Week 10 Assignment
Assignment: Creating
Awareness Programs
Throughout this course, you have developed several items
that you may want to add to your portfolio, such as behavioral intervention
plans and public service announcements. As a potential health psychology
professional, your portfolio should show diverse approaches (e.g., poster,
brochure, etc.) to several health psychology topics. You also should have
examples from different age groups.
As a future health psychology professional, you may be
interested in consulting for schools, non-profit organizations, or government
agencies. You may be hired to create a comprehensive awareness program to
inform your target population about a specific health issue and preventive
approaches using various forms of media. When you are creating an awareness
program, always know your target population. Awareness programs may be designed
to target a specific age group or culture. For example, if your awareness
program is for third through fifth graders, be sure you understand what type of
presentation would work best for them, such as posters or interactive
activities. Also, use language that your target audience can understand. The
presentation should not be below or above your audience’s level of
understanding, and it should be culturally sensitive.
Submit your Assignment by Day 7. For this Assignment, select
one of the assignments you completed earlier in this course to use as the
foundation for your comprehensive awareness program. Then, use your selected
assignment health psychology topic to create a comprehensive awareness program
for children and adolescents and their families.
The Assignment (12–14 pages of text, plus cover page,
abstract, and references)
Describe your comprehensive awareness program including:
The purpose of your program
The selected health topic
The appropriate setting for your program (e.g., schools,
hospitals, community events)
The projected time frame for your program
Describe a target community and/or culture
Justify why that community and/or culture is in need of
education on your selected health topic
Explain the health factors related to your topic within this
community and/or culture
Explain the risk factors for your health topic within this
community and/or culture
Explain three goals of your comprehensive awareness program
Explain five elements that you would add to your existing
Assignment that you selected to develop your comprehensive awareness project
Explain how this program may promote positive change
