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Description of Population of Interest-Paper Guidelines and Grading Rubric
Readings:  See readings for unit 1
The goal of this paper is to identify a population that you would be interested in exploring. I recommend selecting a population that you think you may want to work with for your DNP project. The population that you select will serve as the basis for further assignments in this class. This paper will also require you to identify a potential health problem noted with your population of interest and address that health problem from a primary, secondary, or tertiary lens.  Please see the grading rubric for detailed information on what is required for this paper.
When you write your paper, follow the grading guidelines. Each student is to submit a paper (no group work). The paper should be written in a formal style, adhere to the most recent APA guidelines, use primary sources, provide an integration of ideas, and be 4-6 pages in length, not including the USA approved title page and reference list. The paper should be submitted to the Assignment section in PDF format and it will be automatically submitted to turnitin.
A copy of the grading rubric is provided for you below.  It is highly recommended that you organize your paper based on the grading rubric criteria detailed below; the use of headings based on the grading rubric criteria is also strongly recommended.
Rubric Elements. See Grading rubric in assignments for point value.
Criteria
1. Introduction paragraph

There must be a thesis statement that tells reader purpose of paper and what will be discussed.

2. Describe why you are interested in this specific population group.

Have you worked with this population before?
Is this the population that you see in your clinical practice setting?

3. Describe your identified population of interest in detail. Listed are some examples of ways to characterize your population.

Identify local, regional, national, and global statistics related to your population of interest.
Identify characteristics and attributes of the population.
Explain how and why they may be more vulnerable to health issues.
Identify unique health concerns of this population.
Age of population
Racial and ethnic distribution
Household composition
Education
Occupation & Income
Participation in federal programs

4. Identify one health issue that you have identified in your population of interest.

Explore if statistics are available regarding the health issue at the local, regional, national, and global level.
For example, if the health concern of your identified population is childhood obesity, how do the rates of childhood obesity in your population compare to: city, state, regional, national, and international rates? 
If you are interested in a communicable disease, you could discuss the incidence and prevalence rates.

5.  Propose how you plan to address the health issue identified in your population on an individual or population level based on primary, secondary and tertiary level of prevention.  For example, if your population is Haitian immigrants in Miami, what health promotion do they need? If you population is the elderly with heart disease, what types of health promotion do they need?

Describe which level of prevention you plan to address.
Explain why you selected this level of prevention.
Detail how you can make a difference by selecting this level of prevention   

6.  Conclusions: summarize the essential points of paper (no more than one paragraph).