Assessing Health and Wellness through Multiple Perspectives

Assessing Health and Wellness through Multiple Perspectives

Assessing Health and Wellness through Multiple Perspectives:You will examine mind and body together by completing a 2 part Final Project. In the first part of the project (paper), you will combine your assignments from Unit 3, 5, and 7 Assignments to create a coherent, comprehensive self-health and wellness assessment. The Final Project paper should be 6 to 10 pages and address the following items:

Assessing Health and Wellness through Multiple Perspectives

•Discuss evidence for mind-body connections, as described in PNI research and your course readings.

•Based primarily on your first three Assignments, create a detailed assessment of your own health and wellness from all of the different viewpoints presented in the course. Following from your assessment, craft a comprehensive health and wellness prescription in which you discuss the following: effective strategies you are already using to maximize your health and wellness, recommendations for changes you should make, your plan to enact these changes. Include supporting research to justify your comments. This item should comprise the majority of the paper. Be sure to address any constructive comments your instructor provided in the grading feedback to your prior course assignments.

Assessing Health and Wellness through Multiple Perspectives

•How can psychology, physiology, and complementary and alternative approaches be used together to achieve maximum health and wellness?

•After taking this class, do you see health and wellness differently than you did before the class? If so, in what way?

The Final Project paper should follow the conventions of Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.). Your writing should be well ordered, logical and unified, as well as original and insightful. Your work should display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics.

Assessing Health and Wellness through Multiple Perspectives

Your paper should also be 6 to 10 pages in length (please use Times New Roman, 12 point). Include appropriate references and follow the guidelines of APA formatting.

For APA guidelines, refer to the following sections in the Kaplan Writing Center:

•An Introduction to APA Citation

•Sample APA Citations

•APA Manuscript Style

Important information for writing discussion questions and participation

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Hello class and welcome to the class and I will be your instructor for this course. This is a -week course and requires a lot of time commitment, organization, and a high level of dedication. Please use the class syllabus to guide you through all the assignments required for the course. I have also attached the classroom policies to this announcement to know your expectations for this course. Please review this document carefully and ask me any questions if you do. You could email me at any time or send me a message via the “message” icon in halo if you need to contact me. I check my email regularly, so you should get a response within 24 hours. If you have not heard from me within 24 hours and need to contact me urgently, please send a follow up text to

I strongly encourage that you do not wait until the very last minute to complete your assignments. Your assignments in weeks 4 and 5 require early planning as you would need to present a teaching plan and interview a community health provider. I advise you look at the requirements for these assignments at the beginning of the course and plan accordingly. I have posted the YouTube link that explains all the class assignments in detail. It is required that you watch this 32-minute video as the assignments from week 3 through 5 require that you follow the instructions to the letter to succeed. Failure to complete these assignments according to instructions might lead to a zero. After watching the video, please schedule a one-on-one with me to discuss your topic for your project by the second week of class. Use this link to schedule a 15-minute session. Please, call me at the time of your appointment on my number. Please note that I will NOT call you.

Please, be advised I do NOT accept any assignments by email. If you are having technical issues with uploading an assignment, contact the technical department and inform me of the issue. If you have any issues that would prevent you from getting your assignments to me by the deadline, please inform me to request a possible extension. Note that working fulltime or overtime is no excuse for late assignments. There is a 5%-point deduction for every day your assignment is late. This only applies to approved extensions. Late assignments will not be accepted.

If you think you would be needing accommodations due to any reasons, please contact the appropriate department to request accommodations.

Plagiarism is highly prohibited. Please ensure you are citing your sources correctly using APA 7th edition. All assignments including discussion posts should be formatted in APA with the appropriate spacing, font, margin, and indents. Any papers not well formatted would be returned back to you, hence, I advise you review APA formatting style. I have attached a sample paper in APA format and will also post sample discussion responses in subsequent announcements.

Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.

I understand this is a lot of information to cover in 5 weeks, however, the Bible says in Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things through Christ that strengthens us. Even in times like this, we are encouraged by God’s word that we have that ability in us to succeed with His strength. I pray that each and every one of you receives strength for this course and life generally as we navigate through this pandemic that is shaking our world today. Relax and enjoy the course!

Hi Class,

Please read through the following information on writing a Discussion question response and participation posts.

Contact me if you have any questions.

Important information on Writing a Discussion Question

• Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
• There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
• Include in-text citations in your response
• Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
• Follow APA-7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor

• A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
• Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
• Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
• Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
• Follow APA 7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

• Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
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In the second part of the Final Project (presentation), you will create a presentation that proposes a method for assessing health and wellness that brings together all three subject areas discussed in the class, specifically emotional health, physical fitness, and the role of CAM in supporting health, with the goal of looking at mind and body together. This proposal should be presentable to peers in your own field of study. The presentation can be created using PowerPoint (or similar presentation program).

Your presentation should consist of 8 to 10 slides. Consider your audience as peers in your field responsible for assessing a patient’s health and wellness. Your goal is to teach your audience how to look at health and wellness from a multi-perspective approach. Please address the following points in your presentation:

1. How can a practitioner consider psychological, physiological, and complementary / alternative views when assessing health and wellness?

2. What are some integrative ways of looking at health and wellness from the multiple perspectives presented in the class? How is this more effective than viewing health and wellness from just one single angle?

3. Create a suggested program for evaluating a new patient from an integrative approach that incorporates both body and mind, based on what you have learned in this class. Teach your audience how to use this approach to view patients’ health and wellness.

4. Include a reference slide in APA format.

Requirements

•The first part of the Final Project should be written in essay format. Include an introductory paragraph, thesis statement, supporting paragraphs, summarizing conclusion, and references.

•Use APA format for style, in text citations, and complete references.

•The paper should be at least 6 to 10 pages in length.

•The paper should include references to the assigned course readings.

•The second part of the Final Project should be prepared in PowerPoint.

•Use APA format for in text citations and complete references.

•The presentation should consist of at least 8 to 10 slides, with notes.