The document provides a scoring guide for assessing global health topics. It outlines criteria for performance levels from non-performance to distinguished for several competencies, including describing factors impacting global health delivery, explaining the influence of altruistic organizations, and identifying evidence-based interventions. The guide aims to evaluate students' proficiency in explaining factors affecting community health, applying evidence-based interventions, and communicating information professionally.

1. Global Health Scoring Guide
CRITERIA NON-PERFORMANCE BASIC PROFICIENT
DISTINGUISHED
Describe the factors
that impact health
and health care
delivery associated
with a global health
care issue.
Does not list the
factors that impact
health and health
care delivery
associated with a
global health issue.
Lists the factors that
impact health and
health care delivery
associated with a
global health issue.
Describes the
factors that impact
health and health
care delivery
associated with a
global health issue.

2. Describes the factors that
impact health and health
care delivery associated
with a global health issue,
showing an in-depth
understanding of the
relationship between a
variety of factors and the
quality of health care.
Explain the
influence of
altruistic
organizations on
health and health
care practices
associated with a
global health care
issue.
Does not describe
the role of altruistic
organizations with
regard to health and
health care
practices.
Describes the role of
altruistic organizations
with regard to health
and health care
practices, but does not
associate it to a global
health care issue.
Explains the

3. influence of
altruistic
organizations on
health and health
care practices
associated with a
global health care
issue.
Explains the influence of
altruistic organizations on
health and health care
practices associated with
a global health care issue,
and considers the likely
outcomes of being without
the aid of the
organizations.
Explain how health
care decisions and
practices at a local
level relate to health
and health care
delivery on a global
scale.
Does not explain
how health care
decisions and
practices at a local
level relate to health
and health care
delivery on a global
scale.

4. Explains how health
care decisions and
practices at a local
level relate to health
and health care
delivery on a global
scale, but the
explanation is
inaccurate or is
missing key elements.
Explains how
health care
decisions and
practices at a local
level relate to
health and health
care delivery on a
global scale.
Explains how health care
decisions and practices at
a local level relate to
health and health care
delivery on a global scale,
using relevant real-world
examples.
Describe
interventions
implemented to
address a global
health care issue.
Does not identify
interventions

5. implemented to
address a global
health care issue.
Identifies interventions
implemented to
address a global
health care issue.
Describes
interventions
implemented to
address a global
health care issue.
Describes interventions
implemented to address a
global health care issue,
and includes both
conventional and
unconventional
interventions.
Identify evidence-
based interventions
to promote wellness
and disease
prevention
associated with a
global health care
issue.
Does not identify
interventions to
promote wellness
and disease

6. prevention
associated with a
global health care
issue.
Identifies interventions
to promote wellness
and disease
prevention, but does
not provide supporting
evidence, or does not
associate the
interventions with a
global health care
issue.
Identifies evidence-
based interventions
to promote
wellness and
disease prevention
associated with a
global health care
issue.
Recommends evidence-
based interventions to
promote wellness and
disease prevention
associated with a global
health care issue.
Provide background
information and
statistics on a global
health care issue.

7. Does not provide
background
information and
statistics on a global
health care issue.
Provides background
information and
statistics on a global
health care issue, but
does not reference the
source of the
information.
Provides
background
information and
statistics on a
global health care
issue.
Provides well-sourced
background information
and statistics on a global
health care issue, and
identifies likely causes of
the health care issue.
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8. Write content clearly
and logically with
correct use of
grammar,
punctuation, and
mechanics.
Does not write
content clearly,
logically, or with
correct use of
grammar,
punctuation, and
mechanics.
Writes with errors in
clarity, logic, grammar,
punctuation, and/or
mechanics.
Writes content
clearly and logically
with correct use of
grammar,
punctuation, and
mechanics.
Writes clearly and
logically with correct use
of spelling, grammar,
punctuation, and
mechanics; uses relevant
evidence to support a
central idea.

9. Correctly format
paper, citations, and
references, using
current APA style.
Does not correctly
format paper,
citations, and
references, using
current APA style.
Uses current APA
style to format paper,
citations, and
references, but with
numerous errors.
Correctly formats
paper, citations,
and references,
using current APA
style.
Correctly formats paper,
citations, and references,
using current APA style
with no errors.
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Overview
Develop a 6–8 page, APA-formatted article on a global health
topic for publication. Describe the factors that impact health
and health care delivery, and the interventions that have been

