Culturally tailored intervention to address health disparities in the Los Angeles County for Homeless People.

Culturally Tailored Intervention Portfolio

Portfolio Overview

Your group is working as a team at a local health department to develop a culturally tailored intervention to address health disparities faced by a specific subpopulation in your community. Each team is conducting research on 1) the subpopulation: Los Angeles County homeless individuals 2) the disproportionate health burden they face: mental health 3) current health interventions and strategies addressing this issue in this population, 4) cultural factors. You will present a high-level overview of the information in your report, including your recommendations and reflection.

Group Paper Requirements

1. Overview of Subpopulation (1 pages)

Provide an overview of your chosen subpopulation (provide information that would help the audience quickly grasp an understanding of who this population is comprised of, where they live, demographic characteristics such as socioeconomic status, insurance status and other factors that are considered to be social determinants of health. You should prioritize local (city: Los Angeles, county: Los Angeles County) statistics, but you may use state or national level statistics as needed. Base your overview on evidence from reputable outside sources (see important details).

2. Cultural Analysis (1 pages)

Provide an analysis of cultural beliefs, practices, historical traumas and other factors that are important to address in the design of culturally tailored interventions for this subpopulation. Explore cultural strengths and best practices to promote health and prevent disease in this population. Support your analysis with evidence from reputable outside sources. At least 2 sources must be peer-reviewed journal articles.

3. Health Burden (1 page)

Write an overview of the health burden experienced by this population (Los Angeles County, Homeless individuals) due to the priority health issue mental health. Explore the disparities they experience compared to other populations (ideally at your city or council level, but use state or national statistics if this is not available). Summarize the risk factors associated with your chosen health issue of mental health. Explain how factors identified in the previous section affect health behaviors and outcomes related to your chosen health issue in mental health. Base your overview on evidence from reputable outside sources. At least 3 sources must be peer-reviewed journal articles.

4. Analysis of Interventions and Programs (1 page)

Write an overview of at least 3 culturally tailored interventions that address this issue in your subpopulation of the Los Angeles County Homeless individuals. Provide a summary of the studies you chose (study population, intervention design) and explain how they influenced health outcomes in your subpopulation. Identify at least 3 strategies (or recommendations for practice) at the local, state, or national level to meet the health needs of this population of homeless individuals in the Los Angeles County. Base your overview on evidence from reputable outside sources. At least 3 sources must be peer-reviewed journal articles.

5. Recommendation (1/2-1 page)

Based on the evidence your group has reviewed in sections 1-4, provide your recommendation for important factors that an effective, culturally tailored intervention to should address in order to improve health outcomes for your chosen subpopulation.

6. Reflection (1/2-1 page)

Reflect on what you have learned from researching this population. To what extent did this process help you to further develop cultural sensitivity (awareness of differences)? How has it informed your approach as future public health professionals in interacting with other racial/ethnic groups with a sense of cultural humility? Be sure to capture differences in opinion, if they occur.

Culturally tailored intervention to address health disparities in the Los Angeles County for Homeless People.

Group Paper: Important Details

• Citations and References: Be sure to provide APA-style in-text citations throughout your paper (every time you use information you found in a source, you must provide credit) and a list of references at the end.
• Peer-reviewed journal articles: Sections 2-4 require a minimum of 3 peer-reviewed journal articles EACH.
• Additional outside sources (reports, etc.) may also be used, including: news and newspaper articles, peer-reviewed journal articles, agency/organizational websites—e.g. websites ending in .gov or .org). Do not use blogs, Wikipedia, etc, and refrain from relying heavily upon the textbook. It is a helpful resource for ideas, but the goal of this project is for your group to conduct independent research.
• Editing: Check each section to make sure you provided all of the requested information in a clear and succinct manner. You can use Grammarly as you write to help with grammar and spelling and avoid plagiarism
  • TurnItIn details: All papers must have a TurnItIn index score less than 15%. In order to achieve this, no quoted material is allowed, and you need to paraphrase and cite accordingly.

• PPT Presentation Requirements

Develop an innovative 5-minute presentation to share your findings with the class, using PowerPoint, etc. Engage us in the problem you are solving so that we become invested. Your creativity should not distract from the message.

• Overview of Subpopulation
• Health Burden
• Analysis of Interventions and Programs
• Cultural Analysis
• Recommendation
• Reflection

PPT Presentation: Important Details

• Provide a high-level overview of each section of the paper. You want to brief us on your major findings for each section, but you don’t need to go into great detail (that is what the paper is for).
• 1 slide each for Health Burden & 1 slide for Analysis of Interventions and Programs = 2 slides
• Use APA-style in-text citations throughout and list your references as a separate slide at the end.
• You can use your presentation to be creative
  • You can use free versions of tools like Canva if you want nice visual graphics, and pixabay.com is a great resource for royalty free photos. Cite below your pictures if you use any.

Grading Rubrics

Group Paper (100 points)

Culturally tailored intervention to address health disparities in the Los Angeles County for Homeless People.

Group Presentation (50 points)

Individual Grade on Group Portfolio

Rubric for Determining Individual Grades on Group Portfolio (Penn State U.):

You will evaluate the level of effort that you and each of your group members contribute to the portfolio in Weeks 8-16, according to the following criteria:

For example, consider a group that receives a total of 150 points on their group portfolio. Individual grades would be assigned as follows:

• Level 4 (100%): 150 x 1= 150 points
• Level 3 (90%): 150 x .9= 135 points
• Level 2 (75%): 150 x .75= 112 points
• Level 1(50%): 150 x .5 = 75 points
• Level 0 (0%):             150 x 0= 0 points

Culturally tailored intervention to address health disparities in the Los Angeles County for Homeless People.

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