Wellness final essay

Overview
This course explores wellness and its impact on the world around us. Wellness influences society, and society influences wellness, creating a feedback loop
between them. We will critically analyze this feedback loop in this course through social, historical, and theoretical approaches to wellness as well as the four
general education lenses: history, humanities, natural and applied sciences, and social sciences. Each of these four perspectives allows us to better understand
the construction of wellness and its interrelation with society. From this enhanced understanding, you will be equipped to draw connections between wellness
and your personal and professional lives, helping you to become a better-informed citizen who can make a positive difference in the world.
Wellness has a pervading influence into many aspects of society, which requires diverse knowledge and perspectives to investigate and change. The purpose of
this project is to examine a specific issue or event in wellness and how it impacts individuals and society through the development of a critical analysis portfolio
and a presentation in which you will demonstrate your ability to think critically, investigate, and communicate clearly. These skills are often necessary to achieve
personal and professional goals across many disciplines.
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:
 Analyze the various components of wellness for investigating their influence of wellness on one’s discipline of study or chosen profession
 Integrate interdisciplinary approaches for determining the impact contemporary issues in healthcare systems have on modern society
 Recommend potential applications of strategies for monitoring and enhancing personal and public wellness
 Assess cultural and social attitudes, choices, and behaviors for their implications to lifelong health and wellness through the incorporation of
diverse perspectives and viewpoints informed by relevant literature and peer experiences
Prompt
For the first part of this project, you will select a specific issue or event in wellness and critically analyze it through the four general education lenses: history,
humanities, social sciences, and natural and applied sciences. Through viewing the issue or event through these lenses, you will gain insight into how the
interconnected nature of wellness affects society as well as both your own individual framework of perception and the choices, attitudes, and behaviors of
others in the world around you. You will compile your analyses within a portfolio that will include an analysis of each lens, plus introduction and conclusion
paragraphs. Altogether, this portfolio should be 6 to 8 pages long, not counting references. Within your portfolio, each analysis should be 3 to 5 paragraphs long.
Be sure to support your analyses with appropriate and relevant evidence from theory and research.
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Specifically, you must address the critical elements listed below. Most of the critical elements align with a particular course outcome (shown in brackets).
I. Introduction: For this part of the assessment, you will examine the role of the individual in a global society and how issues of wellness influence aspects
of culture and the individual. You will explore topics that have been discussed in this course (sociology of wellness, psychological wellness, identity and
wellness, wellness and socioeconomic status, etc.) to help guide your analysis.
A. Topic: Using the four lenses, explain how an issue or event within wellness has or has not influenced modern society. [IDS-402-02]
II. Lens Analysis: In this part of the assessment, you will analyze your chosen issue or event through each of the following lenses to determine its impact on
various institutions, using evidence and research to support each analysis:
A. History [IDS-402-01]
B. Humanities [IDS-402-01]
C. Natural and Applied Sciences [IDS-402-01]
D. Social Sciences [IDS-402-01]
III. Conclusion
A. Explain how integrating the four lenses helps understand how problems in wellness impact both professional and personal context. [IDS-402-02]
B. Analyze how social practices have been shaped by issues and events in wellness in modern culture. [IDS-402-02]
C. Using relevant research or diverse perspectives, assess the benefits and challenges of addressing issues in wellness. [IDS-402-06]
D. Explain how analyzing wellness can help interactions with those of a different viewpoint, culture, and perspective. [IDS-402-04]
Milestones
Milestone One: Wellness and Me
In Module Two, you will select an issue or event in wellness to analyze through the four general education lenses. You will explain the issue or event and
its relationship to wellness as well as describe its connection to all four lenses. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone One Rubric.
Milestone Two: Analyzing an Issue or Event in Wellness Through the Lenses of History and the Humanities
In Module Four, you will analyze your issue or event through the history and the humanities lenses. This will provide you with a chance to practice analyzing
your topic through these lenses and receive feedback on this practice attempt. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone Two Rubric.
Milestone Four: Analyzing an Issue or Event in Wellness Through the Lenses of the Natural and Applied Sciences and Social Sciences
In Module Six, you will analyze your issue or event through the lenses of the natural and applied sciences and the social sciences. Like Milestone Two, this
task provides you with an opportunity to dive deeper into your analysis of the topic through these two lenses. This milestone will be graded with the
Milestone Four Rubric.
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Final Project Part One Submission: Critical Analysis Portfolio
In Module Seven, you will submit your completed portfolio. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final product.
It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course. This submission will be graded with the Final Project Part One Rubric.
Deliverables
Milestone Deliverable Module Due Grading
One Wellness and Me Two Graded separately; Milestone One Rubric
Two Analyzing an Issue or Event in Wellness
Through the Lenses of the History and the
Humanities
Four Graded separately; Milestone Two Rubric
Four Analyzing an Issue or Event in Wellness
Through the Lenses of the Natural and
Applied Sciences and Social Sciences
Six Graded separately; Milestone Four Rubric
Final Project Part One Submission: Critical
Analysis Portfolio
Seven Graded separately; Final Project Part One Rubric
Final Project Part One Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your portfolio must be 6 to 8 pages in length (plus a cover page and references) and written in APA format. Use double-spaced, 12-
point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Include references cited in APA format. Submit your portfolio in a single Word document.
Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Introduction: Topic
[IDS-402-02]
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
usage of the four lenses
demonstrates a nuanced
understanding into how an
issue or event within wellness
has or has not influenced
modern society
Explains how an issue or event
within wellness has or has not
influenced modern society
through use of the four lenses
Explains how an issue or event
within wellness has or has not
influenced modern society
through use of the four lenses,
but the explanation or usage of
the four lenses is cursory
Does not explain how an issue
or event within wellness has or
has not influenced modern
society through use of the four
lenses
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Lens Analysis:
History
[IDS-402-01]
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
analysis makes cogent
connections between wellness
and the history lens
Analyzes a chosen issue or
event through the lens of
history to determine its impact
on various institutions, using
evidence and research to
support the analysis
Analyzes a chosen issue or
event through the lens of
history, but analysis is cursory
or illogical, or supporting
evidence is inappropriate or
nonexistent
Does not analyze a chosen
issue or event through the lens
of history
12
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Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Lens Analysis:
Humanities
[IDS-402-01]
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
analysis makes cogent
connections between wellness
and the humanities lens
Analyzes a chosen issue or
event through the lens of the
humanities to determine its
impact on various institutions,
using evidence and research to
support the analysis
Analyzes a chosen issue or
event through the lens of the
humanities, but analysis is
cursory or illogical, or
supporting evidence is
inappropriate or nonexistent
Does not analyze a chosen
issue or event through the lens
of the humanities
12
Lens Analysis:
Natural and Applied
Sciences
[IDS-402-01]
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
analysis makes cogent
connections between wellness
and the natural- and appliedsciences lens
Analyzes a chosen issue or
event through the lens of the
natural and applied sciences to
determine its impact on
various institutions, using
evidence and research to
support the analysis
Analyzes a chosen issue or
event through the lens of the
natural and applied sciences,
but analysis is cursory or
illogical, or supporting
evidence is inappropriate or
nonexistent
Does not analyze a chosen
event or issue through the lens
of the natural and applied
sciences
12
Lens Analysis: Social
Sciences
[IDS-402-01]
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
analysis makes cogent
connections between wellness
and the social sciences lens
Analyzes a chosen issue or
event through the lens of the
social sciences to determine its
impact on various institutions,
using evidence and research to
support the analysis
Analyzes a chosen issue or
event through the lens of the
social sciences, but analysis is
cursory or illogical, or
supporting evidence is
inappropriate or nonexistent
Does not analyze a chosen
issue or event through the lens
of the social sciences
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Conclusion: Impact
[IDS-402-02]
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
explanation reveals a nuanced
understanding and in-depth
awareness of the impact of
wellness on professional and
personal contexts
Explains how integrating the
four lenses helps people
understand how problems in
wellness impact others in both
professional and personal
contexts
Explains how integrating the
four lenses helps people
understand how problems in
wellness impact others in both
professional and personal
contexts, but explanation lacks
clarity, is illogical, or is cursory
Does not explain how
integrating the four lenses
helps people understand how
problems in wellness impact
others in both professional and
personal contexts
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Conclusion: Social
Practices
[IDS-402-02]
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
analysis demonstrates keen
insight into how social
practices have been shaped by
issues and events in wellness
Analyzes how social practices
have been shaped by issues
and events in wellness in
modern culture
Analyzes how social practices
have been shaped by issues
and events in wellness in
modern culture, but analysis is
cursory
Does not analyze how social
practices have been shaped by
issues and events in wellness in
modern culture
9
5
Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Conclusion: Benefits
and Challenges
[IDS-402-06]
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
the relevant research or
diverse perspectives used
demonstrate a nuanced
understanding of the benefits
and challenges of addressing
issues in wellness
Assesses the benefits and
challenges of addressing issues
in wellness through the use of
relevant research or diverse
perspectives
Assesses the benefits and
challenges of addressing issues
in wellness through the use of
relevant research or diverse
perspectives, but analysis is
cursory or utilization of
relevant research or diverse
perspectives is inappropriate
Does not assess the benefits
and challenges of addressing
issues in wellness
9
Conclusion:
Interactions
[IDS-402-04]
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
explanation demonstrates keen
insight into how analyzing
wellness helps with
interactions
Explains how analyzing
wellness can help in
interactions with those with
different viewpoints, cultures,
and perspectives
Explains how analyzing
wellness can help in
interactions with those of
different viewpoints, cultures,
and perspectives, but
explanation is cursory or
illogical
Does not explain how analyzing
wellness can help in
interactions with those of a
different viewpoint, culture,
and perspective
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Articulation of
Response
Submission is free of errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, and
organization and is presented
in a professional and easy-toread format
Submission has no major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
Submission has major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that negatively impact
readability and articulation of
main ideas
Submission has critical errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that prevent understanding of
ideas
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