10. implemented. Explain the influence of altruism on global
health, and identify evidence-based interventions to address the
global health topic.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will
demonstrate your proficiency in the following course
competencies and assessment criteria:
•Competency 1: Explain the factors that affect the health of
communities. ◦Describe the factors that impact health and health
care delivery associated with a global health care issue.
◦Explain the influence of altruistic organizations on health and
health care practices associated with a global health care issue.
◦Explain how health care decisions and practices at a local level
relate to health and health care delivery on a global scale.
•Competency 2: Apply evidence-based interventions to promote
health and disease prevention and respond to community health
issues. ◦Describe interventions implemented to address a global
health care issue.
◦Identify evidence-based interventions to promote wellness and
disease prevention associated with a global health care issue.
•Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly,
professional, and consistent with expectations of a nursing
professional. ◦Provide background information and statistics on
a global health care issue.
◦Write content clearly and logically with correct use of
grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
◦Correctly format paper, citations, and references, using current
APA style.
Context
The overall wealth of a country often influences the country's
level of accessible health care and, ultimately, the health of the
country's citizens. However, developed countries often face
similar public health issues as developing and middle-income
countries. For example, HIV and AIDS are major public health
concerns in both the United States and in many less developed
sub-Saharan African countries. Through collaboration, research,

11. and direct care, community/public health nurses can provide
expertise and leadership in international health issues (Maurer
& Smith, 2013). Understanding the processes involved in caring
for populations provides the foundation for collaborative
practices in international nursing care.
Reference
Maurer, F. A., & Smith, C. M. (2013). Community/Public health
nursing practice: Health for families and populations (5th ed.).
St. Louis, MO: W. B. Saunders
Questions to Consider
To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider
the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a
work associate, an interested friend, or a member of the
business community.
•What health issue do you see as having the greatest impact on
the world today?
•What is the attitude of the United States towards this health
issue?
•How might nursing influence the outcome of this health issue?
Suggested Resources
Library Resources
The following e-books or articles from the Capella University
Library are linked directly in this course:
•Martin, P., Duffy, T., Johnston, B., Banks, P., Harkess-
Murphy, E., & Martin, C. R. (2013). Family health nursing: A
response to the global health challenges. Journal of Family
Nursing, 19(1), 99–118.
•Birbeck, G. (2013). Medicine for global health: Can "simple
interventions" improve the worldwide burden of disease? BMC
Medicine, 11(72), 1–3.
•Kana, M. A., Doctor, H. V., Peleteiro, B., Lunet, N., & Barros,
H. (2015). Maternal and child health interventions in Nigeria: A
systematic review of published studies from 1990 to 2014. BMC
Public Health, 15(1), 1–12.
•Andersson, H., Lindholm, C., & Fossum, B. (2011). MRSA –

12. Global threat and personal disaster: Patients' experiences.
International Nursing Review, 58(1), 47–53.
•Maurer, F. A., & Smith, C. M. (2013). Community/public
health nursing practice: Health for families and populations (5th
ed.). St. Louis, MO: W. B. Saunders. ◦Chapters 5, 7, and 8.
Assessment Instructions
Preparation
Suppose you have been asked to submit an article for
publication in your organization's newsletter, about a global
health topic and how policies and practices at the local level can
affect global health. Choose one global health topic from the
list (or use another of your choice):
•Mental health.
•Communicable diseases (HIV/AIDS, influenza, malaria,
tuberculosis).
•Non-communicable diseases (cancer, lung, and heart disease).
•Maternal and child health (prenatal care, midwife education,
childhood vaccinations).
•LGBT health.
•Disabilities.
•Global water supply and safety (GlobalHealth.gov, n.d.).
Look in the library and on the Internet for very recent peer-
reviewed articles, statistics, and professional nursing
information on the global health topic you selected.
Requirements
For this assessment, develop an APA-formatted research review
article that covers one global health topic of your choice. In this
assessment:
•Identify your topic. Provide background information and
statistics on the topic, including the global areas most affected
by the topic and the types of health care issues most often
associated with the topic.
•Describe the factors that impact health and health care delivery
in the global areas most affected by the topic you selected.
These factors may include not only culture and tradition, but

13. also politics, economics, and social attitude.
•Explain the influence of altruistic organizations (Peace Corps,
Project Hope, religious and non-religious missions, and so on)
on health and health care practices in the global area
specifically associated with the topic.
•Describe the interventions implemented to address the health
care issues associated with the topic. Include both conventional
and unconventional interventions.
•Explain how the health care decisions and practices at the local
level (the area most impacted by the topic) relate to health and
health care delivery in other global areas. This is not limited
only to best practices, but could include poor health care
decisions and practices.
•Identify evidence-based interventions that are effective,
efficient, cost-effective, and equitable for promoting wellness
and disease prevention in the specific area and population.
Additional Requirements
Complete your assessment using the following specifications:
•Title page and reference page.
•Number of pages: 6–8 (not including the title and reference
pages).
•At least 3 current scholarly or professional resources.
•APA format for citations and references.
•Times New Roman font, 12-point, double-spaced.
Reference
Global Health Topics. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.globalhealth.gov/global-health-topics/