Identify a health problem or need for health promotion for a particular stage in the life span of a population from a specific culture in your area. Research a topic related to health and wellness associated with one of the Healthy People topic areas.

African American struggling with diabetes.

Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment.
1) Identify a health problem or need for health promotion for a particular stage in the life span of a population from a specific culture in your area.

2) Choose one of the Leading Health Indicator (LHI) priorities from Healthy People.
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/leading-health-indicators

3) Research a topic related to health and wellness associated with one of the Healthy People topic areas.

5) You will develop an educational health promotion project addressing the population/culture in your area.
a. Introduction and Conclusion
• Introduction establishes the purpose of the paper and describes why topic is important to health promotion in the target population in your area.
• Introduction stimulates the reader’s interest.
• Conclusion includes the main ideas from the body of the paper.
• Conclusion includes the major support points from the body of the paper.

b. Relate Topic to Target Population
• Describes the topic and target cultural population.
• Includes statistics to support significance of the topic.
• Explains how the project relates to the selected Healthy People topic area.
• Applies health promotion concepts.

c. Summary of Articles
• A minimum of three (3) scholarly articles, from the last 5 years, are used as sources.
• Articles meet criteria of being from scholarly journals and include health promotion and wellness content.
• At least one article is related to the chosen cultural group.
• Summaries all key points and findings from the articles.

Health Promotion Paper Guidelines
• Includes statistics to support significance of the topic.
• Discusses how information from the articles is used in the Health Promotion Project, including specific examples.

d. Health Promotion Discussion –
• Describes approaches to educate the target population about the topic.
• The approaches are appropriate for the cultural target population.
• Identifies specific ways to promote lifestyle changes within the target population.
• Applies health promotion strategies.

• Use current APA format and is free of errors.
• Grammar and mechanics are free of errors.
• Paper is 3-4 pages, excluding title and reference pages.
• Information is organized around required components and flows in a logical sequence.