The Community Action Plan: Written Report and Slide Presentation

Your Portfolio Project for this class is a Community Action Plan designed to alleviate or correct a public-health issue in your community. Your community can be your business, school, neighborhood, town or city of residence or birth, or county. 

For option 1, your Community Action Plan will be a professional portfolio that includes a written report and a slide presentation. 

Below are some useful sites where you can find examples of the elements of an action plan.

https://www.epa.gov/community-port-collaboration/community-action-roadmap-overview (Links to an external site.)

http://www.cityofchicago.org/dam/city/depts/cdph/tobacco_alchohol_and_drug_abuse/LGBTCommunityActionPlanHC.pdf (Links to an external site.)

https://smartgrowthamerica.org/program/national-complete-streets-coalition/ (Links to an external site.)

https://www.aecf.org/m/e2s/e2s-action-plan-template.pdf (Links to an external site.)

https://sanpabloca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/5537/CAP-only-22-pages?bidId= (Links to an external site.)

https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1018&context=ced_reports (Links to an external site.)

Preliminary Deliverables:  These deliverables must be submitted in the assigned week:

• Week 2: Written Response and Project Selection (10 points): Provide a brief one-paragraph response indicating which assignment option and public-health issue you have selected and why. This will help your instructor to be aware of your plans and support you with development of this project. Upload your response as a Word document.
• Week 7: Preliminary Written Report (50 points) and Peer Review Feedback (25 points) Submit a preliminary (rough) draft of the written portion of your Portfolio Project as well as proof of peer review. Remember to include the following sections in your report: introduction, symptoms, diagnosis, cure, prevention, timeline, and summary. Peer review feedback is also required for this assignment. Create a post that includes your written report as an attachment using the Portfolio Project Milestone discussion forum for peer review feedback. Then provide feedback to at least one of your classmates. Choose a classmate with no other feedback first to ensure that everyone receives some feedback from their peers. In this preliminary draft submission, indicate which project you responded to.

Final Paper Instructions:

• The case study, with five sections (Symptoms, Diagnosis, Cure, Timeline, and Prevention). Each section should be about a page in length. Your entire paper must be 4-5 pages in length not counting the title or reference pages, which must be included. Your paper must follow the CSU Global Writing Center (Links to an external site.).
  • In the Symptoms section, describe the public-health issue that you have observed in your community. What “symptoms” does it exhibit? Think about whom it affects, where it affects them, and how (Refer back to module 5 CT 1).
  • In the Diagnosis section, discuss the causes of the issue, and give examples of other communities that have suffered the same problem.  How did those communities solve or attempt to address the issue?
  • In the Cure section, discuss possible options for a cure for this public-health issue. How can you get rid of it, or reduce its occurrence in your community?
  • In the prevention section, discuss possible options for prevention of the public-health issue that you have selected. How can you reduce the chance of people being impacted by your issue in the future?
  • In the Timeline section, discuss the time needed for campaigning, education, funding, building, and implementation.
• You must back up your sections using at least two scholarly articles. You may use readings other than the textbook to meet this requirement. The paper should be based on references to scholarly materials (rather than on introductory textbooks, popular website writings, or musings, for example) and should support your claims with evidence.
• Incorporate into this final plan any classmates’ critiques that you found useful as well as your instructor’s feedback.
• The key community members or partners that you plan on contacting, with an explanation why these individuals or organizations make sense as potential partners. This could include partners from your list of potential partners created in week 4 Critical Thinking Assignment Option #1, or your interview of one key partner completed in week 4 Critical Thinking Option #2. Incorporate them into a discussion of your plan, do not just list them.
• A special emphasis on either the demographics of the affected population or the economic implications, depending on what Critical Thinking assignment you completed for week 5.
• A realistic timeline for your plan. Discuss the time needed for campaigning, education, funding, building, and implementation. Use ideas created during week 6 Critical Thinking Assignments, either the option for annotated bibliography or that for the brainstorming draft feedback.
• The paper shall comply with the requirements defined within the CSU Global APA guidelines. 
• Refer to the Portfolio Project rubric for grading criteria.

How to form up an outline

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In this section, you’ll find resources on creating Outlines. APA style does not require any specific formatting for outlines because APA style is intended for published texts and academic essays.

CREATING AN OUTLINE

An outline is a drafting tool to help you plan your paper. An outline provides structure for the sections and/or paragraphs of your paper, depending on the scope of your project. Please note that APA style does not require any specific formatting for outlines because APA style is intended for published texts and academic essays.

An outline should illustrate the progression of your thesis statement. Since each paragraph should have a main idea supported by evidence, you can use support from your research to outline your paper, paragraph by paragraph

• A thesis statement is a short statement that introduces the argument of your paper as a whole.
• Every paragraph in your paper should begin with a claim/main idea, which will be a debatable assertion or position that requires support. Claims build off one another in order to develop an argument over the course of an essay.
• Every claim should be supported by evidence or support, the proof that validates your claim. Evidence and support usually come from other sources, like peer-reviewed journal articles. This can include facts, data, statistics, anecdotes, and more.

Keep the following tips in mind when creating an outline:

• Remember, outlines should be helpful for you when writing your paper. You should be able to look at your outline and write major sections or paragraphs using the information and ideas in your outline.
• Level 1 bullet points should outline the major topics and ideas of your paper.
• Level 2 bullet points should plan out sub-topics, supporting ideas, and organizational aspects of your essay.
• Level 3 bullet points illustrate an extra level of thought and detail in your outline that you might not need. However, if you have done a lot of research on your topic already, you can use Level 3 bullet points to plan out your analysis for each piece of evidence or where to address specific counterarguments.
• It is not always required, but it can be a good idea to include a references page after your outline. This way, your sources are already organized when you begin drafting your essay.