UMUC BEHS364 All Assignments Latest 2019 JUNE

BEHS364 Alcohol in U.S. Society

Experiential Paper

Experiential
Paper (due end of Week 3): Compose a 750-1000 word paper detailing the
individual experience of administering 2 alcohol screening tools. The student
will conduct a mock interview with a friend or family member using two of the
following tools: Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test, T-ACE, and/or
Michigan Alcohol Screening Test.

Students
will briefly describe the tools and describe their experience administering
each tool.

Students
will identify strengths and weakness of each tool; identify difficult questions
to ask during the mock interview, and make suggestions for future versions of
the tool.

Late
submissions are subject to a reduction of 10% of the total assignment value per
day. After 5 days, the paper will not be graded

BEHS364 Alcohol in U.S. Society

Social Media Campaign Project on Alcohol abuse

Develop a
social media campaign to bring awareness to hazardous alcohol consumption
and/or alcohol abuse among a determined target population.

Define the
problem among the target population

Research
and gather data and statistics on alcohol use among the target population

Identify
evidence-based practices used for the target population http://adai.washington.edu/ebp/matrix.pdf

Identify a
social media platform for the campaign (ex. Facebook, Twitter, Youtube,
Instagram, etc) and describe the rationale for the platform

Develop
health promotional strategies targeted for the population

Describe
how you plan to monitor the success of your campaign.

References:

Start with
the learning resources in the classroom.

Locate 7-10
journal articles or book chapters related to your special population.

Use only
scholarly, objective sources for your project. Peer-reviewed articles found in
the UMUC Library databases are generally good sources. Web-based information
such as Wikipedia and About.com and popular news outlets such as Time or
Newsweek are NOT acceptable sources for this project.

If you are
unclear as to whether a source is acceptable, contact the instructor or visit
the UMUC Library’s page on locating and evaluating scholarly articles:
http://www.umuc.edu/library/database/articles.shtml#evaluatingcitations

Timeline
for research project:

End of Week
1: Identify a special population and post to the Week 1 Activities area under
the discussion entitled “Post your research topic here.”

End of Week
2: Post a working bibliography (list of references) using APA format into the
assignments folder with at least 4-5 scholarly sources. See note below about
acceptable sources. For each reference, write 2-3 sentences in your own words
that summarize the main point(s) of the source. Do not use quotations.
Summaries that are not in your own words will not be graded and may be reported
to the dean’s office for action if they appear to be plagiarized. (15 points)

End of Week
4: Post an outline of your social media campaign proposal paper. (10 points)

End of Week
6: Social media campaign proposal paper due. (75 points)