Grading Rubric /0.5 Introduction: Introduce your discussion in one (1) paragraph. The paragraph should end with a single-sentence thesis statement summarizing the purpose of the discussion. /2 Social Factors: Address the social factors related to your chosen issue. What social factors contributed to the issue’s prevalence in your chosen country? Who is impacted by this problem? How are they impacted? Use specific $, #s, %, etc. /2 Economic Factors: Discuss the economic implications for selected country. How does the issue impact the economy? How much does the problem cost? Who is responsible for those costs? Use specific $, %. #, etc. /2 U.S. Global Health Policies and Initiatives: Identify U.S. global health policies and initiatives specific to selected country and issue. Discuss human and financial resources allocated to U.S. based policies and initiatives for the global health issue in the selected country. Provide specific $, #s, %, etc., to support your discussion. /2 Resource Allocation: Identify additional governmental (non U.S.), nongovernmental, private foundations, global partnerships, pharmaceutical companies, etc., that are contributing to the efforts. Discuss human and financial resources allocated to the global health topic specific to selected country. Specify which entities are dedicating which resources (human/financial) to the global health issue. Discuss at least two (2) entities allocating resources and provide specific $, #s, %, etc., to support your discussion. /1.5 Progress: Discuss the progress being made in addressing the global health issue for the selected country. Use current research data to support. /1 Additional Resources Needed: Identify additional human and financial resources needed to combat the global health topic. Considering the research you’ve done and your readings this week on global health barriers and discuss what factors may be hindering further progress. /0.5 Conclusion: Provide a single paragraph summary of the main points of the discussion. /2 Substantive cross post to at least two (2) students. Thoroughly discusses an additional point to the original post specific to selected topic/country, or adds another organization that has an initiative on the topic/country and has allocated other resources to the problem for the selected topic/country in the original post. New or additional peer-reviewed references should be cited in both cross posts. /1.5 Students demonstrate active engagement in the discussion by responding to cross posts from their peers to their initial posting. References are not required for these responses. The key to this section is to demonstrate active engagement in the discussion through your interaction with your peers–watch for posts from your classmates and acknowledge their posting. *Note: if the student does not have peer cross posts for the initial posting, these points will be incorporated into the cross post section above.
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