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This Assignment Helps Students Meet the Following Course Objectives:
Search the literature to answer planning questions
Clearly communicate in writing details of a health problem
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Purpose of Assignment:
To use credible, current, primary sources of data
To locate the types of epidemiological data required for a needs assessment
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Instructions:
Find credible sources to answer each question below.
Provide answers to each question.
Provide a complete citation for each source in APA style (no website should be listed
alone).
Submit assignment in essay form and include APA style in-text citation and a list of
references. Do not submit bulleted responses.
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HHE 467-920 Online
Assignment # 2 | Secondary Data Collection Assignment
Due Date: See blackboard for details
10 points
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Points earned will be based on:
o accuracy of data, credibility of sources
o proper use of APA style
o correct spelling and grammar
o use of most recent data
o primary sources of data
(Questions to be answered are on the next page) Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
examine the data
1. Using data from the County Health Rankings Website (http://countyhealthrankings.org/),
from the county in which you grew up or currently live. After reviewing the data, prepare a written
response that summarizes the general health status of the county, compared to the state. You should be
able to discuss rankings and the impact (i.e. number of people and/or percentages) for each item.
Address the following health issues: (5 points)
a. Length of Life
i. Life expectancy
ii. Infant mortality
b. Quality of life
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i. Poor physical health days
ii. Poor mental health days
C. Health Behaviors
i. Adult smoking
ii. Adult obesity
iii. Food environment index iv. Physical inactivity
V. Access to exercise opportunities
vi. Excessive drinking
vii. Alcohol-impaired driving deaths
viii. Sexually transmitted infections ix. Teen births
d. Choose one of the health behaviors and write why you think this is an issue in your hometown.
Consider how some of the Social and Economic Factors presented by the County Health Rankings
Website may factor into the health behavior.
e. Provide source of data in APA style on your list of references.
2. Using the ACHA-NCHA Spring 2021 Undergraduate executive summary pdf, answer the following
questions. (2.5 points total; 2-3 sentences each)
https://www.acha.org/documents/ncha/NCHA-III SPRING-2021 UNDERGRADUATE REFERENCE GROUP
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY updated.pdf
a. What are the top five HEALTH factors (academic impacts) that negatively affect academic
performance as reported by college students? What percentage of students (among all students in
the sample) report each?
** Clue: answer is in p.8 b. What percentage of undergraduate college students actually used alcohol in the past 3 months?
How does this compare to ever-use?
c. Provide source of data in APA style on your list of references.
3. Use two different scientific articles to answer the following questions. (2.5 points)
a. Find a recent article (2018 or more recent) that describes risk or protective factors for college
students' alcohol use. According to this article, which factors are related to college students' alcohol
use?
b. Find a recent article (2018 or more recent) that describes an intervention for preventing or treating
college students' alcohol use. Briefly, describe the intervention.
Provide source of data in APA style on your list of references.
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