IHP 330 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: For your final project, you will complete an epidemiological research study report based on the provided research study, “Salmonella in the
Caribbean.” Throughout the course, you will complete milestone assignments that are drafts of specific sections of the final project. Because these milestone
assignments are drafts of the final project, you will notice that some critical elements in the rubric are identical to those in the Final Project Rubric.
In your first Milestone, you reviewed the research study and analyzed the health issue at the core of the research study. In this second Milestone, you will
summarize key elements of the research study and analyze the population impacted by the health issue. Additionally, you will complete Part F of the
Health Issue section, in which you will draw connections between the population and public health issue.
Prompt: To begin, review the final project research study, “Salmonella in the Caribbean.” Then, address the following critical elements in your short paper:
I. Population: In this section of your final project, you will summarize key elements of the research study and analyze the population impacted by the
health issue.
A. Summarize the people, places, and times represented in the research study to provide context for yourreport.
B. Describe three social and behavioral determinants strongly associated with the public health issue in the research study. Be sure to cite specific
examples from the research study to support your description.
C. Describe three known disparities associated with the health of the specific population. Be sure to cite specific examples from the research
study to support your description.
D. Explain how the identified social and behavioral determinants relate to the disparities you identified, and explain yourreasoning.
II. Health Issue:
F. Using your research and analysis, draw connections between the population and public health issue. Consider where you identified common
elements, what you learned about the public health issue by studying the population, and what you learned about the population by studying
the public health issue.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your paper should be a 1- to 2-page Microsoft Word document, with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, oneinch margins, and APA formatting and citations.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Population:
Summarize
Summarizes the people, places,
and times represented in the
research study to provide
context for the report
Summarizes the people, places,
and times represented in the
research study to provide
context for the report, but
response has gaps in detail,
clarity, accuracy, or support
Does not summarize the
people, places, and times
represented in the research
study to provide context for the
report
18
Population: Social
and Behavioral
Determinants
Describes three social and
behavioral determinants
strongly associated with the
public health issue in the
research study
Describes three social and
behavioral determinants
strongly associated with the
public health issue in the
research study, but response is
missing one or more
determinants or has gaps in
detail, clarity, accuracy, or
support
Does not describe three social
and behavioral determinants
strongly associated with the
public health issue in the
research study
18
Population:
Disparities
Describes three known
disparities associated with the
health of the specific
population
Describes three known
disparities associated with the
health of the specific
population, but response is
missing one or more disparities
or has gaps in detail, clarity,
accuracy, or support
Does not describe three known
disparities associated with the
health of the specific
population
18
Population:
Determinants Relate
to the Disparities
Explains how the social and
behavioral determinants relate
to the disparities identified with
reasoning
Explains how the social and
behavioral determinants relate
to the disparities identified with
reasoning, but response has
gaps in detail, clarity, accuracy,
or support
Does not explain how the social
and behavioral determinants
relate to the disparities
identified with reasoning
18
Health Issue:
Connections
Draws connections between
the population and public
health issue
Draws connections between
the population and public
health issue, but response has
gaps in detail, clarity, accuracy,
or support
Does not draw connections
between the population and
public health issue
18
Articulation of
Response
Submission has no major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
Submission has major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that negatively impact
readability and articulation of
main ideas
Submission has critical errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that prevent understanding of
ideas
10
Total 100%
