I. Introduction:For this
part of the assessment, you will examine the role of wellness in society and
how it influences aspects of culture and the individual. To help guide your
analysis, you will explore a topic that has been discussed in this course (factors
that support or challenge wellness, wellness through the lens of different
disciplines, and so on).
A. Analyze how social practices
have shaped our idea of wellness and how that idea of wellness has shaped social practices.
B. Utilizing interdisciplinary
approaches, explain how a topic discussed in this course has or has not shaped
our idea of
wellness.
C. Analyze how the importance (or
lack thereof) of wellness and health in society has been a force for social change.
In other words, has an emphasis or lack of emphasis on wellness in society
sparked change in the everyday behavior of individuals or societies?
D. Analyze how wellness has
influenced the behaviors and operations of individuals in your discipline of studyor
area of interest. In other words, look at the influence of wellness through the
lens of your discipline.
E. Utilizing interdisciplinary
approaches, explain the positive
and negative aspects associated with a topic that has been
discussed in this course. Using relevant research or diverse perspectives,
assess how emerging
technologies have the potential to improve personal and
societal wellness.
II. Issue:For this
part of the assessment, you will introduce the issue and how it relates to
wellness and any of the topics that have been discussed in the course.
A. Using
appropriate research strategies, describe a social or global issue
that is related to wellness.
1. What
is the origin of the issue?
2. What
is the issue about?
B. Using
appropriate research strategies, describe the target population of the
issue.
1. Who is
impacted by the issue?
2. What
is important to know about them?
C. Using
appropriate research strategies, explain how the chosen issue relates to
a topic that
has been discussed in this course.
1. In
other words, how can you connect the social or global issue you have chosen
with a topic that has been discussed in this course?
2. How
does it inform your understanding of the issue?
D. Using
relevant research or diverse perspectives, assess how the chosen issue is impacting the
target population.
E.Utilizing
interdisciplinary approaches, predict how
the chosen issue will or will not change in the future. Be sure to justify your
prediction.
III. Plan: For
this part of the assessment, you will offer recommendations and a
plan to improve the issue, as well as strategies for implementing your plan.
A. Make
recommendations for how the current issue could be addressed so that it no
longer adversely affects the target population.
1. What
strategies or steps could be taken to help the individuals who are adversely
affected by the chosen issue?
2. How
could these recommendations be implemented so that a new population is not
adversely affected?
B. Explain
the strategies that
could be utilized to address the chosen issue.
C. Imagine
you are in charge of addressing your chosen issue. Utilizing interdisciplinary
approaches, explain how you would implement your
plan.
D. Explain
the benefits of
your plan and justify why your plan would be preferable.
Be sure to support your justification
with relevant research or individual perspectives.
Guidelines for Submission:Your
outline should be submitted as a two- to three-page document with double
spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and oneinch margins. Sources should be
cited according to APA style.
