NUTH 4115 Community Health Perspectives Spring 1999
Community Health Education Project
Directions:
1. Groups of students will prepare and present a health education project at SHU's Health Fair on Wednesday March 24, 1999
2. Select a health education topic that will be interesting for you and meaningful for the SHU community.
3. Work in groups of 2 or 3. Each group shall select a different topic. If more than one group selects the same topic, they will be asked to change.
4. Draft objectives / learner outcomes for your project.
5. Obtain health teaching materials related to your topic from appropriate agencies, internet.
6. Prepare an attractive health education poster and display.
7. Select health education materials and calculate the SMOG reading grade level of each item ( Smith & Maurer pp. 462-463).
8. Assemble about 50 copies for distribution.
9. Arrange for your poster to be set up the morning of the health fair.
10. Spend 2 hours at the health fair. Keep track of the numbers of persons served, questions, reactions, etc.
11. Prepare and submit a brief written summary of your project.
Grading:
Poster Attractive and Informative 30
Creative
Sturdy, stands alone
Looks professional
Appropriate amount of information
Materials Variety 20
From appropriate agencies
If internet used, web address cited
SMOG readability calculated (show process & turn in with
Summary - 10 points)
Sufficient copies
Participated at SHU Health Fair 20
Professional appearance- name tag
Arrives on time
Actively invites interest in project
Written Summary 30
Reason topic selected
Learner outcomes described
Tally # served
Objective evaluation of project & process
