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IHP 501 Module Six: 6-2 Project Preparation: Intervention Strategies Short Paper Guidelines and Instructions
Overview Amazing job! Now that you have completed the analysis of other health challenges for your chosen location, you need to propose an intervention that will improve the health of the population chosen for your humanitarian trip. Effective interventions in global health should be culturally appropriate and may often be complementary and integrative.
Recall from the project scenario that the SNHU Humanitarian Aid Foundation has offered your team a grant of $100,000 for this trip. Ultimately, you will present your findings and recommendations in a research paper designed to persuade your sponsor to award you the funding for your proposed trip. In this assignment, you will investigate scholarly literature to offer an intervention. Your intervention should align with the cultural expectations of the population. Consider the following questions: What are the complementary and integrative health approaches that may support the intervention? What can be an alternative intervention approach for your given location?
Prompt Building on the prior project preparation assignments, propose an intervention to improve the health of the target population. Then, craft a short paper describing the intervention. For the following elements, search the scholarly literature to support your responses.
Note that you should cite at least three scholarly sources from your investigation. The evidence should not be older than five years. To access the Shapiro Library Guide: Nursing—Graduate, go to the Start Here section of the course.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
1. Conventional (modern, Western medicine-based) Intervention: Propose a conventional intervention for the chosen population. (It is the sum total of the knowledge, skill, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultures, whether explicable or not, used in the maintenance of health as well as in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness (World Health Organization, n.d.).
A. Vision: Articulate the vision for the conventional intervention. Supply evidence from credible sources to illustrate your claims.
▪ Description: Describe the conventional intervention you are proposing. ▪ Purpose: Assess the objective to be gained as a result of the intervention. ▪ Rationale: Explain the reason that this intervention is the best choice for the
challenge. B. Implementation: Discuss how the conventional intervention would be implemented for
your chosen population. ▪ Personnel Required: Describe the roles and responsibilities [Refer to the 2-2
Stakeholders short paper assignment] required to effectively and efficiently implement this intervention. Which members of the interdisciplinary team are needed to perform this intervention to match current best practices effectively?
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▪ Supplies and Other Technical Requirements: What tangible supplies, information technology, and technical equipment will be necessary to safely and effectively implement this intervention based on current best practices?
▪ Cost: Outline the general estimated costs for the implementation of this intervention. Include the cost of personnel, supplies, and technical requirements. What will cost more and why? You do not need a line-item budget, but you should include overall cost considerations.
2. Complementary or Integrative Health (CIH) Intervention: Propose a complementary or integrative health intervention (CIH) for the chosen population. (Integrative health brings conventional and complementary approaches together in a coordinated way. Integrative health also emphasizes multimodal interventions, which are two or more interventions such as conventional health care approaches (like medication, physical rehabilitation, psychotherapy), and complementary health approaches (like acupuncture, yoga, and probiotics) in various combinations…(National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, 2021).
A. Vision: Articulate the vision of the nature of CIH intervention. Supply evidence from credible sources to illustrate your claims.
▪ Description: Describe the CIH intervention you are proposing. ▪ Purpose: Assess the objective to be gained as a result of the intervention. ▪ Rationale: Explain the reason that this intervention is the best choice for the
challenge. B. Implementation: Discuss how CIH intervention would be implemented for your chosen
population. ▪ Personnel Required: Describe the roles and responsibilities [Refer to the 2-2
Stakeholders short paper assignment] required to effectively and efficiently implement this intervention. Which members of the interdisciplinary team are needed to perform this intervention to match current best practices effectively?
▪ Supplies and Other Technical Requirements: What tangible supplies, information technology, and technical equipment will be necessary to safely and effectively implement this intervention based on current best practices?
▪ Cost: Outline the general estimated costs for the implementation of this intervention. Include the cost of personnel, supplies, and technical requirements. What will cost more and why? You do not need a line-item budget, but you should include overall cost considerations.
Guidelines for Submission Your short paper must be a 2- to 3-page Word document, not including the title page and references. It must be written in APA format. Use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. All references must be cited in APA format.
References (always starts on new or separate page) Note that you should cite at least three scholarly sources from your investigation. The evidence should not be older than five years. To access the Shapiro Library Guide: Nursing—Graduate, go to the Start Here section of the course (see page 3 for scholarly articles to assist in the 6-2 short paper).
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References
Holtz, C. (2022). Global health care: Issues and policies (4th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. (2021). Complementary, alternative, or
integrative health: What’s in a name?. https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/complementary-alternative-or-integrative-health-whats-in-a- name
World Health Organization. (n.d.). Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine.
https://www.who.int/health-topics/traditional-complementary-and-integrative-
medicine#tab=tab_1
Zeliadt, S. B., Coggeshall, S., Gelman, H., Shin, M. H., Elwy, A. R., Bokhour, B. G., & Taylor, S. L.
(2020, December). Assessing the relative effectiveness of combining self-care with practitioner-
delivered complementary and integrative health therapies to improve pain in a pragmatic trial.
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