Personal Wellness Plan Research Paper

 

 

I attaching my initial incomplete work. Please build and expand from what i have done

Research Paper Assignment: Personal Wellness Plan

HLTH 105: Community and Personal Health

 

Complete this research paper due December 14.

NOTE: The number(s) in parenthesis indicate the approximate number of paragraphs appropriate for this part of the paper.

I.Introduction:

Explain that this is a research paper for your health class, and you are about to explore one strength and one area of concern for your overall wellness. (1)

II.Summary of overall health:

Discuss your general overall health, illnesses, issues of concern, and things you do to stay well to summarize your current state of wellness. Are you generally happy with your health or not? Why? (1-2)

III.Wellness dimension strength:

Strength: ________________ (Example: physical, social, or IQ, etc…)

Wellness Survey topic name: ______________________ score _______

NOTE: Use the wellness survey from Module 1 and those scores to verify that this is a strength of yours – Example: Wellness and Breathing – 1.7) (1)

IV.Explain why this is a strength for you.

Include at least 2 things / reasons behaviors / beliefs from your culture, religion, upbringing, socioeconomics, desire to be healthy, social circle, and/or other reasons this is a strength for you. (2-3)

V.What does the research say about the benefits of this strength to your overall wellness? What does the research say about the influence of the reasoning you provided? Use at least 4 references to find 4 benefits. (3-4)

VI.Wellness dimension area of concern:

Area of concern: ________________ (Example: physical, social, or IQ, etc…)

Wellness Survey topic name: _____________________ score _______

(Use the wellness survey from Module 1 and those scores to verify that this is a strength of yours – Example: Wellness and Thinking – 1.4) (1)

VII.Explain why this is an area of concern for you.

Include at least 2 things / reasons behaviors / beliefs from your culture, religion, upbringing, socioeconomics, desire to be healthy, social circle, and/or other reasons this is a strength for you. (2-3)

VIII.What does the research say about the consequences of your concern in this area to your overall wellness? Use 4 references to find 4 consequences if this remains unchanged or 4 benefits to successfully changing this over the long term. (3-4)

IX.Conclusion – Summarize your paper by briefly reviewing your main points. Do not add new additional information not already covered. (1-2)

Reminders:

·Use APA to cite references on separate page.

·Use 12 font

·Format for 1” margins on all sides

·Double-space

·Proof-read!!!!!

·Include a title page and avoid sub-titles and running headers

·Research: This is the most important part of your final draft.

YOU MUST NOW ADD RESEARCH TO BACK UP YOUR ASSERTIONS FROM YOUR OUTLINE. Be sure to use VALID and recent research that explains the who, what, where, when, how, and why for what you must do to be healthy. (Be sure to use research from at least 5 different sources – but DO NOT use the text!) Please do not include information that you already know like, “According to the FDA, smoking causes cancer.” This is not helpful to you and is a waste of time and space. Find new info that can make a difference in your life!!!

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies. Personal Wellness Plan Research Paper
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score. Personal Wellness Plan Research Paper

Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.

Personal Wellness Plan Research Paper