Benchmark #2
Purpose
Benchmark #2 (BM#2) is designed to help you collect the data needed to meet the paper requirements. Specifically, BM#2 helps with the following paper components:
1. Introduce the high-risk behavior and target community
2. Ace my homework – Write my paper – Online assignment help tutors – Discuss the size and distribution of the target community
3. Ace my homework – Write my paper – Online assignment help tutors – Discuss how your community is affected by the high-risk behavior (using epidemiologic data)
4. Use the Socio-Ecological Model to discuss risk-factors that contribute to the high-risk behavior in your selected community
Skills
• Use of Data Bases and the Internet to find health and population information.
• Use of Ace homework tutors – APA for citation and referencing.
• Analyzing sources to determine if they meet assignment criteria.
• Provide evidence to verify health disparities within communities/populations.
• Use evidence to link high-risk behavior to health outcomes.
• Use evidence to link risk-factors to high-risk behaviors.
Knowledge
This assignment will help you to become familiar with the following important content knowledge in Health Science:
• Data bases and web sites that contain current epidemiological data
• The vocabulary of community health and epidemiology
• Identify local & national resources needed for the successful implementation of a community health intervention.
Tasks
1. Identify a minimum of six academic sources that you will use in your paper. These are in addition to the sources used for BM#1. If you received feedback on BM#1 that you did not correctly identify the risk-factors, the population or the high-risk behavior–correct on BM#2 (do not resubmit BM#1).
2. Use the Template for BM#2 provided on BeachBoard (required).
a. Use full sentences (except for list), 3rd person perspective
b. Double space all text.
c. All text is paraphrased (in your own words) [only if absolutely necessary quotes may be used in a limited fashion (max of 1 for the assignment) and must be properly cited in Ace homework tutors – APA with “…”]
3. Provide at least one key piece of information that you plan to include in your paper and include the Ace homework tutors – APA citation for the following six details (only provide the specific items requested, providing information not requested may result in a reduction in points as it appears you do not know what was asked for):
a. Provide detail on the scope of the high-risk behavior (Scope = epidemiological data such as incidence/ prevalence) within your population
b. Provide detail on the Community/Population’s distribution (location, communities, etc., composition) and size within the U.S.
c. Provide detail on at least one negative health outcome associated with the high-risk behavior (show statistical association between high-risk behavior and health outcome)
d. Find an additional source that confirms the individual level risk-factor you found in BM#1 is associated with the behavior.
e. Find an additional source that confirms the relationship level risk-factor you found in BM#1 is associated with the behavior.
f. Find an additional source that confirms the community/organizational level risk-factor you found in BM#1 is associated with the behavior.
g. Optional/Bonus source: find a source that discusses cultural competence issues within your selected population.
4. Provide a reference list in Ace homework tutors – APA 7th edition formatting.
a. Must have an author and a date
b. All references must have a corresponding citation (reference list not a bibliography)
c. Must be published within the last 10 years.
5. Submission: Submitted to Bench-Mark #2 BeachBoard Drop Box as a .docx [see syllabus for submission to Turnitin and proper way to name file (LastName_FirstName_BM2.docx)]. Check that your submission has cleared Turnitin before due date/time. All submissions are considered final ½ hour after submission.
6. Review feedback to adjust/improve future submissions, inquire with instructor if any of the feedback is unclear.
Criteria for Success:
See Rubric below for point breakdown
1. Correctly identify the sources for the data required
2. Correctly extract information from the source
3. Correctly use Ace homework tutors – APA
Benchmark #2 – Rubric
Do not include the rubric with your submission, will be provided in BeachBoard
Content points
Source 1 detail relates to scope of the Health Behavior for the community/population 5
Source 2 detail relates to distribution of community/population within the U.S. 5
Source 3 detail links high risk behavior to health outcome(s) 5
Source 4 detail relates to individual level risk-factor 5
Source 5 detail relates to relationship level risk-factor 5
Source 6 detail relates to organizational/community level risk-factor 5
Bonus source: detail relates to cultural competence within the population *5
Sources: reference citations in correct Ace homework tutors – APA 7th format 5
Formatting, Grammar, use of Template 5
Possible Deductions:
Grammatical errors, not using template, not double spaced, formatting errors; late submission; poor or improper paraphrasing, use of Wikipedia; etc., file named incorrectly and/or failure to correct mistakes from BM#1.

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