
Total
Score of Module Four Journal Rubric, / 100 Criterion score has been overridden
Overall Score
Overall Score
Points earned out of 100
91 points minimum
The overall submission earned 91 points or more. Final calculation of grades can be found in the gradebook.
Points earned out of 100
71 points minimum
The overall submission earned 71 points or more. Final calculation of grades can be found in the gradebook.
Points earned out of 100
1 point minimum
The overall submission earned 1 points or more. Final calculation of grades can be found in the gradebook.
Points earned out of 100
0 points minimum
The overall submission earned 0 points or more. Final calculation of grades can be found in the gradebook.