Diabetes among African American population

PH 44000 Health Disparity Review (HDR)
Part 4: Intervention & Policy Report Assignment Guide
HDR Part 4 Overview
For your Part 4 assignment, you will evaluate what has been done in the past to address your health disparity.
This assignment will be in report format (see Report Template on Blackboard), and will consist of support from
reputable and scholarly sources, as well as your own thoughts/analysis. Please see below for guidelines on what
sources are required for this assignment.
NOTE: You may start working on this assignment any time after you receive instructor feedback on your Part 2:
Determinants Table assignment. Given the timeframe of the course, you do not need to receive feedback on your
HDR Part 3 assignment before you complete your Part 4 assignment.
Intervention & Policy Report Guidelines
Key questions: What has been done to reduce this health disparity? Did it work?
Intervention & Policy Report
A. Intervention
i. Describe one culturally-tailored intervention for your selected disparity that has been implemented,
evaluated, and published in the scientific literature (NOTE: you should include at least one scholarly
citation for this intervention)
ii. Describe the results of the intervention (i.e. Did it work? What was the evidence?), as well as its
strengths and limitations
B. Policy
i. Describe one federal- or state-level policy that has been implemented that should have helped
reduce your health disparity (e.g. SNAP program, Affordable Care Act, Clean Air Act, etc.)
ii. Discuss how you feel this policy action has or hasnt actually affected your health disparity, and the
strengths and limitations of the policy (NOTE: you should include at least one reputable source that
supports your evaluation)
Part 4 Assignment Expectations
Your Part 4 assignment should be submitted in report format. A blank template is posted on Blackboard.
All writing should include proper grammar, mechanics, spelling, etc.
All sources should be reputable and should be included in APA-formatted within your report (sources do
not need to be included in a separate reference list.
Student name:
Topic & disparity population:

HDR- HEALH DIPARITIES REPORT
INTERVENTION AND POLICY REPORT TEMPLATE

Report

Section A Intervention
a. Name of intervention:
b. Study Citation:
c. Objective/Goal of intervention:
d. Target population:
e. Description of intervention:
f. Results:
g. Strengths:
h. Limitations:

Section B Policy
a. Federal- or State-Level Policy:
b. Intended policy objectives:
c. Actual policy impact on your disparity:
d. Strengths of policy:
e. Limitations of policy:
f. Reputable source to support the above:

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