HEALTH PROMOTION STRATEGIES

HEALTH PROMOTION STRATEGIES Order Description Written Assignment- Literature Review Students will be required to select and review the literature relatin" rel="nofollow">ing to 3 evidence based health promotion strategies. Students will be required to; • defin" rel="nofollow">ine or describe the physical activity promotion strategy, clearly demonstratin" rel="nofollow">ing an understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of the strategy reviewed; • describe the studies which have demonstrated that the strategy is an effective means of encouragin" rel="nofollow">ing people to either adopt or main" rel="nofollow">intain" rel="nofollow">in a physical activity lifestyle and; • demonstrate an ability to apply and adapt the strategies to healthy populations, populations identified in" rel="nofollow">in the special populations lecture and across the lifespan through identifyin" rel="nofollow">ing moderators that may in" rel="nofollow">influence the strategies application. Formattin" rel="nofollow">ing and presentation: Sin" rel="nofollow">ingle spaced lin" rel="nofollow">ines, 12 poin" rel="nofollow">int font with 2cm margin" rel="nofollow">ins Referencin" rel="nofollow">ing: • Correct, consistent and comprehensive referencin" rel="nofollow">ing both within" rel="nofollow">in the text and the Reference section is always required. • It is preferable that the majority of references (85%) in" rel="nofollow">included are published within" rel="nofollow">in a 5 year period. ? The reference section should be at the end of the assignment and use the style adopted by the American Psychology Association. Information regardin" rel="nofollow">ing this referencin" rel="nofollow">ing format is presented on Moodle. ? Students are encouraged to seek in" rel="nofollow">information on-lin" rel="nofollow">ine. However, where the source has been published in" rel="nofollow">in both electronic and hard copy, the reference for the hard copy is preferred. ? If you wish to cite a resource on the web that does not have a publication date or other important in" rel="nofollow">information, you should use the followin" rel="nofollow">ing format, in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing as much in" rel="nofollow">information as possible in" rel="nofollow">in the followin" rel="nofollow">ing order: 1 name(s) of authors. This may or may not be the same as the person or organisation that main" rel="nofollow">intain" rel="nofollow">ins the site; 2 date/ year of publication; 3 title of publication; 4 format of item; 5 date item retrieved; 6 name and site address on the in" rel="nofollow">internet; 7 when site last updated (state if unavailable); and 8 person or organisation that main" rel="nofollow">intain" rel="nofollow">ins the site.